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Jun Hongo
Jun Hongo graduated from Boston University and joined The Japan Times in 2006. He covers a wide range of domestic news, including politics and business. He is an avid Red Sox fan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2008
Itoham's wells clean, Kashiwa says
The city of Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, said Wednesday that no alarming levels of toxic cyanogen compounds have been found in water from seven wells at a local Itoham Foods Inc. factory amid embarrassing reports that the plant is within walking distance of a wartime chemical weapons training facility....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2008
Prince Charles urges action on climate change
The effects of climate change will be long-lasting and perhaps irreversible unless immediate and comprehensive action is taken to combat global warming, Britain's Prince Charles said Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2008
Verhagen calls on Japan to continue MSDF tour
Japan should continue its naval refueling mission in the Indian Ocean and together with the Netherlands shoulder its share of international efforts to secure peace in Afghanistan, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said during a lecture Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2008
New Taiwan envoy upbeat on Japan ties
As Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan, John Feng believes that strengthening ties between Tokyo and Taipei is vital to securing bilateral prosperity.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2008
Aso, Singh pledge cooperation, regional security; EPA eludes
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed Wednesday to cooperate on several issues, including regional safety, but fell short of signing an economic partnership agreement due to differences on trade.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 21, 2008
Japan's spies: What cloak, dagger?
How ill is Kim Jong Il?
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2008
Japan's political snags seen thwarting Asia role
Japan has a key role to play in East Asia's peace and prosperity but must first demonstrate a greater sense of political stability, analysts from global think tanks said Thursday at a symposium in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2008
Ministry rebuts Aso editorial in N.Y. Times
The New York Times printed a letter Sunday from the Foreign Ministry criticizing an editorial that described Prime Minister Taro Aso as a pugnacious nationalist.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2008
GSDF officers OK'd by Cabinet to join U.N. Sudan mission
The Cabinet on Friday approved a mission to send two Ground Self-Defense Force officers to Sudan to take part in U.N. peacekeeping operations.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2008
JICA prepared to send staffers to Iraq this year
Japan is ready to dispatch aid workers by yearend to help reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Sadako Ogata, head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 2, 2008
MSDF mission above Diet politics: Hamada
Japan's involvement in antiterrorism efforts in the Indian Ocean must continue regardless of which party holds power in the Diet, new Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said in an interview.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2008
Merger creates ODA behemoth
The merger Wednesday of the Japan International Cooperation Agency with a part of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation is a significant development in the country's contribution to world stability and peace, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 1, 2008
North policy unchanged: Nakasone
Japan's policy on North Korea under Prime Minister Taro Aso will remain focused on resolving the abduction issue, new Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2008
Focus on abductions, former CIA official says
Japan's priority should be to resolve the abduction issue with North Korea rather than support failing attempts to denuclearize the hermit state, the CIA's former division chief for Asia said Friday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2008
Protests greet nuclear carrier at its new home in Yokosuka
YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. — The USS George Washington arrived at its new home Thursday, becoming the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be forward-deployed outside the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2008
Young mom the star of Aso's old-boy team
Prime Minister Taro Aso probably found it hard not to include Yuko Obuchi in his Cabinet lineup. Not only does the popular female representative bring youth to the group, she inherits a solid constituency from her late father, former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who died after suffering a stroke at the...
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2008
Nakasone, Hamada face tough issues right away
Prime Minister Taro Aso filled the key foreign and defense portfolios with hereditary Diet members, perhaps in the hope their prominent family names will serve the Liberal Democratic Party well in the looming Lower House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2008
Protesters question safety of U.S. nuclear carrier
In the face of North Korea's return to nuclear development and China's ever-growing military presence, Yasunari Fujimoto believes the defense of the Japanese homeland must be secured at almost any cost.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008
Self-styled hawk Aso displays a dovish side on foreign policy
Following back-to-back prime ministerial resignations by conservative star Shinzo Abe and political dove Yasuo Fukuda, where does the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party rate on the hawk-dove scale?
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2008
Antiterror bill endorsed but future unclear
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his Cabinet on Friday endorsed an extension of the special law on antiterrorism to keep the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean going.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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