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Setsuko Kamiya
Setsuko Kamiya is a staff writer and editor covering local news, including legal issues, and has been following the ongoing judicial reform. A 2005 Fulbright journalist grantee, she studied the American jury system in California.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008
Aso gets set for run at LDP presidency
Taro Aso, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general, indicated Tuesday he will run for the party's presidency amid the disarray following Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 17, 2008
Death is big business in Japan
Like it or not, we will all die one day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2008
For DPJ, it's solidarity vs. debate
Whatever other motivations may have been in play, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's recent reshuffle of his Cabinet was surely intended to raise the low support rate for his Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling coalition in anticipation of the next general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 8, 2008
Hone science, tech abilities: education chief
Promoting science and technology is every bit as important as improving the education system in general, according to Tsuneo Suzuki, the newly appointed education, culture, sports, science and technology minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2008
Ex-captive: Bogota prevailing over FARC
The recent bloodless rescue of 15 hostages in Colombia, including a former presidential candidate who had been held for more than six years, was seen internationally as a signal that the Bogota government was finally prevailing over the nation's leftist guerrillas.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2008
Okada declares DPJ ready to take charge, reform the public sector
Long viewed as content to live in the shadow of the entrenched Liberal Democratic Party, the largest opposition force is now ready to seize the reins of power and carry out a thorough reform of the public sector, Democratic Party of Japan Vice President Katsuya Okada said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2008
Life without parole finding support in Diet
With less than a year before Japan embarks on the lay judge system, some lawmakers are raising concerns that having to choose between the death sentence and the second most severe punishment — life with the possibility of parole after 10 years — will be too daunting a burden for the nonprofessionals...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2008
Colombia minister urges FTA with Japan
Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo Perdomo on Saturday said the South American country was interested in forming an economic partnership agreement with Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2008
Harper calls for end to child 'kidnappings'
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday urged Japan to adopt the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Abduction of Children, which has been called for by foreign parents who claim their children have been "kidnapped" across national borders by their former Japanese spouses with...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2008
Cardboard coffins boast eco-merit
As more consumers pursue environmentally friendly lives, businesses are introducing products and services catering to those quests.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2008
Hashimoto issues call to create new party
Former Kochi Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto said Tuesday he will form a political group with an eye to creating a new political party that will work to decentralize governmental power.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2008
Fukuda: U.S. delisting won't change stance
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda brushed aside concerns that the U.S. decision to remove North Korea from its list of terrorism-sponsor states would hurt Tokyo's efforts to resolve its dispute with Pyongyang over its past abductions of Japanese.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2008
Lawmakers slam Hatoyama over executions
Likening the execution process to a "conveyor belt," a group of lawmakers opposed to the death penalty harshly criticized Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama on Tuesday for sending a record 13 death-row inmates to the gallows in the past nine months.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2008
Let 10% of Japan be foreigners: Nakagawa
Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers made an ambitious proposal Thursday to raise the ratio of immigrants in Japan to about 10 percent over the next 50 years.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2008
Upper House hits Fukuda with censure
The opposition-controlled Upper House passed an unprecedented, but nonbinding, censure motion Wednesday against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, hoping to marshal public discontent with his stagnant administration into calls for a snap election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 3, 2008
Absentee ballot system up, running
Suffrage is a fundamental right of a democracy, and many countries ensure their citizens can cast absentee ballots.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TICAD IV
May 31, 2008
Health care crucial to children
YOKOHAMA — Africa continues to be one of the most challenging regions in the world for children.
JAPAN / TICAD IV
May 31, 2008
Africa awaits real action in TICAD wake
YOKOHAMA — The three-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development closed Friday with participants issuing a declaration committing Japan and multinational organizations to promote sustainable growth on the continent and fight poverty and climate change.
JAPAN / TICAD IV
May 29, 2008
Africa making strides but still in need of help
African leaders said Wednesday that while their nations have a responsibility to fight poverty and improve the living conditions of millions on the continent, its partners, including Japan and other affluent nations, must also lend a hand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 28, 2008
Connection: Commodities
Few Japanese may be knowledgeable about far-away Africa, but the continent's exports affect daily life here.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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