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Reiji Yoshida
Reiji Yoshida is a staff writer and deputy manager of the Domestic News Division. Since joining The Japan Times in 1993, he has intensively covered domestic politics, diplomacy and defense issues as well as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 26, 2008
Tokyo ready to shift foreign-aid focus from Asia to Africa
Japan is embarking on a diplomatic sea change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 25, 2008
Opportunity to knock on Japan's door at TICAD, Gabon envoy says
The upcoming conference on African development in Yokohama will showcase opportunities in resource-rich African countries that are hoping to build strategic partnerships with Japan, according to Gabon's ambassador to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 23, 2008
Fukuda pledges full support for planned ASEAN unified market
Echoing his late father's message more than three decades ago, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday that Japan will seek closer ties with Southeast Asian countries by supporting the planned creation of a single integrated market in the region.
JAPAN
May 21, 2008
Africa ODA to be doubled: Fukuda
The government promised Tuesday to double its official development assistance to Africa to around ¥200 billion by 2012 on a disbursement basis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2008
Marriage sprang from struggle to master Japanese
May Uehara, who came to Japan from Hong Kong in 1986, speaks Japanese with such perfect intonation that people may at first mistake her for a native.
JAPAN
May 15, 2008
Clark, Fukuda concur on all but agriculture
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Wednesday to cooperate on global warming, security and other areas but failed to make progress on signing a free-trade agreement, according to a joint statement issued after their summit in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 10, 2008
Japan-China relations rest on the young learning modern history: Hu
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa agreed that the future of relations between the two countries lies in teaching modern history to young people, the governor told reporters Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2008
Waseda hears Hu's upbeat spin
China is still a developing country struggling with grave structural problems and needs stable relations with Japan and other nations to ensure its development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday in a speech at Waseda University in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2008
Fukuda, Hu put focus on future
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed Wednesday to make 2008 the year for boosting their nations' "mutually beneficial" relationship, as Tokyo hosted the first Chinese leader to visit in 10 years.
JAPAN
May 4, 2008
Hu summit overshadowed by risk
Next Tuesday's five-day visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao would have been one of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's finest moments. But now the summit appears to be a high-risk event fraught with diplomatic danger.
JAPAN
May 3, 2008
China warms to emissions goals
China is expected to express support for Japan's sector-by-sector approach to setting goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Friday.
JAPAN
May 2, 2008
Bill ties visa to language skills
Looking to encourage Japanese language learning among foreigners, the government is set to submit a bill to the Diet next year designed to make it easier for those who demonstrate a certain level of language proficiency to get visas of up to five years, a government study group said Thursday in an interim...
JAPAN
May 1, 2008
Pandas added to summit agenda
Japan will ask China to provide new panda bears to Ueno Zoo during the summit between President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda next week in Tokyo, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2008
EU envoy sounds climate warning
Climate change is "a threat multiplier" that could cause various crises, including forcing some of the weakest states to break apart, a key European Union diplomat warned Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2008
Japan vows to build 1,000 new schools in Africa
Japan pledged Wednesday to provide aid to finance construction of 1,000 new schools in Africa with a total of 5,500 classrooms over the next five years, setting a key numerical target ahead of planned major international conferences later this year.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2008
Fukuda, EU leaders agree to boost cooperation in climate-change fight
Japan and the European Union agreed Wednesday to step up cooperation in the fight against global warming, calling for a "highly ambitious and binding international approach" to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2008
Bilateral ties hinge on young: Lee
The future appears to be the key theme South Korean President Lee Myung Bak has chosen to stress during his first trip to Japan since his inauguration.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2008
Fukuda, Lee agree to push North
Japan and South Korea will work together to push for the denuclearization of North Korea and work closely with the United States to achieve world peace and stability, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and President Lee Myung Bak agreed Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2008
Lee comes to Tokyo seeking pragmatic ties
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak arrived Sunday in Tokyo for a two-day visit, bringing with him hopes of launching a new bilateral relationship based on pragmatism rather than nationalistic and often conflicting sentiments between the two countries.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2008
Yang visits Yokohama, holds pre-Hu meetings
YOKOHAMA — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited a Chinese school in Yokohama and met the mayor and the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture on Saturday in an attempt to smoothen bilateral ties ahead of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao next month.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Harry Kewell fired by Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos coach Harry Kewell before an Asian Champions League match against Ulsan Hyundai, in Ulsan, South Korea, on April 17
Statue of A-bombed Japanese girl in Seattle stolen
The Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes statue in Seattle's Peace Park. The statue was reported missing on Friday by the city government of Seattle.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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