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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.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2007
Chile FTA final, eliminates tariffs on 92% of bilateral trade
Japan and Chile finalized the details Tuesday of their bilateral free-trade agreement, which will eliminate all tariffs on 92 percent of bilateral trade in terms of value within 10 years, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 27, 2007
Life in the cloudy Imperial fishbowl
Although the media and insatiable public curiosity can expose the private secrets of superstars, the Imperial family remains largely out of view.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2007
Nakasone claims his 'ian-jo' was for R&R
Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on Friday denied he set up a military brothel during World War II when he was a naval officer, claiming the facility he built was only for "rest and recreation" for the engineering corps he led.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2007
No common history view with China
Historians from China and Japan have given up cowriting a single history of Sino-Japanese relations in a joint study project sponsored by the two governments because of the apparent huge gaps in their views and time constraints, Japanese participants said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2007
State mum on Nakasone's war brothel
started assaulting (indigenous) women and others started to indulge in gambling. I took great pains to set up a comfort station for them," Nakasone recalled in "Owarinaki Kaigun" ("The Navy Without End"), a collection of memoirs written by navy veterans, published in 1978. "Comfort station" was the government's...
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2007
Minister's reticence may backfire
It's turning into a hard week at the Diet for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, whose political funds report revealed suspiciously high utility expenditures at his rent-free government office.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2007
Japan signs landmark security pact with Australia
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Australian counterpart, John Howard, signed a landmark security accord Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation, making Japan Australia's closest security ally after the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2007
Howard meets Aso, repeats Aussie commitment to tariff-taming EPA
Australian Prime Minister John Howard met Foreign Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on Monday and repeated his determination to conclude a bilateral economic partnership agreement that will lower tariffs on farm products, a Foreign Ministry official said.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2007
Sex slave history erased from texts; '93 apology next?
Former education minister Nariaki Nakayama takes pride in an achievement he and about 130 fellow members of the Liberal Democratic Party took the past decade to accomplish: getting references to Japan's wartime sex slaves struck from most authorized history texts for junior high schools.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2007
Abe endorses LDP probe into wartime sex slaves
The government will provide documents to aid a new investigation by the Liberal Democratic Party into Japan's wartime sexual slavery, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2007
Negroponte cool to U.S. call for sex slave apology
Issues pertaining to Japan's wartime sexual slavery should be dealt between Tokyo and the affected parties, not a third country, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2007
Japan, Russia agree to discuss nuke pact
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, agreed Wednesday to negotiations on a nuclear cooperation pact and inked accords to boost bilateral economic ties, a Japanese government official said.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2007
Japan to help Mongolia develop mineral wealth
Visiting Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a joint action plan Monday pledging expanded bilateral cooperation, including government talks on ways to utilize rich mineral resources in Mongolia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2007
Ending poverty in Asia key challenge: ADB exec
Despite Asia's splendid economic success stories, daunting challenges continue, not the least of which is poverty, Rajat Nag, new managing director general of the Asian Development Bank, said Wednesday in an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2007
Abe, Li agree to cooperate on N. Korea
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Friday to cooperate closely in their efforts to have North Korea denuclearize as part of the six-party process.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2007
Tokyo positive but still cautious about new six-party deal
Senior government officials on Tuesday praised the landmark agreement reached in the six-party talks on the denuclearization of North Korea but were also cautious, saying Japan still has a long and difficult road ahead to keep the nation secure and resolve the abduction issue.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2007
Aussie book on Crown Princess draws official wrath
The Foreign Ministry came to the defense of the Imperial family on Tuesday, saying it had lodged formal protests with the author and publisher of a new book about Crown Princess Masako that it called "contemptuous" and "insulting."
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2007
Portugal optimistic EU will OK constitution: foreign minister
presidency," Amado said. According to Amado, the No. 2 priority of the 18-month program, which includes a six-month stint with Slovenia in the presidency next year, is to make the EU "a strong player" in the world, particularly in terms of innovation and technology. This is followed by migration issues....
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2007
Japan talking tough over abduction issue
Japan will not take part in any multinational deal to help North Korea economically unless substantial progress is made in the six-party talks on denuclearizing the hermit country, government officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2007
Japanese interest in Macau reaches new heights
MACAU, China -- Macau is definitely a hot spot these days, not just as a tourist destination but also as a focal point for international diplomacy and security.
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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