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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

Mar 29, 2006

Latest round of military talks to miss the deadline

Japan and the United States gave up on plans Tuesday to finalize an agreement by Friday on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, further prolonging negotiations that are testing the strength of the bilateral security alliance.

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JAPAN

Mar 28, 2006

SDF establishes joint office for military operations

The Self-Defense Forces on Monday set up the Joint Staff Office to integrate the operations of the Air, Maritime and Ground branches, with GSDF Gen. Hajime Massaki assuming the post of Joint Staff chief in a ceremony held at the Defense Agency in Tokyo.

JAPAN

Mar 26, 2006

Alleged U.S. leak irks Defense Agency

A top Defense Agency official was furious after reading front-page stories on March 15 here about Japan's negotiations with the United States.

JAPAN

Mar 25, 2006

Bid-rigging to be DFAA's undoing: Koizumi, Nukaga

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga agreed Friday to disband the Defense Facilities Administration Agency in a bid to stop further bid-rigging on agency construction projects.

JAPAN

Mar 25, 2006

East Timor leader lauds Japan's aid toward peace

" for another year, Alkatiri said. Asked what lessons the international community can learn from the reconstruction of a country emerging from conflict like East Timor, Alkatiri said that encouraging the voluntary initiatives of the people is key to success.

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JAPAN

Mar 24, 2006

New envoy says he is not too soft on China

Tokyo's next ambassador to Beijing on Thursday played down concerns he might be too soft on China and said he will continue to put Japan's interests first when he takes up his post April 10.

JAPAN

Mar 24, 2006

New yen loans to China are put on hold for now

Amid continued strained bilateral ties, the government has put on hold its decision to provide fresh yen loans to China for fiscal 2005, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday.

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JAPAN

Mar 23, 2006

Tokyo, Nago agree talks will continue about base

The Defense Agency and Nago, Okinawa, remained divided Wednesday over the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps helicopter base now in Futenma, central Okinawa, to the city in the northern part of the island but agreed to continue talking to make a deal by the end of the month, officials said.

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JAPAN

Mar 22, 2006

Koizumi, Nukaga reject big changes to base relocation plan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga confirmed Tuesday the government will push ahead with the current relocation plan for the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa.

JAPAN

Mar 15, 2006

British troop adjustment no factor for SDF: Aso

Japan's decision on when to pull its troops from southern Iraq will not be affected by Britain's announcement Monday that it will scale down its military presence in the country, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday.

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JAPAN

Mar 14, 2006

Iwakuni vote won't halt U.S. move: Abe

JAPAN

Mar 11, 2006

Japan submits plan to level U.N. dues

Japan proposed to the United Nations on Friday that the five permanent U.N. Security Council members shoulder a minimum of 3 percent or 5 percent of the total U.N. budget, a concept that would force China and Russia to pay more to support the international organization.

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JAPAN

Mar 10, 2006

Wanted: Pilot to pull DPJ out of dive

The decade-old Democratic Party of Japan is facing what members describe as its biggest crises ever.

JAPAN

Mar 4, 2006

Nukaga's head back on chopping block

Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga was grim-faced Feb. 24 as he told an audience of some 600 senior Self-Defense Forces officers and Defense Agency officials to clean up their organizations.

JAPAN

Mar 2, 2006

World must allow Iran's uranium program: Mottaki

Iran will not stop its uranium enrichment efforts and other countries should ensure it has the right to have a nuclear program for "peaceful purposes," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday.

JAPAN

Feb 28, 2006

Iran's foreign minister tells Japan Tehran has a right to nuke program

Despite diplomatic pressure by Japan, visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki maintained Monday that Tehran has the right to continue its nuclear program, a Foreign Ministry official said.

JAPAN

Feb 23, 2006

DPJ vows more revelations if Diet orders probe

A Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara promised Wednesday he will produce more information about shady financial links between Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie and a son of Tsutomu Takebe, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, but only if the ruling bloc agrees to launch...

JAPAN

Feb 22, 2006

Iran may get sanctions: Steinmeier

If Iran continues its nuclear designs, it may face U.N. Security Council economic sanctions, visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Tuesday.

JAPAN

Feb 17, 2006

Horie bought Takebe poll backing: DPJ

Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata dropped a political bombshell Thursday in the Diet, claiming Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie sent an internal e-mail before the Sept. 11 election directing his staff to pay 30 million yen to the son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe.

JAPAN

Feb 11, 2006

Koizumi relegates succession bill to debate

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated Friday the government will not submit a bill to allow for female monarchs until it sees the results of discussions on the issue within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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