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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.

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JAPAN

Sep 2, 2003

Fujii's hat drifting closer toward the ring

The odds are getting better that former transport minister Takao Fujii will run in the LDP's upcoming presidential election, party sources said Monday.

BUSINESS

Aug 21, 2003

Digital cameras claim ever bigger chunk of market

Yet another tidal wave of digitization has swept Japan's camera sector, forcing makers of conventional products to compete for a share of the burgeoning new market.

BUSINESS

Aug 21, 2003

Digital cameras' prevalence a wake-up call for Fuji exec

Film executive Kazuo Nakamura realized how pervasive digital cameras had become when he attended a young colleague's wedding in March and found that roughly one out of the 10 people in attendance who were taking pictures were doing so with mobile phones, not with conventional cameras.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jul 26, 2003

Coalition paves way for approval of SDF-Iraq bill

The ruling coalition rammed a government-proposed bill to send Self-Defense Forces to Iraq through a House of Councilors committee Friday evening amid resistance from the opposition, paving the way for final Diet approval of the controversial legislation.

JAPAN

Jul 25, 2003

Opposition parties try to block SDF bill

The opposition parties launched a last-minute move Thursday to block final Upper House votes on a government-sponsored bill to dispatch Self-Defense Forces to Iraq, by submitting a series of censure motions against Cabinet ministers.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jul 25, 2003

DPJ, Liberal Party exec panels approve fall merger proposal

The executive councils of the Democratic Party of Japan and Liberal Party approved on Thursday a proposal to merge the two parties by the end of September.

JAPAN

Jul 24, 2003

DPJ and Liberal Party agree to merge

In preparation for the upcoming Lower House general election, top leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party agreed Wednesday that the two opposition parties will merge by the end of September.

JAPAN

Jul 24, 2003

DPJ targets watchdog official over insurance merger role

The Democratic Party of Japan filed a criminal accusation Wednesday against Financial Services Agency Commissioner Shokichi Takagi, blaming him for trying to pressure Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. to consolidate with an ailing life insurance firm last year.

JAPAN

Jul 23, 2003

Don't build it unless they'll come

More than three-quarters of respondents to a recent survey believe the government should stop building expressways if the projects are not expected to turn a profit.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jul 19, 2003

Japan Highway on the road to ruin; 617.477 billion yen in debt: document

A set of secret documents allegedly compiled by Japan Highway Public Corp. suggest that the semigovernmental corporation is in a state of capital deficit.

JAPAN

Jul 19, 2003

Cemetery for war dead has identity crisis

Summer for many Japanese is a time that conjures up bitter memories of the nation's Aug. 15, 1945, defeat in the war -- a conflict that claimed millions of lives and left a number of cities devastated.

JAPAN

Jul 17, 2003

JCP forced to admit to more public drinking rules

Top executives of the Japanese Communist Party were embarrassed again Wednesday following a newspaper report revealing an internal party document that strictly outlines the behavior of party members when they drink outside their homes.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jul 17, 2003

Takenaka censure defeated

The House of Councilors voted down a censure motion Wednesday against Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka, who has been taking heat for injecting nearly 2 trillion yen in public funds into an ailing banking group and failing to pull the economy out of its decade-old slump.

BUSINESS

Jul 16, 2003

DPJ hits besieged Takenaka with Diet censure motion

The Democratic Party of Japan submitted a censure motion Tuesday against Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka.

JAPAN

Jul 11, 2003

Japan Highway accused of hiding data that show it riddled with debt

Japan Highway Public Corp. may be keeping a secret.

JAPAN

Jul 11, 2003

Nov. 9 election nearly a certainty: Yamasaki aide

A Nov. 9 general election is a near certainty as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to dissolve the House of Representatives to meet that schedule, a close aide to LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki said Thursday.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jul 4, 2003

Fukuda accused of defending rape

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Thursday became the latest politician to come under fire for allegedly making discriminatory remarks toward women.

JAPAN

Jul 3, 2003

JCP to reinforce old ban on members' drinking

Stung by a humiliating sexual harassment scandal that led to the resignation of a top executive, the Japanese Communist Party said Wednesday it would reinforce an internal rule to prevent further trouble from its members.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jul 2, 2003

DPJ decides to oppose sending SDF to Iraq, citing concerns over security

The Democratic Party of Japan decided Tuesday to oppose any dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to help reconstruct Iraq.

JAPAN / Q&A

Jun 27, 2003

Revised fund law good for graft?

The first hearing was held Thursday in the trial of Lower House member Takanori Sakai, who has been charged with violating the Political Funds Control Law by concealing political donations from companies.

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