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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 Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008
'Manga' fans have been won over but what about the rest of Japan?
A curious thing happened to the stock market when Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced Sept. 1 his intention to step down: Shares in "manga"-related companies surged.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2008
LDP looks to replicate media magic
The rules of the game are changing in Tokyo's Nagata-cho, the longtime epicenter of Japanese politics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 12, 2008
When the Koreans rioted in Kobe
When Elizabeth Ryan was in Kobe from 1947 to 1948 as part of the Occupation, she witnessed one of the city's most dramatic events in the postwar period.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 11, 2008
Theater, stores cheered up locals
Fifth in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 10, 2008
Mixed-race babies in lurch
Fourth in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 9, 2008
Fraternization — and consequences
Third in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2008
Juliana's revival draws thousands
A legendary disco from the early '90s staged a one-day revival Saturday as hundreds of women dressed in sexy skin-tight outfits danced the night away in Tokyo's Ariake district to commemorate the glory days of Juliana's Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 6, 2008
Occupiers favored with postwar plenty
Ask any Japanese who experienced the war and the Allied Occupation about their recollections of those years and their first memory will probably concern hunger.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 5, 2008
'Life keeps right on moving'
Ashes and rubble covered the devastated land as far as the eye could see.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 5, 2008
Letter trove details Occupation life
More than 1,000 pages of handwritten letters from 1947 to 1948 by an American woman who witnessed and described in detail the Allied Occupation of Japan have been discovered in Nebraska and recently obtained by The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2008
Fukuda announces resignation
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly announced Monday night he will resign.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2008
Rare birds put paid to Toyota site
Even Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, can't win when it comes to preserving endangered wildlife.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2008
Quakes inevitable — so prepare
Last of two parts Are you ready for the Big One?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2008
Kitajima-speak available for those keeping abreast of ring tone times
With two gold medals in his trophy case from the Beijing Olympics and another from the 2004 Athens Games, breaststroke swimmer Kosuke Kitajima is truly now a national superstar.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2008
51 poisonous snakes found in bite victim's Tokyo condo
A Tokyo man was arrested Wednesday after police found as many as 51 poisonous snakes, including cobras with extremely powerful venom, in his condominium near JR Harajuku Station in Shibuya Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 26, 2008
Brisk output belies crisis facing publishing industry
More than 200 new books are published daily in Japan, and the total market of books and magazines surpasses ¥2 trillion. But experts say the publishing industry is facing a historic crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2008
Horie resumes blog after long cybersilence
Former Internet venture star Takafumi Horie is staging a comeback, but quietly, and with far less attention than he sought during his high-tech heyday a few years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2008
Aug. 15 — Japan's longest day — still resonates
Aug. 15, 1945, a scorcher without a cloud in the sky, is one of the most emotional dates for the Japanese people, as it is considered the day the nation surrendered and ended World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 11, 2008
Antiterror effort vital, new defense chief says
The government has not yet decided whether to submit a bill that would extend the fuel-supply mission for NATO-led naval forces in the Indian Ocean, according to the newly appointed defense minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2008
'Pioneering' Indonesian caregivers now face true test
Like the other Indonesian welfare workers who arrived Thursday in Japan to work under a bilateral accord, nurse Erli Ridwan, 35, hopes to pass the qualifying test to stay in the country and provide care.
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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