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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 / History
Jul 3, 2007
U.S. Forces Japan marks HQ's 50th anniversary
The U.S. Forces Japan headquarters marked its 50th anniversary with a ceremony Monday at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 3, 2007
How Japanese tax-payers' money is lost in bid-rigging
Every few years, politicians, bureaucrats and construction company bigwigs get embroiled in bid-rigging scandals — and the public's faith in government sinks deeper.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2007
U.S. still considers Japan top partner in Asia: poll
Japan is still the United States' most important partner in Asia, according to an annual public opinion poll commissioned by the Japanese government, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2007
Hill sees N. Korea shutting reactor in three weeks
The chief U.S. negotiator on North Korea said Saturday in Tokyo that he expects Pyongyang to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facility "probably in three weeks."
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2007
N. Korea talks could restart next month: Hill
are very aware of the fact that this is a step-by-step process, with many steps to come," Hill said. Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for access to frozen funds at a Macau bank. The funds were frozen after the U.S. blacklisted the bank for allegedly assisting North Korea in...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2007
Iwojima, site of fierce battle, is officially renamed Iwoto
Iwojima, the famous patch of volcanic rock in the Pacific where Japanese and U.S. forces fought a fierce battle toward the end of World War II, is no longer known by that name, officially speaking.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2007
Cambodia investment pact inked
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Phnom Penh counterpart, Hun Sen, signed a pact Thursday to promote investments by Japanese firms in Cambodia.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2007
Lee raps China, South Korea over Yasukuni
Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui said Saturday in Tokyo that China and South Korea have lashed out at Japanese leaders over Yasukuni Shrine mainly because of their own domestic political problems, and Japan should not let other countries intervene in honoring its war dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2007
Lee courts discord with Yasukuni visit
Just being here has caused a political stir, but former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui upped the ante Thursday by visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to offer a prayer for his brother, who died while fighting for Japan in World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2007
JCP: GSDF unit illegally monitored dispatch foes
The Ground Self-Defense Force's information security unit conducted detailed surveillance on journalists and citizen and religious groups opposing the GSDF's operation in Iraq, the Japanese Communist Party alleged Wednesday when revealing what it claims are GSDF internal documents.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2007
SLR pioneer missed jump to digital
As the first Japanese company to commercialize a single-lens reflex camera for 35mm film, Pentax Corp. has a storied history. But that history may have prevented it from advancing into the digital age and delayed a crucial decision to be absorbed by Hoya Corp. for its own survival.
JAPAN
May 23, 2007
Media needs to cover the Hawker case more: Beckett
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Tuesday urged the Japanese media to give more coverage to the murder case of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker in the hopes that it will help bring the killer to justice.
JAPAN
May 23, 2007
Aso announces 'manga' award for foreign artists
want to make the award something like the Nobel Prize for manga (creators)," Aso told a news conference. "Not as much money will be given as for the Nobel Prize, but we'd like to invite (the winners) to Japan." Foreign Ministry officials said the purpose of the award is to promote Japanese-style comics...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2007
Collective defense: What it means for Japan
Under the initiative of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a new government panel held its first meeting Friday to discuss whether Japan can legally exercise the right to participate in "collective self-defense.''
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2007
Constitution protects all: political expert
Political science professor Kang Sang Jung had no interest in the Constitution until the 1980s.
JAPAN / CHARTER TURNS 60
May 4, 2007
LDP wants to cut freedoms: DPJ
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe doesn't understand the basics of the Constitution and wants to use it to reduce human rights, not protect them, according to the head of a constitutional study panel for the Democratic Party of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHARTER TURNS 60
May 3, 2007
Proponent of rewriting Article 9 still wants limits
The Constitution marks its 60th anniversary on May 2. This is the first in a series of interviews with politicians and experts on whether or how the charter should be changed.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2007
Japan drops to third place in global ODA behind U.S., Britain
Japan fell to third place in the official development assistance rankings in 2006, dropping for the first time in 24 years, a group of 22 developed countries said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2007
Japan-Thai FTA to phase out tariffs
Accelerating a global race to strengthen ties with Asia's economic powers, Tokyo and Bangkok inked a free-trade agreement Tuesday that will abolish tariffs on more than 90 percent of bilateral trade over 10 years.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2007
PAC-3 Patriot missiles debut at Iruma air base
A Patriot PAC-3 missile system, the first element of Japan's planned missile shield, was deployed at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, early Friday, ASDF officials in Tokyo said.
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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