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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
Feb 12, 2004
Koizumi's career could be biggest casualty of Iraq dispatch
With news of almost daily suicide attacks in Iraq, top government officials share the anxiety of relatives of Japanese soldiers who have been sent there.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2004
Official data suggest evidence of bid-rigging
Fiscal 2002 saw roughly 5,500 cases in which the winning bidders for public works and other government contracts clinched the deal at a price that was exactly the same as the upper limit set by the government, according to an official document released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2004
State to keep mum on terror targets
Which takes precedence: freedom of the press or the safety of potential targets of terrorist attacks?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2004
Koizumi awaits progress in Russia-held isles row
With Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to consolidate his political position with a victory in next month's presidential elections, it is more likely that Russia will try to solve a long-standing territorial dispute with Japan, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2004
Iraq safety apparently a foregone conclusion
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda entered the fray Thursday over an alleged draft of a report concluding the security situation in Iraq was safe even before an advance team had handed in its findings.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2004
DPJ to support Korean pundit for Upper House
The Democratic Party of Japan will field the head of the Tokyo bureau of the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo in the House of Councilors election this summer.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2004
Info slipups over Iraq situation might be due to staff shortage
Recent conflicting information on the local situation in Iraq might be due to Japanese staff shortages in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2004
Diet business resumes with apology by Koizumi
Diet business reopened Thursday after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi retracted an earlier remark about the security situation in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2004
Fukuda refuses to budge on WMD
The Japanese government believes "there is a high possibility" that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, despite congressional testimony to the contrary given by a former top U.S. arms inspector.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2004
Koizumi slip delays Diet debate on Iraq
A session of a special House of Representatives committee on the dispatch of ground troops to Iraq was canceled Wednesday following a slipup by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi regarding the security situation in southern Iraq.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2004
Kyodo moves reporters over terror threat in Iraq
The government has obtained information that lodgings used by Japanese wire agency Kyodo News in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah could be targeted by terrorists or insurgents, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2004
Koizumi OKs dispatch of main GSDF unit
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gave the final go-ahead Monday for the main contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force troops to be deployed to Iraq.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2004
GSDF report paves way for Komeito dispatch approval
A Ground Self-Defense Force advance team in the southern Iraqi city of in Samawah has concluded that the security situation there is "relatively stable," the secretaries general of the two ruling parties said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004
Officials lobby LDP rebels over SDF dispatch
A day after Japan's first ground troops set foot on Iraqi soil, top government officials found themselves urging members of the Liberal Democratic Party to unite and collectively support the dispatch.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004
Koizumi hits 1,000-day landmark
Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday became the sixth postwar prime minister to remain in office at least 1,000 days and has served one of the longest stints in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004
Koizumi seeks support for dispatch
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called on the nation to support his decision to send Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq as he kicked off the 150-day ordinary Diet session Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2004
Iraq likely to dominate next Diet session
As former deputy chief Cabinet secretary and House of Councilors member Kosei Ueno prepares for the Upper House election scheduled for mid-July, he is nagged by one major concern: the security situation in Iraq.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004
Fukuda lauds halt to defense briefings
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday welcomed the Defense Agency's decision to halt regular news conferences involving top officers of the Air, Ground and Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004
Koizumi urges LDP-DPJ effort to revise Constitution
Constitutional reform is no longer a taboo issue and the Liberal Democratic Party should work together with the Democratic Party of Japan to submit bills to this end to the Diet, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2004
DPJ set to submit own proposals on Constitution
The Democratic Party of Japan said Tuesday it will issue constitutional amendment proposals by 2006.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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