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Tetsushi Kajimoto
Japan Times
JAPAN / DEMOGRAPHIC DILEMMAS
Jan 3, 2005
Health sector won't get by without a shot in the arm
Shiela Tahara Noble is living proof that nationality doesn't matter -- once language barriers are overcome -- when dealing with a sector where the domestic labor supply is increasingly scarce.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2004
'Send 'em off to war' quip puts Takebe in the hot seat
Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, drew flak Friday over his remark the previous day that Japanese youths should serve in the Self-Defense Forces as part of educational reform efforts.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2004
Yokota furor spells end to food aid for North Korea, Machimura says
North Korea will not receive the remaining half of its food aid package from Japan, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2004
Takebe fires warning shot over postal reform bills
Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, suggested Thursday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should dissolve the House of Representatives if his postal reform initiative hits a snag in the Diet in January.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2004
Kanzaki tells Koizumi to take Yasukuni protests seriously
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should take seriously the protests by Chinese leaders over his repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine and deal with the issue accordingly, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki said Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004
Extra Diet session achieves little; critics declare democracy dead
The 53-day extraordinary Diet session ended Friday with little progress on key contentious issues -- namely a political money scandal and the war in Iraq.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004
Suzuki claims he got millions from firm via LDP -- all legit
Convicted former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki said Thursday he received millions of yen in the late 1990s from a major company that was diverted through the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2004
DPJ again floats bill to consolidate pension plans
The Democratic Party of Japan submitted a pension reform bill Friday to the Diet aimed at integrating the National Pension System and the pension programs covering salaried workers and public servants into an all-in-one system in fiscal 2008.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2004
Japan to continue supplying food aid to North
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday that North Korea will receive from the government the remainder of the food aid it was promised.
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JAPAN
Nov 18, 2004
New Komeito torn between two masters
A two-party political system involving the now ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan might not be far off, given the DPJ's strong gains in recent elections.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004
Opposition bill aims to get SDF out of Iraq
In a bid to have the Ground Self-Defense Force troops withdrawn from Iraq, opposition parties jointly submitted a bill Thursday to the Diet to scrap the special law allowing the deployment in the war-torn country.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2004
Koizumi snubs call for GSDF pullout
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rejected an opposition camp demand Wednesday that the Ground Self-Defense Force troops be pulled out of the southern Iraq city of Samawah when their one-year humanitarian mission expires on Dec. 14.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2004
Leaders voice mixed reaction to Bush win
Political party leaders had mixed reactions to U.S. President George W. Bush's re-election Thursday that ranged from relief to demands for Washington to review its policy on Iraq.
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JAPAN
Nov 3, 2004
DPJ member quits over law violations
Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yuzuru Tsuzuki submitted his resignation to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, shortly after the Supreme Court upheld suspended sentences handed to his aides for paying election campaign workers in violation of the election law.
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JAPAN
Nov 1, 2004
Kanzaki gets new term at New Komeito helm
New Komeito, the junior but pivotal member of the ruling coalition, re-elected Takenori Kanzaki as its leader at a party convention Sunday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2004
Political funds law revision not the answer
Despite moves to amend the Political Funds Control Law after a recent scandal involving a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, experts are skeptical about whether such efforts will actually give it teeth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004
Koizumi backs revisions to law on funds control
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi voiced hope Wednesday that the Political Funds Control Law will be revised during the ongoing extraordinary Diet session.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2004
Koizumi told to iron out differences with LDP over postal privatization
A former Cabinet minister demanded Thursday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reach a compromise with the Liberal Democratic Party over his plan to privatize the nation's postal services.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2004
No apologies for Iraq war -- Baghdad deserved it: Koizumi
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday rejected an opposition demand that he apologize for making a "serious mistake" in supporting the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2004
Hashimoto to face Diet grilling over scandal
Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Tuesday he is ready to appear before the House of Representatives political ethics council to explain his alleged involvement in a recent scandal involving donations from the Japan Dental Association.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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