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Tetsushi Kajimoto
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2004
Koizumi pledges passage of pension reform bills
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday reiterated his determination to have government-sponsored pension reform legislation enacted during the ongoing Diet session.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2004
Diet passes 82 trillion yen '04 budget
The Diet on Friday passed the fiscal 2004 budget, which totals 82.11 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2004
Parties agree to ban spouses as Diet aides
The ruling and opposition parties said Wednesday they will prohibit Diet members from employing their spouses as publicly paid secretaries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2004
Sato scandal casts spotlight on nepotism
Lawmakers are imposing restrictions on the long-standing practice of hiring spouses and family members as publicly paid secretaries in response to a recent scandal among their ranks.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2004
Cabinet OKs highway privatization plan
The Cabinet endorsed contentious legislation Tuesday aimed at privatizing the nation's four expressway corporations.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2004
DPJ plans to expel Sato over salary scam
The Democratic Party of Japan said Friday it will expel Kanju Sato over his alleged pocketing of the state-paid salary of a woman falsely registered as his secretary.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2004
DPJ's Sato tenders resignation from Diet
House of Representatives lawmaker Kanju Sato tendered his resignation from the Diet on Thursday amid allegations that he pocketed the state-paid salary of a woman falsely registered as his secretary.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2004
DPJ lawmaker denies taking aide's pay
A senior lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Japan denied Tuesday he registered as his publicly paid secretary a woman who did not work for his office.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2004
Former abductee saw 20 Japanese in North Korea
A South Korean man who had been abducted to North Korea said Tuesday in Tokyo he saw at least 20 suspected Japanese abductees there in the early 1970s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLITICS IN FOCUS
Mar 2, 2004
Komeito torn between LDP, Soka Gakkai
When New Komeito backed the Liberal Democratic Party's decision to send the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq earlier this year, members of Soka Gakkai, Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization whose political arm is New Komeito, launched rare opposition to the party's decision.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2004
Kanzaki stays coalition-focused for election
New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki said Monday the party is determined to continue supporting the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councilors election in July so the two-party coalition can maintain a majority in the chamber.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2004
Changing security situation may alter collective defense stance: Koizumi
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hinted Tuesday that the government might alter its constitutional interpretation of the nation's right to collective self-defense as it deals with future changes in the security situation.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2004
Japan denies promising abductees would return
Japan never promised North Korea that it would send back the five former abductees after their return visit to Japan in 2002, Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, claimed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2004
Diet OKs SDF dispatch to Iraq
The Diet on Monday gave its final approval for the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq on the strength of the ruling coalition's majority in the House of Councilors.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2004
Coalition irons out pension plan
The ruling coalition reached final agreement Wednesday on a pension reform program that includes a phased premium increase for salaried workers and benefit decrease to cope with the rapidly graying society.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2004
Diet impasse comes to an end
Diet business returned to normal Tuesday afternoon.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2004
Opposition boycotts Upper House
The opposition parties continued Monday their boycott of all Diet debate following the ruling coalition's approval of the Self-Defense Forces dispatch to Iraq, effectively putting House of Councilors deliberations on hold.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2004
Lower House panel OKs Iraq dispatch
The special Lower House committee on Iraq issues on Friday approved the contentious dispatch of Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq, despite last-ditch resistance from opposition parties.
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 Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2004
DPJ axes Koga over false academic claims
The Democratic Party of Japan expelled House of Representatives member Junichiro Koga from its ranks Thursday over his false academic claims, rejecting his earlier move to leave the party voluntarily.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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