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Oct 21, 2012

Why the welfare discrimination?

The Japan Pension Service has told municipal governments to end automatic waivers for pension premiums for foreigners on public assistance. The automatic waiver allowed foreigners, like Japanese nationals, to forego the monthly premium on their pension when receiving public assistance. The change in...

EDITORIALS

Oct 21, 2012

More problems in Okinawa

Another allegation of rape by American servicemen in Okinawa on Tuesday has reignited anti-U.S. protests by Okinawans and resentment throughout Japan. Okinawa Gov. Kazuhiro Nakaima called for more severe measures than in the past. Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto noted the severity of the allegation....

EDITORIALS

Oct 20, 2012

New North korea approach needed

A decade has passed since five Japanese abducted by North Korean agents were returned to Japan on Oct. 15, 2002. That event took place a month after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il held a summit that culminated in the signing of the Pyongyang Declaration in which...

EDITORIALS

Oct 20, 2012

Misuse of reconstruction funds

It has surfaced that a special account budget to fund the reconstruction of communities devastated by the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters has been used to pay for unrelated projects. As to be expected, the shortage of funds due to budget mismanagement has angered affected residents. The...

EDITORIALS

Oct 19, 2012

The IMF's new message

Mea culpa. That might be the biggest message from the recent gathering of global financial leaders in Tokyo. The annual IMF/World Bank meeting is an opportunity for finance ministers and central bankers to seek agreement on the state of the global economy and ways to ensure greater or more stable growth....

EDITORIALS

Oct 18, 2012

The death of King Sihanouk

Revered former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk died of a heart attack on Monday in Beijing at the age of 89. His turbulent life reflected the modern history of Cambodia, a small country that experienced difficulties and tragedies as its fate was swayed by the interests and moves of bigger powers. He...

EDITORIALS

Oct 18, 2012

Improve policing of cyber crimes

The Osaka prefectural police arrested a man from Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 26 and the Mie prefectural police arrested a man from Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 14, both on suspicion of posting threatening announcements on the Internet that heinous crimes would take place. Subsequently the Osaka...

EDITORIALS

Oct 17, 2012

Asian universities catching up

Asian universities are gaining on their western counterparts, according to the recently released Times Higher Education rankings. The annual evaluations of world universities found Asian universities doing better than ever before in the annual global rankings. Japan had 16 universities in the top 400...

EDITORIALS

Oct 17, 2012

Passing the buck on nuclear power

The government's irresponsible attitude toward nuclear power generation is becoming clear. It seems that the government does not want to pursue concrete steps to reduce and eventually end the nation's reliance on nuclear power despite its new long-term energy policy under which it is supposed to utilize...

EDITORIALS

Oct 16, 2012

Pakistan's choice

Sometimes, a single act can reveal everything there is to know about someone or something. The attack by the Taliban last week on a 14-year-old Pakistani girl, Ms. Malala Yousafzai, is one of those clarifying moments. The assassination attempt was a cowardly, barbaric deed. A political movement that...

EDITORIALS

Oct 14, 2012

Aiding Myanmar's reforms

In an Oct. 11 meeting in Tokyo held at the initiative of Japan, 26 countries and five international organizations including the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank agreed to work together to help Myanmar with its reform efforts. The problem of Myanmar's overdue debts — the biggest obstacle to...

EDITORIALS

Oct 14, 2012

Japanese car sales down in China

Since the dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea (which are known as the Diaoyu Islands in China), Japanese car sales have plummeted in China. Earlier this month, Toyota announced its Chinese sales have dropped by nearly half from the same month a year ago. Honda, Nissan and Mazda all...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.

Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go

By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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