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EDITORIALS

Aug 2, 2012

New antismoking drive

The government in early June set a numerical target for reducing the percentage of Japanese adult smokers — the fist attempt of its kind — and incorporated it into a five-year basic program to push countermeasures against cancer from fiscal 2012 to 2016 and into a fiscal 2013-22 program to promote...

EDITORIALS

Aug 2, 2012

Makeshift electoral reform

A bill to reapportion Upper House seats is likely to be enacted soon because the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the leading opposition Liberal Democratic Party have agreed to support it.

EDITORIALS

Aug 1, 2012

Useful help to Myanmar

During her recent visits abroad, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not only expressed her thanks for support from various countries for democratization efforts in Myanmar but also called for increased investment in the country to improve the well-being of Myanmar people.

EDITORIALS

Aug 1, 2012

Good fight by 'green' candidate

In the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election held Sunday, Mr. Shigetaro Yamamoto, a former bureaucrat of the infrastructure and transport ministry supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, was elected the new governor, beating three other candidates.

EDITORIALS

Jul 31, 2012

Another senseless slaughter

The United States has suffered yet another bloody massacre of its citizens — by one of its own. The immediate reaction to a bloodbath in which 12 people were killed and 58 wounded was shock and horror at the scale and senselessness of the tragedy.

EDITORIALS

Jul 30, 2012

Defense against cyberattacks

Worries about cyberattacks on computer systems of government organizations and private enterprises are rising after a series of such attacks on government organizations in June, for which an international hackers' group, Anonymous, hinted that it was responsible.

EDITORIALS

Jul 30, 2012

Governors' view of revival

At their annual conference held in Takamatsu on July 19 and 20, the governors of Japan's 47 prefectures adopted an interim report on their Japan Resuscitation Plan, which presents their view on Japan's overall direction in future economic development and ways to cope with expected massive disasters....

EDITORIALS

Jul 29, 2012

Billionaire's tax to help the poor

In searching for new sources of funding, the United Nations this month called for a tax on billionaires to raise money for poor countries. According to the assessment in the U.N. World Economic and Social Survey, an annual tax on the world's super-rich would yield almost $400 billion a year.

EDITORIALS

Jul 29, 2012

Japan as No. 25

Japan has fallen to 25th place in a world ranking of innovation — down five places from 2011 — according to a study conducted by INSEAD, an international graduate school and research institution concerned with innovation in countries around the world. Japan's economy, still the third-largest in the...

EDITORIALS

Jul 28, 2012

Justice for all Minamata victims

An important date is approaching for people who are not officially recognized as victims of Minamata disease but have symptoms of the disease, Japan's worst industrial pollution-induced disease caused by methyl mercury contained in waste from Chisso Corp.'s factory in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, and...

EDITORIALS

Jul 28, 2012

The joy of the Olympic Games

Queen Elizabeth II opens the 2012 Olympics on Saturday Japan time (Friday local time). This is the third time that London hosts the Olympics. This year's Olympic Games mark the 30th modern Olympics since the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.

EDITORIALS

Jul 27, 2012

Reducing Tepco's costs

Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano, consumer affairs minister Jin Matsubara and Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura on July 20 decided to let Tokyo Electric Power Co. raise its electricity rate for households by an average 8.47 percent from Sept. 1. On Wednesday, Mr. Edano eventually set the...

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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