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EDITORIALS

Jul 25, 2009

Flesh out the manifestoes

As Lower House elections near, each political party needs to accelerate the work of writing its "manifesto" or detailed election platform. As the coming election will be one in which voters choose a government, stuffing a manifesto with money-splashing projects is not likely to win people's hearts. It...

EDITORIALS

Jul 24, 2009

U.S. and India moving forward

One of the enduring legacies of former President George W. Bush is the relationship he forged between the United States and India. That effort, driven by moral and geostrategic imperatives, enabled two of the world's largest democracies to overcome decades of rancor.

EDITORIALS

Jul 23, 2009

Lower-price trend strengthens

Retailers are lowering prices to attract customers, a trend noticeably strong at food and clothing stores as well as restaurant and fast-food chains.

EDITORIALS

Jul 23, 2009

Travel ban on North officials

The United Nations Security Council's sanctions committee has slapped a new set of sanctions on North Korea in accordance with Resolution 1874, which the council adopted June 12 in response to the North's second nuclear test on May 25. After the committee's decision July 16, Mr. Fazil Corman, deputy...

EDITORIALS

Jul 22, 2009

Meaningful returns from space

Forty years have passed since Mr. Neil Armstrong, commander of the United States' Apollo 11 space mission, and astronaut Mr. Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969 (U.S. Eastern Standard Time). They spent 2 1/2 hours outside the landing module Eagle.

EDITORIALS

Jul 22, 2009

Critical election to come

Prime Minister Taro Aso finally dissolved the Lower House on Tuesday for a snap election Aug. 30. In the election, the voters will make clear whether they want a government led by the Liberal Democratic Party or by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Thus the election will have a great impact on...

EDITORIALS

Jul 20, 2009

Gubernatorial influence

In the past, an important job of prefectural governors was lodging petitions with the central government to get funds and projects for their prefectures. But the nation's 47 governors seem to have become aware of the political potential they can exert if they act in concert. People like Gov. Toru Hashimoto...

EDITORIALS

Jul 20, 2009

H1N1 flu still spreading

The H1N1 flu pandemic is spreading not only in the Southern Hemisphere but also in such countries as the United States, China and Britain. The World Health Organization announced that as of July 10, the number of confirmed cases of infection in the world topped 100,000 in 142 countries. As of July 6,...

EDITORIALS

Jul 19, 2009

NEETs on the rise

The number of NEETs (people Not in Employment, Education or Training) now totals 640,000 people in Japan, according to a government white paper released in July. At the current rate of increase, NEETs may approach a million within five years, becoming a significant social problem that the government...

EDITORIALS

Jul 19, 2009

Temp worker casualties

A new report by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry revealed that 5,631 dispatch workers were injured or killed in work-related accidents in 2008. Most of these were injured after being sent to temporary jobs in the manufacturing industry, which accounted for two-thirds of the accidents. The transportation...

EDITORIALS

Jul 18, 2009

Expanded relief inadequate

The Diet on July 8 enacted a special law offering financial relief to more sufferers of Minamata disease, with the support of the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito as well as the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Under the law, anyone showing one or more of the following...

EDITORIALS

Jul 18, 2009

Come clean on secret agreement

In 1967, then Prime Minister Eisaku Sato declared Japan's three-point nonnuclear principle of not "producing," not "possessing" and not allowing the "bringing in" of nuclear weapons. The third point has been interpreted to mean that Japan will not allow either the stationing or transiting of nuclear...

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Ayumi Matsuki, a priestess at Yoshiwara Shrine, shows off some "o-mamori" charms. She says visitors to the shrine have increased since the NHK drama “Unbound” began airing this month.

Tracing Tsutaya Juzaburo, Edo’s media maverick

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