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JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2013

Iijima's North trip ups hope for progress on abductions

Tokyo authorized and is in charge of the surprise trip to Pyongyang by special adviser Isao Iijima, a senior government official indicated Wednesday, while Cabinet members all remained tight-lipped in public amid speculation the government hopes to resume direct talks with North Korea to resolve the...
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2013

Acting out in the Upper House

Upper House opposition parties played partisan politics in firing the chairperson of the Environment Committee. And the LDP's response was nothing to brag about.
WORLD
May 11, 2013

GOP boycott blocks EPA nominee

For the second time in as many days, Republicans in the Senate blocked committee action to confirm a nominee to President Barack Obama's Cabinet, this time by boycotting a Thursday vote on his pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2013

Draft plan for national security council drawn up

A plan has been drafted to set up a national security council for the prime minister where four Cabinet ministers will meet to share top secret intelligence, government officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2013

China questions Okinawa ownership

Two scholars from an official Chinese research center suggest re-examining the ownership of the Japanese island chain that includes Okinawa, adding to tensions over the Senkaku territorial dispute.
JAPAN
May 8, 2013

Japanese official says government won't revise sex slave apology

Responding to criticism from a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Tuesday the administration is not considering revising a key apology to wartime sex slaves.
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BUSINESS
May 4, 2013

Obama picks two for trade, Commerce

President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated longtime fundraiser and hotel magnate Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary and veteran aide Michael Froman as the U.S. trade representative (USTR).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2013

Opponents face off over Constitution Day

With revising the pacifist Constitution rapidly emerging as the primary issue in the upcoming Upper House election, proponents and opponents of change alike used Friday — Constitution Day — to press their cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2013

Amending Constitution emerges as poll issue

As it marks its 66th anniversary, the fate of Japan's Constitution is set to become the focus of a political battle both in and beyond July's Upper House election.
Reader Mail
May 2, 2013

Abe afflicted by tunnel vision

Japan's Shinzo Abe, unlike his American counterpart, is enslaving himself to a revisionist course in Japan, defying all rhyme and reason. Believing that rewriting the past can make it go away could again split Asia in two — Japan and the rest.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2013

Reassessing Thatcher's legacy

Now that her funeral is over, let's begin a dispassionate assessment of why politicians of all parties remain enthralled by the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2013

Japan-U.S. TPP deal sets stage for Congress verdict

Tokyo and Washington conclude preparatory negotiations over Japan's entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, allowing the U.S. to keep tariffs on Japanese autos.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2013

What sculpture reveals about sex and the Romans

Nothing is more likely to inspire us to see for ourselves than a warning about the effects of looking. Take the media interest this month when it was revealed that the British Museum's exhibition, "Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum," is to include a "parental guidance" notice. The reason? An...
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2013

Abe pushes 'openness' by inviting kids to tour his office, residence

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to demonstrate the "openness" of his government and to this end has invited schoolchildren on a guided tour of his office and official residence Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2013

Abe so far soothing U.S. fears, says ex-envoy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has so far convinced the United States that he can exercise strong leadership to reshape Japan after a decade of political turmoil, but he should also be careful not to damage relations with South Korea, now strained by diplomatic tensions, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 26, 2013

Lessons from the cyber-attacks on South Korea

Japan seems ill-prepared for massive, simultaneous and physical disruption to critical infrastructures like last week's cyber-attacks on South Korea.
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2013

What's the LDP's true agenda?

In the wake of the LDP's most recent convention, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would do well to stop obsessing over nonessential constitutional revisions.

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