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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2017

Trust ratings of Philippines' Duterte fall slightly, poll shows

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's trust ratings declined slightly in an opinion poll in the first three months this year, crimped by what political analysts call his deadly war on drugs that killed poor slum dwellers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2017

North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit

Prime Minister Abe lashed out at North Korea's firing Wednesday of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, just days before a summit between U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2017

Task force looks into minimizing social cost of casinos

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off the inaugural meeting Tuesday of a government task force that will make recommendations on licensing and operating integrated resorts with casinos.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2017

Japanese ambassador to return to South Korea

The move comes amid an ongoing diplomatic row over statues symbolizing women forced to provide sex in Japanese military brothels before and during World War II.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Apr 2, 2017

Temporary disaster housing has an unforeseen permanence

The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake left 110,000 people in three prefectures without shelter. Most of these people moved into emergency evacuation centers while the authorities prepared temporary housing for them.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review challenge to California 'comfort women' statue

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case calling for the removal of a "comfort women" statue in California, ending a three-year legal challenge brought by U.S. plaintiffs supported by the Japanese government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 26, 2017

Beijing-backed Carrie Lam wins election, becomes Hong Kong's first female leader

Carrie Lam, who won an election to become Hong Kong's first female chief executive Sunday, is a former student activist who climbed the rungs of the civil service over 36 years, and a tough, capable and possibly divisive Beijing-backed leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 25, 2017

Coming of age? Japan's shifting definition of adulthood

Graduating from high school represents a significant milestone in any young person's life, a landmark that certainly wasn't lost on the countless 18-year-olds milling around Shibuya Station on a recent March afternoon. Among them was 18-year-old Akane Endo, who was brimming with excitement at the prospect...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 25, 2017

How the word 'terrorism' can help pass a bill

During the recent Diet grilling over his alleged involvement in the Moritomo Gakuen land purchase scandal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accused his opposition party tormentors of resorting to inshō sōsa. The most accurate English translation is probably "image manipulation," which, in the age of fake...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2017

Abe denies involvement in school land deal as emails shine light on links to wife

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies the influence-peddling allegations made by the head of a nationalist school firm and uses his wife's email messages to make his case.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2017

In sworn testimony, Kagoike says he got ¥1 million in envelope during Akie Abe's visit

The head of Moritomo Gakuen tells the Diet in sworn testimony he got a u00a51 million donation from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to fund his nationalist elementary school.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2017

Sorry Trump, Cambodia owes the U.S. nothing

The $500 million bill that Uncle Sam has come knocking for is a pittance compared to the destruction the U.S. wreaked on Cambodia by incessant B-52 bombing during the Vietnam War.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 20, 2017

What next for Japan's peacekeepers after withdrawal from South Sudan?

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced that Japan will end its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in May and withdraw the Ground Self-Defense Force's engineering troops there. The troops have been deployed to the northeast African country for the last five years as part of...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2017

False sense of security? Experts weigh the threat that terrorism poses Japan

Widely regarded as a safe place to live, Japan currently sits in ninth position on the Global Peace Index's list of the most peaceful nations on the planet. The East Asian nation is generally believed to be an orderly society that has incredibly low homicide and assault rates, and it certainly doesn't...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 18, 2017

Why is Japan's public diplomacy so utterly inept?

Why does the Foreign Ministry insist on drawing attention to wartime Japan when the rest of the world is far more interested in 21st century Japan?
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2017

U.K.'s Brexit fight with Scotland escalates as May rejects vote

Prime Minister Theresa May rejected Scotland's bid to hold a referendum on independence before the U.K. leaves the European Union, the latest twist in the increasingly acrimonious fight over Brexit with the nationalist government in Edinburgh.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2017

Wilders' defeat is no reason for complacency

The problems that nearly handed Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders a win are not going away.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2017

Is America's Democratic Party destined to split?

Growing friction between liberal Democrats and the party's center-right corporate leadership caste could spur a divorce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2017

Beleaguered Inada refuses to step down in face of fresh cover-up allegations

Beleaguered Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to step down despite fresh allegations over the ministry's institutional coverup of daily activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Forces in war-ridden South Sudan.
Reader Mail
Mar 16, 2017

Abe is not a nationalist or a revisionist

In William Pesek's March 8 commentary piece, "Abe's nationalism hurts Japan" and Jeff Kingston's March 12 column, "Abe's revisionism nets own goals at home and away" the authors argue that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "nationalism" or "revisionism" damages Japan.

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