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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2014

Last round for Abenomics

It is time for Japan's leaders to shift from the demand-focused first and second arrows of 'Abenomics' to the supply-oriented third arrow: a new growth strategy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2014

Despite possibility of fallout, new minister says she will visit Yasukuni

Sanae Takaichi, the new internal affairs minister, said Friday she intends to visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine although she did not address concern that her new position is likely to exacerbate neighboring countries' anger over what they see as a symbol of militarism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014

Families fear hundreds left out of abductee debate

Feb. 7, 1976, should have been just another Saturday for Susumu Fujita.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2014

Japan and India's China challenge

Japan and India may find themselves talking at cross purposes if Tokyo is seeking closer ties with New Delhi as a means to counterbalance China's growing influence and assertiveness in the region.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2014

Since MH370 vanished, Thai coup erupted, Chinese tourists steering clear of Southeast Asia

China's biggest online travel agency is offering a 30 percent discount on trips to Southeast Asia's beaches and malls. The Chinese aren't buying it.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2014

Keiji Furuya vows tough stance on North Korean abduction issue will continue

Japan will continue to take a hard stance against North Korea over the abduction issue until every single case involving a Japanese citizen is resolved, the Cabinet minister handling the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2014

Abe, India's Modi agree to boost security, economic ties amid China's increasing territorial ambitions

The leaders of Japan and India agree to boost security and economic ties amid China's increasing territorial ambitions and military strength.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2014

Kiev seeks to join NATO; Putin calls Ukraine Nazis

Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in armored columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014

Takefuji arsonist, ex-yakuza hanged for eight murders

A would-be robber who torched five Takefuji employees in 2001 and a yakuza who gunned down three people from 2001 to 2005 are executed for murder.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014

Glaxo's Ebola vaccine may begin safety tests in humans next week

U.S. scientists will begin enrolling patients as soon as next week in clinical safety trials of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's experimental Ebola vaccine as the death toll from the disease rises in West Africa.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014

Abe sent message to ceremony honoring war criminals

A message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that was read out at an April ceremony memorializing Japanese war criminals referred to them as “the foundation of our homeland,” an organizer of the event says.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 27, 2014

On this island, depopulation isn't the problem — inertia is

There is one thing most people don't realize about this island paradise amid the Seto Inland Sea: that despite many people wanting to move here, none of them can.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2014

Military courts unconstitutional

The recent Cabinet decision to let Japan take part in 'collective self-defense' raises the question of whether a courts-martial system, and what would likely be a more severe standard for punishing violators of Self-Defense Forces law, should be introduced.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014

After leaks, government to release interviews with deceased Fukushima plant boss

After months of leaks, criticism and controversy, the government says it will release most of the transcribed testimony of the late Masao Yoshida, who dealt with the 2011 triple meltdown crisis as head of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2014

The municipal survival cluster

Japanese ministries are floating the idea of creating regional clusters of financially strapped municipalities to support each other so that they can keep delivering a full range of services to residents and businesses.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 25, 2014

Arming yourself with the legal system's greatest weapon

For American lawyers accustomed to struggling with massive walls of law books and expensive database services, one of the great things about Japanese law is that it is so compact and accessible.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014

Japan to help fight Ebola outbreak if requested

If requested, the government will provide to the World Health Organization and other parties an unapproved medicine that might help combat the deadly Ebola virus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2014

Britain says it's close to identifying beheading suspect

Britain is close to identifying a suspected British national shown beheading American journalist James Foley in a video released by Islamic State militants last week, the British ambassador to the United States said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2014

U.S. defense official praises Abe for bolstering military alliance

A high-ranking U.S. defense official visiting Tokyo said Friday that the U.S. appreciates recent actions taken by the Abe administration to bolster the Japan-U.S. military alliance.

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