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BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2010

Overseas mining rights law to take effect in July: official

A law to help domestic companies acquire overseas mining rights is expected to take effect July 1, according to a government official.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2010

¥100 billion eyed for power, EV loans

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet endorsed planned legislation to offer ¥100 billion in low-interest loans to developers of electric cars and solar and nuclear power.
COMMENTARY
Feb 10, 2010

In search of a big, new idea

Governments everywhere are nowadays being overpowered by the problems and tasks they face.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2010

Mr. Ozawa's moral responsibility

Public prosecutors Thursday decided not to indict Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa over the alleged falsification of political fund reports, saying there was insufficient evidence to convict him. The decision comes as a relief for Mr. Ozawa, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Cabinet...
COMMENTARY
Feb 4, 2010

Tony Blair still in denial

The official inquiry in London about the Iraq war is not a trial or an attempt to assign blame. It is an attempt to uncover the facts about the war and to consider lessons that should be learned from the war. Much of the testimony, which the inquiry has heard recently, has been about whether the war...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Feb 2, 2010

Non-Japanese suffrage and the racist element

On Jan. 17, Takeo Hiranuma made this statement about fellow Diet member Renho:
COMMENTARY
Jan 31, 2010

Stronger alliance is on the way

The relationship of trust between Japan and the United States is in its worst state ever. After U.S. President Barack Obama refused to see Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Copenhagen and listen to his excuse over his mishandling of bilateral ties, the latter talked with U.S. Secretary of State...
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2010

To protect and enhance life

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, whose administration is 4 1/2 months old, opened his policy speech for the coming year with words that bore his colors: "I want to protect people's lives. This is my wish. . . . I want to protect the lives of those who are born, of those who grow and mature."
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2010

Hatoyama sets agenda in Diet

Drawing on Gandhi quotes for inspiration, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama called on his colleagues Friday to make 2010 "a new start for Japan" in his first administrative policy speech at the ordinary Diet session.
COMMENTARY
Jan 27, 2010

Surprise! More gas coming

Sometimes a quite simple new discovery or technological breakthrough changes everything, making nonsense of yesterday's apparently safe assumptions and expert projections.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 26, 2010

No solution in sight for fight over whales

A Japanese whaling ship's Jan. 6 collision with antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd's high-speed boat made headlines in Japan, Australia and other countries, illustrating the keen global interest in the issue.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2010

Stop the presses — foreign media pulling out of Japan

Major foreign media outlets are leaving Japan in droves, a sign of financial difficulties at home as the news industry struggles with falling advertising revenue. But observers note that Japan is also losing its appeal as the most newsworthy country in Asia, with China now the hot spot.

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