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ANNIVERSARY

EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2015
Aiming for true reconciliation
Shinzo Abe should uphold the Murayama statement's apology for the war, but Japan's actions are more important than words, and China and South Korea need to offer some reciprocation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015
For one woman, sight of U.S. plane over Tokyo signaled WWII defeat
The sight of a U.S. airplane flying over Tokyo, apparently to check what damage aerial bombing had done to the capital, was the moment when Kimie Nemoto felt Japan was heading for defeat in World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2015
Relatives offer prayers on eve of 30th anniversary of JAL jet crash
Relatives float paper lanterns on a river near the site of a 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash and pray for loved ones and transport safety on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2015
Accepting Japan at its word
If Asia is to move beyond its past, the victims of Japan's wartime aggression must recognize that the Japan of 2015 is not the Japan of 1931, 1941, or even 1945, and that forgiveness benefits everyone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 11, 2015
Offspring have hard time relating hibakusha experience but have same health fears
Facing his fellow survivors of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Atsushi Takeshita begrudgingly announced last month that his group, comprised of about 100 hibakusha, will put an end to more than 60 years of activity because its members are getting too old.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 10, 2015
A legacy of WWII, Korean residents test nation's ability to accommodate non-Japanese
World War II had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the Korean community in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2015
Abe risks damaging regional ties if statement stops short of apology: Murayama
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama is urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to uphold Japan's apology for its wartime aggression against Asian neighbors. He said to omit this from an upcoming statement reflecting on 70 years since the end of World War II would generate "skepticism" toward Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2015
Empress diagnosed with myocardial ischemia, will continue war anniversary schedule
Empress Michiko, who has been diagnosed with heart trouble, will attend the national memorial service for the war dead this weekend together with Emperor Akihito as scheduled, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2015
Full text of Abe's atomic bombing anniversary speech in Nagasaki
Here today, at the opening of the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing, I reverently express my sincere condolences to the souls of the great number of atomic bomb victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2015
As Abe gears up for WWII anniversary statement, will Emperor weigh in?
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets set to deliver his World War II anniversary statement, Emperor Akihito emerges as a possible counterbalance to any watered-down speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2015
Nagasaki bombing remembered, but doubts emerge over anti-war, anti-nuke policy
Nagasaki marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing with calls to abolish nuclear weapons and a direct criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bills.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2015
Full text of Nagasaki Peace Declaration
At 11:02 a.m., on the 9th August 1945, a single atomic bomb instantly reduced Nagasaki to a ruin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2015
For WWII veteran, 'fine words' no justification for conflict
A former Imperial Japanese Army soldier has voiced opposition to the government's move to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2015
Abe won't visit Yasukuni Shrine on anniversary of war's end: sources
As expected, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rules out a visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 8, 2015
Truth hurts: censorship in the media
"Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war." — Philip Snowden, July 1916
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 7, 2015
Nagasaki's 'providential' nightmare shaped by religious, ethnic undercurrents
August is high season for tourism in Nagasaki. One morning last week at the Nagasaki Peace Park, the venue for an annual televised ceremony to commemorate the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of the city, throngs of tourists wearing name tags hanging from their necks were shuffling in and out of buses, snapping pictures in front of the iconic Peace Statue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2015
Hello Kitty joins cast of celebs offering Aug. 15 peace messages
As the entire nation gears up for the 70th anniversary of the day Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, various celebrities are lending their support for sending out messages of peace. The latest big name is Hello Kitty, Sanrio Co.'s globally popular character.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 7, 2015
Memoir focuses on late librarian's work on censorship in occupied Japan
Keiko Okuizumi completed her memoir earlier this year, in which she describes her late husband Eizaburo's work as a librarian at U.S. universities who had a special interest in censored publications in occupied Japan after the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Exclusion of nonnuclear principles from Abe's Hiroshima speech causes stir
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to include a pledge to observe the country's three nonnuclear principles in the annual memorial speech on Thursday remembering the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack is causing speculation the exclusion may be political.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Abe advisory panel cites wartime 'aggression' but fails to address recent revisionism
A key advisory panel to Shinzo Abe published its report Thursday on Japan's modern history and postwar reconciliation, strongly criticizing the wartime "aggression" against other Asian countries but touching little on recent controversies over what is widely regarded as the prime minister's revisionist...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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