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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2019
Candidates nationwide kick off campaigns for unified local elections
Campaigns started Sunday for elections for 86 mayors and 294 city assemblies across the country, as well as 11 ward mayors and 20 ward assemblies in Tokyo, as part of unified local polls set for April 21.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2019
Taking a closer look at the frenetic pace of U.S. Democratic candidates' campaign events
How many ways can you measure the first quarter of the year? For American Democratic presidential candidates, it's 300-plus events, 24 states and hundreds of voter questions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2019
Campaigns kick off across Japan for prefectural and metropolitan assembly elections
Campaigning began Friday across Japan for prefectural and major metropolitan assembly elections set for April 7, with economic policies, aging, population decline and assistance for the elderly and working mothers the broad issues of concern for voters and candidates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2015
Chiyoda Ward candidate swears off campaign vans
As election candidates fire up megaphone-armed vans to holler their names and slogans throughout their constituencies, one young candidate is shunning the noisy practice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 5, 2015
Show me the money: Who paid for what in the Lower House election
The government spent u00a563 billion on the recent Lower House election
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2013
Internet election campaigning bill clears hurdle
A Lower House committee working to revise the Public Offices Election Law unanimously approves a bill to drop a ban on the use of the Internet during poll campaigns.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2013
Campaigning, 21st-century style
The ruling and opposition parties agree to let election campaigns loose on the Internet, but they differ over the extent to which email should be used.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 9, 2012
JAL builds a social media campaign, one block at a time
JAL taps into social media and gamificiation to promote its new Boston-Tokyo route.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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