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ELECTION

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2017
Lawsuits filed to nullify Lower House election over vote-value disparity
A group of lawyers filed lawsuits seeking to invalidate the results of Sunday's Lower House election for all 289 single-seat districts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2017
Abe claims victory as powerful endorsement, may seek re-election next month
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the ruling bloc's overwhelming victory in Sunday's election represents a 'historic' level of public confidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2017
Much of LDP's success rests in electoral system itself
The campaign is over, and now judgment time has come: Who were the winners and losers in Sunday's Lower House election?
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2017
A vote of confidence by default
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not take the election outcome as an unqualified thumbs-up for his administration by voters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2017
North Korea blasts Japan for using election to 'pave groundwork' for invasion
North Korea on Monday blasted "Japanese reactionaries" for working to "pave the groundwork for a reinvasion of the Korean peninsula" after Sunday's Lower House election that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc secure a sweeping victory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2017
Japan stocks advance on Abe's win, signaling fiscal spending and continued loose monetary policy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide sends Tokyo stocks higher and the yen down, with the path paved for a continuation of loose monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2017
After landslide victory, Abe may ramp up spending to spur economic policies and social security
Emboldened by the victory of his ruling coalition in Sunday's general election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to boost government spending to speed up his Abenomics deflation-fighting economic policy mix.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 22, 2017
Abe emerges stronger with win, but faces nation still divided over constitutional revision
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might have emerged from the Lower House snap election with a stronger power base — but he faces a sharply divided nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 22, 2017
Top opposition forces see contrasting fates after poll
The two opposition parties launched less than one month ago to challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition met contrasting fates in the general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2017
Abe's gamble pays off as ruling bloc bags two-thirds majority in Lower House
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is certain of a resounding victory in the Lower House election that will give it a two-thirds majority.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 22, 2017
Among Japan's voters, hope for new blood vies with desire for stability
The Lower House election Sunday saw voters back newcomers vowing to heed the voices of ordinary people and older voters opting for familiarity and stability in policies on the economy and security, The Japan Times found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 21, 2017
Voters head to polls to deliver verdict on Abe
Voters prepare to go to the polls Sunday as a typhoon threatens to tip the odds in favor of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling coalition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2017
Typhoon Lan on course to hinder voting as it approaches Okinawa
Turnout for Sunday's Lower House election looks likely to dip as the 21st typhoon of the season threatens Okinawa.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2017
The Kake and Moritomo scandals and the bureaucracy
Even if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe survives the election, he shouldn't forget he still owes the people a full explanation of the Kake Gakuen and Moritomo Gakuen scandals.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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