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FOREIGN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2014
Visa overstayers launch campaign for 'legalization'
A group of visa overstayers launched a month-long campaign Monday in which they will ask 36 local assemblies in the Kanto region for special permission to remain in the country legally.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2014
Japan imposes asset freeze on North Korean shipping firm
The government on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling arms, the Foreign Ministry announced, just as Tokyo is engaged in talks with Pyongyang to return Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago by North Korean agents.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2014
Obama needs to choose his words more carefully
Although U.S. President Barack Obama has made it clear that he does not intend to take the U.S. more deeply into the Mideast again, the U.S. is allied with and presumably counseling Ukrainian government forces that seem set on vanquishing what remains of the pro-Russian separatists near the Russian border.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2014
Obama adviser Axelrod fires back at Clinton over 'stupid stuff' remarks
President Barack Obama's longtime political adviser fired back at Hillary Clinton over her recent criticism of the commander-in-chief's foreign policy doctrine of avoiding messy entanglements.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2014
Obama is no wimp in the foreign policy game
Regardless of whether you think U.S. hegemony is a good thing or a bad thing, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the U.S. is doing very well at the international Great Game under President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 11, 2014
Japan tallies weak yen as prices rise without export gain
It was called "endaka" — a Japanese term for currency strength that sapped the economy — and reversing it was supposed to help end deflation and stoke growth.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton faults Obama 'stupid stuff' foreign policy
Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking on President Barack Obama with the same issue he used against her in the 2008 Democratic primary: foreign policy vision.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 8, 2014
Center in Tokai helps foreigners
A new group has been established in the Tokai region to help foreign residents get educational, medical and welfare services in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Tokyo malls gearing up to serve more foreign shoppers
In the run-up to the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, the Odaiba district in Koto Ward is aiming to cater to the needs of the foreign visitors expected to flood their shopping complexes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Aug 3, 2014
Tokyo's storied Nihonbashi raises profile to promote historical role
The Nihonbashi district prospered as Japan's financial and trade center after shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the capital to Edo, the old name for Tokyo, in the early 17th century.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 1, 2014
HIS angling to work with Toyota on test driving new tour concept
Travel agency HIS is collaborating with Toyota Motor Corp. to include a visit to one of its assembly plants in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in package tours for tourists visiting Japan.

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