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FOREIGN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017
Blame Woodrow Wilson for the U.S.' constant wars
It's time for U.S. presidents to work hard for peace rather than take what has become the far easier path to war.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017
What Trump's Syria bombing really means
With one military action, the new U.S. president has managed to thoroughly confound his fiercest supporters and critics.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2017
Trump reverses course on Syria
The sudden resort to force in Syria raises fundamental questions about foreign policy in the Trump administration.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2017
Foreign students surge nearly 15% thanks to lift from Vietnam
The number of foreign students in Japan was 14.8 percent higher than last year as of May 2016, thanks to a boost from Vietnam, a public tally showed Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2017
Japan's foreign residents offer up insights in unprecedented survey on discrimination
Bigoted comments and business policies appear at the top of the list as Japan releases its first nationwide survey on discrimination.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
Japan using ODA to help developing nations fight terrorism, secure waterways: white paper
Japan is undertaking a range of efforts to help developing nations fight terrorism amid rising extremism and will step up these efforts in cooperation with the international community, the government said in its annual report on foreign aid released Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 18, 2017
Why is Japan's public diplomacy so utterly inept?
Why does the Foreign Ministry insist on drawing attention to wartime Japan when the rest of the world is far more interested in 21st century Japan?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2017
'Amakudari' probe expands to Foreign Ministry as 30 new cases turn up
The education ministry's involvement in illegally finding jobs for retiring bureaucrats expands to the Foreign Ministry as 30 new cases emerge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017
Record 2.38 million foreign residents living in Japan in 2016
A record 2,382,822 foreign nationals were registered as living in Japan as of the end of last year, a 6.7 percent increase from the previous year, the Justice Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2017
Number of foreign visitors to Japan rises 7.6% in February over same period a year earlier
An estimated 2.04 million foreign visitors came to Japan in February, growing 7.6 percent from a year earlier but at a slower pace than the previous month, a government body said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017
The best way to ensure aid to Africa is effective
It is critical to help African countries improve governance before providing financial assistance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2017
Airbnb gets Cabinet OK as Japan sets rules on home-sharing businesses
The Cabinet approved rules limiting home-sharing by private citizens to 180 days a year, according to the final draft of the legislation headed for the Diet.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2017
What path will Japan take?
Japan's continuing importance should not need restating, but its future prospects are not so clear.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017
Disaster drill with foreigners in mind held in major Tokyo tourist area
Some 250 people, including foreign students from a Japanese language school, took part in a natural disaster drill Wednesday that simulated a massive earthquake hitting Asakusa, a major tourist area in Tokyo's Taito Ward.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017
Abuse of foreign trainees spiked in 2016: Immigration Bureau
Immigration officials said Wednesday that 383 acts of fraud were committed against foreign trainees in 2016, a record high since the intern training program was launched in 2010.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2017
Visitors' hotel stays in Japan climb to record 71 million
Hotel stays by visitors to Japan rose an estimated 8 percent to a record 70.88 million in 2016 as the government's tourism drive bore more fruit, the Japan Tourism Agency said in a preliminary report Friday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2017
Trump gets presidential
Donald Trump managed to sound presidential in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, but his narrowly focused message should concern the world.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 24, 2017
Deepening Japan-India ties in an uncertain age
Japan and India are natural allies, and are ready to expand the scope of their economic, strategic and defense cooperation.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2017
Japan aims to attract more foreign workers amid growth in tourism
The government compiled a plan Tuesday to ease visa restrictions for foreign workers in designated special economic zones to address the growing need for tourism services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Trump's political revolution
Popular support — or lack thereof — will make or break Trump's political fortunes.

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