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HASHIMOTO

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 3, 2014
Girls in the Psychic Club: Idols attempt ESP in odd sci-fi mockumentary
Nobuhiro Yamashita has never been one to do the obvious, which in his case would have meant churning out more charmingly offbeat teen comedies like his 2005 breakout "Linda Linda Linda." Instead Yamashita stretched himself with films like "Matsugane Ransha Jiken (The Matsugane Potshot Affair)" from 2006,...
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2014
Ishin no To is fighting for its political life
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), co-headed by populist Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, captured 54 seats in the December 2012 Lower House election, making it, and him, national political forces.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2014
Court rejects Osaka mayor's bid to ban unions from using school buildings
The Osaka District Court ruled Wednesday that a city ordinance banning labor unions from using public facilities such as school buildings for meetings was illegal and unconstitutional, ordering the city to pay a union around ¥417,000 in compensation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
DPJ election platform seeks changes to 'Abenomics'
The Democratic Party of Japan calls a turnaround in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and promises to revive a 'wealthy middle class.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2014
Osaka Mayor Hashimoto will not run in December Lower House election
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a co-leader of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), the second strongest opposition group in the Lower House, will not run in the upcoming House of Representatives election, party members said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 19, 2014
San Francisco's huff with Hashimoto over 'comfort women' reveals double standards
San Francisco's reaction to Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's comments about 'comfort women' says much about equality between nations, about how we judge each other through cultural lenses and blinders, and how we have to keep finding ways to address grievances from our past.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2014
DPJ, Ishin no To reject alliance over possible snap election
The Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party of Japan will not form a broad cooperation agreement in the event that a Lower House election is held next month, as both parties continue to jostle for position and stake out their territory.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 13, 2014
Osaka mayor mulls options in event of snap Lower House election
If a snap Lower House election is held next month, one of the candidates may be Osaka Mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2014
City of Osaka to sell off Kepco shares
The Osaka Municipal Government will seek to sell its shares of Kansai Electric Power Co. to comply with a policy calling for less reliance on investment income, the city said in a statement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2014
Hashimoto loses bid to reshape Osaka into five mini-cities
The Osaka Municipal Assembly on Monday voted down Mayor Toru Hashimoto's plans to integrate the city into a series of semi-autonomous zones.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2014
Osaka mayor gets into shouting match with head of anti-Korean group
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto meets with the head of an anti-Korean group, but they end up in a shouting match in which they more or less just insult each other.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014
Kyoto Experiment marries form to cutting-edge content
Kyoto Experiment, the city's monthlong international performing-arts festival that debuted in 2010 and has been growing in popularity in the vanguard of contemporary performance every year since, is now set to embark on its fifth and most radical edition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2014
As festival's renown goes global, director hails its local role
Since its launch in 2010, Kyoto Experiment has steadily come to rival, if not even surpass, Festival/Tokyo as the nation's leading annual showcase for cutting-edge performances.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2014
New opposition party launched as Ishin no To
After months of wrangling, Nippon Ishin no Kai and Yui no To launch a new entity called Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) to help realign Japan's opposition parties.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 20, 2014
Importance of China trade not lost on Kansai leaders
Judging by the frequent overheated rhetoric coming out of parts of the Japanese media, you'd think Japan and China were heading toward war.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2014
Osaka kills reform-driven apartment-for-hotel plan for foreigners
The Osaka Municipal Assembly had voted down a plan to allow property owners to open up vacant condominiums and apartments to lodge visitors — an idea based on a central government deregulation drive and aimed at meeting the growing number of foreign visitors to the city.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2014
Little Forest: Natsu/Aki (Little Forest: Summer/Autumn)
Japanese food culture might be ancient, but Japan's obsession with food in pop culture is relatively recent. The "gourmet boom" of the bubble-era 1980s — when Japanese had more money and leisure to dine in style, rather than simply fill their stomachs — was a big spur. The accompanying proliferation...
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2014
Ishin, Yui agree on new party title, offices
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Yui no To (Unity Party) agree to keep the word 'Ishin' in the name of their new party, which is scheduled to be launched on Sept. 21.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2014
Hashimoto's rings shine with history
The Hashimoto Collection of rings is the largest number of works to be donated to the National Museum of Western Art since it was originally established to house the Matsutaka Collection of artworks in 1959. Received in 2012, this vast collection of hundreds of rings from all ages and nations is also...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Aug 24, 2014
Nippon Ishin, Yui no To take second shot at dethroning LDP
With their recent “political remarriage,” Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Yui no To (Unity Party) enter the union more experienced, and perhaps more wiser, than the first time around
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
Four injured after man sets fire to Japan city hall
Police said four people were injured after a man set fire to a city hall in Aichi Prefecture, with local media reporting he had been arrested.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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