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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2014
Chongryon chief visits North Korea for first time in eight years
Ho Jong Man, the head of the most influential pro-North Korea organization in Japan, the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), arrives in Pyongyang.
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JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Sep 7, 2014
Drone enthusiasts see bright future but legal hurdles await
Last December, Amazon.com Inc. created a buzz by releasing a video of a drone delivering a package to a customer's home. If Amazon launches its Prime Air service as planned in 2015, we could soon see unmanned aircraft whizzing through the skies to deliver purchases in as little as half an hour.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2014
Japan-U.S. summit eyed if TPP deal reached
Japan and the United States might arrange for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Washington in January for talks with President Barack Obama on trade and security issues.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2014
Last round for Abenomics
It is time for Japan's leaders to shift from the demand-focused first and second arrows of 'Abenomics' to the supply-oriented third arrow: a new growth strategy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2014
Medical school in Sendai
The education ministry has given the go-ahead for Tohoku Pharmaceutical University in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, to open the first university medical school since 1979.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2014
Group linked to late LDP heavyweight Kanemaru visits Pyongyang
A group related to the late Shin Kanemaru arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday ahead of the 100th anniversary of the influential politician's birthday on Sept. 17.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2014
Bangladesh withdraws to back Japan's bid for nonpermanent U.N. Security Council seat
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that Bangladesh will abandon its bid for a nonpermanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2016-2017 term and support Japan's candidacy.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2014
Abe steals a march on China with South Asia tour
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Bangladesh for a two-stop tour of South Asia to assert Tokyo's interests in a region where it has ceded influence to China.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 6, 2014
Golf Quicksand Trap
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2014
Tuna catch limit, too little too late?
Japan's Fisheries Agency plans to call for a reduction in the annual catch of immature Pacific Bluefin tuna. The proposal is welcome, but it may be too little, too late.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 5, 2014
Uruguay spoils Aguirre's debut with Japan
Japan coach Javier Aguirre tasted defeat in his first game in charge as the Asian champion went down 2-0 to Uruguay in a friendly on Friday night.
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014
Families fear hundreds left out of abductee debate
Feb. 7, 1976, should have been just another Saturday for Susumu Fujita.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 5, 2014
Yen hits six-year low as ECB jumps on stimulus bandwagon
The yen sinks close to a six-year low after the European Central Bank announces a decision to engage in unprecedented monetary easing, weakening the euro.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014
Chongryon leader departs for North Korea
Ho Jong Man, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), left Tokyo's Haneda International Airport for North Korea on Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2014
Biggest defense budget requests
The Defense Ministry's fiscal 2015 budgetary request of ¥5.05 trillion is the largest ever and represents a 3.5 percent rise from the current year's budget. It is the third-straight year-on-year increase.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2014
Chinese leaders attend first national commemoration of Japan's WWII surrender
China's top leaders gathered in Beijing on Wednesday to participate in China's first national observance of the "victory" against Japan, a day of remembrance added to the national calendar earlier this year as part of a campaign to castigate Japan and increase national unity by raising awareness of wartime...
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014
Amazon signs disaster relief delivery pact with Tokushima Prefecture
Amazon Japan K.K. signed an agreement Friday with Tokushima Prefecture for consumers to buy and donate relief supplies on the retailer's website in the event of a major earthquake or other natural disaster hitting the area.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2014
Iran gets $1 billion in Japan oil revenue under extended nuclear deal: IRNA
Iran's central bank has received a total of $1 billion of previously frozen oil revenue from Japan under the terms of an extended nuclear agreement with six world powers, state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2014
Keep a close eye on new Cabinet
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reshuffled executive posts of the Liberal Democratic Party and his Cabinet apparently with the aim of setting up his re-election as the Liberal Democratic Party's president in autumn 2015.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2014
Novartis drug probe falls short
The Tokyo criminal probe into the manipulation of clinical data pertaining to the efficacy of a Novartis Pharma-marketed drug for blood pressure has failed to unravel the whole picture of the scandal.

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