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JAPAN U 23

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 5, 2015
Government eyes private body to identify drone operators
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Park signals two-track foreign policy toward Japan
President Park Geun-hye signals that South Korea will pursue a two-track diplomacy toward Japan, separating current governmental relations from historical issues stemming from Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Abe missed chance in U.S. to mend ties, South Korea's Park says
South Korean President Park Geun-hye says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe missed an opportunity to improve ties between their countries by not apologizing for Japan's wartime use of sex slaves during his U.S. trip.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing in bid to improve bilateral ties
A group of senior Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties arrived Monday in Beijing in the hopes of keeping up momentum for increased exchanges with China.
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Abe, Obama exchange 'thank you' tweets
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama have exchanged tweets in a sign of their closer personal ties following Abe's official visit to the United States last week.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 3, 2015
Blame Abe's bad history on diplomat George Kennan
U.S. diplomat George Kennan was instrumental in reversing U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's efforts to liberalize Japan's economy and society.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 2, 2015
Abe Koinobori
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2015
North says Japan's abduction summit in NYC a bid to deceive world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells more than 200 business leaders in Los Angeles during his visit to the United States that an aversion to risk has hindered Japan's attempts to replicate the success of Silicon Valley as a hub of innovation.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
May 1, 2015
After one-year absence, Sawa named to Nadeshiko Japan squad for Women's World Cup
Homare Sawa returned to Nadeshiko Japan after a one-year absence on Friday, when the 2011 World Player of the Year was named among Norio Sasaki's holders for the Women's World Cup.
SOCCER / World cup
May 1, 2015
Japan's revised World Cup qualifying schedule released
Japan will open its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Singapore on June 16 and not away as originally scheduled, the Japan Football Association announced on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 1, 2015
Japan Post enlists Apple, IBM in search for ways to help vulnerable elderly
State-owned financial conglomerate Japan Post recruits tech giants Apple and IBM to find care solutions for senior citizens.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2015
Abe must address home audience
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs consider whether singling out China as the reason for strengthening of Japan's security alliance with the U.S. will, in fact, help make the region 'remarkably more stable.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2015
Japan Tobacco to buy U.S. e-cigarette brand as operating profit falls
Japan Tobacco Inc.'s first-quarter operating profit declined 8.4 percent as domestic cigarette sales fell and the weakness of the Russian ruble hurt earnings from its biggest overseas market.
JAPAN / History
May 1, 2015
Government releases list of over 10,000 Japanese who died in Soviet detention
The government on Thursday released a list of 10,723 Japanese, including soldiers and civilians, who died while being held as prisoners by the former Soviet Union following World War II.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 30, 2015
BOJ cuts price outlook, pushes back timeline to reach inflation goal
The Bank of Japan on Thursday revised down its inflation outlook for this fiscal year through next March, saying it now expects consumer prices to rise 0.8 percent from the previous year due to lower crude oil prices, prompting it push back the timeline for reaching a 2 percent inflation goal.
SOCCER
Apr 30, 2015
Tashima picked for FIFA executive committee
Japan Football Association vice president Kozo Tashima was named to the FIFA executive committee on Thursday by the Asian Football Confederation Congress.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2015
Nearly half of Japanese oppose new joint defense guidelines with U.S.: poll
A new telephone survey by Kyodo News found that 47.9 percent of respondents said they were against the revised defense guidelines, while 35.5 percent supported them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2015
Chinese bank initiative, TPP potential keep Abe, Obama close
U.S. President Barack Obama offered a generous welcome to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week. It was an apparent bid to further cement ties with a close East Asia ally as they both deal with a more assertive China.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2015
Security alliance with U.S. should cover Indian Ocean, says Abe
Prime Minister Abe said Wednesday he would like the newly revised security alliance with the United States to cover the Indian Ocean as well as the Asia-Pacific region.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2015
Dentist group offices raided over donations to LDP lawmaker
Prosecutors raided a dentist group's office in Tokyo on Thursday, amid allegations it exceeded political donation limits in its support of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Midori Ishii.

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