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JAPAN U 23

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JAPAN
Apr 13, 2015
F-15 scramble in Naha interrupts ASDF training demonstration
Two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled Monday from an Air-Self Defense Force base in Okinawa Prefecture as a real mission interrupted a training session that was being held for the media.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2015
Abe to avoid controversial Yasukuni Shrine visit during spring festival
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will again skip a spring visit to contentious Yasukuni Shrine because the 70th anniversary of the war is apparently generating too much scrutiny.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 12, 2015
Bridging corruption and legitimacy: amakudari
Amakudari reaches into almost every aspect of civil and economic life, quietly taking its cut in the form of higher prices, obscure but lucrative monopolies and seemingly bizarre regulations.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Apr 11, 2015
Super Abe's Cape
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
Japan, EU to hold summit on May 29 in Tokyo: sources
Japan and the European Union will hold an annual summit on May 29 in Tokyo to discuss their potential free trade agreement and security cooperation, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
U.S. questions Japan about stance on China-led bank
The United States has questioned Japan about the possibility it might participate in China's initiative to set up the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, sources familiar with bilateral relations say.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2015
China at center of growing security risks in East Asia: defense paper
China's rapid military buildup and increasing assertiveness in the seas and skies made 2014 a "year of growing risks to security" in East Asia, the Defense Ministry's core policy arm said Friday in its annual report.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2015
Minke whaling begins in Japanese coastal waters
Four whaling ships left a northeastern port Friday to hunt up to 51 minke whales in coastal waters in the period up to May 26 as part of the government's scientific research whaling in the northwestern Pacific.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2015
Criminal-run network of 12,000 computers busted by U.S., European police
Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States have dismantled a network comprising at least 12,000 in computers that had been taken over by criminals, Europol said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 9, 2015
Japan mulls minimum 20% greenhouse gas cut by 2030
Japan may set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, as part of efforts to strike a new global deal to combat climate change later this year.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2015
Poll finds trans-Pacific gap on role Japan should play in region
An expanded military role for Japan is a more popular idea among U.S. citizens than Japanese themselves, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
China raps U.S. defense chief over Senkakus comment
China on Thursday rapped U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter for saying that the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands fall under the U.S.-Japan security treaty.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2015
Japan-Indonesia power plant to break ground in Java this month
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Tuesday a project to build a $4 billion thermal power plant project funded by an Indonesia-Japan consortium will begin at the end of April.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
U.S. defense chief says new guidelines will 'transform' U.S.-Japan alliance
Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that updated bilateral defense cooperation guidelines will "transform the U.S.-Japan alliance" and enable the two countries' forces to "cooperate seamlessly" to respond to challenges around the world.
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WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
20 stone-throwing sandalwood smugglers reported killed by police in south India; rights activists outraged
Indian police shot dead 20 stone-throwing sandalwood smugglers on Tuesday during the biggest operation for years to stamp out trafficking of the rare commodity, law-enforcement authorities said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2015
Keep Japan-N. Korea talks on track
Pyongyang should realize that carrying out its promised probe into the abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents is the best way to gain Japan's trust.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015
Japan's 'deep remorse' over war spelled out in Diplomatic Bluebook
Japan is actively contributing to world peace and stability based on the pledge of never waging war that grew out of "deep remorse" over World War II, according to the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic policy report for 2015, which was released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2015
BOJ starts two-day meeting, likely to maintain current easing policy
The Bank of Japan started a two-day policy meeting Tuesday in which it is likely to retain its current monetary easing policy despite the likelihood of consumer prices falling into negative territory.
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BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2015
TPP deal as important as new aircraft carrier: Pentagon chief
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter waded into economic policy Monday, urging Congress to grant the president negotiating authority for a proposed Asia-Pacific trade deal.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015
Four situations laid out in new U.S.-Japan defense guidelines, including collective action
Japan and the United States will state how their forces will cooperate in four specific situations, including a case of collective self-defense, in revised defense cooperation guidelines aimed for release later this month.

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