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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2015
Abe calls for swift security legislation at LDP convention
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Sunday for swift enactment of legislation to enable Japan to defend its security more robustly as his Liberal Democratic Party held its annual convention.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2015
China eager to learn from Japan's economic missteps
China is poring over Japanese history for economic lessons to keep its massive economy away from the recession and deflation that has blighted Japan for 20 years.
JAPAN / History
Mar 8, 2015
Asian-American leader records U.S. internment saga in book
Seventy years after the end of World War II, Floyd Mori is on a personal mission to remind the American public of the injustices perpetrated within the United States against those of Japanese ancestry during the war.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2015
Local governments move cautiously on goals for more women in top posts
Local governments have been cautious in setting goals for appointing women to managerial posts, a Kyodo News survey has found.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 7, 2015
Rikuzentakata looks to future with new tourism ventures
The coastal town of Rikuzentakata in southeastern Iwate Prefecture became an international symbol of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Lashed by waves up to 13 meters high in places, the sections of the town closest to the sea were...
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015
Japan, Taiwan agree to modify landmark fishing pact off Senkakus
Tokyo and Taipei agree to amend a treaty covering fishing in waters off the Japan-administered and Taiwan-claimed Senkaku Islands.
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Mar 7, 2015
JFA boss, Halilhodzic held talks in Paris
Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini revealed he spoke with Vahid Halilhodzic, who has reached a basic agreement to become Japan's next national team coach, during a layover in Paris before returning home from his South American trip on Saturday.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 7, 2015
Cabinet Of Cards
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2015
Electricity and gas deregulation
The Abe administration has readied two bills for finalizing the deregulation of the nation's electricity and city gas businesses, but each bill comes with a rider allowing the delay of implementation if conditions aren't right for the utilities.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015
Japan, North Korea eye abduction talks in late March
Tokyo and Pyongyang are working to recommence stalled high-level talks on North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2015
Chasing Chinese planes 400 times a year stretches Japan's top guns
Fighter pilot Jun Fukuda sits edgily on the couch in his flight suit, waiting for the call that sends him sprinting to his jet. On any given day, he will chase and warn off Chinese military planes nearing Japanese airspace.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2015
Abe presses forward on collective defense
The Abe administration proposed Friday amending the Self-Defense Forces Law to make it legal to exercise the right to collective self-defense, moving a step closer to the possibility that Japan will use military force even if it is not under direct attack.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2015
Japan's military normalization
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants Japan to become a 'normal' country again, with the capacity to defend its interests and citizens wherever they are threatened. But how should his government go about it?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2015
Common values bind Japan and Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Japan next week will underscore the common values between the two nations and the potential for mutual cooperation on issues involving Germany's leadership role in Europe and Japan's efforts to achieve true peace with its neighbors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2015
Sompo Japan to purchase 15% stake in French re-insurer Scor
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. will buy a 15 percent stake in French re-insurer Scor SE in potentially its biggest-ever overseas investment.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2015
Japan ranks 113th worldwide in women in legislature after 2014 election, up from 127th place
Japan rose in a global ranking of the proportion of women in parliament over the past year — to 113th out of 190 countries, an international survey showed online Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 5, 2015
Calling for an early Japan-China-South Korea summit
The president of Soka Gakkai International urges Japan to renew its pledge to build lasting peace, strengthen cooperation in addressing environmental problems, and step up efforts to contribute to stability and development throughout Asia.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2015
YouTube's #DearMe campaign looks back to look forward
YouTube's #DearMe campaign asked women in Japan to post video messages with advice to their younger selves.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2015
Japan, U.S. resume TPP talks but pact's future very much in doubt
Japanese and U.S. officials resumed talks Thursday in Tokyo on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, but the outcome of the negotiations remains unclear with political difficulties mounting for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and indications of growing opposition to the deal in the U.S.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2015
Nadeshiko trip up in Algarve Cup opener
Nadeshiko Japan was stunned 2-1 by Denmark in their Group C opener of the Algarve Cup on Wednesday.

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