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JAPAN U 23

Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Apr 19, 2014
Bunny Nest Eggs
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2014
Kids wasting too much time online
A Cabinet Office survey finds that the amount of time that Japanese youngsters spend on the Internet with mobile or smartphones has increased 50 percent from a 2010 survey.
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2014
Isolation factor rising in Japan
Japan, once a family-based, group-oriented society, is becoming a place where people live alone.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2014
History beckons as Japan and Australia bolster ties
History was made this month when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shook hands with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Japan's first free trade deal with a major agricultural exporter.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2014
SDF should utilize Shimoji airport
A political professor assserts that Japan's air power would have a better chance of survival against possible Chinese salvos of ballistic and cruise missiles if Shimoji airport in Okinawa Prefecture were transformed into a military or dual-use facility.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2014
Japan, U.S. trade chiefs continue tariff talks for Pacific trade pact
Trade chiefs of Japan and the United States continued to seek progress Thursday in protracted negotiations over tariff exceptions to a Pacific free trade pact.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2014
U.S. reluctant to specify Senkakus in Obama-Abe statement
The United States is reluctant to mention the islets at the center of a dispute between Japan and China in the statement to be released after next week's summit, a person familiar with Tokyo-Washington ties said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2014
Kishida to postpone visit to Russia over U.S. ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to postpone his planned visit to Russia, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2014
Abe rejects idea of replacing Yasukuni Shrine
Despite growing tensions generated by his controversial visit last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dismissed the idea of building a new memorial to replace war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, saying the Shinto facility is too well known as a venue for mourning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2014
Coast guards share duty, language in border zone
Though tensions remain high between Japan and South Korea over territorial and historical issues, the safety of maritime transportation must be maintained irrespective of diplomatic relations, according to a Japan Coast Guard official who monitors maritime communications in the Tsushima Strait.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2014
Japan misses chance as Abe looks backward
For Abenomics bulls who still hold out hope that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to make good on his pledges to revitalize Japan, the past week must have been at least a little disconcerting.
EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2014
Tread carefully on corporate tax cut
As the Abe administration considers cuts to corporate taxes as part of its growth strategy, it must ensure that it doesn't end up plugging the revenue hole by adding tax burdens to the household sector, already bearing the brunt of the April 1 consumption tax hike and rising prices.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 16, 2014
Japan makes changes for game against Philippines
The two veteran receivers who starred in Saturday's exhibition game against Germany are out, and a couple new faces are in as the Japan national team prepares to face the Philippines on April 26 in the Asian qualifying game for the 2015 world championship, the Japan American Football Association announced...
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2014
Abe circles 1959 top court ruling to justify collective defense
A decades-old Supreme Court ruling, interpreted as allowing Japan to defend allies as part of self-defense, may be used to justify Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's move to lift a self-imposed ban on exercising the right to collective self-defense, government sources say.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Apr 16, 2014
Abe's Steep Hike
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2014
Chinese leader accuses Abe of damaging bilateral ties
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang slams Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting with Japanese business leaders, putting the blame squarely on the current administration for the strained bilateral ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 14, 2014
Higher prices risk 'Abenomics' backlash
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to vault Japan out of 15 years of deflation risks losing public support by spurring too much inflation too quickly as companies add extra price increases to this month's sales tax bump.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2014
Bourses scrap disclosure reforms
Japan Exchange Group Inc. has decided to scrap a plan to adopt tougher disclosure rules, saying the nation's companies are getting better at communicating with investors on their own.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2014
'Phantom' protects marine resources
The patrol vessel Hakuo Maru is being dubbed the "phantom" or "death" ship by Chinese and South Korean fishermen for its tendency to suddenly appear when they are violating Japan's territorial waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2014
Japan may waive maglev train technology license fees in deal with U.S.
The government is considering providing Japanese magnetically levitated train system technology to the United States without license fee to help realize a high-speed train service linking Washington and Baltimore, Maryland.

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