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JAPAN U 23

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JAPAN
Dec 6, 2013
Shin-Okubo, window on a sad regional rift
The crowds at Tokyo's Koreatown have been replaced by a small but strident group of anti-Korean protesters who are turning it into a barometer of Japan-Korea relations.
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2013
Government without oversight
Even if the state secrets bill becomes a law, it will be important for people to continue grass-roots movements to oppose it and to prevent from being used to curb their right to know and to express their thought and opinions.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 6, 2013
ADIZs: separating fact from fiction
The fact that China's new air defense identification zone overlaps that of Japan, Taiwan and South Korea is not 'illegal' and is perhaps part of a strategy to level the legal playing field vis-a-vis Japan's claims in the disputed area.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2013
Voter inequality under the law
The disparity in vote value between more and less populous Upper House constituencies has grown so wide that it is undermining the principle of equality under the law with regard to the representation of voters's will.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 5, 2013
Postal employees carry extra burden during the holiday season
Sales quotas make postal employees' lives miserable at the end of the year.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 5, 2013
Air Defense Elf
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2013
Ishiba validates secrecy bill fears
In his recent criticism of public demonstrations near the Diet building by those opposed to the secrecy bill, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba validated concerns that the bill could be used to silence citizens who express certain political opinions or demands.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2013
Japan's secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists
The Japanese public supports Prime Ministe Shinzo Abe's bid to defeat deflation and stand up to China, but it's not with him on the secrecy bill.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2013
A vital role for Caroline Kennedy
Given the nexus of issues that tie vital U.S. interests to Japan's reform process, Caroline Kennedy, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, could well prove to be a crucial link between the countries.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 3, 2013
Power shifting in the Pacific
If China continues to strengthen its influence, will Japan, on its own or in collaboration with Australia, help reinforce the U.S. politically and militarily in the Asia-Pacific region?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2013
China's territorial creep in Asia
China's 'territorial creep' is contributing to Asian insecurity, fueling political tension and turning the world's economically most vibrant continent into a potentially global hot spot.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 3, 2013
Joysound's top 10 karaoke songs of 2013
Joysound karaoke announced their top songs of 2013! However, just because they're popular does not mean they came out this year . . .
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2013
Toyota sales show China row eased
Toyota Motor Corp.'s China sales surged in November, suggesting Japanese brands are escaping the consumer backlash they faced last year over the Senkaku Islands dispute.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2013
The politics of secrets
Flip-flops in government explanations of the contentious bill for protecting state secrets — now under deliberation in the Upper House — suggest that the government itself does not have a clear idea of how it plans to prevent the arbitrary designation of information as a special secret.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2013
Shinkansen tested on Hokuriku line for '15 opening
A test run was carried out Monday in the newly built Hokuriku Shinkansen Line — an extension of the Nagano Shinkansen Line — that will begin operations in spring 2015, linking the cities of Nagano and Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2013
Lady Gaga gets dolled up in Tokyo
Leave it to Japan's humanoid robotics to outdo the world's most avant-garde diva.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2013
Obic punches return ticket to X Bowl; Kajima loses final game
There are times when the losers have more stories to tell than the winners, and that was the case on Sunday, when the Kajima Deers lost to the defending X League champion Obic Seagulls 21-12 in the Final Four playoffs at Yokohama Stadium.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2013
NSC council has dangerous flaws
The Upper House has enacted a law that establishes a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council. But there's no guarantee the NSC will contribute to the government's making rational security and diplomatic decisions.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2013
A shift in rice production policy
It will take much more than an end to the rice paddy area reduction policy coupled with subsidies to turn Japanese agriculture into a growth sector as envisioned by the Abe administration.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 1, 2013
Reckless Secrecy

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