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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Jul 31, 2016
Tokyo NPO founder shows foreign residents how to survive disasters
No one can truly be prepared for a calamity like the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, even for Japanese who have gone through disaster drills regularly since childhood to learn how to react.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jul 30, 2016
Constitution Torch
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2016
U.S. reiterates plan to return Okinawa land in bid to ease anger over bases
The U.S. military said Friday it plans to return 4,000 hectares of land in Okinawa to Japan in an apparent attempt to ease local anger.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
North Korea threat prompts Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries in time for Olympics: sources
Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles, four sources with knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2016
BOJ dwarfs Fed as Treasury traders look east for bond guidance
Before most Federal Reserve meetings, Treasury traders spend days poring over U.S. data for clues on how officials will lean. This time the bigger story is the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In policy platform, Democrats train their guns on Trump
In a rebuke to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and the GOP, the Democratic Party's policy platform has touted Washington's network of alliances — including its defense pact with Japan — as "a source of tremendous strategic advantage."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2016
Striking a balance on free speech at schools
The freedom that teachers have to express their opinions on controversial issues is far more limited than that of students in both the U.S. and Japan.

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