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JAPAN

EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Business sentiment mixed
Japan's quarterly 'tankan' survey shows mixed business sentiments. Small and medium-size firms so far don't seem to have benefited much from 'Abenomics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2013
Finds raise toxic chemical suspicions at ex-Kadena site
The Okinawa Defense Bureau and the city of Okinawa uncover seven more barrels at a former U.S. base site that may have been used to hold toxic chemicals during the Vietnam War.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
DPJ ruins chance at power reform
The multipartisan anti-bullying law enacted by the Diet is no panacea for the nation's schools as it fails to take into account all aspects of the bullying problem.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Taking a stand against bullying
It is deplorable that the opposition DPJ blew a chance to pass a power industry reform bill because it was too busy playing politics against the prime minister.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 2, 2013
The latest funky food flavors, coming soon to a konbini near you
The weather is heating up, and food companies are answering with treats for the summer palette. Check out the latest in convenience-store goodness.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2013
Services for depopulated areas
As the population in Japan's countryside rapidly declines, an advisory body to the prime minister proposes intercity cooperation to maintain public services.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 1, 2013
Japan, South Korea agree to work on improving relations
The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to work on improving relations strained by Japan's perception of the war and the sovereignty of two tiny islets.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 1, 2013
Japan envoys among U.S. 'spy targets'
Tokyo will 'strongly demand' an explanation from Washington about reports that Japanese diplomats in the U.S. were 'targets' of American spying, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 1, 2013
Japan men, women complete hoop sweeps over Philippines, Mozambique
Big man Kosuke Takeuchi had 23 points and 11 rebounds to guide the Japan men's national basketball team to an 88-61 victory over the Philippines at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 1, 2013
Nadeshiko Japan loses to Germany in friendly
Women's world champion Japan was overpowered 4-2 away to Germany in the final exhibition match of its mini tour of Europe on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 30, 2013
South Africa whips Japan in Rugby World Cup Sevens
Japan's men suffered their second straight Pool B defeat at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow on Saturday, losing 33-0 to South Africa and falling out of contention for the championship.
BASKETBALL
Jun 30, 2013
Japan cagers hold off visiting squads
The Japan and women's national basketball teams recorded victories for the second time in as many days, leaving Sendai's Xebio Arena on Saturday with momentum.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 30, 2013
Cat In The Spat
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 29, 2013
Japan men, women triumph in basketball exhibition series openers
Atsuya Ota, a Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix center, scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Japan men's national basketball team defeated the Philippines 86-67 on Friday at Xebio Arena in Sendai.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2013
How will Japan's farms survive?
One hindrance to the Abe government's agricultural growth policy could be the terms of trade for Japan if it participates in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 27, 2013
Tweet Beat: #6k_live, #都議選, #進撃の育児
Streaming live under the sea, getting out the vote and the meme machine of 'Attack on Titan.'
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2013
Makeshift fix for electoral disparity
Ruling coalition party members in the Lower House ramrod passage of an overdue reapportionment measure that only begins to address vote-value disparities.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2013
Sorry state of expressways
The sorry state of expressway sections and bridges will demand a sizable repair and reconstruction budget for the indefinite future. Whence will funding come
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2013
Abe's fixations threaten newfound unified approach on North Korea
Just as U.S. President Barack Obama seeks a united front to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threatens to go rogue.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 27, 2013
Modified Baseball

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