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JAPANESE

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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 15, 2020
This is the moment for Japan to rethink coal
The country's reliance on coal blackens its environmental credentials.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 15, 2020
Is the Article 9 labyrinth merely academic?
Numerous creative theories have been read into the Constitution's no-war clause by scholars over the years.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2020
Trial over bureaucrat’s suicide in Moritomo Gakuen scandal starts
Masako Akagi alleges her husband killed himself after being ordered to alter documents related to favoritism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2020
Graduate job hunting drags on in Japan as pandemic stalls hiring process
73.2 percent of job seekers graduating next spring had secured jobs as of July 1, sharply lower than the 85.1 percent who had done so at the same point in 2019.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2020
Tokyo court denies bail for ex-justice minister and lawmaker wife
The two are expected to receive their court rulings within 100 days of their indictment on a charge of vote-buying.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2020
Is Japan ready for transformational change?
If the nation loses this opportunity, it will be known as the country that never changes.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2020
Time for Japan to present a credible energy policy
The nation should not miss the opportunity to restructure its economic and energy-consumption structure for future generations.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 13, 2020
Being 'offensive' in the digital era
There is no need to be scared off by going on the offensive, even in “defense-oriented” Japan.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 13, 2020
Japan needs fight-style reform
Defense Minister Taro Kono has scrapped a plan to deploy Aegis Ashore, a land-based missile defense system. The decision has triggered a series of debate within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Japan’s future defense posture including the issue of “enemy base strike capability.”
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 13, 2020
Can Japan get out of its downward spiral?
To turn the nation around, Japan needs more effective political leadership.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 12, 2020
Katrine Klinken: 'Good sake bars are a must!'
Do Japanese and Nordic cuisine have anything in common? There are some mild similarities.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2020
Competition between streaming services heating up in Japan amid pandemic
Online subscription-based streaming of films and television programs has seen an uptick in Japan in recent years, and with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more people at home, that trend appears to be intensifying.
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JAPAN
Jul 11, 2020
Monument in Ikebukuro unveiled to mark 2019 car crash that killed mother and child
Backed by donations, the monument was set up in a nearby park as a reminder of the accident, which injured nine other people and raised awareness of elderly drivers.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 11, 2020
What’s the future of international food tourism in post-coronavirus Japan?
Food remains one of Japan's greatest assets as a travel destination, and industry insiders are cautiously optimistic about the future of culinary travel.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 11, 2020
The murky politics behind Japan's campaign financing
Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai are accused of using campaign funds to buy favors, but the use of cash for gift-giving is so prevalent in Japan as to make it difficult to prove.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 10, 2020
Five things to know about a possible snap election
Will the ruling coalition push to get the Lower House election out of the way sooner or later?
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 10, 2020
Is the Aegis Ashore cancellation a mixed blessing?
Japan has a chance to ensure its national security policy institutions are better equipped to respond to the rapidly evolving security environment.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 10, 2020
June wholesale prices in Japan fall 1.6% on weak demand due to virus
Prices dropped for the fourth straight month but the decline slowed from May due largely to firmer crude oil prices.
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JAPAN
Jul 10, 2020
Japan's top court rejects call to halt flights near U.S. Okinawa base
The court said Japan can't limit flights because it has no right to manage the air base under various security agreements.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2020
Tokyo mom who left daughter to starve to death sent to prosecutors
Saki Kakehashi has admitted leaving Noa at their apartment for eight days in early June while with her boyfriend in Kagoshima Prefecture, according to police.

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