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RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2015
U.S. nuclear sub's visit to Yokosuka is show of ties as Japan tackles defense reform
The USS Michigan is an 18,000-ton demonstration of deepening U.S.-Japan military ties against the backdrop of an increasingly muscular China.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015
Japan fighter jet scrambles down by half in April-June
Fighter jet scrambles by the Air Self-Defense Force fell by half in the April-June period to 173 from a year earlier, the Defense Ministry said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2015
Keeping North Korea on track
The government should consider carefully how to proceed now that North Korea has sought more time to investigate the fate of the Japanese abductees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2015
Government downplays forced labor concession in winning UNESCO listing for industrial sites
Japan wins UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Status for 23 industrial sites after conceding to South Korea's demand that the registration make clear that some of the locations used forced laborers from the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2015
China stresses 'nationalism' in war anniversary propaganda push
China plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, and its fight against Japan, with a stream of movies, concerts, performances and exhibitions, officials said on Monday, in an effort to strengthen "nationalism and culture."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 5, 2015
No politics behind Russia drift net ban: experts
Russia's newly approved ban on a scorched-earth form of ocean fishing is driven by environmental interests, not international politics, analysts and activists have said.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’