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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 27, 2013
India's Modi sets sights on top job
If Indians were to vote against corruption, a slowing economy and weak leadership in the 2014 national elections — all that urban middle-class population is roiled by — controversial Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi could win the office of prime minister hands down.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2013
Judo culture needs to change
Reverberations from the claims of violence in women's judo continue with the resignations of an All Japan Judo Federation board member and a coach.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2013
Land parliamentary secretary resigned over sex scandal involving a minor
The abrupt resignation of the land ministry's parliamentary secretary, was the result of a sex scandal involving a minor, according to the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2013
AKB48 idol begs for fans' mercy after breaking dating ban
A member of AKB48 stirs up an online frenzy by getting a crew cut and posting an apology for breaking the all-girl group's rule against romantic relationships.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2013
India rape panel calls for drastic reforms
The judicial panel set up in the wake of national protests following the gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi submitted its report Wednesday, castigating politicians, police and the army for failing to protect women and children and calling for far-reaching changes in the way India is governed....
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011
Japan in a European club?
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan needs to re-engage the world if it is to find...

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