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SECURITY

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2015
Navy Yard lockdown lifted after report of shots being fired proves to be false alarm
Police issued an "all clear" on Thursday after a false alarm about gunshots fired at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, the site of a mass shooting that took 12 lives two years ago.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2015
Ishin no To adopts counterproposal to security bills
The second largest opposition party has adopted counterproposals to the Abe administration's contentious security bills that include tougher conditions on Self-Defense Forces' operations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2015
Japan's spy service offers students one-day immersion course in tradecraft
Psst! The Public Security Intelligence Agency — which carries out both domestic and overseas intelligence gathering — is offering college students a chance to try their hand at spycraft.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2015
Striking a balance between food and biofuels
Given the right conditions, biofuels can be an effective means to increase food security by providing poor farmers with a sustainable and affordable energy source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2015
'Sextortion' warning after victim targeted by crime ring
Users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Line are accustomed to receiving a "friend" request or a message from an unfamiliar contact. Most people ignore them, but the few who respond may need to think twice before pushing the send button.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015
Diet session extended through September as Abe aims to pass contentious security bills
Abe and Komeito's leader decide to extend the Diet session by the most days in postwar history in a bid to enact the controversial security bills.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015
Support for Abe security bills slumps: survey
Some 56.7 percent of the public believe the security bills under deliberation in the Diet are unconstitutional and 29.2 percent do not, a survey said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2015
Ishin no To tries to quell bickering over lawmakers' alternative security bills
More than 30 members of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) gathered in Osaka on Saturday to hash out differences in opinions over three security bills proposed by the party's Diet members.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2015
Stop dodging key security questions
The government and the ruling bloc should reflect on why public understanding of its security bills remain elusive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2015
Speculation swirls over result of Abe-Hashimoto meeting
Speculation is swirling among the politically well-connected that Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may have agreed to help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pass contentious security legislation when the two met in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2015
Japanese play survival games to blow off steam but have no stomach for real conflict
Dressed in camouflage fatigues and sweating in the summer heat, Kento Atari and his comrades sneak through the woods trying to outfox their enemies in a mock military exercise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2015
Security bills' credibility hobbled by suspicious explanations and reporting: scholars
As the Diet continues debate over a raft of contentious bills that would upend Japan's postwar security regime, some scholars and experts are noting the need for at least some changes to the nation's defense posture considering the security climate in the region — and a more transparent approach to...
EDITORIALS
Jun 9, 2015
Legal doubts over security bills
The Abe administration must address key questions if it's serious about winning the public's support and understanding of its security legislation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2015
Beijing waging long-term cyberspying campaign targeting Americans, their vulnerabilities: congressman
The Chinese government is developing detailed profiles of U.S. workers and private citizens as part of a long-term strategic espionage campaign that might include blackmailing key government officials, said the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2015
How to achieve UNSC reform
The Group of Four countries should engage in a deliberate and combined campaign of noncooperation in their push for U.N. Security Council reforms.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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