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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2016
Japan, Russia to resume talks on disputed isles off Hokkaido next week
Tokyo and the Kremlin will on Wednesday resume negotiations on the decades-old territorial row over Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 11, 2016
Abenomics' failure and the curse of 'Japanization'
The word "Japanization" refers to Japan's prolonged stagnation — a malady that was on everyone's mind at the recent G-7 summit. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the right call in postponing the planned tax hike, but the feeble opposition can be forgiven for pouncing on his abrupt volte-face, which is...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Japan Conference's quest for constitutional revision
The Japan Conference represents a new approach to a civil movement based on traditional right-wing values.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2016
Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the best thing about the recent G-7 Ise-Shima summit was that it gave him cover to wriggle out of a planned tax increase. He could pretend postponing the tax increase is a statesman-like concession to boosting global growth, rather than a way to pander to voters in the...
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2016
The July Upper House election
Much will be at stake in the July 10 Upper House election. The nation's youngest voters should make their voices heard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016
Close Abe aides eyed over last-minute change in economy slides presented at G-7 summit
The Group of Seven summit meeting last week in Ise, Mie Prefecture, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has raised suspicions about Japan's political agenda.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2016
Abe's consumption tax decision
To achieve his widely touted economic goals, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to do much more than just delay the consumption tax hike.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2016
Abe offers backing for early opening of JR Tokai's Nagoya-Osaka maglev link
The government will provide backing for the early opening of a privately-built magnetic-levitation train link between Nagoya and Osaka that's currently planned to start running in 2045, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2016
On streets of Tokyo, opinion divided over tax-hike delay
Passers-by polled by reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday were split over the prospect of another delay to the consumption tax hike.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2016
Abe delays tax hike weeks before election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced he is pushing back a second-stage hike in the consumption tax, from April next year to October of 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 1, 2016
As voters welcome Japan's tax-hike delay, experts warn on costs
Economy mavens are split over the merits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to delay the consumption tax hike to 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2016
Aso falls into line on Abe's tax hike delay
Finance Minister Taro Aso says he will support the expected decision to delay the increase in the consumption tax, backpedaling from earlier criticism that doing so would renege on an election pledge.

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