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U 22 JAPAN

SOCCER
Feb 12, 2016
Norimatsu sidelined with illness
Urawa Reds Ladies defender Ruka Norimatsu has pulled out of Nadeshiko Japan's training camp getting underway in Okinawa on Saturday due to ill health, the Japan Football Association said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2016
As China boosts influence, Japan eyes aid for 60 Africa infrastructure projects
The Japanese government plans to allocate development assistance for some 60 projects in African countries, centering on infrastructure development but also covering fields as diverse as agriculture and health care, a government source said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2016
Japanese radar components used by North Korean navy: U.N. report
North Korea's navy reconfigures Japanese-made civilian radar systems, according to a document compiled by experts investigating U.N. sanctions.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2016
U.S., South Korea, Japan boost data-sharing in response to North Korea threat
The top military officers from the United States, South Korea and Japan said they agreed at a meeting on Wednesday to step up information-sharing and coordination of security efforts in light of increasing North Korean nuclear and missile threats.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 10, 2016
Japan reimposes ban on visits by North Korean nationals and ships
Tokyo announced Wednesday new unilateral economic sanctions on North Korea following its Jan. 6 nuclear test and the launch Sunday of what Japan denounced as a long-range ballistic missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Japan's northern islands minister rapped for not knowing island name
The governor of Hokkaido expressed disappointment Wednesday that the minister in charge of pushing for the return from Russia of islands off her prefecture did not know the name of one.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Grandson of wartime internee embraces reconciliation with life in Japan
For the grandchildren of those who were imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II, it is perhaps understandable that some may still hold hostility toward Japan and its people.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2016
U.S. plans to cut missile defense budget
The U.S. Defense Department plans to slash the budget for missile defense including programs to address a threat from North Korea as part of its budget request for fiscal 2017, the department said Tuesday.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2016
M6.4 temblor strikes off Chilean coast, USGS reports
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2016
Sharp embodies Japan's zombie problem
The electronics giant reflects an insular and uncompetitive corporate culture that drags on growth.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2016
'Kesennuma and Memories of the Great East Japan Earthquake'
Feb. 13-March 21
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2016
North launch broke no new ground, was rehash of earlier success, experts say
North Korea's weekend rocket launch repeated earlier success rather than breaking new ground, using a nearly identical design from a 2012 launch, experts said, adding the reclusive country probably remained years from building a long-range nuclear missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2016
Documents indicate chemical leaks at U.S. base have polluted Okinawa water supply
U.S. documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that lax safety standards at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa may be to blame for the recent contamination of local drinking water sources.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2016
Japan, U.S., Australia and Philippines coast guards to huddle over China activities
The United States and Japan plan to hold a meeting of coast guard commanders with Australia and the Philippines as part of their efforts to forge a unified front against China's maritime activities, according to diplomatic sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2016
Japan says it will impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over rocket launch
The government said Monday it will slap new unilateral sanctions on North Korea in response to its rocket launch Sunday, amid rising calls from the families of abductees for tougher diplomacy.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2016
Chinese spy ship frequently spotted off Boso Peninsula
The Defense Ministry said Monday in Tokyo that a Chinese naval intelligence vessel has been seen sailing outside the contiguous zone off Japan's Boso Peninsula,Chiba Prefecture, several times since Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2016
ANA to pare Komatsu flights due to 50% fall in passengers after shinkansen line debut
Japanese airline passengers are voting with their feet since the opening of a new bullet-train route. The number of passengers flying to Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, the seventh-busiest route operated by ANA Holdings Inc., dropped as much as 50 percent after a new rail link opened last March...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 8, 2016
North Korea's missile technology blitz stokes concern among experts, officials in Japan
North Korea's rocket launch Sunday has raised fears among Japanese officials and experts that its grasp of missile technology is advancing at a worrying clip.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2016
The wrong way out for Japan
Neither negative interest rates nor further expansion of the BOJ's already huge program of quantitative easing will be sufficient to offset the strong deflationary forces that Japan now faces.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2016
Abe to use North Korea rocket launch to promote constitutional change
North Korea's launch Sunday of what it says was a satellite may increase public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's more robust security policy and promote public debate about his calls for amending the Constitution, according to some experts.

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