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EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2014
Repair unraveling Tokyo-Seoul ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye should realize that the past year showed nothing positive for bilateral relations, which appear to have entered a blind alley.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2014
SKY Perfect JSAT plans all-Japan channel in Indonesia
SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. announced Thursday it will launch a channel next month in Indonesia that will show Japanese programs around the clock to popularize Japanese content in the growing economy and promote Japan itself.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 30, 2014
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EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2014
Wage hikes can help end deflation
This year's wage negotiations have started, and for the first time in five years, Japan's largest labor organization will demand across-the-board raises in wage bases. The Japan Business Federation concurs but in more evasive language.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 29, 2014
Nadeshiko Japan's Kawasumi to play for U.S. team
Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi is set for a move from INAC Kobe Leonessa to a team in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, INAC general manager Yasunori Yamashita said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2014
Alcohol dependency in Japan
A major problem in Japan, where an estimated 6.45 million people have alcohol-related problems, is the lack of social recognition that alcohol dependency is an illness.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2014
Minutes show some BOJ policymakers still wary of tax hike
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BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2014
Agreement inked on rare metal prospecting in Pacific
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC) signed an agreement Monday with the International Seabed Authority on rare metal exploration in high seas about 600 km off Japan's easternmost territory, Minamitorishima Island.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2014
Lawson, Suntory execs to join casino push
Business leaders, including top executives at Lawson Inc. and Suntory Holdings Ltd., are joining forces to back the legalization of casinos in Japan, a proposal that could open up what is estimated to be the world's second- largest gaming market.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2014
Guarding against norovirus
Norovirus food poisoning is back this season, and the health ministry says the number of cases has been on the rise for the past 10 years. No drug or vaccine will weaken or kill norovirus. Hand-washing with soap is the best preventive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2014
New York lawmakers unveil second 'comfort women' memorial
New York lawmakers joined Korean-American and other groups to unveil a second monument to the women forced into sexual slavery before and during World War II at Veterans Memorial in Nassau County on Long Island on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2014
China secretly asked Japan not to snatch Senkakus hot air balloonist
Beijing asked Tokyo not to arrest a Chinese hot air balloonist who tried to land on the Senkaku Islands and had to be rescued by the Japan Coast Guard.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 26, 2014
Abe Sumo Suit
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 25, 2014
Spinmeister Abe: crisis-mongering and distractions
The news media tends to hyperventilate because this generates a buzz that attracts attention.
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2014
Crime rate dips again in Japan
Although Japan's relatively low crime rate has just gotten lower, the police need to take the rising problems with frauds and scams seriously.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2014
Playing with fire is dangerous
Any moves that Japanese leaders make at this time to start the process of amending the Constitution would arouse strong feelings in Japan and abroad, against the nation's interests.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2014
Opposition needs unified agenda
There are budding moves to reorganize Japan's fragmented political opposition to create a new force that can stand up to the giant ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2014
Abe's remarks on WWI parallels to be clarified
The government will make clear to other countries what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meant earlier this week when he compared the rocky relations between Japan and China to those of Britain and Germany prior to World War I, officials say.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2014
Virginia textbooks to use Sea of Japan, East Sea
The Virginia Senate passed a bill Thursday that will require future school textbooks to carry both names used by the Japanese and South Korean governments for the waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 23, 2014
Nuke Or Abe Power

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