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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 17, 2014
South Korea says door open for talks with North, calls on Japan to take 'courageous' action on issue of 'comfort women'
South Korean President Park Geun-hye says the door is open for talks with the North on beginning the process of reunification during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly, and has urged Japan to take "courageous" action on the issue of wartime sex slaves.
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JAPAN / Media / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2014
Asahi Shimbun struggles with credibility amid retractions
Self-inflicted wounds to the 135-year-old liberal media flagship may create a tailwind for conservatives who want to recast Japan's wartime past in a less apologetic tone.
JAPAN / History
Sep 16, 2014
Group releases 'comfort women' interviews from before 1993 apology
A Seoul-based group has released footage of interviews conducted by the Japanese government with victims of forced sexual slavery in World War II to produce the 1993 apology known as the Kono Statement.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 13, 2014
Empowering Asian women through education
Asia University for Women, launched in 2008, is an audacious project in Chittagong, Bangladesh, that is aiming to develop the region's future leaders.
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JAPAN / Society
Sep 13, 2014
Global women's forum in Tokyo calls for political, biz support for female empowerment
An international symposium on empowering women called Saturday for tax benefits, a shift in immigration policy and changes in corporate culture to help women play more active roles in the economy.
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BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2014
Women's work culture under fire
One morning in February, the government personnel department began an experiment in a nondescript building in a Tokyo residential area that could end up rewriting the rules of the nation's powerful bureaucracy.
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JAPAN
Sep 11, 2014
Abe's female Cabinet picks set example for world, says U.N. Women chief
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle last week — which increased the number of female members from two to five — set a positive example for the world, according to the head of the United Nations agency working to empower women.
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JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Japanese woman steps into new role at IAEA
Tomiko Ichikawa, 52, hopes to "be of service to Japan and the world" after taking on her new role in July as special aide to Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2014
Cost of domestic violence far outstrips war at $8 trillion a year: study
Domestic violence, mainly against women and children, kills far more people than wars and is an often overlooked scourge that costs the world economy more than $8 trillion a year, experts said on Tuesday.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 8, 2014
Mind the 'geb': Little word is a big problem for Japan's German residents
Inflexible residence card system leaves married Germans with ridiculously long names on their IDs — along with an annoying little extra word.
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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2014
Daily's retraction doesn't torpedo '96 sex slave report: ex-U.N. expert
A former U.N. researcher who compiled a report urging Japan to apologize and pay compensation over the "comfort women" issue said she sees no need to correct her report made public in 1996 that referred to testimony retracted recently by the Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese daily.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 6, 2014
Asahi Shimbun apologizes for balking at columnist's 'comfort women' commentary
The Asahi Shimbun issued an apology Saturday for initially refusing to publish its monthly column by journalist Akira Ikegami, who had chosen to comment on the daily's review of its 1980s-1990s reports on the "comfort women" issue.
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JAPAN
Sep 4, 2014
In U-turn, Asahi agrees to print journalist's 'comfort women' commentary
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said Wednesday that it will publish a column by journalist Akira Ikegami about the major daily's recent extensive review of its past "comfort women" reports — reversing its earlier rejection of the article.
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JAPAN / Media
Sep 3, 2014
Asahi rejected columnist's take on sex slave retraction
Journalist Akira Ikegami says the Asahi Shimbun has rejected his column about the major newspaper's recent extensive review of its own past “comfort women” reports, and he has therefore asked the publisher to terminate his serialized commentaries.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 30, 2014
Asahi rivals pile on over sex slaves retraction
It has been almost a month since the Asahi Shimbun printed a long, two-part retraction of its reporting in the 1980s and '90s on the "forced mobilization" of so-called comfort women during World War II based on the published confessions of a man named Seiji Yoshida.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2014
Oga recognizes value of physical play
Star guard Yuko Oga insists the Japan's women's national team will show off a new style in Turkey at the FIBA World Championship for Women, which tips off late next month.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
Asahi Shimbun refuses to run weekly's ad critical of the newspaper
The Asahi Shimbun has rejected carrying an advertisement by Shukan Bunshun because the ad includes a feature story criticizing the leading daily, the major weekly magazine said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Kono statement won't be replaced, Suga says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rejected on Tuesday a request from a ruling party colleague to issue a new document next year to replace a 1993 apology over women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, ruling bloc lawmakers said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2014
Women tend to manage schools
The upward trend for women in school managerial positions is welcome, but their total number continues to be disappointingly low.
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JAPAN
Aug 18, 2014
Pope Francis greets former 'comfort women' during Mass in Seoul
Pope Francis on Monday greeted a group of South Korean women who were forced to work in brothels for the Imperial Japanese military before and during World War II.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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