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YAMAGUCHI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2014
Security bid too drastic: Komeito chief
The leader of the ruling party's smaller coalition partner said Friday that he does not agree with the defense policy changes that would allow Japanese forces to fight overseas to help allies, despite U.S. support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's review of the stance.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2014
Ex-bureaucrat wins Yamaguchi race
Former bureaucrat Tsugumasa Muraoka on Sunday won the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election by defeating two candidates to succeed Gov. Shigetaro Yamamoto, who resigned due to illness.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2013
New Komeito split on gambling bill
Differences within New Komeito mean Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition partner may not back submitting a bill to legalize casinos during the current Diet session.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2013
Komeito fires warning shot at Abe
New Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi said Sunday the debate over lifting the ban on collective self-defense may affect his party's coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2013
Abe calls for debate on collective defense
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that Japan must consider what role it should play in global affairs as he expressed a willingness to advance the national debate on lifting the self-imposed ban on collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2013
Abe's collective self-defense ploy may be too hard a sell: New Komeito chief
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's initiative to lift Japan's self-imposed ban on engaging in collective self-defense may not gain public support, New Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi suggests
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 3, 2013
Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?
If you're a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2013
One dead, three missing following Yamaguchi rains
A woman is found dead in Yamaguchi Prefecture and two people remain missing after record-breaking rainfall drenches parts of western Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2013
Homi claims stick used to kill victims
The man suspected of murdering five elderly people and torching two of their homes in Yamaguchi Prefecture says he used a wooden stick to kill them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2013
Heavy thunderstorms in west leave two missing
Parts of western Japan were deluged by rain early Sunday, triggering mudslides and floods that left at least two people missing in Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2013
Suspect in Yamaguchi murder-arson case is turned over to prosecutors
The police turn over to prosecutors the 63-year-old man suspected of murdering five people and torching two homes in a remote mountain community in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2013
Yamaguchi murder suspect nabbed
Police arrest a 63-year-old man in connection with the slaying of five people and the torching of two of their homes in the hamlet of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2013
Same blunt object believed used in Yamaguchi mass slaying
Police said Thursday they believe the same blunt object was used to bludgeon to death five people in their homes Sunday and Monday in the mountain hamlet of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 25, 2013
Hentai animation night at YCAM
The word "hentai" has two meanings in Japanese, referring both to "metamorphosis" and "abnormality/perversion." On Saturday, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media will screen a series of 13 hentai films — covering the wackiest, weirdest animated shorts in which the characters also undergo various...
Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2013
Myth of the 'virtuous' worker
Professor Dipak Basu is a shining example of someone who expresses his views on a variety of topics seemingly from his soul, and I respect him for that. He brings his faith into his arguments while casting the odd aspersion on "Western Christianity." He does so again in his July 18 letter, "Western work...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2013
Yamaguchi killer of five believed returned after fires to slay last victim
Police have reconstructed events in the five slayings and suspected arson that destroyed two homes in the tiny hamlet of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2013
A-bomb survivor, anti-nuclear movement leader Senji Yamaguchi dies at 82
Senji Yamaguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing and a leading figure in Japan's anti-nuclear movement, dies at a hospital at age 82.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / MAKING THEIR CASE
Jun 29, 2013
New Komeito chief vows to counter Abe if he tries to change Article 9
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May 30, 2013
Swimmers Hagino, Yamaguchi draw positives from below-par performances
Even in a post-Olympic year, the spotlight is still there on the swimming pool.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 19, 2013
Taking it easy on stroll-size Omi-jima
Mr. Hirohisa had made it clear when I called him from the nearest mainland city to the island — Nagato in western Honshu's Yamaguchi Prefecture — that there would be no supper provided that night; nor would he be able to pick me up from the station as expected.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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