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YAMAGUCHI

EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2014
New Komeito's raison d'etre
Natsuo Yamaguchi, the just re-elected chief of New Komeito, and other party leaders should realize that if the party fails to ensure that Japan stays on the pacifist road with respect to the passage of new legislation, it will lose its raison d'etre.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 30, 2014
Kintaikyo: A bridge reincarnated over troubled waters
Below the bridge, flat-bottomed boats are ferrying people across the Nishiki River, just as they did centuries ago — back when commoners were not permitted to walk over its wooden arches, and even centuries before that, when there was no bridge at all. The long wooden craft glide with hypnotic languor...
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2014
Collective defense deal near
The ruling coalition closes in on three new standards that would let the Japanese military use force in cases other than when Japan is under attack.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2014
The unspoken disease that can destroy families
Of the 17,500 cases of uterine cancer reported yearly in Japan, nearly half are cervical cancer, usually triggered by a virus spread by sexual intercourse. Because of this, sufferers often conceal the fact from friends and families and continue working at their jobs as if nothing is wrong — until pain...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2014
Renowned chef Roy Yamaguchi to spotlight rise of Hawaiian cuisine
Award-winning chef Roy Yamaguchi wants to showcase the modern Hawaiian cuisine he helped pioneer more than 20 years ago and to share the spotlight with the next generation of chefs.
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
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 / 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.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan