Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use its adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex offenses.
National | POSITIONING FOR THE POLL Dec 4, 2012
Double-candidate Noda to fight till end
by Masami Ito
All media polls suggest the ruling Democratic Party of Japan will be crushed in the Lower House election Dec. 16 and that the Liberal Democratic Party will return to power for the first time in three years. But Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the DPJ’s ...
National | POSITIONING FOR THE POLL Dec 4, 2012
Kada's party backs Hague treaty, monthly child support
by Masami Ito
Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada wants the nation to provide better child-rearing support, become a society that allows participation by everyone, and join the Hague Convention against abductions by estranged parents. One of the main goals pledged by Kada’s new Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow ...