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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 the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
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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 the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
Politics & Diplomacy
Visiting Abe assures Myanmar of support from 'whole of Japan'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged during an official visit to Myanmar on Saturday that “the whole of Japan,” its public ...
Media | MEDIA MIX
The dark side of Japanese fashion made in Bangladesh
by Philip Brasor
While it's not clear if any Japanese firm had interests in factories operating in the building that collapsed in Dhaka ...
National May 26, 2013
Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
Up to 30 researchers are feared to have suffered internal radiation exposure after an experiment went awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
Science & Health May 26, 2013
Scientists elated ALMA in full swing
by Atsuko Kawaguchi
Japanese astronomers are in high spirits now that the state-of-the-art ALMA radio telescope, built under a multinational project in the Andean highlands, has commenced full operations to explore deep cosmic mysteries.
Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 26, 2013
Xenophobia stretches from the street to the dinner table
by Mark Schreiber
The territorial disputes between Japan and its nearest neighbors over the islands of Takeshima (Dokdo in Korean) and the Senkakus (Diaoyu in Chinese) have gradually faded from the front pages; but this does not necessarily mean there have been no repercussions. Accumulated resentment on ...
National May 26, 2013
Harsher steps taken on Taiwan fish poachers
The Fisheries Agency and the coast guard have been cracking down harder on illegal fishing by Taiwan in Japan’s exclusive economic zone since a bilateral pact took effect May 10. The deal allows Taiwanese boats to operate in a joint fishing zone set up ...
History | THE LIVING PAST May 26, 2013
History shows one man's rape is another's wooing
by Michal Hoffman
“The evolution of political thought in this relatively isolated island nation during the period in question is unique to the point of being somewhat freakish.” This gives a reader pause. Freakish? The judgment is historian Hiroshi Watanabe’s in “A History of Japanese Political Thought, ...
Politics & Diplomacy May 26, 2013
TICAD to adopt declaration vowing growth, security, economic equality
African leaders and their development partners will pledge to achieve “quality growth” and address security and poverty issues on the continent, according to a draft declaration for the upcoming TICAD conference in Yokohama. The private sector is “a vital engine of growth” and the ...
Politics & Diplomacy May 26, 2013
Singh-Abe talks likely to cover all key issues: official
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart will discuss how to bolster bilateral ties, including on nuclear power, security, high-speed rail technology and trade and investment, when they meet in Tokyo this week, Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...
National May 25, 2013
Tokyo Sea Life exhibits rare larvae
by Masaaki Kameda
Tokyo Sea Life Park has begun exhibiting fry of the unique ocellated icefish, after successfully hatching eggs from a pair of the rare creatures for the first time in the world earlier this month. Put on display Thursday at the aquarium in Edogawa Ward ...
National May 25, 2013
Science, sponsors abetted Miura's Everest success
Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura, who at 80 became the oldest person Thursday to reach the summit of Mount Everest, used a carefully structured scientific training regime and support from corporate sponsors and fans to achieve his goal. His ascent of the world’s highest peak ...
National May 25, 2013
Ex-sex slaves won't meet Hashimoto
by Eric Johnston
Two South Korean former "comfort women" cancel their planned meeting with Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader Toru Hashimoto, saying via a representative that they don't want to be his political pawns.
Politics & Diplomacy May 25, 2013
Tokyo denies report of North abductee return offer
Tokyo on Friday denied a South Korean media report that North Korea proposed to repatriate two Japanese abductees during a recent visit to Pyongyang by Isao Iijima, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “That’s impossible. I have never been contacted (by the newspaper),” ...
National May 25, 2013
Japan has 70% chance of M8-9 quake in Nankai Trough within 30 years: panel
There is a 60 to 70 percent chance that an earthquake registering magnitude 8 to 9 or above will occur along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan within the next 30 years, a government panel said Friday. The expert panel also said ...