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 the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
National May 17, 2013
Nonpartisan group of lawmakers seeks to ease nightclub regulations
Diet members have set up a nonpartisan group with the aim of allowing nightclubs to stay open later. The group for the promotion of dance culture, comprised of some 60 lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition camps, intends to submit a bill to ...
National Jan 23, 2013
NRA moves to require detailed measures against tsunami
The nuclear watchdog proposes requiring utilities to implement detailed measures to protect their atomic power plants from tsunami in a revision of current guidelines.