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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective show of painter Toko Shinoda, the first word that comes to mind is "power."
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that some of the country’s idled nuclear reactors might resume operations this autumn at the earliest after undergoing a new safety assessment process. The Nuclear Regulation Authority plans to introduce new safety requirements for nuclear power plants July 18, ...
Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Wednesday called on the president of Russia-owned Gazprom to provide Japan with liquefied natural gas from its plant to be built near Vladivostok at a “reasonable price” and in a “timely manner” after it starts up. In a meeting ...
Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that a recent deal on car trade between Japan and the United States won’t necessarily leave Japanese companies at a disadvantage to their South Korean rivals. The deal was reached as part of the process to win U.S. ...
The government plans to offer ¥1 trillion in loan guarantees for projects aimed at securing cheaper liquefied natural gas.
Trade and industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi has extended an offer to help Saudi Arabia build nuclear power plants. In a meeting in Riyadh on Saturday with Waleed Hussain Abulfaraj, vice head of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Motegi suggested the ...
Farm minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told U.S. Ambassador John Roos on Tuesday that Japan is opposed to participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations if abolishing tariffs without exceptions is a precondition. Noting that the Liberal Democratic Party pledged ahead of the election in December ...