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Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada said Sunday he will not run for the presidency in September if the opposition party's candidate in his hometown loses in the Upper House election. The DP candidate in Mie Prefecture, Hirokazu Shiba, and a candidate backed by the ruling ...
One afternoon earlier this month, Masamitsu Yamamoto showed up at the Tokyo District Court to attend a session of his criminal trial for an alleged violation of the Cannabis Control Law. The 58-year-old resident of Kanagawa Prefecture, however, does not fit the typical profile of ...
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be different from institutions like the World Bank because it has a greater understanding of the developing world's needs, officials said Sunday at its first annual meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the bank two years ago ...
For town, city and prefectural government offices around Japan, the key issue in next month's Upper House election is not constitutional revision or the economy. It's persuading 18-year-olds to go to the polls. While political pundits pointedly pontificate about the 2.4 million new youth votes, ...
Nuclear safety, route plans for new shinkansen and maglev lines, and the ruling coalition's economic policies are some of the top local issues on the minds of Kansai voters as they head into the pivotal Upper House election next month. With last week's announcement that ...
China's finance minister and leading economists on Sunday voiced concerns about Britain's vote to leave the European Union, with the policymaker saying it has heightened market uncertainty, though some expect a limited impact on the Chinese economy. The Brexit decision "will cast a shadow over ...
Boris Johnson, one of the leaders of the successful "leave" campaign in Britain's European Union membership referendum, has won the backing of a key colleague to replace David Cameron as prime minister, a newspaper reported. Justice minister Michael Gove called Johnson by telephone Saturday to ...
Britain is coming to terms with its decision to leave the European Union after Thursday's dramatic referendum. Here are some of the questions that are doing the rounds in the U.K. over the weekend: Can the referendum result somehow be overturned? Possible, but unlikely. It's true ...
Companies are making good progress in complying with the Tokyo Stock Exchange's corporate governance principles, but the proof will be in the pudding.
Regardless of the Brexit referendum in Britain, the European Union is in serious trouble.
U.S. President Barack Obama would like to phase out the agreement that allows Israel to spend 26 percent of U.S. annual aid at home.
Palestinians are turning to the Salat Al-Istisqa, or the "Prayer for Rain," more than ever as Israel curtails the water supply.
Inspired by a search for the meaning of life, a man who calls himself Candle June has embarked on a silent mission to light up lives through charity work on a large scale. Japan is still trying to recover from the damage and losses caused ...
Without details on how to bridge the chasm that divides irregular and regular workers, PM Abe's target is hot air.
On our island of just 529 people in the Inland Sea, we have one post office and one bank. The bank, run by the almighty JA (Japan Agriculture), shares an office with the JA dry goods store, which offers everything from rodent poison to ...
This fluffy white beauty is a Great Pyrenees, a gentle breed that is something of a giant when full-grown. Cosette is just over a year old and already 30 kg despite a tragic start. She had been abandoned, left to die along with other ...
Anarchic, anything-goes garage-punk band Afrirampo is defined first and foremost by feelings: The feelings that drive the duo as artists and the feelings they evoke in audiences. As the band returns to the live circuit after a six-year absence, guitarist Mayumi "Oni" Saeki is ...
When I first embarked on my attempt to visit every prefecture in Japan and learn about the local indie music scene in each one, the idea that I would be able to draw any meaningful generalizations from the adventure seemed ludicrous. The music scene ...
Chisato Fukushima's stellar national athletics championships continued in Nagoya on Sunday with the sprint star setting a new national record in adding the 200-meter crown to the 100-meter title she won less than 24 hours earlier. Fukushima again dominated her competitors at the 100th edition ...
Catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura had four hits and three RBIs to help power the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 10-4 thumping of the Seibu Lions in the Pacific League on Sunday afternoon. Tamura doubled, homered and added a late RBI single, and Jason Standridge (5-5) pitched ...
Japan back-row forward Amanaki Lelei Mafi admits that the absence of injured Rugby World Cup stars including Ayumu Goromaru and Michael Leitch hurt the Brave Blossoms in their two test-match defeats to Scotland. But the Tonga-born man mountain has backed their youthful replacements to fight ...
