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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2013
Abe controls direction of policy debate
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made buzzwords and catchphrases a hallmark of his administration, using them to frame debate and capture public attention.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2013
Abe's play for secrecy law
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is striving to protect state secrets by stiffening the penalties for leakers in a new law touted as a pillar of his envisioned security framework.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2013
Abe uses U.N. stage to push more proactive security role
Delivering his message to a global audience at the United Nations last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined his vision of Japan as a pacifist nation willing to engage more actively in international security.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2011
Survivors fret over lack of gas
YAMAMOTO, Miyagi Pref. — Quake survivors in a remote Miyagi Prefecture town are faced with a problem not encountered by the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake — a shortage of gasoline, a commodity essential for daily life in rural areas.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2010
Year of Rabbit may see Nikkei, dollar jump
If history is any guide, the stock market may perform solidly in 2011, the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese lunar calendar, with the dollar gaining against the yen as the U.S. economy moves toward recovery.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2010
A 17-year quest to prove Sugaya innocent
ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Pref. — Itoko Nishimaki felt something was wrong when she learned that a kindergarten bus driver like herself once admitted, and then denied, that he had kidnapped and killed a 4-year-old girl.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2010
Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into fading tradition
Sitting on a temporary stage against the backdrop of a wall painting of Mount Fuji, American musician Jim O'Rourke is playing his guitar and singing softly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2009
Potential change of power intrigues foreign correspondents
Foreign journalists in Japan are closely following Sunday's general election and are ready to cover the expected end of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's long grip on power.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2009
Upbeat Trichet sees 2010 recovery
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet indicated that the global economic deterioration shows signs of halting and recovery may occur in 2010, repeating that decisions on another interest rate cut and unconventional measures would come in May.
JAPAN
May 15, 2008
NPOs aiding foreigners to get metro cash
Facing a major influx of foreign nationals, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will subsidize projects by nonprofit organizations supporting foreign residents in an effort to become more international and provide a comfortable living environment for minorities.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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