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CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Jul 5, 2009
Granola Fish
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2009
Dwindling ability to lead
The mini-reshuffle of the Cabinet this week shows that Prime Minister Taro Aso's power to lead his Liberal Democratic Party in a direction he desires has dwindled. He had sought a substantial reshuffle of both the Cabinet and the party leadership to buoy his administration's sagging approval rate. But...
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2009
Those pestiferous donations
Irregularities over political donations continue to annoy main political parties. The Democratic Party of Japan was rattled by the arrest in March of then party leader Ichiro Ozawa's chief secretary on suspicion of illegally handling political donations from two political bodies linked to Nishimatsu...
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2009
O Canada
The Emperor and the Empress are visiting Canada and Hawaii from Friday through July 17. Their visit to Canada takes place at a good time, as Japan and Canada are celebrating the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations. It is hoped that the visit will further strengthen the friendly and cooperative relationship...
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2009
Budget guideline adopted
The government has adopted the fiscal 2010 budgetary request guideline, setting a record-high cap on general expenditures. General spending will climb to ¥52.67 trillion, an ¥940 billion increase over the ¥51.73 trillion initially budgeted for fiscal 2009 — when the ¥50 trillion mark was topped...
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2009
Not quite back to normal in Iran
Iran's powerful Guardian Council on Monday formally certified incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner of the June 12 presidential election, whose results have been contested by forces supporting moderate reform candidates former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi and former Iranian Parliament...
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2009
Gender-free spirit lagging
Ten years have passed since the Diet enacted the Basic Law for a Gender-free Society. The law says that in view of a graying population and low birthrate, it is urgent to realize a society in which men and women respect each other's rights and share responsibilities while giving full play to each person's...
COMMENTARY
Jul 2, 2009
Don't bait the Russian bear
By Brahma Chellaney
U.S. President Barack Obama's Moscow visit offers a historic opportunity to avert a new Cold War by establishing a more stable and cooperative relationship between the West and Russia.
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2009
United front against North Korea
Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed in their Sunday meeting in Tokyo that North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs pose a grave threat, and that Japan, South Korea and the United States must closely cooperate to counter it. The two leaders also agreed...
COMMENTARY
Jul 1, 2009
Tough to thwart North Korean arms exports
By Michael Richardson
The cargo ship Kang Nam 1 has long been on a watch-list of North Korean vessels suspected of illicit trading. But it recently emerged from the shadows at the center of a cat-and-mouse game in Asian waters, tracked by U.S. warships, maritime reconnaissance planes and satellites under a United Nations...
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2009
Waste not, want not
The Fair Trade Commission has ordered Seven-Eleven Japan Co., the nation's biggest convenience-store chain operator, to stop preventing its franchise stores from selling food products at discount prices. The antimonopoly watchdog decided that the company took advantage of its dominant position vis-a-vis...
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2009
A need to nurture scientists
Last year, four Japanese scientists, including one who became a naturalized American, received Nobel Prizes. Unfortunately, however, their achievements do not reflect the current state of science in Japan. The government's 2009 science and technology white paper shows that the foundation for basic science...
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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