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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2017

The Democratic Party's existential crisis

To retake the reins of power, the DP must be ready to offer voters a genuine alternative of the kind Japan hasn't seen in decades.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2017

Over 6,100 offer prayers for war dead at event marking 72nd anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Attendees observed a moment of silence for the 3.1 million Japanese war dead at noon, when the late Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender in a radio address.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 5, 2017

Beleaguered Abe on the ropes as support weakens

The public has seen the true face of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and doesn't like what it sees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 1, 2017

Abe's dream of amending Constitution slipping away

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012, but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist Constitution is likely to elude his grasp.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2017

Envoy throws ball back to Trump, says U.S. and North Korea are key to peace on peninsula, not China

China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017

Ability to strike more of U.S. feared as North Korean ICBM test splashes down off Hokkaido

North Korea's latest missile test confirms the hermit state now has the capability to strike most of the United States with a nuclear missile of some sort.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2017

Abe won't abandon key economic goals as he pushes for constitutional reform, adviser says

Japan will press ahead simultaneously with economic reform and constitutional changes as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries to revive his declining popularity, according to lawmaker Yasutoshi Nishimura, who advises the prime minister.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2017

Japan doesn't need fiscal stimulus, economic adviser says

With the economy growing above its potential rate, the nation needs structural reforms rather than a big dose of government spending, according to Susumu Takahashi, a member of the government's economic and fiscal policy council.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2017

Leaked document conflicts with Inada claims of no knowledge of activity log cover-up

Another leaked internal document has rocked the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, again suggesting that Defense Minister Tomomi Inada — contrary to previous public denials — had been informed Feb. 13 of an alleged data cover-up concerning Ground Self-Defense Force activity logs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2017

Former defense chief Ishiba overtakes Abe as top choice for prime minister in poll

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba overtook scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the best person to lead Japan, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2017

Abe is stumbling but no challenger exists

Voters are ready for a viable alternative to the LDP, but the leading opposition party is failing to deliver.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2017

Why not give the BOJ's governor a promotion?

Abe's choice is clear: Show Kuroda the door, or open his Cabinet to new thinking by a man who's seen considerable action in the economic trenches.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2017

Abe revises statements on Kake scandal in Diet after opposition raises discrepancies

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's struggles continued Tuesday at a special Diet session held to probe the Kake Gakuen scandal, as opposition lawmakers pointed out contradictions in his past remarks on when he learned about the school operator's plan to apply for a special government deregulation project.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2017

British pragmatism now on trial

Britain faces a bumpy ride in the wake of Prime Minister Theresa May's failed election gambit.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2017

In Diet appearance, Abe tells panel he never rigged approval process for Kake Gakuen project

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears before the Lower House Budget Committee.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2017

Jerusalem mosque metal detectors to stay but may be reduced: Israel

Israel said on Sunday it would not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest clashes with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce their use.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2017

Inada resists calls to resign over alleged SDF activity log cover-up

Defense chief Tomomi Inada denies participating in the alleged GSDF log coverup, clinging to her position ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle in which she is widely expected to exit.
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2017

The Democratic Party's woes continue

The Democratic Party remains unable to turn popular criticism of the Abe administration into support for the opposition.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2017

Maekawa details Kake scandal allegations in special Diet hearing

A former top education ministry bureaucrat says again that top officials in the government must have manipulated key decision-making processes to help out a school run by a close confidant of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 6, 2017

Experts say key criteria aligning in Japan's long battle to escape deflation

Japan's economy is running the hottest relative to capacity since the global financial crisis. More than four years after the Bank of Japan launched its radical monetary easing, key conditions are aligning in its long battle to truly escape from deflation.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 5, 2017

Tokyo vote prompts crisis of confidence for Renho's Democratic Party

Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election dealt a hard blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with his Liberal Democratic Party suffering a historic defeat and securing only 23 seats — the lowest-ever figure for the LDP.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person