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JAPAN
Dec 8, 2010

Whaling mother ship leaves port

The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of Japan's whaling fleet, left Innoshima port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Thursday, presumably to participate in the annual hunt in the Antarctic Ocean, Greenpeace Japan said.
Reader Mail
Dec 5, 2010

Whaling body belies 'awareness'

Regarding the Nov. 30 Kyodo article "Japan to propose establishing body made up of whaling states": How disappointing. So many Japanese are trying their best to make Japan appear as a nation that is aware of its actions. In this case, Japan is going in the opposite direction. How dare it criticize China...
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2010

Officials fear WikiLeaks' potential to harm U.S. ties

What's next? What disasters await in the pipeline?
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2010

Nakaima presses Kan to move U.S. Marine base out of Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, who was re-elected Sunday, urged Prime Minister Naoto Kan Thursday to relocate the U.S. Marine base at Futenma outside the prefecture, rather than to the Henoko district of Nago as agreed upon by the U.S. and Japan in May.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?