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JAPAN
Oct 12, 2018

New visa statuses proposed for blue-collar workers do not offer permanent residency: justice minister

Comments come as ministry details plan to allow people with knowledge and abilities Japan needs to work in the nation.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2018

Japan's top government spokesman denies Trump asked Abe to 'strongly consider' giving casino license to one of his benefactors

Yoshihide Suga responded tersely to an investigative report during a regular press briefing, referring to Abe's past denial in the Diet of the allegation.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2018

New Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki may meet top government spokesman and Abe in Tokyo on Friday

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday he is considering meeting with new Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Tokyo on Friday.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 10, 2018

No rest for Nikki Haley? Resignation fuels speculation about her political future

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley exits President Donald Trump's Cabinet as the most high-profile female member, potentially putting her back into play as a candidate for a Republican Party struggling to gain traction with female voters.
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JAPAN
Oct 9, 2018

Will Japan be a climate leader or a climate laggard?

A summer of typhoons and flooding has put the issues of severe weather, global warming and climate change mitigation domestically and internationally back on top of Japan's political agenda.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2018

South Korean president Moon Jae-in floats possibility of Japan-North Korea summit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday referred to the possibility of a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2018

Crack down on sexual harassment in schools

It's time to close the loopholes that allow teachers who sexually harass students to remain in the education industry.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2018

Top Japanese government spokesman denies reports Abe is wavering on submission of LDP proposal for constitutional revision

Yoshihide Suga rebutted the reports by repeating the prime minister's official stance, saying LDP lawmakers will seek to put together a unified formal party proposal.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2018

Japan's biggest warship visits Sri Lanka amid rise in Chinese military clout

Japan's largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, sailed into Sri Lanka's Colombo harbor this weekend, marking Tokyo's highest profile salvo in a diplomatic battle with China for influence along the region's vital commercial sea lanes.
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WORLD
Oct 3, 2018

Russia completes delivery of S-300 missile system to Syria in defiance of Israeli, U.S. concerns

Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and U.S. concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2018

Abe's art of the deal: What the prime minister won in New York

Japan is at the heart of virtually every effort to write new rules for the global trading system.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2018

Where ruining people is still considered sport

There are three human desires that are difficult to control in life that can ruin your family and yourself: power, wealth and sex.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2018

Pursue dialogue to resolve Henoko relocation standoff

Okinawa's new governor and the national government should instead dialogue to explore a way out of the standoff over the relocation of the Futenma base functions to Henoko.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2018

President Moon Jae-in is driving the Korea peace train

Moon's dogged optimism and Trump's unconventional diplomacy might be just the synergetic mix required to shake things up.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 1, 2018

Tamaki's election in Okinawa ensures feud over Futenma base will continue

The long-running standoff between Okinawa Prefecture and Tokyo over construction of a replacement facility for a U.S. military base is set to continue in the wake of Sunday's gubernatorial election.
Reader Mail
Sep 28, 2018

Keep an eye on Shinjiro Koizumi

We're living in crazy times: Scandal-ridden and sketchy politicians all across the globe are being elected to the highest office of their respective lands. The recent LDP presidential election was no different; but luckily there's hope.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2018

Trump says second Kim meeting a go as Moon calls U.S. president 'only person' who can rid North Korea of nukes

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that a second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization would happen "in the not-too-distant future," as the South's leader heaped praise on the American president, calling him "the only person who can solve this problem."
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2018

2019 debut eyed for Japan electronic map system for sharing disaster info

The Japanese government plans to fully launch in fiscal 2019 a system in which information on earthquakes, heavy rain and other disasters collected by government agencies and local authorities is displayed on electronic maps, informed sources have said.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2018

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says party backs new election to solve Brexit issue

Britain's opposition Labour Party prefers a new election to a second referendum on Brexit, its leader said Sunday, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May whose plans for a divorce deal with the European Union have hit an impasse.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2018

Progress, perhaps, in Pyongyang

The leaders of the two Koreas moved forward on a number of fronts at their summit this week — but the issue of the North's committment to nuclear disarmament remains unresolved.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight