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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2017

North Korea fires off medium-range missile in 'challenge to the world'

North Korea launches an apparent medium-range ballistic missile in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe termed a “challenge to the world.”
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
May 21, 2017

Redrawing of Nara's electoral map may force internal affairs chief into rematch with DP's Mabuchi

The Cabinet's decision last week to approve the redrawing of Japan's electoral map by eliminating one Lower House district from each of six prefectures (Aomori, Iwate, Mie, Nara, Kumamoto and Kagoshima) is the central government's response to a declining population that is increasingly concentrated in...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 21, 2017

South Korea's Moon names top ministers and security adviser

South Korea President Moon Jae-in named the finance minister, foreign minister and top security adviser for his new government on Sunday as it faces challenges nurturing economic recovery, soothing ties with China and dealing with North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2017

Renho takes Abe to task over policies on ‘womenomics,’ Constitution

Renho, leader of the struggling Democratic Party, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies are failing Japan's women and the pacifist charter.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
May 20, 2017

For better relations, Tokyo should use Korean residents to open diplomatic channels with new South Korean government

Since the beginning of the year, Japan's official relations with the Korean Peninsula have gone from bad to worse. Not a day goes by without a report about North Korea's latest provocation. Journalists, politicians, and pundits deliberate — one might say "geek out" — over whether the missile just...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2017

Experts question wisdom, achievements of SDF South Sudan peacekeeping mission

With the Ground Self-Defense Force troops in South Sudan scheduled to arrive back in Japan on May 27, experts have called for the government to thoroughly review Japan's peacekeeping mission there amid debate over whether it was in line with the nation's principle of only sending troops to places with...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2017

Brazil's Temer steadfastly refuses to step down in face of corruption probe

President Michel Temer on Thursday defiantly said he will not resign after the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into allegations he condoned bribes to a potential witness in a major corruption probe.
JAPAN / Politics
May 17, 2017

Opposition makes last-ditch effort to block conspiracy bill

To delay the vote on approving a new penalty against criminal conspiracy, opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2017

Abe's refusal to clarify Article 9 proposal worries opposition

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent proposal to revise the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 has sparked debate, anxiety and speculation.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2017

North Korea says new, longer-range missile can carry 'large' nuclear warhead

North Korea's apparently successful test-firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile points to a significant advance in its goal to create a missile capable of hitting the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2017

Trump's troubling South China Sea policy

For those nations that believed in and depended on the U.S. to defend them and their shared principles, Trump has kicked off a whole new ball game fraught with uncertainty.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2017

North Korea test-fires what could be new kind of longer-range missile

North Korea launches what Japan called a potentially “new type of ballistic missile” in a test of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who was sworn in just a few days ago.
JAPAN
May 12, 2017

Moritomo Gakuen to lose nursery license, Osaka mayor says

Moritomo Gakuen will now lose its nursery school license because it can't secure enough qualified child care specialists to staff its Osaka city-based nursery school, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Friday.
JAPAN
May 11, 2017

Koike agrees to foot bill for temporary Olympic facilities but neighbors irked by delays, loose ends

Gov. Yuriko Koike pushes Tokyo's Olympic preparations forward by agreeing to foot the cost of building temporary facilities outside the capital, but not everyone is happy.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2017

Japan's defense-only posture to 'basically' remain unchanged under proposed constitutional change, Suga says

Japan's security policies, including its defensive posture, would 'basically remain the same' if the Constitution is revised as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed last week, claims Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 8, 2017

Taiwan's Premier Lin sees immigration as a fix to slowing economic growth

Ask Taiwanese Premier Lin Chuan about the economy he's been charged with managing and he'll talk about the need for innovation, investment and higher paying jobs. He'll also tell you one way to achieve those goals is by welcoming more immigrants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 7, 2017

China announces regulations to further tighten control over internet

China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's push to maintain strict control over content by the Communist Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2017

Democratic Party struggles for relevance in face of LDP-Komeito juggernaut

It would be an understatement to say the Democratic Party, Japan's biggest opposition party, is struggling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2017

Abe declares 2020 as goal for new Constitution

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hopes to see a revised Constitution take effect in 2020, revealing the clearest goal yet of his long-held ambition to amend the national charter.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
Pakistan hails role of Chinese jets in repelling India strikes
A J-10C fighter jet
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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