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Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 29, 2013

Grip on Diet leaves no scapegoats for LDP

The Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the July 21 Upper House election and regained control of both chambers of the Diet, ending years in which the legislature was effectively divided and bills were held hostage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2013

Obama: Korean War vets 'deserve better'

President Barack Obama praised veterans of the Korean War at a ceremony Saturday marking the anniversary of the armistice, using their return to an apathetic America decades ago as a promise to better care for the generation that is returning from distant battlefields today.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2013

Regional financial firms should integrate across borders: LDP's Shiozaki

Regional financial institutions should consolidate across geographical boundaries to help revive the economy, lawmaker Yasuhisa Shiozaki of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2013

Economic turnaround to what?

Although a government white paper lauds the prime minister's 'Abenomics' policy, it's not clear whether stronger business earnings will lead to higher wages.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2013

Fair treatment of the disabled

The Diet enacts a law prohibiting discriminatory treatment of the disabled as well as obliging local governments to remove obstacles that disabled people face.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2013

SDP's Fukushima resigns over dual election losses

Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party for nearly a decade, resigned Thursday to take responsibility for the party's losses in Sunday's Upper House election and the Lower House election in December.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2013

Judo federation's next move

Public trust of the scandal-ridden All Japan Judo Federation will be on the line when it discusses a proposal to dismiss 23 directors including the chairman.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2013

Abe not in hurry to amend Constitution

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to stay focused on efforts to revive Japan's moribund economy and to not aggressively pursue his goal of amending the pacifist Constitution, even though his Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito bloc now controls the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2013

LDP leaves opposition leadership in disarray

The LDP's victory has given the opposition's leaders a tough choice: whether to quit to clear the party's image or stick to their guns and stay in the fight.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2013

One-party rule back but Abe could blow it

The Liberal Democratic Party's sweeping Upper House election victory ends the divided Diet, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe still faces a battle in tackling vexing issues.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 21, 2013

Hesitating on sales tax hike?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is said to be considering delaying the increase in the consumption tax rate currently scheduled to take effect in April 2014.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2013

Resetting Egypt's prospects for a full revolution

Getting Egypt back on the revolutionary road will depend on a broadly agreed constitution, economic reforms and 'street' pressure for a political settlement.
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2013

The more inspiring dystopia

I'll have to disagree with Christopher Taylor's assertion in his July 14 letter, "Alternative muse for video game," that P.D. James' novel "Children of Men" would have been a more inspiring dystopian novel for the recently released video game "The Last of Us" than would Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."...
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2013

Low wages hindering recovery

Wage realities suggest that Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's positive assessment of the economy serves as a political boon for the Abe Cabinet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 19, 2013

Does U.S. agency's new office represent the workplace of the future?

The U.S. agency that manages nearly 35 million sq. meters of federal office space is moving back to its newly renovated headquarters in central Washington, where its employees are finding that their personal real estate footprint has been radically altered.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013

80% think another nuke disaster 'probable': poll

Many in Japan believe the risk of another nuclear crisis is high unless all the reactors are shut down, a recent survey suggests.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013

Kishida, Kim try to patch up ties

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with Kim Kyou-hyun, South Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, on Thursday as the two countries struggle to overcome territorial and historical disputes that are damaging bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 16, 2013

Abe casts absentee vote, heads to Okinawa to stump for LDP

Ever on the stump in the run-up to Sunday's judgment day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cast absentee ballots for the Upper House election in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday before heading to Okinawa to continue his country-crossing campaigning for fellow Liberal Democratic Party candidates.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2013

Few feeling the economic recovery

The Bank of Japan on July 11 upgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy for the seventh straight month and said that it is "starting to recover moderately" on the strength of various economic indexes turning upward, including improving business sentiment and steady consumer spending.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Man arrested over body found in bag in Kawasaki
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.

Podcast

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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