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BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2013

Yen's slump fails to stem corporate exodus overseas

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises that his growth policies will revive the nation's industrial might. For Takumi Tanaka at auto parts maker Uchida Co., times are worse than after the 2011 quake-tsunami catastrophe.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2013

Kishida, Onodera set to attend Okinawa memorial service

The foreign and defense ministers will attend the annual June 23 memorial day service in Okinawa for the first time since it began in 1952, government officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2013

Suga denies Xi called Senkakus 'core interest'

Tokyo denied Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping termed the Senkaku islets "a core interest" of China in his informal summit with U.S. President Barack Obama last week in California, as Japanese media reported.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2013

Japan may announce humanitarian aid for Syrian rebels at G-8 summit

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could announce Tokyo's intention to provide humanitarian assistance to Syrian rebels at next week's Group of Eight summit in Britain, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 11, 2013

New ID system for keeping tax tabs, finding cheats

The Diet passed the "common number" bill May 24, paving the way for every resident, including foreigners, to be assigned a personal identification number.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2013

Hashimoto to Abe: Fly Ospreys at Yao

Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader Toru Hashimoto proposed to the central government Thursday that some MV-22 Osprey flight drills be conducted at Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013

China’s leaders frequent visitors to Africa, unlike Japan’s

During the three-day fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development that ended Monday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made full use of a once in five years chance to bolster ties with African countries by vigorously holding bilateral talks with the leaders of about 40 nations from the continent....
EDITORIALS
Jun 4, 2013

Nankai quake preparedness

Can Japan even begin to prepare for the effects of a future Nankai Trough quake? A Cabinet office final report has a sober warning.

Longform

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