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EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2012

Myanmar marching forward

The news from Myanmar continues to be positive. Parliamentary by-elections went ahead as scheduled, and despite some claims of vote irregularities, the results appear to be in line with most expectations. At the same time, the government is proceeding with economic reforms that could have even more widespread...
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2012

DPJ lawmaker's resignation reveals divisions

Divisions within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan deepened Monday as a lawmaker resigned in a show of defiance against Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's key bill to double the consumption tax to 10 percent.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2012

Reorganizing Japan's exchanges

The Noda Cabinet in early March submitted to the Diet a bill to help establish a unified exchange that will integrate stock, commodity and other exchanges. But even if the Diet passes the bill to revise the financial instruments exchanges law, the envisaged system will not guarantee automatic integration...
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2012

Ozawa loyalists quit key government, DPJ posts to protest Noda's tax hike push

Kyodo Four senior lawmakers close to Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa resigned from their government posts Friday in protest after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda submitted a contentious bill to the Diet to raise the sales tax.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2012

DPJ leaders end acrimonious talks on tax hike, will move bill forward

The Democratic Party of Japan endorsed a bill Wednesday to double the consumption tax to 10 percent by October 2015 after forcibly ending discussions dominated by party members critical of the DPJ leadership.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 29, 2012

'Japanese-European Samurai: Arms and Armor of Austria and Japan'

During the 2001-04 restoration of the Japanese cabinet of the Eggenberg Castle in Graz, Austria, it was discovered that the wall covering of the room was in fact a 17th-century Japanese folding screen depicting Osaka Castle. The discovery of the work, which was originally commissioned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
CULTURE / Art
Mar 29, 2012

'Japanese-European Samurai: Arms and Armor of Austria and Japan'

During the 2001-04 restoration of the Japanese cabinet of the Eggenberg Castle in Graz, Austria, it was discovered that the wall covering of the room was in fact a 17th-century Japanese folding screen depicting Osaka Castle. The discovery of the work, which was originally commissioned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2012

BOJ bond move was 'desperate' act

The Bank of Japan's decision to expand bond purchases and set a 1 percent inflation goal was a step too far that leaves it likely to finance government deficit spending, a former executive said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2012

Harvard visitors get eye-opener in Tohoku, meet Noda, key officials

Some Japanese are pessimistic about the country's future and its declining presence in the world, but political science students from Harvard University who recently visited the Tohoku region saw strong signs of society regrouping after last March's calamities.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 25, 2012

A woman of wisdom among the energy mandarins

Ask me who should facilitate Japan's energy dialogue and the choice is easy: Junko Edahiro.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2012

Noda issues debris-disposal plea

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda send out written requests to municipalities nationwide Friday to join in the disposal of the millions of tons of debris generated by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku region.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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