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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2011

Feud over U.S. debt ceiling risks driving off investors

U.S. politicians are in the thick of a debate that is fascinating, urgent, passionate, stubborn and potentially highly dangerous both for the American economy and for the country's political reputation and standing in the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2011

Kan delayed-exit hint restarts feud

The timing of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's resignation caused a political storm Friday, after he indicated he may stay put for months before actually exiting.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2011

Ozawa allies opt to keep key jobs

Four of the five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers who hold government posts Friday withdrew the resignations they submitted as part of a revolt against Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2011

Passport fast track

The Cabinet announced Friday that a law to allow new passports to be issued to citizens who lost their original ones in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami will go into effect Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2011

Advisers see V-shaped recovery, not recession

The slump following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis may be too short-lived to be called a recession, economists advising the government say.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2011

Companies' capital spending grows at slower pace since quake

Firms increased spending at a slower pace after the nation's largest quake on record and tsunami knocked out power stations and shut down factories.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2011

A long-awaited arrest

Gen. Ratko Mladic, the world's most wanted war crimes suspect, was arrested last week in Serbia. His detention, while delayed, is a victory for justice nonetheless. It is a powerful reminder to those who would contemplate similar crimes that they will know no rest; they will have to live their lives...
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2011

Kan's foes readying no-confidence vote

The opposition camp stepped up efforts Tuesday to bring down Prime Minister Naoto Kan, preparing to submit a vote of no confidence against him as early as Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 31, 2011

Kan foes in DPJ set to join ouster ploy

The drive to oust Prime Minister Naoto Kan gathered steam Monday as speculation grew that key members of his party would join forces with the opposition to submit, possibly as early as this week, a vote of no confidence to the Diet.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 29, 2011

G-8 differ in reactions to Fukushima

While the Group of Eight wrapped up their two-day summit in Deauville, France, by agreeing on the need to better define international standards for nuclear safety, its member nations differ in their reactions to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN
May 27, 2011

Tepco now says reactor seawater injection wasn't halted

Tokyo Electric Power Co. in an apparent flip-flop Thursday claimed it did not temporarily stop the injection of seawater into the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on March 12, a day after the deadly earthquake and tsunami.
Reader Mail
May 26, 2011

Shifting blame to U.S. pressure

As the potentially worst nuclear accident ever continues to unfold at Fukushima, it has become quite common to read obfuscations and falsehoods from nervous and embarrassed Japanese officials. The May 19 Kyodo article from Geneva, "Japan offers WHO apology for nuclear crisis," takes the cake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2011

Process for signing Hague treaty begins

The government officially decided Friday to prepare to ratify an international treaty that prevents cross-border parental child abductions.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 21, 2011

Pact is welcomed but abuse concerns raised

Parents who can't see their children after an international divorce will welcome Japan's latest moves to revise its laws on returning children taken across borders while hoping that enforcement of the legal revisions will be swift.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2011

Fund managers hunt for bargains amid losses

The worst Japanese earnings season in two years is spurring top fund managers to scoop up shares of drugmakers, car companies and telephone operators.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 20, 2011

Disaster makes the heart grow fonder, but potential marriage partners still need cash

More people are looking to get hitched since the March 11 earthquake, but will it change the criteria for selecting partners?
JAPAN
May 20, 2011

Edano seeks to end regional monopolies of power utilities

Japan will look at other countries as it studies the idea of spinning off power distribution from the business of electricity generation, a move that would put an end to power companies' regional monopolies, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Thursday.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Prince Hisahito concludes his his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Japan's $550 billion investment pledge outlined in MOU
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, sign trade agreements on Thursday in Washington.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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