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ASAHI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2015
Reaching consensus among residents will be difficult at tilting Yokohama condo
Even though Mitsui Fudosan Residential, the seller of the condominium building in Yokohama that is tilting due to substandard construction, has offered to demolish and rebuild all four structures in the complex, residents may struggle to reach a consensus.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Mitsui Fudosan eyes complete rebuild of four Yokohama condos after one found to tilt
Japan's biggest developer is considering rebuilding an apartment complex in Yokohama after one of the four buildings started to tilt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2015
SABMiller, AB InBev merger may reignite Japanese brewers' foreign ambitions
The planned $100 billion merger of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller will be a wake-up call to the overseas ambitions of Japanese brewers, which are struggling to grow at home in a saturated market with a shrinking population.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 8, 2015
Truth hurts: censorship in the media
"Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war." — Philip Snowden, July 1916
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JAPAN / Media
Aug 5, 2015
Asahi Shimbun apologizes for 'inappropriate' tweet about Shinzo Abe
Tadashi Tominaga, the newspaper's senior staff writer, had posted a photograph of an ultranationalist rally, writing that the participants were supporters of the prime minister.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jul 5, 2015
Media redraw battle lines in bid for global reach
Something significant happened in April that attracted only desultory press coverage, so let's give it some more.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 26, 2015
Countries with a pro-Japanese slant; the detective who loved criminals; CM of the Week: Asahi Beer
The theme of "Mirai Seiki Zipangu" ("Future Century Japan"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 10 p.m.) is Japan's role in the world, and the series has a subseries covering countries with a "pro-Japanese" slant that most Japanese "don't know about."
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MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2015
Silver Star join trend by welcoming in foreign players
Reaping the benefits of having a former NCAA quarterback is becoming a trend in the X League.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2015
TV Asahi punishes execs over ex-bureaucrat's anti-Abe outburst
An ex-bureaucrat's unscripted criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on TV Asahi's popular “Hodo Station” news program was “inappropriate” because it caused confusion among viewers, the broadcaster's president says.
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JAPAN
Apr 28, 2015
NHK investigation finds 'excessive staging' but no fraud in documentary program
The Liberal Democratic Party has questioned NHK executives about the program, a move critics condemned as an example of political pressure being applied to the public broadcaster.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 24, 2015
Taiwanese gangster learns to bake; old lady detective; CM of the Week: Asahi Beverage
Japanese comics are as popular in the rest of Asia as they are in Japan. The 2012 Taiwanese drama series "Chocolat" (BS-TBS, Tues., 7 a.m.) is based on a manga originally serialized in Big Comic Spirits that itself was adapted as a Japanese TV drama in 2003.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2015
Political pressure on broadcasters
TV broadcasters should not cower in the face of the LDP's pressure and interference in their activities.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2015
LDP grills TV executives but denies use of pressure tactics
A Liberal Democratic Party panel conducts a closed-door meeting with NHK and TV Asahi executives to demand “explanations” about their troubles, raising suspicions of state intimidation.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2015
LDP scrutinizes NHK, TV Asahi scandals; press freedom advocates irked
The Liberal Democratic Party is seeking answers regarding two separate scandals involving NHK and TV Asahi, including one that involved a show of protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2015
Popular news program hit by LDP demand for 'neutral' coverage of 'Abenomics'
The LDP pressured major broadcaster TV Asahi to run “fair and neutral” programs about “Abenomics” ahead of the Lower House election in 2014, it is learned.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 4, 2015
Koga's parting shot may not hit its target
In February, Reporters Without Borders published its annual list of countries ranked in terms of press freedom. Japan came in at No. 61, down two places from the previous year and lower than Taiwan (51) and South Korea (60). The reason for the decline was the state secrets act, which came into force last December and criminalizes the disclosure of classified information, whether by parties inside or outside the government.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015
Taxpayers shouldn't fund war on Asahi Shimbun
The Abe administration's 'kulturekampf' against Asahi Shimbun makes it look like the Chinese Communist Party in its hostility to a free press.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2015
Suntory sues Asahi over nonalcoholic beer patent
Suntory Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against rival Asahi Breweries Ltd. to suspend sales and production of nonalcoholic beer-flavored drinks, claiming Asahi infringed on a Suntory patent.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 21, 2015
Apologizing in Japan: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Dressed in a light-gray suit with her hair pulled back tightly into a bun, McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Chief Executive Officer Sarah Casanova walked stiffly into a news conference on Feb. 5 and addressed a throng of reporters.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Former Asahi reporter files libel suit over 'comfort women' issue
A former Asahi Shimbun reporter filed a libel suit Tuesday against a journalist and three publishers, arguing that their articles erroneously claimed he fabricated a report on a former Korean "comfort woman."
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.

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