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JAPAN
Feb 22, 2014
Japan's cherry blossom exhibition in Shanghai aims to draw Chinese tourists
The Japan Tourism Agency opened a cherry blossom exhibition in Shanghai on Saturday in a bid to draw more Chinese visitors during the upcoming hanami season.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 22, 2014
Abe's culture wars boomerang against Japan
Japan's culture wars are heating up to the detriment of the nation. The Financial Times is right to warn that the jingoism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and attempts to stifle public debate, are grave threats to Japan's open society. Most Japanese don't want to go where Abe is trying to drag them, but he is stomping ahead regardless.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2014
New NHK chief: 'comfort women' only wrong per 'today's morality'; programming must push Japan's territorial stances
NHK's new head defends the use of 'comfort women' and wants programming to 'state Japan's positions in no uncertain terms' on sovereignty clashes.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 4, 2014
Back and forward: Asia in 2013; predictions for 2014
Crystal-ball gazing is a notoriously inexact science, so before getting to that, let's lessen the potential exposure to ridicule by starting with a roundup of the last 12 months' key trends and events in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2013
New official site to state case for Senkakus, Takeshima
The government will set up a new website to promote its claims over disputed islands in nearby waters, risking a fresh backlash from China and South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2013
Japan to shoot down foreign drones that invade its airspace
The Defense Ministry has drafted plans for the Self-Defense Forces to shoot down foreign drones that intrude into Japan's airspace.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 17, 2013
Japan's China imperative: overcoming problems, repairing relations
There is speculation that quiet diplomacy may lead to a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China's President Xi Jinping. Certainly there are good reasons to expect no meeting of minds on some crucial issues that divide the two nations, but these need not prevent their leaders sitting down together to talk.

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When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
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