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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 4, 2013
Slew of new caffeinated food products make U.S. FDA jittery
Who needs coffee for breakfast when you can pour Wired Wyatt's caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Remember Cracker Jack? This year saw the advent of Cracker Jack'd Power Bites, with as much caffeine per serving as a cup of coffee.
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2013
1948 law on entertainment biz too strict on dance clubs, lawmakers say
Lawmakers across party lines pledged Monday to revise a law they consider obsolete that imposes strict operational and licensing rules on dance clubs.
JAPAN
May 10, 2013
Lower House OKs Hague convention bill
The Lower House on Thursday approved a bill needed to ratify an international treaty on settling cross-border child custody disputes, making it certain the Diet will enact it this summer following Upper House deliberations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2013
Opposition guns for LDP committee chair
Opposition parties prepared Wednesday to pass a resolution ousting a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker as head of an Upper House committee, setting the stage for a showdown with the ruling bloc before the Upper House election in July.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 29, 2013
Evolutionary biologist says cave-man diet is flawed
Living like cave men — or at least eating like them — is being hailed by some as an ideal lifestyle.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2013
Lower House OKs ratification of child custody pact
The Lower House unanimously approves ratification of signing an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes, paving the way for passage through the Diet in late May.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2013
Opposition rejects LDP's plan to cut Lower House seats
Amid a spate of high court verdicts that the vote-value disparity in the December Lower House election was either unconstitutional or invalid, the opposition camp rejects the ruling coalition's plan to rectify the problem.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2013
Diet OKs nomination of ADB chief Kuroda as new Bank of Japan governor
The Diet approves the nomination of Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor, paving the way for drastic monetary easing to invigorate the deflation-beset economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2013
Diet set to approve BOJ nominees
The Diet is expected to approve the government's nominees for Bank of Japan governor and its two deputy governor posts, with the largest opposition party set to give the nod for Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda to head the central bank, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 1, 2013
Aso vows 'drastic' action on deflation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration will take "drastic" measures to revitalize the economy, Finance Minister Taro Aso pledged Thursday, suggesting that previous policies had been insufficient to beat back more than a decade of deflation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2013
Abe plays it safe in Diet speech
Delivering a key policy speech to the Diet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says no country should resort to force to 'change the status quo' regarding territorial disputes, in an apparent warning to China.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2013
Diet asked to OK Kuroda as next BOJ chief; opposition seen falling into line
Haruhiko Kuroda, a strong advocate of aggressive monetary easing, is officially nominated as the next Bank of Japan governor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2013
Currency veteran offers BOJ credibility on reflation
The Bank of Japan may pack a bigger punch under Haruhiko Kuroda, an opponent of deflation who ran the nation's currency policy and then built an international reputation leading the Asian Development Bank.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2013
With LDP nod, Hague bills face May Diet OK
The Diet will approve Japan joining the international treaty on settling cross-border child custody disputes, possibly in May.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2013
LDP gets behind the Hague Convention
Now that a majority of the Diet appears to support joining the international treaty on settling cross-border child custody disputes, the government expressed determination Thursday to push for quick ratification of the 1980 Hague Convention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2013
DPJ snubs ruling bloc's list of picks for key posts
The Democratic Party of Japan refuses to accept a list of 41 nominees for key government positions because the name of one person was leaked to the media.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2013
DPJ signals that it's willing to play hardball on key government nominations
A Democratic Party of Japan executive surprised the administration Thursday when he said his party, the largest opposition force, will reject the government's planned nominee to lead the Fair Trade Commission because his name was leaked in a media report.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2013
China provocation slammed
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera warns China that it may have violated the United Nations Charter when its warships locked their fire-control radars on a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and helicopter last month and calls for setting up a hotline between Tokyo and Beijing.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2013
Antipiracy bill drafted to let private armed guards defend ships
An antipiracy bill is being prepared to let foreign security contractors on Japanese flag-bearing vessels carry firearms while sailing off Somalia and other pirate-infested waters.
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2013
The DPJ's obligation
Members of the No. 1 opposition party, DPJ, have a duty to check the moves of the Abe administration with regard to economic and and defense policies.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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