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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 16, 2019
Public records: Here today, gone tomorrow
Preserving the past is not just an academic exercise.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2018
Abe orders measures to prevent the recurrence of public document mishandling
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday instructed his ministers to draw up measures to prevent any recurrence of the improper handling of official documents following a series of scandals that have damaged public confidence in the government.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2018
Professor files criminal complaint over Moritomo document disposal, saying lack of charges would embolden cover-ups
A university professor filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors Wednesday against a former high-ranking bureaucrat and other officials, accusing them of improperly disposing of public documents pertaining to a shady state land sale linked to the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
EDITORIALS
May 15, 2018
Improve public document system
Public documents that record the government's decision-making process are, as defined by the law on managing such documents, "people's common intellectual property that underpins the foundation of democracy." The law implemented in 2011 mandates that such documents be created and preserved so citizens can trace and review the process of how government decisions were made. But recent scandals involving the sale of a government-owned tract of land in Osaka Prefecture to a school operator and the cover-up of the daily activity logs of Self-Defense Forces troops sent to Iraq in the mid-2000s have cast doubts over the mechanism controlling such documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2018
Faced with new evidence, Abe denies account of approval for Kake Gakuen vet school
Abe faces grilling from lawmakers after being confronted by a new document suggesting his involvement in a favoritism scandal.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2018
The SDF Iraq mission activity log cover-up
The law to ensure against poor management of public documents is insufficient.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2018
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announces a fresh set of SDF logs from Iraq have been found in growing scandal
Onodera pledged to further probe the ministry's careless handling of data and promised to announce the result as soon as possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2018
Disclosure that GSDF hid discovery of Iraq logs reignites doubts over civilian control of Japan's armed forces
The ministry acknowledged the activity logs, from an Iraq mission, had been kept hidden from top officials for more than a year ,despite an earlier claim that they didn't exist.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2017
New rules for managing official documents
Draft guidelines for managing official documents mark a step forward.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2017
Government mulls plan to assign record-keeping supervisor to each ministry
Japan might install officials dedicated to supervising the management of administrative documents at each government ministry to prevent important records from being discarded, a government source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2017
Edo Period textbooks of undercover ninja reveal tricks of the espionage trade
Textbooks detailing covert techniques used by ninja and written pledges about their secret missions were passed down for generations at the home of a ninja descendant in western Japan, according to an analysis of ancient documents found there.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2017
Kremlin says it has no compromising dossier on Trump
The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was "total nonsense" that Russian officials had assembled a file of compromising information on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2016
Japan pays UNESCO dues after reforms soften ire over Nanjing Massacre documents
Japan has made its annual contribution to UNESCO after withholding the funds over the U.N. heritage body's decision to include "Documents of Nanjing Massacre" in its Memory of the World program, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday, citing UNESCO reforms as the reason for the change of heart.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2015
NPO launches digital archives on Fukushima nuclear disaster
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization has launched a digital archive of public documents on the 2011 nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, so people can examine whether administrative bodies have pursued appropriate policies since the disaster started.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2015
Documents seized in bin Laden raid aired, show plots against U.S., al-Qaida job application
The U.S. released a trove of documents seized when special forces stormed Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan in 2011 that include references to unfulfilled plots such as an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2015
Vatican receives ransom demand for stolen Michelangelo letters
The Vatican said on Sunday it had received a ransom demand for the return of two rare documents written by Renaissance master Michelangelo that were stolen from its archives nearly 20 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2014
NHTSA tells Honda to hand over Takata faulty air bag documents
U.S. regulators ordered Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday to provide documents related to its investigation of auto parts maker Takata Corp.'s potentially defective air bags that have prompted over 7 million cars to be recalled in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2014
U.S. regulator orders Takata to release documents on its troubled air bags, testify under oath
U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday ordered Japanese supplier Takata Corp. to provide documents and answer questions under oath related to the government's ongoing probe of potentially defective Takata air bags in millions of U.S. vehicles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Japan underestimated China's nuclear weapons potential in '64
Nine months before China's first nuclear test in 1964, then-Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda told the U.S. it would be years before China had nukes, diplomatic documents reveal.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Nixon blamed Prime Minister Sato for textile talks breakdown in '71
U.S. President Richard Nixon sent a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in spring 1971 expressing frustration over bilateral textile talks, according to a Japanese diplomatic document declassified Thursday.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Tehran signals no retaliation against Israel after drones attack Iran
A reported strike against Iran by Israel on Friday came against the backdrop of Iran's support for the Palestinian Hamas militant group, whose assault into Israel on Oct. 7 triggered Israel's invasion of Gaza.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
Former No. 1 Kento Momota retires from international badminton at 29
Badminton star Kento Momota leaves a news conference after announcing his retirement from Japan's national team, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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