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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2019
Japan's CDP, DPP and JCP won't face each other in one-seat districts in bid to topple Abe's LDP
The main opposition parties have decided to field single candidates in most one-seat districts in this summer's Upper House election to more effectively face off with ruling party candidates, their members said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2019
With opposition fractured, LDP bags over half of prefectural seats in first leg of polls
The results show that support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party remains firm ahead of the Upper House election set for this summer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2019
Abe's remark that DPJ rule was 'like a nightmare' sparks opposition fury as Japan elections loom
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and opposition heavyweight Katsuya Okada argued emotionally in the Diet on Tuesday over Abe's recent remark that Japan was going through a "nightmare" before his Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2019
Ichiro Ozawa may be on verge of comeback as Japan's DPP and Liberal parties form joint Diet group
One of Japan's most influential and divisive political figures in recent decades may be staging another comeback.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2018
Tsai and the DPP get shellacked
There's no appetite on Taiwan for a real challenge to China and Japan must adjust its strategic calculations accordingly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2018
Yuichiro Tamaki chosen as sole leader of the Democratic Party for the People, Japan's second largest opposition party
The party elected one of its two former co-leaders as its new sole head as it works to boost low levels of support ahead of key elections next year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2016
The people of Taiwan have spoken clearly
Japan, the U.S. and other democracies should support President-elect Tsai Ing-wen in her endeavor to maintain pragmatic relations with China while advancing Taiwan's thriving democracy.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2016
Challenges for Tsai Ing-wen
Taiwan's new DPP-led government and China should strive to keep cross-strait relations on an even keel.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2016
Taiwan's election poses a challenge for China
Beijing realizes that Tsai Ing-wen's presidential victory in Taiwan is not just a rejection of the KTM but of China as well.
EDITORIALS
Dec 9, 2014
A test for Taiwan and China
It's been a rough year for Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou. His popularity has been dragged down by sluggish economic growth and doubts about his commitment to Taiwan's sovereignty. And the recent unrest in Hong Kong as well as last month's stunning defeat for the ruling party in local elections have magnified his worries.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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