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FUKUDA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2018
On sex harassment complaint, Finance Minister Taro Aso objects to font size
When asked about a complaint from a Japanese TV station that the most senior official at his ministry sexually harassed a reporter, Finance Minister Taro Aso said the font used on the complaint letter was too small.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2018
Opposition parties abstain from Diet deliberations over alleged sexual harassment by Finance Ministry official
The parties stepped up political pressure on Finance Minister Taro Aso to resign immediately, after the official implicated in the allegations quit abruptly over the claims the day before.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 19, 2018
Finance Ministry's top bureaucrat quits over sex harassment claims, dealing another blow to Abe government
In a fresh blow to the scandal-hit Abe administration, the Finance Ministry's top bureaucrat, Administrative Vice Minister Junichi Fukuda, was forced to step down Wednesday after a weekly magazine publicized last week a voice recording of what it claimed was him sexually harassing a female journalist.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2018
Japan ministers question fairness of Finance Ministry's sexual harassment probe
Cabinet members blast the investigation after the ministry requested that victims come forward and speak to lawyers over allegations of top bureaucrat's conduct.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 30, 2018
Falsettos offers an alternative to 'macho rock'
If you're playing in a group in Japan and your members all happen to be female, sooner or later you're going to get slapped with the "girls' band" tag. The term has been used willy-nilly to describe everything from the manufactured guitar-pop of late-'80s chart-toppers Princess Princess to the experimental rock of Nisennenmondai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2017
China and Japan should cooperate on global issues to tap 'golden chance' for mending ties: ex-PM Fukuda
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Saturday the time is ripe for Tokyo to strengthen cooperation with Beijing beyond bilateral issues so relations can get back on the right development track sooner.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 10, 2017
Hot-shooting Volters overpower Crane Thunders
In a game showcasing two of the top teams in the second division, the Kumamoto Volters ran past the visiting Gunma Crane Thunders on Friday night, winning 98-78.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Daichi Takeyasu records first triumph of season as Tigers edge Dragons
Second-year pitcher Daichi Takeyasu picked up the win after tossing a perfect inning of relief in his first game with the Hanshin Tigers, who edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 9, 2017
Tokyo filling the shoes of European artisans
While Yohei Fukuda was learning the art of shoemaking in London in the early 2000s he applied to work at John Lobb, one of the oldest and most prestigious footwear firms in the world. He was offered a position, but was asked if he would accept payment in shoes — not money. Somewhat taken aback, Fukuda nonetheless accepted. On starting work, he was surprised to be told that he would, in the normal way, be paid after all. "It was a test," he says now, explaining that he thinks it may have been a way of gauging his dedication to the sacred art of shoemaking. If it was, he clearly passed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017
Abe’s hotel spa and gym visits inflame media speculation
Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weekly "workouts" masking something more ominous?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 5, 2017
Gross-out gags make 'Gintama' a miss
Some actors have a knack for picking good material. And some, like Shun Oguri, drift from stinker to stinker: "Museum," "Terra Formars," "Galaxy Turnpike," "Lupin the Third."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2017
Dragons' Valdes rises to challenge against Giants' Sugano
Raul Valdes never blinked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2016
China's premier asks Japanese business leaders to back momentum of improving ties
Premier Li Keqiang is urging the Japanese business community to support and propel the current momentum of improving bilateral ties.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 30, 2016
Dragons capitalize on pair of wild pitches in ninth to beat Giants
Shunta Wakamatsu kept the Chunichi Dragons in the game long enough for his teammates to grab the lead in the ninth inning. Then, he went out and finished what he started.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2016
Dragons' Ono fires three-hit shutout
Yudai Ono looked like he'd barely broken a sweat as he walked out of Tokyo Dome. The ease with which he went up and down the Yomiuri Giants' lineup hadn't given him much of a chance to work up one.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 18, 2016
'Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis': Japan's pervy hero is top-crotch
If you're craving an alternative to the self-important bluster of Hollywood's never-ending superhero pageant, there's no need to wait until "Deadpool" opens in Japanese cinemas next month. For a quick fix of trashy comic-book irreverence, this homegrown product should do the trick nicely.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2016
NPB bans pitcher Takagi one year for gambling
Yomiuri Giants pitcher Kyosuke Takagi has been banned for one year for his involvement in gambling on baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 16, 2016
Gamblers usually target players for inside information
With a fourth Yomiuri Giants pitcher having admitted last week to betting on pro baseball, the question looms as to why gamblers are luring players into betting.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 13, 2016
Lisako Fukuda-NiChionnaith: 'What you play reflects your real personality'
Japanese musician on the relationship between Irish music and communication
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2016
Iwakuni mayor re-elected, beating U.S. base foe
Yoshihiko Fukuda has won a third term as mayor of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, beating a challenger who opposed plans to boost operations at a U.S. military base in the area.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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