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G 7 CANADA

COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2015
Canada moves back to the middle of the road
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's core social and economic policies won't be radically different from those of Stephen Harper, but he'll be much nicer.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2015
Underestimating Canada's Justin Trudeau proved fatal for Conservatives
The long Canadian election campaign was supposed to highlight just how inexperienced Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was and give the ruling Conservatives an ample supply of gaffes to use in attack ads.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2015
Bathrobes, pee cups enliven Canada's election trail
One candidate had to drop out after video footage emerged showing him peeing in a cup, another hid in bushes in camouflage to catch vandals defacing his signs, while a third slew a dragon in his campaign video.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2015
Canadian contenders battle in final days of election campaign
Canada's political leaders began their final weekend dashes on Saturday before voters decide on Monday whether to grant Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper a rare fourth consecutive mandate after a long and hard-fought campaign.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2015
A chance for voters to put Canada back on track
The choice Canadians make in the Oct. 19 election will tell the rest of the world about their present values and future visions for Canada in this deeply interconnected world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2015
Rich Chinese facing backlash over property prices in Vancouver, North America's costliest city
James Hankle, a software engineer in his 50s who was sporting blue jeans and a Green Party T-shirt, was trying to explain to a reporter his fix for Vancouver's runaway property prices when he was interrupted by an eavesdropping passerby: "Stop allowing people from China to buy our houses and leave them vacant," she said and walked away.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2015
Canadian candidates' wives join electoral fray but lack Michelle Obama's star power
Political wives have popped up on the Canadian campaign trail, adding a personal dimension to a tight race, but none come close to the visibility or influence of spouses like Michelle Obama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2015
Tentative TPP rewrites trade rules for autos, drugs, produce, rice and IP, but faces legislative OKs
The tentative agreement on trade negotiated by a dozen Pacific Rim nations will slightly pry open Japan's famously closed rice market, protect brand-name drugs from generic competitors for at least five years and lower tariffs on automobiles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 5, 2015
Canada election may be so close that it leads to political instability
With Canada's three main political parties all getting around 30 percent support in polls, the odds of a period of political instability after the Oct. 19 election are rising.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 3, 2015
Sled dogs in an age of climate change
When I first went to the Canadian Arctic in 1958, sled dogs were a part of life for the indigenous Inuit and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and part of the scenery and the soundscape for everyone in those frigid far-northern reaches.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2015
If Trump dumps NAFTA and its benefits, U.S. companies, consumers could take big hit
Donald Trump has pledged to renegotiate or terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying that it's been a disaster for the U.S.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2015
Spurred by anger, Canada's Aboriginals may cast decisive vote in election
Canada's Aboriginal people, less than half of whom usually vote because many do not recognize the government's sovereignty, could help decide the outcome of an unusually tight three-way federal election race in October.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2015
Caught urinating in mug, Canadian Conservative's candidacy goes down the drain
A Canadian Conservative election candidate who was caught on camera urinating into a coffee mug is no longer running for the party, a party spokesman said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2015
Harper set to call Oct. 19 election as Canadian economy takes a beating
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set to call a parliamentary election for Oct. 19 on Sunday, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign likely to focus on a stubbornly sluggish economy and his decade in power.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2015
Make-or-break time seen in Hawaii TPP talks
Pacific Rim officials meet in Hawaii this week for talks that could make or break an ambitious trade deal which aims to boost growth and set common standards across a dozen economies ranging from the United States to Brunei.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2015
Ashley Madison cheating website hacking 'may affect Japanese users'
Hackers threatening to release details of people using a cheating website may possess the records of toward two million Japanese users, it has emerged.
Rugby
Jul 19, 2015
Japan beats Canada in Pacific Nations Cup opener
Japan beat Canada 20-6 in its Pacific Nations Cup opener behind the goal kicking of captain Ayumu Goromaru on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2015
Cyberattack takes down Canada government websites; Anonymous claims credit
Several Canadian government websites and servers were taken down in a cyberattack on Wednesday, the government said, with the hacking group Anonymous taking responsibility in what it said was retaliation for a new anti-terrorism law passed by Canada's lawmakers.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2015
Environmentalist, whaling foe Paul Watson can reapply for passport, Canada says
The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will allow environmentalist Paul Watson to reapply for his passport, three years after the document was confiscated by German authorities.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 17, 2015
Japan beats Ecuador to win Group C at Women's World Cup
Holders Nadeshiko Japan secured top spot in Group C with a 1-0 win over Ecuador at the Women's World Cup in Canada on Tuesday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.

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