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G 7 ISE SHIMA SUMMIT

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LIFE / Food & Drink / G7 Ise-Shima Summit Special
May 25, 2016
Government working to promote wild game as a delicious and healthy cuisine option
While wild game dishes made with deer and wild boar meat have traditionally been popular among the European aristocracy, gibier, as it is known in Japan after the French word for game, has never been the norm here — at least until recently.
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LIFE / G7 Ise-Shima Summit Special
May 25, 2016
Acupuncture treatment dates back centuries
Amid Ise-Shima's ancient groves of cypress giants lies the most revered Shinto shrine in Japan, the Ise Jingu shrine. With over 2,000 years of history, it is dedicated to a goddess considered the predecessor of the Imperial family and the supreme deity among the countless deities of the Shinto faith.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2016
Japan, EU to commit to concluding trade deal as soon as possible
When their leaders meet on the sidelines of the two-day Group of Seven summit that starts Thursday, Japan, the European Union and four EU countries will express their intention to conclude years of free trade talks by the end of the year, according to sources.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2016
G-7: talk or meaningful action?
The G-7 must turn rhetoric into action in addressing the global threats posed by war, famine and migration.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2016
Bangladesh: a new development paradigm
Bangladesh is on course to emerge as a middle-income country by 2021 when it celebrates its 50th year of independence.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2016
Citizens' summit ponders whether Obama should apologize over Okinawa slaying
Questions about whether U.S. President Barack Obama should apologize over the alleged brutal murder of an Okinawa woman by an American base worker were raised Tuesday on the final day of the Citizens' Ise Shima Summit in Mie Prefecture.
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JAPAN
May 24, 2016
Prominent scholars urge Obama to use Hiroshima visit to reinvigorate push against nukes
Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit Friday to Hiroshima, a group of more than 70 prominent scholars and activists have joined a growing chorus calling for the American leader to do more in the final months of his term to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2016
G-7 to express 'strong opposition' to militarization of South China Sea
The Group of Seven leaders meeting in Mie Prefecture this week will express "strong opposition" to island construction and militarization of outposts in the South China Sea, offering a veiled criticism of Beijing asserting its claims to disputed islands and atolls, according to G-7 sources.
JAPAN
May 23, 2016
Japanese activist groups call on Abe to boost support for Syrian refugees
The decision by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to accept 150 Syrians over the next five years is both praised and criticized.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 23, 2016
G-7 finance meeting reveals sharper gap on currency tactics
Two days of talks last week between finance chiefs from the world's biggest advanced economies at a hot springs resort in Sendai were marked by some of the sharpest dissonance in years between the U.S. and Japan over exchange-rate policies.
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2016
Abe will urge G-7 counterparts to boost ASEAN anti-terror efforts
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to call on his Group of Seven counterparts to jointly assist members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to crack down on terrorism, a Japanese government source said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2016
Obama says Hiroshima visit to emphasize current friendly U.S. relationship with Japan
U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday his visit to Hiroshima, the first city to suffer an atomic bombing, will emphasize friendly ties between former enemies, and reiterated he will not apologize for the devastating attack.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2016
Security tightens in Tokyo and Mie ahead of summit
The superintendent-general of the Metropolitan Police Department has called for public cooperation in keeping the capital safe during the Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture later this week.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2016
G-7 finance leaders reject coordinated action to revitalize global economy
Japan was looking to hammer out a new fiscal package in the coming months, but its push for joint global fiscal action was rejected by its more cautious peers.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2016
G-7 finance chiefs grope for unity on stoking world economy
The Group of Seven finance and central bank chiefs kick off their meeting in Sendai unable to find common ground on how to boost the global economy.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2016
OECD's chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike
Amid debate over whether the sales tax hike slated for next April should be delayed, the OECD's chief economist on Friday said the government should consider more options and even look beyond a 10 percent rate.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2016
Yen intervention wouldn't spur growth, Obama adviser says
The U.S., heading into a major summit of advanced economies, is warning that currency intervention by countries such as Japan won't help the cause of boosting global growth, reinforcing Obama administration pressure on the nation to avoid weakening the yen.
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JAPAN
May 20, 2016
Japan to take in 150 Syrians as exchange students after criticism of harsh refugee policy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces Japan will accept 150 Syrians over five years as exchange students to help conflict-stricken Syria.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2016
Obama to note U.S. 'moral responsibility' for nuclear-free world in Hiroshima, says speechwriter
U.S. President Barack Obama will cite his country's 'moral responsibility' on the issue when he visits Hiroshima next week, a top adviser says.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 19, 2016
G-7 unlikely to agree on coordinated stimulus at Sendai meeting
Room for maneuver on fiscal policy seems limited when Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank chiefs meet in Sendai.
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.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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