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G7 STATEMENT

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2014
Abe sought to boast better U.S. ties
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Thursday's summit with U.S. President Barack Obama should have been a big moment to trumpet the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance, which he claimed has greatly improved after relations soured under the Democratic Party of Japan-led administration that preceded his.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2014
U.S.-Japan statement: Treaty covers Senakakus, will work on trade
The United States and Japan agreed in a joint statement on Friday that a key security treaty covers islands at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and China, and said they would continue working toward a bilateral trade deal after talks failed to reach a conclusion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2014
Suga again denies revisionism
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denies speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering a key aide's proposal to issue a new government statement on the 'comfort women' issue.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2014
Abe aide calls for new statement on wartime sex slavery
A special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggests issuing a new political statement on wartime sex slavery, saying “it would not be strange if new findings emerge.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2014
Imperial Japanese military paid Bali residents to hush up wartime sex slavery
The Japanese military used money to cover up its secret sex slave brothels on Bali during the war, a document dug up at the National Archives of Japan says.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2014
Seoul restates call for Japan to take 'specific actions' to enable summit
South Korea on Tuesday renewed calls for Japan to take "specific actions" to set the mood for a summit between their leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2014
South Korea encouraged by Abe vow to leave sex slave apology alone
South Korean President Park Geun-hye welcomes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge to retain Japan's 1993 apology over wartime sexual slavery.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2014
Abe: Kono sex slave apology stands
Japan will not retract its 1993 apology for forcing women into sexual slavery in military brothels during the war, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says in an attempt to ease tensions with South Korea.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2014
Don't reopen old wounds
If the Abe administration tries to weaken or scrap the 1993 'Kono statement,' the perception is likely to strengthen in the international community that it is bent on whitewashing Japan's wartime behavior and, even today, lacks respect for the honor and dignity of women.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2013
Documents detail how Imperial military forced Dutch females to be 'comfort women'
Documents on how Japanese forces carted off 35 Dutch women from a prison camp to provide sex during the war are handed to a civic group in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
Negotiators said 'on track' for accord
Leaders gathering for the Trans-Pacific Partnership summit are likely to announce their countries are "on track" to complete their work while noting "significant progress" in various fields of the free trade accord, their draft statement showed Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2013
Abe aside, war apology stands: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday reaffirmed that the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upholds the position set out by the 1995 apology issued by then-Prime Minister Tomiichii Murayama, which admits that Japan waged wars of aggression.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 15, 2013
Abe risks much with sex slave issue
Among the components that make up the conservative agenda advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one stands out for its potential to inflame international relations: a review of Japan's official stance on the forced recruitment of Asian and European women and girls into wartime army brothels.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2013
G-7 vows to avoid manipulation of forex rates
In a warning against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's monetary policies, the Group of Seven finance chiefs pledge to avoid using monetary policy to control foreign-exchange rates.
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Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
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Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
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.
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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