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JAPAN
May 12, 2015
Hakone's no-go volcanic zone streamed live online
Volcanic earthquakes continued at Mount Hakone southwest of Tokyo on Tuesday, while the Kanagawa Prefectural Government started online streaming from a camera installed in the Owakudani hot springs area.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2015
Japanese government's debt swells to ¥1.053 quadrillion
Japan's debt stood at a record-high ¥1.053 quadrillion ($8.78 trillion) at the end of March, the Finance Ministry said Friday, increasing pressure on the government to take further austerity measures.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015
When bootleggers and Baptists converge ...
Regulations often come from a counterintuitive convergence of pressures from two groups: merchants and moralists.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2015
Unified elections help diversify representation in Tokyo
Liberal Democratic Party-backed candidates lose three of five key mayoral races in the final wave of unified elections as voter turnout sinks to another record low.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2015
Oversight for secrets too weak
Oversight committees are so weak they may not be able to compel the government to reverse improper designations of state secrets.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2015
Abe administration to compile stopgap budget covering 11 days
The Abe administration will compile a stopgap budget to fund government spending for 11 days starting April 1 as the budget for fiscal 2015 is unlikely to be enacted by March 31, Finance Minister Taro Aso said Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015
Japan's accounting problem
Japan's 'lost decades' were not quite as disastrous as commonly assumed.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 13, 2015
Government to support matchmaking, men's child-rearing to raise birthrate
The government plans to devise a series of measures to fight the nation's low birthrate, such as promoting matchmaking and setting numerical targets for increasing men's participation in child care, according to a draft policy outline obtained Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2015
State sues Okinawa over document disclosure without consent
The central government has sued the Okinawa Prefectural Government to nullify its decision to disclose documents including an accord on joint use of a road in Okinawa without the consent of the Japanese and U.S. governments, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2015
The government's fiscal road map
The Abe administration's forthcoming fiscal rehabilitation plan may give clues as to whether it is serious about getting the government's fiscal house in order.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2015
Tokyo metro government's ¥337 million emergency oil stockpile not in storage
The oil stockpiles were purchased in 2013 in a bid to deal with fuel shortages in the wake of natural disasters like the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2015
Lowering the bar for economic performance
Regardless of how much progressives try to play up the U.S. economic recovery by lowering the bar for perfornance, the lingering anemia is astonishing, given the plummeting energy prices.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2015
Thai general to solicit Japan
Thailand's self-appointed prime minister will pay an official visit to Tokyo on Sunday to sign a deal involving on a high-speed train project and to seek Japan's endorsement of his country's military government.
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2015
NHK must maintain independence
NHK has announced a three-year budget plan that includes strengthening its overseas services. But has Japan's national broadcaster figured out yet whether it exists as a news organziation or as a propaganda arm of the government?
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2015
For third time, South Korea's Park names a new prime minister
South Korean President Park Geun-hye nominated for prime minister on Friday a political veteran and the current parliamentary floor leader of her ruling Saenuri Party, the presidential Blue House said.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2015
Government mulls 15%-20% target for nuclear power output by 2030
Japan is mulling setting the proportion of electricity to be generated by nuclear power at around 15 to 20 percent in 2030, lower than the 28.6 percent in fiscal 2010 before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, government officials said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2015
Avoid undue toll on athletes
Venue changes aimed at reducing the ballooning costs of the 2020 Olympic Games should be made in a manner that does not take an undo toll on the athletes.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 26, 2014
Government aims to create regional jobs in five-year plan to fight depopulation
As part of its comprehensive strategy to combat population decline and revitalize Japan's regions, the government will aim to create 300,000 regional jobs by 2020 to stem the flow of young workers to Tokyo, according to a final five-year policy plan obtained by Kyodo News on Thursday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2014
How Japan's economy put itself out to pasture
Simply put, Japan is a bankrupt nation, even as gross domestic product outgrows that of the U.S. economy on a per capita basis.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2014
A broader say in reactor restarts
As the Abe administration pushes to restart idled nuclear power plants that have cleared safety screening, the question of which local governments should also have a say in whether a plant may restart remains open.
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.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
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.

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