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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2013
Antonio Inoki eyes Diet return on Nippon Ishin ticket
Antonio Inoki, a former professional wrestling star and lawmaker, said Wednesday he will run for an Upper House seat as a candidate of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) in a bid to stage a Diet comeback.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2013
367 look to run in July election
A total of 367 candidates are scheduled to run in the next Upper House election, which is expected to be held July 21, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, New Komeito, aiming to secure the 129 seats needed for a stable majority in the 242-seat body, the latest Kyodo News tally shows.
JAPAN / Politics
May 12, 2013
LDP locks sights on reactors, Constitution
A draft of the Liberal Democratic Party's platform for the upcoming election states that any reactors which clear the newly compiled safety criteria will be restarted — a move likely to upset antinuclear voters awakened by the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 12, 2013
To woo young voters, DPJ tries self-reflection
The opposition Democratic Party of Japan held a self-deprecating convention Saturday, inviting more than 500 people aged under 30 to criticize their three-year rule in an effort to garner more support from young voters ahead of the Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2013
Kawaguchi axed from Upper House panel
Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi is ousted as chairwoman of the Upper House Environment Committee as the opposition warms up for the election.
JAPAN
May 10, 2013
Lower House OKs Hague convention bill
The Lower House on Thursday approved a bill needed to ratify an international treaty on settling cross-border child custody disputes, making it certain the Diet will enact it this summer following Upper House deliberations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2013
Opposition guns for LDP committee chair
Opposition parties prepared Wednesday to pass a resolution ousting a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker as head of an Upper House committee, setting the stage for a showdown with the ruling bloc before the Upper House election in July.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
May 5, 2013
Our tree dragon fires new hopes for tsunami survivors
Ever since the massive Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the catastrophic tsunami it triggered, badly hit villages, towns and cities in the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu have been struggling to recover and rebuild.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2013
Parties lining up celebrities for Upper House race
Former prosecutor Masaru Wakasa, 56, a frequent commentator on news programs and talk shows who once worked in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, said Thursday he will run in this summer's Upper House election as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 24, 2013
Lower House passes vote disparity bill
The Lower House passed a bill Tuesday that would cut five of its 300 districts amid mounting pressure to rectify vote-value disparities that have plagued national elections.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2013
Lower House OKs ratification of child custody pact
The Lower House unanimously approves ratification of signing an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes, paving the way for passage through the Diet in late May.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2013
Initial budget passes Lower House
The Diet on Tuesday gave the nod to a ¥92.61 trillion draft budget for fiscal 2013 aimed at shoring up the economy.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2013
Internet election campaigning bill clears hurdle
A Lower House committee working to revise the Public Offices Election Law unanimously approves a bill to drop a ban on the use of the Internet during poll campaigns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2013
By-election seen as test for July poll
Official campaigning for the April 28 Upper House by-election in Yamaguchi Prefecture begins, with Democratic Party of Japan-backed ex-Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka challenging a Liberal Democratic Party newcomer.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2013
Election boards appeal nullified poll results
Election boards in Okayama and Shimane appeal court rulings that invalidated the results of the 2012 Lower House election over an unconstitutional gap in vote weights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2013
Ex-Olympian Tsukahara aims to run for Upper House
Mitsuo Tsukahara, a gymnast who won multiple Olympic gold medals, said Wednesday he intends to run in the Upper House election this summer as a proportional representation candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2013
A makeshift reapportionment plan
A Lower House panel recommends a makeshift measure to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to rectify vote-value disparities among single-seat districts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 30, 2013
Diet OKs ¥13 trillion stopgap budget
The Diet on Friday passed a ¥13.2 trillion stopgap budget for fiscal 2013 to fund the government's spending for 50 days from Monday, with the principal budget unlikely to be enacted before May.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2013
Kuroda gets Lower House nod for BOJ
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the nomination of Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor, paving the way for a new team to take control of the central bank later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2013
Vote-value disparity issue puts cloud over Abe's ambitions
With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet enjoying astronomically high approval ratings compared with recent leaders, the prospects of his Liberal Democratic Party winning a critical Upper House election this summer look bright.
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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