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JAPAN
Oct 27, 2013
LDP to seek tax money for nuke storage
The Liberal Democratic Party plans to propose that public funds be used to build and manage "temporary" storage facilities in Fukushima Prefecture for radioactive rubbish tainted by the nuclear disaster, party sources said.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2013
Foreign land grabs near SDF sites face curbs
Ruling coalition lawmakers begin to examine possible legislation to regulate land acquisitions by foreign parties near Self-Defense Forces facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 26, 2013
Get Koizumi: Nuclear village goes on offensive
This is a first for Japan: A political figure who not only undergoes a change of mind in public, but tries to make a difference after giving up the political power to do so.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2013
Japan's 'helplessness' crisis
The biggest crisis in Japan's democracy today is that people know the prime minister is telling lies — intentionally or not — but they've given up even imagining alternative ways of politics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2013
Abe skirts Yasukuni snare
On visiting war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe balances fragile ties with China and South Korea with pleasing his conservative support base.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2013
LDP mulls allowing public officials to voice views on changing Constitution
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may ease a law that bars public officials from political activities so they can debate constitutional revision.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2013
Ruling bloc to put off reconstruction surcharge decision
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2013
'Convincing' search needed: Ishiba
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that a "convincing" effort must be made to find funds for disaster-hit Tohoku if it agrees to end the special corporate tax for reconstruction a year early.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2013
Abe team puts corporate tax on table
A pledge to start considering a cut in the effective corporate tax rate "as soon as possible" will likely be included in the upcoming economic stimulus package, administration officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2013
LDP proposes ¥300 billion in tax cuts to boost corporate investment
The Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel proposed Tuesday around ¥300 billion in tax cuts to invigorate business investment, viewed as a pillar of economic growth by the Abe administration.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2013
Abe's government to put collective self-defense on back burner until spring
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone until next spring a decision on whether to alter the government's interpretation of the Constitution to allow Japan to engage in collective self-defense, amid wariness in junior coalition partner New Komeito, a government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2013
LDP member's home, office searched
Prosecutors search the Kagoshima home and office of Lower House Rep. Takeshi Tokuda on suspicion of illegal campaigning in December's general election.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2013
Government may end post-3/11 corporate tax surcharge
The government might end a special corporate tax surcharge levied to finance reconstruction work in areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami a year earlier than planned, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2013
Cash handouts of ¥10,000 eyed for poor after tax hike
To cushion the impact of the first stage of the consumption tax hike, the government plans to distribute cash payments of ¥10,000 to ¥15,000 to people with low incomes, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2013
Tokuda's prior campaigns also under scrutiny
A hospital group suspected of illegally deploying staff to support last year's election campaign for Rep. Takeshi Tokuda allegedly did the same in other elections.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2013
LDP Lower House lawmaker Tokuda's suspected illegal campaign prompts raids
Prosecutors on Tuesday raided the Tokyo head office of Tokushukai hospitals and medical facilities on suspicion its employees were illegally involved in December's general election campaign of Liberal Democratic Party Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2013
Abe keeps LDP leadership lineup; minor Cabinet change seen
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe maintained the lineup of his Liberal Democratic Party executives Tuesday, though he is expected to reshuffle lower-ranking members of the Cabinet later this month, party lawmakers said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 16, 2013
Fukushima and the right to responsible government
A responsibility-shirking government is ultimately the people's problem — and responsibility — just as much as the nuclear disaster and all the nation's other problems are, argues Colin P.A. Jones.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2013
Slash wasteful government spending
The Liberal Democratic Party has not learned from its past policy reliance on pork-barrel projects, which caused the national debt to soar.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2013
Hashimoto advocate Sakaiya to advise Abe
Taichi Sakaiya, 78, the man credited with persuading Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader Toru Hashimoto to trade the world of television punditry for the world of politics, has been appointed as an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
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.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.

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