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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 11, 2020
Japan plays COVID-19 catch-up with rushed state-of-emergency bill
Two months after the nation's first coronavirus confirmation, the prime minister is finally setting up a legal framework to let him declare a state of emergency if the outbreak worsens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2020
With Xi visit now delayed, coronavirus threatens to spoil Abe's 2020
The prime minister's big plans for 2020 — hosting China's president, the Olympics and amending the Constitution — have been undercut by Japan's muddled response to the coronavirus outbreak.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2020
More illegal payments by lawmaker Anri Kawai's campaign suspected
The team that conducted lawmaker Anri Kawai's campaign for last year's House of Councilors election is suspected of having made illegal payments to more staff members than was previously believed, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2020
Burden of viral outbreak threatens Abe's government and his legacy
On the road to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe has overcome countless political perils. He may have met his match with COVID-19.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2020
Japan's record fiscal 2020 budget clears Lower House
The u00a5102.66 trillion fiscal 2020 budget denies extra funding for COVID-19 but addresses soaring welfare costs and promotes free education and cashless purchases to offset last year's tax hike.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 23, 2020
The Japanese Communist Party's quest to unify a shattered opposition
Last month, for the first time in 16 years, the Japanese Communist Party met to revise its basic political program. Part of the reason was that the party hopes a change of rhetoric, at least, will make it easier to form an opposition coalition to challenge the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling...
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2020
Japan's Social Democratic Party looks to the past in picking Mizuho Fukushima for top post
The Social Democratic Party elected Mizuho Fukushima as its new leader at a party convention on Saturday, placing her back in the top position after a previous stint from 2003 to 2013.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2020
Minister Shinjiro Koizumi says he regrets skipping COVID-19 meeting
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday expressed regret for skipping a government meeting on the coronavirus outbreak in favor of a new year party held by a group of his supporters in his hometown.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2020
Abe apologizes for yelling at CDP lawmaker in Japan's Diet
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized Monday for a recent incident in which he heckled an opposition lawmaker, and promised not to make irregular remarks in the Diet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 16, 2020
Power and money in Japanese politics
The income and terms of office for lawmakers can help explain Diet bribery and corruption.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 15, 2020
Unmarried single parents find an unlikely ally in scrap over tax deduction
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted an amendment to the Diet in January to expand the "widow's deduction" to cover single parents who have never been married. This system allows single parents who have lost spouses to death or divorce to deduct a certain amount of money from their taxable income...
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2020
Lawmakers slammed for using coronavirus to justify emergency clause for Japan's Constitution, curbing rights
Some lawmakers, including representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, have made the case for a state of emergency clause to be added to the Constitution, basing their argument on the current crisis around the new coronavirus outbreak, drawing criticism from opposition parties.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 3, 2020
The Kawai scandal and the race to succeed Shinzo Abe
Hiroshima-based Liberal Democratic Party Diet member Anri Kawai admitted in January to receiving ¥150 million from LDP headquarters prior to the July 2019 Upper House election. Kawai, a novice in national politics, is also the wife of disgraced former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, who was forced...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 1, 2020
Shinjiro Koizumi's paternity leave raises a few eyebrows
Shortly before Shinjiro Koizumi’s wife, Christel Takigawa, gave birth to a baby boy last month, the environment minister told reporters during a regular news conference he would be taking time off for paternity leave. It was a revelation that surprised some because after the pair had revealed she was...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2020
Japanese lawmaker held in casino bribery scandal allegedly demanded luxury goods from Chinese firm
Investigators are believed to be speeding up their probe ahead of the Monday deadline for the detention of Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2020
Japan to step up coronavirus action as Abe takes flak for response
To halt the Wuhan epidemic, foreign travelers will be denied entry to Japan starting Saturday if they have been to Hubei province in the past 14 days.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
¥4.4 trillion extra budget clears Japan's Upper House
More than half of the massive spending package — u00a52.3 trillion — is earmarked for disaster recovery measures and other public works projects.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2020
Opposition camps pressure Abe administration to disclose more info on state-funded cherry blossom party
Leading officials from opposition parties on Sunday urged the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to disclose information related to a state-funded cherry blossom-viewing party at the center of cronyism allegations involving his administration.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2020
Heat on Kawais as wife admits huge cash injection from Japan ruling party HQ
The alleged u00a5150 million payment from the LDP is considered unusually high, especially for an election in a nonswing district.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2020
Komeito, the 20-year-old security watchdog
Komeito wields influence in major security policy decisions, especially the one that has most Japan-watchers intrigued: constitutional amendment.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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