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JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Door to dialogue with S. Korea, China open: Aso
Finance Minister Taro Aso indicated Tuesday he would like to help improve relations with China and South Korea, emphasizing the major economic role the three countries play in Asia.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jan 4, 2014
Here's eyeing Japan 2014 — warts an' all
"To know the future, look at the past," is a familiar Buddhist aphorism. However, it's also said that a prophet isn't honored in his hometown — which is why I live in Tokyo. As we ride into the Year of the Horse, I thought I'd canter awhile through times to come and report back on what I found. My apologies if some predictions are rather dire and dark; if you're easily offended, you're sure to be fuming by the time you finish. So: Off we go . . .
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2013
Conceding it's best avoided, Aso refuses to rule out fresh extra budget
While saying it is best if such a move is not made, Finance Minister Taro Aso refused to rule out the possibility an extra budget will be needed again next year to support the economy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 21, 2013
Hot times in the realm of Mount Aso
I used to think that only Mount Fuji was massive enough to have its own weather patterns, but 1,592-meter Mount Aso in Kyushu proved me wrong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2013
Mizuho has more loans to the mob
Mizuho Bank has outstanding loans to yakuza and other antisocial elements apart from car loans extended through its affiliate credit company, Orient Corp., President Yau00adsuu00adhiu00adro Sau00adto tells the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2013
U.S. urged to soften stance on farm tariffs
Akira Amari, the minister for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, told U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Tuesday that Washington needs to recognize the importance to Tokyo of retaining tariffs on key agricultural products.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2013
Aso keeps an eye on U.S. debt ceiling from a respectful distance
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso says it is up to the U.S. to resolve its debt impasse, not for Japan to fret over its investment in U.S. Treasuries.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 12, 2013
Aso says G-20 finance heads praised sales tax increase to tame fiscal debt
The Group of 20 finance leaders appreciated Japan's decision to hike the sales tax to restore its public finances, Finance Minister Taro Aso says.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2013
U.S. fiscal woes alarm G-20 finance leaders
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies discussed the U.S. budget ceiling impasse during the first-day session of their meeting Friday, saying a default by the United States could hurt the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2013
With 8% hurdle cleared, Aso eyes 10% sales tax
Just a week after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his intention to raise the 5 percent consumption tax to 8 percent next April, Finance Minister Taro Aso said he was upbeat about raising the levy further to 10 percent.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 28, 2013
Japan and Korea: Reconciliation and redress for wrongs remain elusive
On the eve of the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo, Seoul's abrupt import ban on all fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other Japanese prefectures was clearly a response to public concerns about radiation spewing into the ocean.
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.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2013
Cabinet at odds over corporate tax
Cabinet members in charge of economic and fiscal policies remained at odds Tuesday over whether to cut the corporate tax rate to soften the negative impact of the consumption tax hike planned for next April.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2013
G-20 leaders vow 'credible' fiscal plans
Despite the U.S.-Russia standoff over the Syrian civil war and Moscow's granting of temporary asylum of U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, they managed to sit down at the table of the Group of 20 summit Thursday to look at the fluctuating global economic picture.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2013
Diet may discuss stimulus budget in early '14
The administration may submit an extra budget to the Diet early next year to stimulate the economy amid fears over the negative impact of the planned consumption tax hike in April, Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 15, 2013
Aso sees little benefit in cutting corporate tax
Finance Minister Taro Aso expressed reluctance Thursday to cut the effective corporate tax rate, brushing aside speculation that the administration may take the measure to cushion the negative impact of the planned hike in the consumption tax.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2013
Gaffe-prone leaders are doing Japan no favors
It is in Japan's long-term interest for its politicians to avoid remarks that could exacerbate ill will toward Japan and thus detract from its goal of economic revival.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2013
Mr. Aso embarrasses Japan again
Remarks like those of Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso indicating that Nazis knew how to revise a sticky constitution risk creating a weird international image for Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2013
Aso refuses to resign, retire over Nazi gaffe
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso rules out stepping down as a Cabinet member or lawmaker for citing Nazi Germany as an example for revising the pacifist Constitution.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2013
Aso retracts remark on 'learning from the Nazis'
After facing criticism both at home and abroad, Finance Minister Taro Aso retracts his remark suggesting Japan should learn from the Nazis when it comes to revising the Constitution, saying it led to a “misunderstanding.”
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same 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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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