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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2013
Suga denies Xi called Senkakus 'core interest'
Tokyo denied Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping termed the Senkaku islets "a core interest" of China in his informal summit with U.S. President Barack Obama last week in California, as Japanese media reported.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2013
Obama in Bush surveillance territory
For four years, President Barack Obama's approach to counterterrorism has been defined by his embrace of paramilitary power — the drones and the commando teams whose ruthless pursuit of al-Qaida helped cripple the terrorist network through a global targeted killing campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2013
Monitoring scandals unite left, right
A late spring storm of Washington controversies has created a rare event in these partisan, polarized times: a shared I-told-you-so moment for the left and the right.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2013
Most in U.S. back NSA tracking: poll
A large majority of Americans say the federal government should focus on investigating possible terrorist threats even if personal privacy is compromised, and most support the blanket tracking of telephone records in an effort to uncover terrorist activity, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research...
WORLD
Jun 11, 2013
Post-9/11 outsourcing of security raises risks
The unprecedented leak of National Security Agency secrets by an intelligence contractor, including bombshells about top-secret programs to collect telephone records, email and other personal data, was probably an inevitable consequence of the massive growth of the U.S. security-industrial complex.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 11, 2013
New sunscreen labels to stop beach lovers from getting burned by lies
Remember that bottle of waterproof sunblock you bought last year? It lied — lotion can't be waterproof or totally block out harmful rays. Thanks to new sunscreen-labeling rules from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that recently came into effect, misleading terminology has been wiped away to help...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2013
Pragmatic path OK for Obama
As a junior senator with presidential aspirations, Barack Obama built his persona in large part around opposition to Bush administration counterterrorism policies, and sponsored a bill in 2005 that would have sharply limited the government's ability to spy on U.S. citizens.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2013
Data-mining soars even as 9/11 fades
Expanded surveillance by the U.S. government was cast as a price of war in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Yet nearly a dozen years later, the war on terrorism is showing signs of ebbing while the surveillance systems crafted to fight it continue unabated.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2013
Secret U.S. directive plans for cyberwar
President Barack Obama calls on national security leaders to develop destructive cyberwarfare capabilities that could be triggered with 'little or no warning' against global adversaries.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2013
Data-mining claims denied
The top executives of Google, Facebook and other Silicon Valley firms fiercely deny giving intelligence officials broad access to data about their users.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2013
U.S. taps servers in vast data-mining program
The National Security Agency and FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet firms, extracting audio and video chats, photos, emails, documents and connection logs. U.S. taps firms' servers, mines Internet data
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2013
Real scandal is the power IRS wields
American Republicans on Capitol Hill are abuzz with the possibility that the scandal at the Internal Revenue Service will lead to tax reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2013
Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' and the rule of law
When Xi Jinping accepted the designation as China's leader in March, his speech left analysts guessing about what sort of national 'rejuvenation' he had in mind.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2013
Obama no friend of free press
Barack Obama's tendency to bypass the press for social media and friendly bloggers amounts to the White House reporting on itself, thus avoiding tough questions.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2013
Obama's dangerous contempt for the rule of law
There is already plenty of evidence in the public record for us to understand President Barack Obama's fundamental indifference and contempt toward the rule of law.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2013
Why Obama can't win with some black critics
It is naive to expect President Barack Obama to introduce a 'black agenda' in a Congress filled with people who believe him to be a socialist destroying the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2013
U.S. drone program 'tough to dismantle'
The White House is ready to hand U.S. drone operations back to the military from the CIA, but counterterrorism officials are convinced the Pentagon hasn't improved enough yet.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2013
Inaction during 'scandal' will undo a presidency
Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2013
Obama's Gitmo plan still faces huge hurdles
President Barack Obama's renewed effort to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay faces the same steep political climb as in his first term: To make Thursday's announcement work, Congress would have to accept a plan to move some detainees from Cuba to the United States.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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