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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2017
Former defense chief Ishiba overtakes Abe as top choice for prime minister in poll
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba overtook scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the best person to lead Japan, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2017
LDP leads Koike's group ahead of July Tokyo assembly election but half of pollees undecided: survey
With Komeito's help, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's political group is running even with the Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a poll says.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 24, 2017
Japan manufacturers' mood slips despite economic recovery, survey finds
Confidence among Japanese manufacturers receded in May for the first time in nine months after hitting a decade-high level April, a Reuters survey has found, showing guarded optimism in a nascent export-led economic recovery.
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2017
56% of voters back Abe bid to legitimize SDF in war-renouncing Article 9: survey
A poll finds more than half of voters back Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposal that the Self-Defense Forces be defined and written into the pacifist Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2017
Abe slips in polls as skeptical voters urge first lady to testify: survey
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not been rocked by the scandal over alleged influence-peddling in a cut-price land deal but the vast majority of respondents doubt his version of events, the results of the latest opinion poll indicate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2017
Singapore, Japan, Canada top list of Taiwanese' favorite countries
A poll released Monday showed that the top three favorite countries of people in Taiwan are Singapore, Japan and Canada, while the Philippines and China are among the most unpopular.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
Abe Cabinet's support rate dips six points to 55.7% amid ongoing Moritomo school scandal: poll
A poll shows the support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet fell 6 percentage points from the previous month to 55.7 percent after the emergence of a scandal involving a school operator with ties to him and his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japan's health care system edges foreign care in expat survey
Just over half of non-Japanese residents feel Japan's health care system is generally better than that in their home countries, a trend particularly pronounced among U.S. citizens, with 3 out of 4 rating it more highly, an informal Japan Times survey has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2017
70% of Japanese public satisfied with Abe-Trump talks, poll shows
Slightly more than 70 percent of Japanese people are pleased with the recent talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2016
Survey finds Abe Cabinet support rate surges to 60.7%
The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet got a huge boost this month, jumping nearly seven points to 60.7 percent, a monthly nationwide telephone survey shows.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2016
Cabinet sees support rate drop to 53.9%, weighed down by TPP, SDF issues
Support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet fell to 53.9 percent in a nationwide telephone survey conducted Saturday and Sunday, down 1.8 points from the previous poll in September.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2016
52.5% oppose Abe staying on as LDP leader beyond 2018: poll
Despite victory in July's Upper House election, 52.5 percent of respondents oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remaining leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party beyond his current term through September 2018, a poll showed Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 23, 2016
Polls on U.K. referendum's eve give boost to 'remain' camp, pound
The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union got a boost from two opinion polls published late on Wednesday, a few hours before voters begin to cast their votes in a historic EU membership referendum.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2016
Nearly two-thirds of public against 2017 tax hike: survey
Nearly two in three people, or 64.6 percent, are opposed to the government's plan to further raise the consumption tax in April next year, according to a new opinion poll by Kyodo News.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2015
Cabinet sees rise in approval rate to 48.3%
According to an opinion poll over the weekend, the public support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose 3.5 points to 48.3 percent.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2015
Only 35.4% support Abe's Cabinet reshuffle, poll finds
Only 35.4 percent of the public support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle conducted Wednesday, while 40.1 percent do not, a Kyodo News poll showed Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2015
Sanders edges Clinton by 9 points in New Hampshire, poll finds
Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a 9-point lead over fellow Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton among party supporters in New Hampshire, according to an NBC News/Marist Poll released on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
Fire in his belly, Bush tells Trump to bring it on, is told in return to speak English in U.S.
Republican Jeb Bush's new campaign ad ridiculing Donald Trump as a "germophobe" and Democrat-in-disguise is just the start of what will be a bigger onslaught, signaling a more aggressive stance by the candidate, Bush advisers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2015
CNN tweaks rules for coming Republican debate; Fiorina may get in
CNN changed its rules on Tuesday for the next Republican presidential debate in a way that could give former business executive Carly Fiorina a chance to take the stage with the main contenders for the party's 2016 presidential nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Trump came in with gloves off, looks to bully Bush with withering wrath
At almost every turn lately, Donald Trump has tried to get under Jeb Bush's skin.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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