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SECRET

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2015
Ex-U.S. Secret Service agent admits $800,000 bitcoin theft during Silk Road drug probe
A former U.S. Secret Service agent pleaded guilty on Monday to diverting to his personal account over $800,000 worth of bitcoins during an investigation into online drug marketplace Silk Road.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 31, 2015
Yoshino, who testified about secret Okinawa reversion pact, dies at 96
Bunroku Yoshino, a former senior official in the Foreign Ministry who became the first among current and former government officials to testify in court about the existence of a secret pact between Japan and the United States over the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, died of pneumonia Sunday at his home in Yokohama, his family said. He was 96.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2015
U.S. probing report Secret Service agents drove car into White House barrier
Two senior U.S. Secret Service agents are under investigation for allegations they drove a government car into White House security barricades last week after drinking at a late-night party, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2014
Sony planned to sell music-publishing unit owning Beatles songs: hacked emails
Sony Corp. was considering the sale of its music-publishing business, including a partnership with Michael Jackson's estate that owns the Beatles catalog, as recently as last month, emails released by hackers show.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2014
Worries about secrets law linger
As Japan's state secrets law finally takes effect a year after it was enacted, much of the concern that many people had about the legislation remains unaddressed.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2014
Accused White House intruder dragged from court after being ruled incompetent
A man charged with jumping the White House fence last week was dragged screaming from a courtroom on Monday after a federal judge declared him incompetent to stand trial.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2014
Cabinet approves state secrecy law guidelines
The Cabinet approves guidelines on the handling of state secrets before the controversial secrecy law takes effect Dec. 10.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 13, 2014
Record bust in Cambodia signals Thai dollar counterfeiting boom
Brig. Gen. Sar Theth is the police chief of Battambang, a languid riverside town in western Cambodia. You could also call him the seven million dollar man.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2014
U.S. lawmakers lambaste Secret Service boss over White House breach
U.S. lawmakers scolded the head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday over a security breach that allowed a knife-wielding intruder to run deep into the White House, and Director Julia Pierson promised them it would never happen again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2014
White House security boost eyed; intruder to face charges in court
The man who jumped the fence at the White House and entered the building in a major security breach was scheduled to appear in court on Monday amid reports that U.S. authorities are considering ways to increase the security buffer surrounding the presidential compound.
WORLD
Jul 29, 2014
U.S. veterans deal to provide $17 billion to ease medical wait times
Leaders of the Veterans Affairs committees in the U.S. Congress said Monday they had struck a rare compromise deal on legislation that provides about $17 billion in funding to ease long waiting times for VA medical centers.
EDITORIALS
Jul 17, 2014
Supreme Court's dereliction of duty
By rejecting a citizens' request to have the government disclose secret documents that allegedly show Japan's financial obligations in the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from U.S. control, the Supreme Court has evaded its duty to protect people's right to know.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2014
Japan, N.K. envoys may hold secret talks soon
Japanese and North Korean diplomats are exploring the possibility of secretly meeting in the not-so-distant future to capitalize on their first formal talks since November 2012, a source familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2013
Ruling bloc rams secrets bill through Lower House
The ruling coalition forced its contentious state secrets bill through the Lower House on Tuesday evening amid calls from all but one of the opposition forces for further deliberations on its provisions.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2013
Ruling camp fends off rewrite of secrets bill
The ruling bloc keeps its contentious state secrets bill intact though it gives the appearance of compromising with Nippon Ishin no Kai to attach minor requirements on government bodies seeking to classify information.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2013
FCCJ slams 'vague' state secrets bill as direct threat to journalists
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan plans to lodge an official protest with the ruling LDP on Monday over a bill to protect state secrets.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2013
Abe faces tall order in extra Diet session
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get 53 days to pass a host of critical economic and defense bills when the extraordinary Diet session opens this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2013
Fujiwara breaks TV taboo, slams secrets bill
Norika Fujiwara has broken an unwritten rule of the television business: sharing her political views. The popular model and actress has come out against a bill that stiffens penalties against civil servants who leak classified information.
COMMENTARY
Mar 5, 2007
To move without U.S. cues
In their talks Feb. 21, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney reaffirmed the "unwavering" Japan-U.S. security alliance. This raises a question: Why did Abe have to reaffirm an alliance that is said to have already benefited from the long honeymoon between former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush?
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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