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SECRETARY 2

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2019
Aso and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discuss global risks amid U.S.-China trade spat
Finance Minister Taro Aso meets U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to discuss issues of global economic concern amid the escalating trade tensions between the United States and China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2018
Probe of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke sent to U.S. prosecutors
The Interior Department's top watchdog has referred an investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke to the Justice Department, raising the prospect that criminal violations have been uncovered, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 25, 2018
Scientists voice opposition to weakening of U.S. Endangered Species Act
Thousands of scientists joined Monday to accuse the Trump administration of trying to erode the Endangered Species Act in favor of commercial interests with a plan to revamp regulations that have formed a bedrock of U.S. wildlife protection for over 40 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2018
Nagasaki mayor presses Japan to lead efforts toward nuclear-free world as city marks 73rd anniversary of A-bomb
Nagasaki marked the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city Thursday, with its mayor calling for security policies not reliant on nuclear deterrence and pressing Japan to fulfill its "moral obligation" to lead efforts toward a nuclear-free world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2018
New British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, fluent Japanese speaker, drew on years in Japan to become one of U.K.'s richest politicians
Hunt reportedly pocketed u00a314.4 million from the sale of a company he got the idea for after spending two years teaching English in Japan.
WORLD
Jun 26, 2018
Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / OBITUARY
Jan 26, 2018
Hiromu Nonaka, Abe critic and former government spokesman, dies at 92
Hiromu Nonaka, a pacifist politician from the Liberal Democratic Party who served as the government's top spokesman in the late 1990s and was critical of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to amend the Constitution, died Friday at a hospital in Kyoto, a party source said. He was 92.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2018
Indonesia looks to U.S. to relax limits on ties to special forces
Indonesia said on Tuesday it was pinning its hopes on U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to help ease American limitations on ties with an elite Indonesian special forces unit imposed over human rights abuses in the 1990s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2017
LDP lawmaker to quit party after exposed alleged abuse of secretary
A junior lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday indicated her intent to resign following allegations that she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries, an LDP source said.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2017
Mattis to focus on North Korea at Asian forum as allies seek clear U.S. policy
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to press for greater cooperation to contain North Korea's nuclear and missile threat at a regional security forum in Singapore later this week, where for years Washington has sought to spotlight China's expansion in the strategic South China Sea.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2017
Kerry and Israeli, Jordanian, Egyptian leaders secretly met for peace talks a year ago: report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly a year ago with the leaders of Egypt and Jordan in a failed attempt by the Obama administration to convene a wider regional summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace, Israel's Haaretz daily said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2016
A critical agenda for Guterres
Incoming U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will have a very full plate when he takes up his post next January.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2016
High hopes for new U.N. chief
Antonio Guterres knows what it takes to be a strong and effective U.N. secretary-general.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2016
A good choice, yet still disappointing
The failure to follow through on the expectation that the next U.N. secretary-general would be a woman is a reminder of the flaws in that selection process and the glass ceiling that more than half the world's population continues to confront.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2016
Next secretary-general: no charisma required
People with strong opinions and a record of taking decisive action don't become U.N. secretary-generals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
Ex-commander says U.K.'s 'withered' forces could not defend country
Britain's armed forces would be unable to defend the country against a serious military attack because they have been "withered" by cuts, a former senior commander warned before his retirement, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016
Refusal to nominate Rudd betrays Turnbull's weakness
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of Kevin Rudd's quest to lead the U.N. is a sorry reminder of the creeping U.S.-style partisanship of Australian politics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2016
Government has no plans to issue deficit bonds to fund planned stimulus package: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rules out the issuance of deficit bonds to fund an economic stimulus package planned for the autumn, but hints at the use of construction bonds.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2016
High court upholds disclosure of some documents on government secret funds
The Osaka High Court on Wednesday upheld two lower court rulings that ordered the state to disclose some documents on so-called secret funds, saying the content, if declassified, would not be sensitive enough to interfere with national affairs.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2015
Pentagon says Khorasan Group leader al-Nasr killed in Syrian airstrike
An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition has killed Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi citizen and the leader of an al-Qaida offshoot called the Khorasan Group, a Pentagon spokesman said Sunday.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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