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SHINZO ABE

JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2014
U.S. defense official praises Abe for bolstering military alliance
A high-ranking U.S. defense official visiting Tokyo said Friday that the U.S. appreciates recent actions taken by the Abe administration to bolster the Japan-U.S. military alliance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 22, 2014
Polarizing Abe learns the long game
Shinzo Abe is one of Japan's most polarizing prime ministers in decades. He may also have a good shot at becoming that rarity in Japanese politics — a long-serving leader.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2014
Debate on foreigner voting rights reignites ahead of 2020 Olympics
The debate over voting rights for non-Japanese residents is flaring up again, amid a drive to attract more foreign workers ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2014
MGM seen scouting Tokyo fish market as potential casino locale
MGM Resorts International has scouted the world's biggest fish market as a potential site for the casino resort it wants to build in Japan, according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2014
Top-paid Nikkei 225 female exec shows Japan gender hurdles
Only one female executive made it to the top-earner list of the Nikkei 225 companies last year. She is an American who lives in New York.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Abe-Xi summit may hinge on marking of WWII defeat at Yasukuni
Any chance that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get his wish for a summit with China may hinge on the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II at Tokyo's contentious Yasukuni war shrine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 15, 2014
Japan's ailing rural towns push free beer, other perks to urbanites in tax-sharing drive
Faced with the danger of elimination, hundreds of rural districts in Japan are plying gifts that include craft beer and balloon rides to entice their mini-diasporas to send tax payments back home.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’