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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2018
North Korea bashes top Japanese diplomat for saying timing too early for declaration to end Korean War
North Korea's state-run media has bashed Foreign Minister Taro Kono after he said during a recent meeting with the United States' top North Korea envoy that it is too early to adopt a declaration ending the Korean War, and that concrete steps toward denuclearization should come first.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2018
Abe-Ishiba debate highlights candidates' lack of concrete plans to tackle fundamental problems
A debate illustrates Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba's differences on how to overcome some of the most fundamental problems Japan faces.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 15, 2018
News outlets fret over the nation's docile democracy
"Nazism." "Fascism." "1984." "Kamikaze." Strong words, suggestive language. It's going mainstream.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2018
Abe Cabinet climbs to 41.7% in latest opinion poll
Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has climbed to 41.7 percent this month, up 3.2 points from August and surpassing the disapproval rate for the first time in seven months, an opinion poll showed Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 14, 2018
Where is Japan going?
Business, society and government remain largely closed to change.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2018
Abe says Putin comment reflects Russian leader's 'enthusiasm' to sign peace treaty
The prime minister vehemently denied Friday that his diplomacy to resolve the territorial dispute with Russia had ended in failure.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Rising trade war with U.S. the mere 'last push' for Japan and China to improve ties, but officials still cautious
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long understood the need to improve bilateral ties for their own national interests.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2018
LDP contenders Abe, Ishiba joust over policy in first pre-election face-off
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated on Monday that he wants to revise war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution to clarify the ambiguous status of Japan's military if re-elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 20.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 10, 2018
Trump nearly sent tweet that could have sparked war with North Korea, Watergate journalist says
Could a single tweet spark a nuclear war? U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly avoided such a scenario had he sent out a missive he drafted that North Korea would have seen as a sign of an imminent attack, Watergate journalist Bob Woodward said in an interview Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 8, 2018
Kim looks to showcase might without drawing Trump's ire in parade
Kim Jong Un was expected to preside over a toned-down military parade Sunday designed to showcase North Korea's strength without jeopardizing his efforts to rejoin the international community.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2018
Campaigning begins for LDP leadership election
Official campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election kicks off, setting in motion a two-week race widely predicted to give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three more years in office.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018
Abe announces typhoon-hit Kansai airport will reopen to some domestic flights Friday
The airport remained closed Thursday after Typhoon Jebi caused flooding that damaged the main runway and tarmac, and drove a tanker into the bridge connecting the facility to the mainland.
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2018
Substantial policy debate needed in LDP race
With so much at stake, the public deserves substantive discussions between the contestants.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2018
Abe vows to lead fight against protectionism at LDP pre-election rally
As the world witnesses the imposition of retaliatory tariffs by some of the world's largest economies, Japan “must not be an introvert,” the prime minister said.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2018
Seiko Noda rules herself out of LDP leadership vote but mulls creating her own party faction
Noda again postponed her long-shot bid to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the nation's first female leader.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2018
Abe touts fast change to Constitution in LDP election pamphlet
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pledging to move quickly toward changing the Constitution, according to an internal campaign pamphlet seen by Bloomberg News, ensuring the divisive proposal is a key part of his bid for a historic third consecutive term as ruling party leader.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2018
Advisory panel to Abe kicks off discussions on Japan's new defense guidelines with a focus on space and cyberspace
A panel of experts advising the prime minister started discussions Wednesday on the revision of the National Defense Program Guidelines, a policy document that outlines the nation's defense objectives for the next decade, with the aim of addressing the new realities that permeate the modern security...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2018
Address Japan's demographic, fiscal woes
The most important items on the agenda should be reversing Japan's population decline and rebuilding the government's fiscal health.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2018
LDP's No. 2 faction pushes Abe for constitutional referendum by next summer as leadership election approaches
The second-largest group in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a national plebiscite on the issue to generate political momentum for revising the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2018
North Korea expels detained Japanese tourist as neighbors' hot-and-cold relationship continues
Man who allegedly broke the law during a recent tour of the country was freed on humanitarian grounds, according the North's official Korean Central News Agency.

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