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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2013
Hokkaido aims to lure tourists from Thailand for spring break
Hokkaido has been stepping up efforts to attract foreign tourists during its off-season period in spring and is currently zeroing in on Thailand, where the holiday season starts in March and continues through May.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2013
Plan OK'd to lure Southeast Asia guests
The government signs off on a plan to more than double the number of visitors from Southeast Asia to 2 million in 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2013
Yingluck seeks constitutional change amid court challenge
Thai lawmakers moved to change parts of the country's military-backed constitution after its highest court agreed to hear a case that may block them from doing so, signaling a renewed round of political tension.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2013
Cobra Gold 2013 holds evacuation drill in Thailand for Japanese
As part of this year's Cobra Gold multinational military exercise, a drill to practice the emergency evacuation and transportation of Japanese nationals during humanitarian crises was held Sunday at the beach resort of Pattaya, on Thailand's coast.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2013
Asia-Pacific military exercise kicks off in northern Thailand
A large-scale military training exercise began Monday in northern Thailand involving 13,000 personnel from the United States and six Asian countries — Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the host nation.
Pervert or pioneer? The entrepreneur trying to get South Korea into porn
Entrepreneur Lee Hee-tae at his office in Seoul. Lee had planned South Korea's largest sex festival in April, but the two-day event was banned by authorities following a backlash by local rights groups.
EU seeks roadblocks for Chinese EVs without sparking trade war
Chinese electric vehicles bound for shipment at the Port of Taicang in China
Bear enters Gunma home and attacks elderly couple
The Gunma Prefectural Police said an elderly couple was attacked by a bear at their home in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, on Friday.
In unusual move, North Korea fires off barrage of at least 10 ballistic missiles
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on Thursday.
Two cheers for the end of free money in Japan
Ever since the Bank of Japan ended its negative rate policy, calls for the government to strengthen its fiscal discipline have been growing, with the country being haunted by public debt that is about twice the size of its gross domestic product.
A new brew for Ebisu, the town that beer made
Completed in 1889, the original Yebisu brewery finally has a worthy successor in the neighborhood that still bears the beer's name.
Marcos lays out red line in South China Sea at security conference
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore on Friday night.
Two cheers for the end of free money in Japan
Ever since the Bank of Japan ended its negative rate policy, calls for the government to strengthen its fiscal discipline have been growing, with the country being haunted by public debt that is about twice the size of its gross domestic product.
In Japan, neighborly debates light up over secondhand smoke
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day on Friday, debate is growing over passive smoking in one crucial space that remains unregulated: private homes.
Onosato's path to sumo greatness was plain for all to see
Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday.

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