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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2013
Hashimoto is Horie's kind of guy
Takafumi Horie, 40, the recently paroled founder of Internet firm Livedoor Co., said Wednesday he wants embattled Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto to become prime minister one day, citing his "ability to challenge" and "alter the status quo" of politics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2013
Yao mayor says no to hosting Ospreys
The mayor of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, rejects a proposal by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto to host training flights involving U.S. Osprey aircraft.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2013
Hashimoto reckons Yao Airport could be Honshu candidate site for Osprey drills
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said Monday he will propose to the central government that an airport just outside the city of Osaka host part of the training exercises for U.S. Osprey transport aircraft.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jun 4, 2013
By opening up the debate to the real experts, Hashimoto did history a favor
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has been busy making headlines around the world with his controversial views on Japan's wartime sex slaves (or "comfort women," for those who like euphemisms with their history). Among other things, he claimed there is no evidence that the Japanese government sponsored the...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 2, 2013
Sex gaffes and the voluble Osaka shyster
If the Japan Restoration Party — headed by Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara — needs a new political slogan, the proverb Kuchi ga wazawai no moto (The mouth is the source of great trouble) would do nicely.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013
Nobel laureates slam Hashimoto
Five female Nobel Peace Prize laureates have issued a statement in Northern Ireland castigating Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto over his recent justification of Japan's wartime system of sexual slavery.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2013
Hashimoto prevails over condemnation motions
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto prevails over his city assembly foes when two condemnation motions against his remarks justifying Japan's 'comfort women' system are voted down.
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2013
Hashimoto's 'inane' remarks hurt Japan, play into China's hands: Armitage
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was critical Thursday of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's recent remarks about Japan's wartime system of military brothels, noting such actions were "harmful" to Japan's image.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2013
Japanese mayor calls off U.S. trip over wartime sex-slave defense
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) leader Toru Hashimoto announces that he is canceling the trip to San Francisco and New York he planned for next month.
EDITORIALS
May 29, 2013
Mayor's spin deepens suspicions
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's attempt to spin his earlier remarks about Japan's wartime sex slave system deepens suspicions about his fitness for public office.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2013
Hashimoto looks to deflect sex slave blame
Japan's 'comfort women' military brothel system can never be 'condoned' or 'justified,' but similar violations in other conflict zones should also be addressed, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto tells foreign reporters.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 28, 2013
Osaka: What do you make of Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s comments about “comfort women” and his suggestion that U.S. forces in Okinawa use local brothels?
He's a perfect example of why 'diapers and politicians should be changed often, and for the same reason'! He's too incompetent for Osaka, and should be 'promoted' to national government. I've lived here for 30 years; I miss the old days when mayors and governors concentrated on administering Osaka and stayed out of the limelight. Hashimoto should take his showboating to Tokyo and leave Osaka under the radar.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2013
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2013
Ex-sex slaves won't meet Hashimoto
Two South Korean former 'comfort women' cancel their planned meeting with Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader Toru Hashimoto, saying via a representative that they don't want to be his political pawns.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2013
Hashimoto maintains he will still meet with sex-slavery victims, visit U.S.
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader Toru Hashimoto said Thursday he still planned to meet Friday with two Korean former "comfort women" despite calls from both in and outside the party to cancel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2013
As Hashimoto self-destructs, party also reels
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks justifying the wartime 'comfort women' brothel system have caused major parties to distance themselves from his Nippon Ishin no Kai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2013
'Comfort women' rap unfair: Hashimoto
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto says he doesn't believe the tens of thousands of women rounded up to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during the war did so unwillingly.
JAPAN
May 19, 2013
Hashimoto fires back, pins outcry on media
Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader Toru Hashimoto defends his remarks on Japan's wartime sex slave system and hits media outlets for running misleading reports.
JAPAN
May 19, 2013
Former sex slave flies to Hiroshima to slam Osaka mayor
A South Korean woman who was forced to provide sex for Imperial Japanese soldiers during the war has flown to Hiroshima to criticize Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto for defending Japan's use of military brothels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 18, 2013
Hashimoto now blames public for misreading him, snubs press
Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader Toru Hashimoto says the public's 'lack of reading comprehension' has caused his remarks to be taken as trying to justify the wartime sex slaves have been 'misunderstood.'
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
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Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Japan's revised immigration bill clears Lower House
Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
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