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JAPAN
May 12, 2016
Survivor hopes Obama to reflect on 1954 H-bomb test in Hiroshima visit
A Japanese survivor of a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific said Thursday he hopes U.S. President Barack Obama will reflect on the consequences of the test among other issues when he visits Hiroshima later this month.
JAPAN
May 12, 2016
South Korean A-bomb victims' group to send representatives to Hiroshima
An association of South Korean atomic bomb survivors said Thursday it will send representatives to Hiroshima for U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to the city on May 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Japanese hail Hiroshima visit, say apology not needed
On the streets of Tokyo, a majority of people reporters spoke to on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama does not need to say sorry during his May 27 visit to Hiroshima.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2016
Abe may call Lower House poll, using tailwind from Obama's Hiroshima visit
Some expect Abe to call a Lower House election to coincide with a summer Upper House poll in light of Obama's Hiroshima visit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Some in Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome Obama's historic visit; others wish it came sooner
The mayors, many survivors of the atomic bombings, and many residents of the only two cities ever attacked with nuclear weapons have hailed the decision announced Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month.
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Obama steps into regional spat over victimhood
A plan for the first-ever visit to Hiroshima by a sitting U.S. president was expected to draw a mixed reaction in the region, where China and South Korea have accused Japan of glossing over its actions in World War II and playing up its own victimhood.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2016
Obama's visit to Hiroshima
President Barack Obama's planned visit to Hiroshima will no doubt have symbolic significance. Whether anything more will come of it remains to be seen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted
Experts discuss how the U.S. president's visit may be viewed; meanwhile Suga denies any plans for Abe to visit Pearl Harbor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
Poll: Do you think Obama should apologize?
It was announced Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month during the Group of 7 summit in Japan. 
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
White House: Viewing Obama's Hiroshima visit as tantamount to apology would be 'wrong'
A White House spokesman said Tuesday it would be "wrong" to view U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima as an apology for the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of World War II.
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Pelosi, other U.S. lawmakers hail 'principled' Obama's decision to visit Hiroshima
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to become the first sitting American head of state to visit Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Hiroshima mayors long sought U.S. presidential visit, sent Obama five invites
Prior to the announcement Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month to attend the Group of Seven summit, mayors of the only two cities to have been attacked with nuclear weapons had long sought the landmark event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2016
Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima on May 27, accompanied by Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that U.S. President Barack Obama will make a historic visit to the A-bombed city of Hiroshima on May 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2016
Imperial Couple lay flowers at Filipino war monument
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited a memorial to Japanese war dead southeast of Manila on Friday to commemorate those who died in the Philippines in some of the conflict's fiercest fighting.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2015
India clears Japan's bid for first bullet train ahead of Abe trip
India's Cabinet has cleared a $14.7 billion Japanese proposal to build its first bullet train line, an Indian government minister and official said on Thursday, one of India's biggest foreign investments in its infrastructure sector.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
Chinese vice premier may visit Japan in spring for economic talks
In a fresh sign of improving bilateral ties, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang may visit Japan this spring to resume high-level economic dialogue between the two countries, according to a diplomatic source.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2015
Execs from Japan's ruling coalition to visit China in early December
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, said Wednesday their secretaries-general will make a four-day trip to China from Dec. 2 for talks with senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Putin unlikely to visit Japan by year-end due to territorial row
Japan and Russia are likely to shelve a planned visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin by year-end amid a lack of progress in territorial talks between the two countries, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Nakatani to visit South Korea next week, sign of warming ties
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is likely to visit South Korea next week to attend an international aerospace and defense exhibition, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2015
Security precautions unprecedented for pope's U.S. whistle-stop Itinerary
Pope Francis opened his six-day U.S. tour on Tuesday, bringing a call for Americans to do more to fight poverty, curb climate change and help immigrants.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

Podcast

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