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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2015
Sources say close Putin aide to visit Japan late this month
Japan and Russia are making arrangements for a close aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Japan in late September, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 15, 2015
An Obama visit to Hiroshima would send the right message
A visit to Hiroshima by U.S. President Barack Obama could serve as a step toward realizing his vision of 'a world without nuclear weapons.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2015
Japanese visit graves of kin who died at end of WWII in North Korea
A Japanese group on Sunday visited the graves of relatives who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2015
Japan urges Russian prime minister not to visit disputed isles
Japan has urged Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev not to visit disputed islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, calling the planned trip to the isles at the center of a long-standing bilateral dispute “unacceptable.”
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2015
Government mulls invitation for Putin to visit Japan in December
The government is considering inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Japan in December as part of efforts to make progress on a long-standing territorial row, government sources said.
JAPAN
May 27, 2015
Russian islanders arrive in Japan on first visa-free visit this year
About 50 Russians from disputed islands off Hokkaido arrived Wednesday in the northern city of Nemuro on a visa-free visit, the first to take place this year under a bilateral exchange program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2015
Tokyo, Washington arranging for Abe to address U.S. Congress in spring
Final preparations are underway for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to address the U.S. Congress during a spring visit to Washington.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2015
Britain's Prince William to visit disaster-hit Tohoku this week
Britain's Prince William will make a four-day trip to Japan from Thursday that will take him to areas in Tohoku hard hit by the March 2011 disasters, according to Buckingham Palace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2015
Ukraine foreign minister to visit Japan from March 1 to meet with Kishida
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin plans to visit Japan to meet with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, sources in Tokyo and Kiev say.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2015
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama to make first visit to Japan in March
Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, plans to make her first visit to Japan as first lady in mid-March, mostly for private purposes, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2015
Japan, Russia hold talks in Moscow to discuss Putin visit
Senior Japanese and Russian diplomats met Thursday in Moscow to lay the groundwork for a planned visit to Tokyo by President Vladimir Putin this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Abe meets Jordanian king, agrees to help counter Islamic State threats
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Jordanian King Abdullah agree to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
LDP's Komura, Putin aide meet to pave way for Russian president's visit
Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has held talks with Sergey Naryshkin, a close aide to President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to pave the way for the Russian leader's Japan visit, which was planned for this fall but has been postponed.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2014
China files formal protest over Yasukuni Shrine visits by three of Abe's ministers
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday lodged a protest with Japan's embassy in Beijing over the visit by three Cabinet ministers to Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese diplomats said.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2014
Business delegation hopes to pave way for Abe-Xi summit in latest China visit
A large group of Japanese business leaders will start a six-day visit to China on Monday in an effort to build closer economic ties and repair icy bilateral relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2014
Japan sees increasingly dim views over Putin's visit in fall
With the U.S. and Europe slapping Russia with sanctions, Japan is increasingly unsure if President Vladimir Putin will visit this fall for talks on a long-running isle dispute.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2014
Obama may visit Japan around April 23-25
The United States and Japan are trying to schedule for President Barack Obama to visit Tokyo sometime between April 23 and 25, a Japanese government source said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2013
Japan PM ignored Washington to visit shrine, U.S. official says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday after the United States urged him not to do so, prompting Washington to use harsher than normal language in criticizing him, a U.S. official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Record 168 lawmakers visit Yasukuni
A record 168 Diet members visit Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, following visits by three Cabinet ministers and offerings by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2013
Ms. Suu Kyi visits Japan
As a result of Aung San Suu Kyi's first visit to Japan in nearly 27 years, the government should work out a basic principle for providing assistance to Myanmar.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
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.

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