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YOICHI MASUZOE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2014
APEC summit eyed to repair China ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recognizes that the Pacific Rim leaders' meeting later this year in Beijing will present an opportunity to improve strained relations with China, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2014
Chinese vice premier raps Abe, but upbeat on mending ties with Japan
Vice Premier Wang Yang criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's tough stance toward China in a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe but expressed hope of improving bilateral relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2014
Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe gets Olympic tips from Beijing
Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe on Friday got some tips about hosting the summer Olympics from Beijing after the leaders of the capitals of Asia's two biggest economies decided to boost cooperation despite political tensions between their central governments.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 24, 2014
Invitee Masuzoe in Beijing amid chill
Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe becomes the first Tokyo mayor to visit Beijing since 2008, receiving a warm welcome that he hopes will help thaw tensions with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2014
New hires welcomed on first day
Some 860,000 new recruits at companies across the country marked their first day of work Tuesday, the first day of fiscal 2014.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 22, 2014
Tokyo 2020: only as old as the medalists you field
The motto of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 'Discover Tomorrow,' which organizers hope will help distract sport fanatics from the reality of Japan being the fastest-aging country in the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2014
Disaster prep to be 2020 focus: Masuzoe
To help ensure that foreign visitors can enjoy the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics without concern, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe says he will focus on making the city safer from disasters, improve access to public transportation and even encourage residents to brush up on their English conversation skills.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2014
Masuzoe announces public-private fund to boost renewable energy
Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe said Friday that the metropolitan government will create a joint fund between the public and private sectors to invest in renewable energy generation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2014
Masuzoe plays down Tokyo nuclear role
New Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe said Wednesday he will work hard to make the capital the best city in the world, while noting that it's up to the central government whether to bring the nation's nuclear reactors back online.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2014
Masuzoe eyes visit to Sochi
New Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe has expressed a desire to visit Sochi during the Olympic Games to meet International Olympic Committee officials as the Japanese capital gears up to host the 2020 Summer Games.
EDITORIALS
Feb 10, 2014
Nuclear power remains an issue
Apparently Tokyoites want their new governor, Yoichi Masuzoe, to give full play to his experience as head of a social welfare ministry in improving the well-being of Tokyo residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 10, 2014
Masuzoe sets sights on 2020 Olympics
Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe said Monday he would lead the capital in preparing for the 2020 Olympics and address rising welfare costs as Tokyo's new governor.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2014
People living near nuclear plants voice hope, caution over Masuzoe
Residents of communities that host nuclear power plants were both hopeful and wary about former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe winning the Tokyo gubernatorial election Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2014
Comprehensive agenda, anti-nuclear failures ensured Masuzoe victory
Yoichi Masuzoe's ability to address a wide range of issues and the failure of his rivals to keep the public's attention focused on nuclear energy were the keys to his victory in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2014
Tokyo voters split by priority shift to welfare
Media outlets at home and abroad are playing up the Tokyo gubernatorial election as an effective public referendum on whether Japan should ditch its atomic plants, focusing on the battle between anti-nuclear candidate Morihiro Hosokawa and ex-health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who is backed by pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2014
Masuzoe vows to make Tokyo tops for residents of all ages
Tokyo's likely next governor, Yoichi Masuzoe, has pledged to use his experience heading the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry to make the capital a better place for children, adults and the elderly.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 5, 2014
Do you think the nuclear issue should be the focus of the Tokyo election?
Tokyoites go to the polls Sunday to elect a governor to replace Naoki Inose, who quit his post in December amid a political funding scandal. So who will — or would — they vote for?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2014
Tamogami finds right-wing niche
Last Sunday, a week before Tokyo residents go to the polls and choose a new governor, prominent candidates were campaigning hard in Ginza, showcasing their ability to manage a ¥13 trillion annual budget that almost equals Indonesia's national budget.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 31, 2014
Tokyo gubernatorial candidates speak on Olympics, nuclear power, disasters
Candidates running in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election are making the rounds of the capital, trying to reach out to as many voters as possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 23, 2014
Tokyo voters unhappy with nuclear focus
Campaigning for the Tokyo gubernatorial race starts and voters express bewilderment over how fast the focus seems to have turned to nuclear energy.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
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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