Editorial
May 23, 2013
Hate demonstrations targeting Koreans are spreading in certain areas of Tokyo and Osaka that have sizable Korean communities. The demonstrators usually march along streets,...
May 22, 2013
A key security panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed that discussions be held on allowing the Self-Defense Forces to strike ballistic missile bases and...
May 21, 2013
What politicians say can have far-reaching effects.
May 20, 2013
Lawmakers are in the final stages of creating the first Japanese law with the word “poverty” in its name.
May 18, 2013
Overly optimistic assumptions about the safety of nuclear power plants can result in huge damage if a disaster actually takes place. That is one of the most important lessons...
May 17, 2013
Keeping things as they are became practically impossible now that an expert panel has concluded that an active fault line runs directly under the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga...
May 16, 2013
Okinawa, which marked the 41st anniversary of its reversion to Japan on May 15, is posing one grave question: Does Japan really qualify as a sovereign state?
May 15, 2013
Referring to “comfort women” who provided sex to soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said “anyone can understand that...
May 15, 2013
Sanae Takaichi, chairwoman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Council, recently challenged the 1995 statement released under the name of Prime Minister...
May 14, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to order an indefinite suspension of the use of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
May 13, 2013
Workplaces should offer training and opportunities to all employees regardless of their gender.
May 11, 2013
The spring season of corporate earnings reports reached its peak on May 10 when more than 20 percent of the companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced their results ...
May 10, 2013
During a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, South Korean President Park Geun-hye referred to relations with Japan, saying that Tokyo needs to have correct historical...
May 09, 2013
During his recent visits to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed agreements that open the door to Japan’s exports of nuclear power generation ...
May 08, 2013
Japan, China and South Korea agreed to beef up cooperation and establish a forum for strategic dialogue to combat air pollution plaguing China during the Tripartite Environment ...
May 07, 2013
The leaders of Japan and Russia have laid the foundation for reviving stalled talks on their long-standing territorial dispute. The two countries should now start to push...
May 06, 2013
Japan and China are locked in a bitter row over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands and over differences in their perceptions of history.
May 03, 2013
The Constitution has principles that must never be changed.
May 02, 2013
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, has recommended Mount Fuji as appropriate for...
May 01, 2013
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose committed a verbal faux pas that raises serious questions about Tokyo's appropriateness as a possible...