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February 21, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared more positive about Japan joining talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade arrangement, saying high-level negotiations could lead...
February 21, 2013
Japan hanged three convicted murderers on Feb. 21 in the first executions since the conservative administration led by Shinzo Abe swept to power in December.
February 02, 2013
Japan may not make a decision ahead of a national election in July on whether or not to join talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact that businesses say would enable them to...
January 25, 2013
The two parties of Japan's governing coalition have laid out plans for corporate tax cuts to encourage greater spending on research, development and investment in line with the ...
January 25, 2013
Here's a joke about the sharp business acumen of a fortuneteller gazing into a crystal ball who charges 10,000 yen ($110) for only two questions. A client says, "Isn't that a...
January 22, 2013
The ruling coalition is to consider deploying Self-Defense Forces personnel more actively overseas to protect Japanese nationals in situations such as the deadly siege last...
January 20, 2013
I was at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo the other day to see an exhibition of works by contemporary artist Makoto Aida.
January 19, 2013
Japan and China need "rules of the game" to keep a feud over tiny islands from escalating into a military clash, an adviser to Japan's prime minister said on Jan. 18, as a...
January 17, 2013
HANOI--Japan's prime minister promised closer security and economic ties with Vietnam on Jan. 16, bolstering an alliance that shares concerns over China and extending nuclear...
January 15, 2013
With the pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party back in power, a bureaucrat under the previous ruling Democratic Party of Japan who helped formulate the plan for Japan to pull...
January 15, 2013
Buoyed by a December election landslide, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is rolling out a comprehensive PR strategy mixing Facebook, public appearances and policy...
January 12, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus package--funded by a near record amount of debt--is loaded with public works projects to quickly bolster the economy and gain...
January 12, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set in motion his strategy to gain control of the Upper House--and pave the way to achieve his longtime goal of revising Japan’s pacifist...
January 11, 2013
We cannot help thinking that the Liberal Democratic Party has not changed.
January 09, 2013
Japan must put more women in key posts to boost its economy and to prove its ruling party has changed its hidebound ways, the party's top spokeswoman said on Jan. 8, just days...
January 07, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling party kicked off their first full working day of 2013 on Jan.7 by singing the national anthem, seen by critics as a symbol of...
January 01, 2013
Every Friday night over the past summer, thousands of people gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence shouting slogans and banging on drums in calling on...
December 29, 2012
The Liberal Democratic Party wasted little time restoring the influence of the pro-nuclear industry ministry to move away from the nuclear-free society envisioned by the...
December 29, 2012
As soon as he took office as minister of economy, trade and industry under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly inaugurated government, Toshimitsu Motegi said on Dec. 27 that he...
December 28, 2012
In late November, Uichiro Niwa stepped down as Japan's ambassador to China, just weeks before the Democratic Party of Japan was voted out of government in the Dec. 16 Lower...