policy

VOX POPULI: Lawmakers 'jumping ship' as election...
It's uplifting to know that some people would never put personal gain ahead of their principles.
ANALYSIS: Merger forces Japan Restoration Party to...
Shintaro Ishihara, right, shakes hands with Toru Hashimoto at a meeting of the Japan Restoration Party on Nov. 17 in Osaka. (Yoshinori Mizuno)
In the rush to form a stronger political party with a Lower House election less than a month away, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s Japan Restoration Party considerably weakened...
A need to move to patient centered: Why Japan needs ...
Masako Ii
Eighty percent of our health-care needs are related to everyday illnesses such as colds, high-blood pressure, diabetes or depression.
China says not changing from its path of socialism
BEIJING -- China's government vowed March 9 that it will not deviate from its socialist path, defending anew its authoritarian system and saying Western capitalist political...
China mulls new energy "super ministry"
BEIJING -- China is considering a proposal to create an energy "super-ministry" as part of a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in 2013, two independent sources said, a step that would ...
EDITORIAL: Dialogue on burden sharing needed...
Last year, young people played the leading role in various movements that changed the world.
EDITORIAL: Painful choices needed for sake of...
The new year has arrived, but Japan continues to grapple with a wide range of formidable challenges.
Government sets 2014 target for decontamination work
Workers decontaminate the roof of a house in the Onami district of Fukushima city on Aug. 25 on an experimental basis. (Mikio Onikubo)
The Noda Administration is aiming to remove all radioactive materials scattered from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by the end of fiscal 2013, a timetable that gives...
EDITORIAL: LDP chief should respond to Noda’s...
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda came under intense questioning in the Diet on Sept. 14 by Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki.
EDITORIAL: It is now up to Prime Minister Noda to...
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered his policy speech before the Diet on Sept. 13. Overall, the inaugural address by the third Democratic Party of Japan prime minister was...
EDITORIAL: Noda must demonstrate political...
The re-examination of nuclear power and energy policy is one of the major themes the administration of Yoshihiko Noda inherited from his predecessor.
Noda must deal with unresolved policy issues of...
An electronic message board at Sendai Station carries a flash report about the formation Sept. 2 of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. (Masaru Komiyaji)
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda faces a number of difficult issues left over from his predecessor, Naoto Kan, that could not be resolved due to resistance from not only the...
Row over China between presidential candidates not...
TAIPEI -- As always, China is the hot issue in any presidential election in Taiwan.
Keidanren chief blasts confusion over reactor...
Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of Keidanren (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The chief of Japan's most influential business organization blasted the Naoto Kan government for creating confusion by calling for stress tests of nuclear power reactors...
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