In Japan, a scandal over a school threatens to entangle Abe
In Japan, a scandal over a school threatens to entangle Abe Students recite the Imperial Rescript on Education in front of Japan’s flag and a picture of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at Tsukamoto kindergarten in Osaka. (Ha Kwiyeon/Reuters) TOKYO — Japan's prime minister is facing the biggest crisis of his tenure, caught up in a burgeoning scandal that involves a shady land deal, allegations
Abe dismisses report that Obama administration opposed Trump meeting
The administration of President Barack Obama conveyed its opposition to Japan over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in mid-November in New York, a diplomatic source said Sunday. On Monday, Abe dismissed the report as false. Washington urged Tokyo not to go ahead with such an unprecedented meeting, saying the 70-year-old businessman had not yet assumed the
Japan etiquette video discourages applying make-up on trains
Some women say it's not up to a train company to tell them what to do Is it acceptable to use your commute to apply make-up? One Japanese rail company thinks not and has released a song-and-dance video discouraging women from doing it. Two female commuters are seen applying mascara and lipstick and a woman watching whispers "Mittomonai" or "ugly to see". She then angrily tells them off. It's one o
Is the world turning Japanese?
As the Group of Seven leaders meet in Japan this week to discuss stabilising global growth, one of the key concerns will be whether developed nations are facing an inevitable future of low or no growth. It's called the "Japanese Disease". A cycle of low growth and low prices for more than two decades. The Japanese government has tried everything to get growth rates and prices up again: negative in
Off target: Is it the end of 'Abenomics' in Japan?
Are we witnessing the end of "Abenomics"? Has Japan's grand attempt to reflate the world's third largest economy failed? In the last two weeks we've seen the country's central bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) cross in to uncharted territory, pushing interest rates below zero for the first time ever. In just two days last week the Japanese stock market tumbled nearly 8%, erasing most of the gains of t
Japan's Abe Seeks to Burnish Legacy Ahead of Election - The New York Times
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAN. 4, 2016, 3:27 A.M. E.S.T. Inside TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stymied by a still sputtering economy, is seeking to burnish his legacy and shore up support ahead of an election in the summer. "Challenges, challenges and still more challenges," Abe said in summing up the coming year in a nationally televised news conference Monday. Abe said he expects to m
Japan rejects international court jurisidiction over whaling
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Japan shows off naval power as U.S. signals wider engagement in western Pacific
Japan shows off naval power as U.S. signals wider engagement in western Pacific TOKYO (Reuters) - An armada of carriers, cruiser, destroyers and submarines gathered off Japan’s coast on Sunday in a display of naval power that showcased Tokyo’s latest warships and signaled wider engagement by the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific. The Fleet Review in seas near Tokyo was the first major display of Ja
Lost in Translation: ‘100 Million’ Minister to Drive Abenomics 2.0
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Japan restarts first nuclear power plant since Fukushima
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Tokyo on the restarting of number one reactor at the Sendai plant Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. All Japan's nuclear plants were gradually shut down after a series of meltdowns at the Fukushima plant sparked by the tsunami and earthquake. But after passing stringent new safety
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Japan hostage killing: Critical test for PM Shinzo Abe
PM Shinzo Abe was visibly moved by the news, but some Japanese have been highly critical of his position Sunday's announcement of the killing of Kenji Goto, the second of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State (IS) militants, represents a major political challenge for the Japanese administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It also raises important questions about the future security of
Shinzo Abe sets sights on Japan's pacifist constitution after election win
Abe, a conservative, has made no secret of his desire to remove what he regards as unfair constraints on Japan’s military, seven decades after its surrender at the end of a war that saw it occupy neighbours including China and attack countries further afield in the Pacific. “Revising the constitution has always been an objective since the Liberal Democratic party was launched,†Abe told reporters.
Rewriting the War, Japanese Right Attacks a Newspaper (Published 2014)
Takashi Uemura, a former journalist, is under attack for his reporting on “comfort women.â€Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times SAPPORO, Japan — Takashi Uemura was 33 when he wrote the article that would make his career. Then an investigative reporter for The Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s second-largest newspaper, he examined whether the Imperial Army had forced women to work in military brothels dur
Opinion | Apologizing to Japan (Published 2014)
TOKYO — For almost two decades, Japan has been held up as a cautionary tale, an object lesson on how not to run an advanced economy. After all, the island nation is the rising superpower that stumbled. One day, it seemed, it was on the road to high-tech domination of the world economy; the next it was suffering from seemingly endless stagnation and deflation. And Western economists were scathing i
Japan ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima quit
Yuko Obuchi bowed in apology as she quit. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. Japan's Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi. Ms Matsushima had been accused by the opposition of violating election laws. Ms Obuchi is alleged to have misused funds from her political support groups and other donations. Correspondents say the
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