SPECIAL ADVISOR TALKS MILITARY ABENOMICS, CLAIMS MISQUOTE

Special advisor to the Prime Minister Etsuro Honda underscored the military importance of Japan's economic resurgence in...

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Tokyo Gov. Urges Infrastructure Upgrades, Renewables Ahead of Games

Yoichi Masuzoe, the newly-elected governor of Tokyo, aims to significantly update the city’s infrastructure in preparati...

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Japan, US to Negotiate TPP this Weekend

Trade chiefs from the United States and Japan will meet this weekend in hopes of bridging the countries’ differences ahe...

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Abe can’t deny Japan’s WWII apology: Murayama

A former Japanese prime minister says Japan sticks by its 1995 apology for its World War Two aggression against Asian co...

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Tokyo’s new governor takes office

Tokyo’s newly elected governor made his first appearance at the metropolitan office on Wednesday.Yoichi Masuzoe won Sund...

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Koizumi still committed to zero nuclear policy

Flamboyant former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he’ll carry on with his campaign for a zero-nuclear Japan despit...

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Tokyo election eases way for nuclear restarts

The election of a ruling party candidate to the post of Tokyo governor last weekend is easing the way for Japan to resta...

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China, S.Korea bash Japan at UN

Japan received some harsh criticism at the UN yesterday (Wednesday).The Chinese and South Korean UN ambassadors denounce...

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NHK board raps chair over comfort women comment

The new chairman of Japan’s national broadcaster has been warned after making controversial comments about women forced ...

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New teaching manuals to state territorial claims

Japan’s government has decided that from now on schools should explicitly teach the country’s territorial claims. Japan ...

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