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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2008
End of WWI remembered, 90 years on
KOBE — A small ceremony was held Tuesday morning at the Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of the World War I.
JAPAN / History
Nov 9, 2008
From heroes to zero, with fateful strings attached
Nov. 11 marks the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Sparked by the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, and due to a complex series of interlocking treaties between the Great Powers, this isolated event sparked...
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2008
Fukui town of Obama erupts in victory parties
Yes we did. That’s what residents in the Sea of Japan town of Obama were chanting Wednesday during a boisterous celebration following Barack Obama’s victory in the U.S. presidential election.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2008
U.S. candidates vow to ‘re-engage’ Japan
OSAKA — Eight years ago, on the eve of the 2000 U.S. presidential election, a bipartisan group of Washington experts released the Armitage Report, named after Richard Armitage, one of the main authors and an eventual deputy secretary of state under President George W. Bush.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2008
Dolphin activist keeps up fight against slaughter
OSAKA — Renowned American dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has dedicated his life to freeing captured dolphins worldwide. In a new documentary, he hopes to educate both Japanese and international audiences about the slaughter of the mammals in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, and the hazards of eating dolphin...
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 28, 2008
A peep at video parlors
In the predawn hours of Oct. 1, a fire broke out at an Osaka video parlor, killing 15 people and injuring nearly a dozen others, including one who died later. Kazuhiro Ogawa, a 46-year-old unemployed man who had been in the parlor, was arrested on suspicion of arson and murder.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 28, 2008
Did Koizumi and Bush really destroy Japan?
CURING JAPAN’S AMERICA ADDICTION by Minoru Morita, Chin Music Press, Seattle, 2008, 224 pp., $15 (paper) Minoru Morita is one of Japan’s most prominent and respected political analysts. And he’s mad as hell at what he believes are the social and economic crimes committed by former Prime Minister Junichiro...
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008
Kansai turns its back on native-daughter Koike
OSAKA — Kansai supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party welcomed Monday’s election of Taro Aso as party president and called on him to work to end the gridlock in the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2008
LDP rivals offer more reform or regression
OSAKA — In the short term, the next prime minister will either continue internationally sought fiscal and economic reforms or return to the traditional pork-barrel projects and failed economic policies of the past, forge closer military ties with the United States or maintain the status quo.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2008
‘Manga’ viewed as vibrant info conduit
KYOTO — In Japan and other parts of Asia, “manga” comic books are not only escapist entertainment but also a powerful and effective medium to educate a broad range of people on important topics like environmental conservation and food safety.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2008
Kansai airport still struggling after 14 years
OSAKA — Fourteen years after opening and a year after its second runway was completed, Kansai airport is still struggling to survive as canceled flights and political clashes with local and central government officials leave the airport’s future up in the air.
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JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008
G8 speakers’ summit upstaged
HIROSHIMA — Lower house speakers from the Group of Eight nations promised Tuesday to strengthen efforts to uphold and reinforce the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which comes up for review in 2010.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2008
G8 legislative leaders to gather in Hiroshima
OSAKA — Lower house speakers from the Group of Eight nations are gathering in Hiroshima next week, where the original plan was to discuss long-term peace and disarmament issues and the role of legislatures in strengthening nuclear nonproliferation.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2008
Japan defends steps to end discrimination
OSAKA — In a new report to the United Nations, the government outlines the situation of ethnic minorities and foreign residents in Japan, claiming it has made “every conceivable” effort over the past several years to eliminate racial discrimination.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 19, 2008
Regions, not prefectures
The 47 prefectures have been in place since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), but the system is seen as increasingly obsolete amid the vast demographic changes Japan has had since the war.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2008
FCCJ presses China to free up reporting
OSAKA — Japan-based journalists have joined growing international calls for China to stop restricting Internet access to journalists covering the Beijing Olympics.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2008
Osaka governor rests but rough air on radar
OSAKA — After six months on the job, Osaka Pref. Gov. Toru Hashimoto will take his first extended vacation during the Bon holiday in mid-August.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 10, 2008
U.S., Britain to seek U.N. action targeting Mugabe, Brown says
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — Britain and the United States are pushing for further sanctions against the regime of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 10, 2008
G8 trying to have it both ways on nukes
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — On July 1, 1968, world leaders signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, or NPT, in which nonnuclear weapons states agreed to never produce or acquire such arms while countries possessing them agreed to eventually scrap their arsenals.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 10, 2008
Home front baggage cramps leaders
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The Group of Eight leaders headed for home Wednesday evening after wrapping up their three-day annual summit.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
Wakatakakage injury casts pall over July meet, but potential new stars loom
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in August 2024.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.

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