Finance Ministry Shows Contempt for Lawmakers
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 6, 2018.
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Japan Dead Last in Gender Equality Ranking
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 4, 2018.
Finance Ministry May Have Forged Moritomo Gakuen Documents
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 2, 2018.
Trump Blasts Japan’s “More Deadly Form of Tariff”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 27, 2018.
Obama Deal Bad; Trump Deal Good
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 25, 2018.
Tokyo and Seoul Clash over Dokdo-Takeshima
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 22, 2018.
Japan Not Amused by Steel Tariff Threat
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 20, 2018.
Abe Not True Champion for North Korea Abductees
Shinzo Abe may have built his early political career on the championing of the abductee families, but in the end it appears that he is more interested in the issue for the purpose of hardening Japanese public attitudes towards the North Korean regime than in designing policies that are genuinely in the best interests of the victims and their families.
Abe Brushes Off School Scandals
While it can hardly be said that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has given credible answers about his role in the Moritomo Gakuen and Kake Gakuen school scandals, it is also increasingly apparent that the general public is willing to let him brush off these scandals and to get on with his policy agenda.
Kuroda Renominated as Bank of Japan Chief
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 16, 2018.
