Top Finance Ministry Bureaucrat Sacked over Sexual Harassment
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 18, 2018.
Tag Archives: Fukui Prefecture
Forgery Trail May Lead to the Cabinet Office
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 14, 2018.
Kuroda Renominated as Bank of Japan Chief
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 16, 2018.
Abe in Pyeongchang
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 9, 2018.
Hatoyama: Don’t Expect North Korea to Give Up Nuclear Weapons
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 6, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.06.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 6, 2017.
Unanswered Questions about Moritomo Gakuen
This Week in Japan is your source for news and information about politics and other happenings in this East Asian island country. This episode covers the Top Five stories of the final week of November 2017.
Today in Japan (11.27.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on November 27, 2017.
Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Movement at High Tide
On the day before the planned restart of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Shingetsu News Agency is re-releasing the 22-minute documentary it made during the summer of 2012. Looking back from today’s perspective, we can now perceive that the anti-nuclear movement was at its high tide at that period.
House of Councillors Election Vote Disparity
With the passage into law on July 28 of the House of Councillors electoral district reform bill, there has been some amelioration of the wide disparity in the weight of individual votes. Nevertheless, many believe that the reforms of the new law as well are far too timid. It will still remain the case that one person’s vote in some prefectures will have the weight of almost three peoples’ votes in other prefectures.
