Abe and Moon on Collision Course
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 11, 2018.
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“All-Okinawa” Candidate Prevails in Nanjo City
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 22, 2018.
Japan Falls Behind on Renewable Energy
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 14, 2018.
Seoul Reluctantly Accepts Comfort Women Pact
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 9, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.12.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 12, 2017.
North Korea War Gains Plausibility
It’s Donald Trump more than Kim Jong-Un who brings us a greater possibility of war.
Japan Trumped: Good Corporate Citizens
Japanese leaders’ hopeless quest to talk down a madman
Saudi Foreign Minister Al-Jubeir
Dr. Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Foreign Minister, addresses Japanese journalists in Tokyo on September 2, 2016. Topics included diplomatic issues with Syria and Iran.
Shinzo Abe and the Yakuza
The crackdown on yakuza, including the group called the Kudokai, which is registered as an especially dangerous criminal gang under Japanese law, has recently reached abnormal levels. However, the fact that the Kudokai is also an organization reported to have once had connections with Shinzo Abe before he became prime minister eludes most people.
The Limits of Japan’s Solar Energy “Gold Rush”
More than two years after the Fukushima disaster, the effects of the government’s first efforts to reduce the nation’s dependency on nuclear power are clearly visible to the citizens of Anpachi in Gifu Prefecture, where Sanyo, now Panasonic, constructed its 315-meter-wide Solar Ark consisting of over 5,000 solar panels. Besides generating 530,000 kilowatt hours annually, the site also features a museum and several outdoor exhibitions.
