Ruling Coalition Loses Supermajority
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the second half of July 2019.
Tag Archives: Seoul (South Korea)
Abe Government Export Restrictions Send South Korea Relations into Tailspin
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of July 2019.
Record National Budget Enacted
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 27, 2019.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga Dies
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 12, 2018.
Finance Ministry May Have Forged Moritomo Gakuen Documents
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 2, 2018.
Tokyo and Seoul Clash over Dokdo-Takeshima
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 22, 2018.
Henoko: A Needless Military Base
Futenma Marine Corps Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa, must close—on that much everyone agrees. But the insistence by the United States and the Japanese central government on building a replacement facility in another part of Okinawa is bitterly opposed by Okinawa’s people and prefectural government.
Abe Ignores Korean Peace Initiatives
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 4, 2018.
Kim Jong-Un Makes Peace Overture
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 2, 2018.
Abe Government Fails in South Korea Diplomacy
The decision by the Abe government to return Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine to Seoul and Consul-General Yasuhiro Morimoto to Busan represents a total failure of Japan’s current approach to diplomatic relations with its closest neighbor, South Korea.
