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  • To Erase Militarist Past, Japan Must Re-Learn It

    It was raining heavily last week when I visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Japanese who died in the “imperial cause.” But the tour buses still discharged scores of elderly Japanese visitors, and I received approving looks and even a faint smile from two Japanese women as we stood in the rain before the memorial to an Indian jurist called Radha Binod Pal.

  • China’s Unlikely Rival: Japan

    Of all the nightmares Chinese President Xi Jinping figured he would have to face, a resurgent Japan Inc. surely wasn’t among them.

  • Japan to Join Trade Talks as Abe Defies Key Voting Bloc

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan will join negotiations on an American-led regional trade accord opposed by some of his core supporters as he seeks to boost growth and strengthen ties with the U.S.

  • Abe Seeks Closer Ties With Obama in U.S. to Counter Threats

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Barack Obama in the U.S. tomorrow, seeking to bolster his country’s key alliance as a bulwark against China’s territorial claims and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

  • No Honeymoon for Japan’s New Central Banker

    As president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda spent the past seven years confronting the challenges posed by 48 diverse, dynamic and complex Asia-Pacific economies. If he thought that was hard work, consider what awaits him in Tokyo as he prepares to lead the Bank of Japan.

  • Japan Deployment Near Disputed Isles May Worsen Frayed Chinese Relations

    Japan may further damage already frayed relations with China if it moves military forces closer to a group of islets claimed by both nations, said Jeff Kingston , director of Asian Studies at Temple University’s Tokyo campus.

  • Japan’s Economy Can Get Bigger by Thinking Smaller

    Muhammad Yunus choked back tears as he surveyed the wreckage: pulverized buildings, debris strewn for miles along urban waterfronts, giant ships sitting atop roads like discarded toys, macabre memorials to the thousands of dead and missing.

  • Kan Program Boosted by Japan Poll Bounce After Yen Action, Ozawa's Defeat

    Prime Minister Naoto Kan ’s moves to weaken Japan’s currency and shake up his administration have made him more popular as he seeks broader support for his economic agenda after surviving a leadership challenge.

  • Japan Ratifies First Sales-Tax Increase Since 1997 in Noda Win

    Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda won parliamentary approval for his bill to raise the country’s sales tax for the first time in 15 years, a move that split his ruling party and weakened its election prospects.

  • ‘Nuclear Village’ Protester Turns Hero in Japan

    Toshinobu Hatsui’s protest against construction of a nuclear power plant split friends and families in his hometown. After the biggest atomic accident in 25 years, resentment has turned to gratitude.

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