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Ex-Japan PM to leave party and politics

Source: China Post, Nov 21 2012, 1:42pm CST

TOKYO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he would retire from politics at next month's election and leave the party he founded. Hatoyama, whose wild-eyed expression contributed to his being dubbed “The Al ...

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Politics › Your Party to split from Japan Restoration Party over Hashimoto's comments

Source: Japan Today  |   May 20 2013, 12:52am CDT

The leader of the opposition Your Party has indicated that he intends to renege on an agreement to cooperate with the Japan Restoration Party in the upcoming Upper House election. The decision is thought to be a result of offensive comm ...

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1 day ago

Japan Has Identified Submarine Seen Near Okinawa: Onodera

Source: Nikkei News  |   May 19 2013, 9:49pm CDT

TOKYO (Kyodo)--Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday the Japanese government has identified which country a submarine spotted the previous day near Okinawa Prefecture belongs to and will call on it to exercise self-restraint. read full arti ...

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25 weeks ago


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"I don't have a choice but to leave the party because the party's policy is way too different from my ideals"


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3 days ago

Politics › Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation

Source: Japan Today  |   May 17 2013, 2:15am CDT

Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at U.S. criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation. Washington denounced as “outrageous” comments earlier t ...

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4 days ago

Inside China: China vs. Japan and U.S. on Okinawa

Source: Washington Times  |   May 16 2013, 8:51pm CDT

China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan’s sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. The United States does not officially take sides in ...

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4 days ago

Politics › Hashimoto offers to meet 'comfort women' to apologize

Source: Japan Today  |   May 16 2013, 2:10am CDT

The maverick mayor of Osaka on Thursday offered to meet former “comfort women” to apologize for their suffering after causing an international storm when he said they served a “necessary” role in wartime. “I thi ...

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5 days ago

Sino-Japanese Tensions Flare Yet Again

Source: China Digital Times  |   May 15 2013, 10:11pm CDT

“History’s unresolved questions relating to the Ryukyu have reached a time for reconsideration,” the commentary read. [...]The Japanese government dismissed the commentary. “There’s no doubt that [Okinawa] belongs to Japan h ...

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5 days ago

Some Okinawans studying the possibility of independence from Japan

Source: SINA English  |   May 15 2013, 9:06pm CDT

Five Okinawans formed a group to study the possibility on May 15, the 41st anniversary of the island prefecture's reversion to Japanese sovereignty, Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported. While only a minority of Okinawans are calling for in ...

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5 days ago

Okinawa women demand sex remark apology

Source: The Borneo Post  |   May 15 2013, 11:13am CDT

TOKYO: Women in Japan’s island chain of Okinawa yesterday demanded an apology from an outspoken Japanese politician who suggested US troops there make use of its thriving sex industry. The comments from Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto came after he said ‘ ...

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5 days ago

Japanese politicians scramble to distance themselves from 'comfort women' comments

Source: Christian Science Monitor  |   May 15 2013, 10:46am CDT

Senior Japanese politicians today attempted to prevent controversial comments about the country's military's use of sex slaves during World War II from souring its relations with South Korea and China. "For ...

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