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Japan protests alleged rape case by U.S. sailor on Okinawa

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American sailor’s arrest in an alleged rape on Okinawa was “extremely regrettable,” Japan’s top government spokesman said March 14 about a case that renewed ill feelings on the southern island that sees the U.S. military presence there as a heavy and unfair burden. Chief Cabinet Secretary […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Justin Castellanos, Kyodo News, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa Gov, Takeshi Onaga, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, japan

3 former execs of utility charged in Fukushima disaster

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Three former Japanese utility executives were formally charged Monday, Feb. 29 with negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first officials from the company to face a criminal trial. Five court-appointed lawyers indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric power Co. at the time of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Ichiro Takekuro, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, Kyodo News, Ruiko Muto, Sakae Muto, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, Tsunehisa Katsumata, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, culture, japan

Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead

January 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless’’ after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed and promised to save the other.   Shinzo Abe said on NHK TV that the video was likely authentic and offered condolences to the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Germany, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State-affiliated, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Kenji Goto, Kyodo News, NHK, Nobuo Kimoto, Patrick Ventrell, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, White House National Security Council

Japan’s ruling bloc wins upper house elections

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections July 21, giving it control of both chambers and a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms. The win is an endorsement of the Liberal Democratic […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Chinese, Elaine Kurtenbach, Kyodo News, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Mari Yamaguchi, NHK, NTV, Naohisa Hayashi, New Komeito, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, japan

Japanese troops head to California to train

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Watson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of a military exercise with U.S. troops aimed at improving that country’s amphibious attack abilities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, American Marines, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East China Sea, Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, Kyodo News, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Clemente Island, San Diego, Tai Ming Cheung, Takashi Inoue, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, japan

Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76M in Tokyo

January 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — A bluefin tuna sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction Saturday, Jan. 5, nearly three times the previous high set last year — even as environmentalists warn that stocks of the majestic, speedy fish are being depleted worldwide amid strong demand for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Amanda Nickson, ICCAT, Kiyomura Co, Kiyoshi Kimura, Kyodo News, Mexico, New Year, Pacific Bluefin, Ryoji Yagi, Southern Bluefin, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18, Washington-based Pew Environmental Group, japan

Japan resumes whale meat imports, draws controversy

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has bought whale meat from Iceland, the first time in 17 years it has imported the meat, a news agency reported Saturday, Nov. 29.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, IWC, Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Kyodo News, Norway, Sea Shepherd, japan, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

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