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Summons of Japanese media raises complaints of interference

April 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP)  — Japan’s ruling party summoned executives from two leading television networks Friday, the latest in a series of actions that opponents say endanger press freedom and intimidate the media. The Liberal Democratic Party’s panel on information and communications strategy questioned the executives from Asahi TV and public broadcaster […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Although Japan, Asian Studies, Democratic Party, Foreign Correspondents Club, Hodo Station, Jeff Kingston, Jiro Kawasaki, Katsuto Momii, Koichi Nakano, LDP, NHK, Shigeaki Koga, Sophia University, Temple University, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1, Yoshihide Suga, censorship

Japan’s leader says he will express remorse for World War II

January 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In a year that marks the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end, a question weighs on the minds of policymakers in Asia and as far away as Washington, D.C.: What will Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say about his country’s role in the war?

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Emperor Akihito, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jen Psaki, Koichi Nakano, Manchurian Incident, New Year, Sophia University, South Korea, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, Yu Bing

Japanese PM dissolves parliament

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcom Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, Nov. 16, paving the way for elections in which his ruling party will likely give way to a weak coalition government divided over how to solve the nation’s problems.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, DPJ, East China Sea, GDP, Koichi Nakano, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Mari Yamaguchi, Michiyo Komaki, Shintaro Ishihara, Sophia University, Sunrise Party, Tokyo Gov, Toru Hashimoto, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30, japan

Japan’s new prime minister faces test to win back voters

June 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan’s new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation’s

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Emperor Akihito, Ichiro Ozawa, Irritable Kan, Jay Alabaster, Jeff Kingston, Marine Air Station Futenma, Mike Hammer, Sophia University, Temple University, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 24 | June 12 - June 18, Yoshihiko Noda, Yuki Tamura, Yukio Hatoyama, Yuri Kageyama, japan

Communist party surges as Japan’s economy withers

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Under a big red flag, the headquarters of the Communist Party of Japan are at the center of the most vibrant grassroots movement in the country. The party’s ranks are swelling. It has 24,000 branch offices, and more than a million people read its newspaper. As […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Communist Party, Das Kapital, Karl Marx, Kazuo Shii, Leading Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Democrats, Nihon University, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Red Flag, Sophia University, Suguru Yagi, Tokyo, Tomoaki Iwai

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