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Japan scraps Olympic logo over plagiarism allegation

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers on Tuesday decided to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games following another allegation its Japanese designer might have used copied materials. Reversing their earlier support for designer Kenjiro Sano against allegations of plagiarizing the design, the organizers said the decision came after new […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Belgium, International Olympic Committee, Kenjiro Sano, NHK, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Rugby World Cup, Tokyo Gov, Toshio Muto, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, Yoichi Masuzoe, japan

Man arrested over drone at Japanese prime minister’s office

May 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have arrested a man who admitted to landing a drone with low-level radioactive sand on the roof of the prime minister’s office to protest the government’s nuclear energy policy, officials said Saturday. Tokyo metropolitan police said Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, turned himself in to authorities late […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, NHK, Obama, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, United States, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, White House, Yasuo Yamamoto, japan

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

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 party heads for election landslide

December 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling coalition was headed for a resounding victory in lower house elections Sunday, firming up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hold on power as he prepares to push forward on several politically difficult fronts.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, Associated Press, Buddhist-backed Komei, Elaine Kurtenbach, Emily Wang, Finance Minister Taro Aso, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Hiroshi Yamada, Internal Affairs Ministry, Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Democrats, Mari Yamaguchi, NHK, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 52 | December 20 - December 26, Yoshiko Takahashi, japan

“Herb And Dorothy 50X50”

October 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Megumi Sasaki, director of the new documentary “Herb and Dorothy 50X50,” started out at Japan’s NHK public broadcasting organization, working for its popular “Ohayo

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, Brooklyn Public Library, Dorothy Vogel, Fine Line Media, Herbert Herb Vogel, Las Vegas Art Museum, Megumi Sasaki, NHK, Nippon Television, Ohayo Nippon, Seattle Art Museum, Third Floor Galleries, United States Postal Service, Vol 32 No 41 | October 5 - October 11, japan

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

Conservative LDP wins landslide victory in Japan

December 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory Sunday, Dec. 16, after three years in opposition, according to unofficial results, signaling a rightward shift in the government that could further heighten tensions with China, a key economic partner, as well as […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, DPJ, East China Sea, Japan Restoration Party, Kazuhisa Kawakami, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Momoko Mihara, NHK, New Komeito, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Senkaku Daioyu, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28, Yasukuni Shrine, Yukiko Kada

Japan to buy islands, China angry

September 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet formally announced on Sept. 4 that the government will purchase several disputed islands that China also claims, a move that Beijing said would bring “serious consequences.”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Beijing, Chen Yi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, Chinese, East China Sea, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Foreign Ministry, Hong Kong, NHK, Premier Wen Jiabao, State-run China Central Television, Taiwan, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 38 | September 15 - September 21, japan

Japan fans hopeful after Ichiro trade to Yankees

July 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press Staff TOKYO (AP) — Japan reacted to the news that Ichiro Suzuki has been traded to the New York Yankees with surprise and anticipation that the move might lead to a World Series ring. The Yankees acquired the star outfielder from Seattle in a trade for two young pitchers, bringing […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press Writer Malcolm Foster, Ichiro Suzuki, Masanori Murakami, NHK, New York Yankees, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Sadaharu Oh, Safeco Field, Seattle, Shohei Abe, TV, Takuya Matsuo, Vol 31 No 31 | July 28 - August 3, World Series, attention, japan

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