http://archive.japantoday.com/jp Top Japan news headlines from Japan Today en-us editor@japantoday.com support@japantoday.com Newspapers 2008 GPlusMedia KK The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to propose legislation to legalize casinos in Japan under strict supervision. An LDP panel on casinos plans to call for the establishment of an independent watchdog with strong investigative authority in order to prevent crimes, said sources familiar with th http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/424189 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/424189 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 05:08:00 +0900 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday send birthday greetings to Emperor Akihito, the foreign ministry said. In his message, Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Japan enjoy deep historical bonds, expressing hope that such bonds would continue in line with preserving the two countries' mutual interests, http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/423502 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/423502 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:19:00 +0900 As the 17-day official campaigning for Sunday's upper house election nears an end, embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party faces falling further behind the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan in capturing the hearts of nonaffiliated voters and is apparently also l http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/413421 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/413421 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:11:00 +0900 Japan expressed hope Thursday that a second phase of measures for North Korea's denuclearization under a six-nation framework, which includes having Pyongyang declare all its nuclear programs and disable its nuclear facilities, will be agreed upon and implemented "as soon as possible." Chief Cabi http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/412754 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/412754 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:07:00 +0900 New Defense Minister Yuriko Koike said Wednesday she will work on building closer relations between Japan and the United States and urge Okinawa to accept a U.S. military facility relocation plan agreed to by the two governments. Koike, 54, also said at her inaugural press conference that Japan will http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411324 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411324 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:17:00 +0900 Japan on Wednesday reiterated its stance that North Korea should be provided no energy aid unless there is convincing evidence that it will shut down and suspend its nuclear activities in line with a six-party agreement. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said in a regular news conference http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411328 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411328 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 16:35:00 +0900 Sanae Takaichi, state minister in charge of Okinawa affairs, said Wednesday she and Okinawa Gov Hirokazu Nakaima agreed the central and local governments should resume talks on the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station at an early date. The talks on the relocation from down http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411326 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/411326 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 16:23:00 +0900 Japan plans to appoint Yukio Takasu, a minister of the Japanese Embassy in the United States, to succeed Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, government officials said Wednesday. Takasu, 60, who joined the Foreign Ministry in 1969, has been in the current post since August 2006. Takasu was forme http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410650 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410650 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:45:00 +0900 The Japanese government is taking a wait-and-see approach to a U.S. House committee resolution demanding an apology from Japan over wartime sex slavery, with the government spokesman suggesting Wednesday that the country has not changed its stance from a 1993 government apology over the issue. A http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410646 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410646 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:34:00 +0900 Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima has been hospitalized for treatment of a slight stroke but surgery is unnecessary, his deputy said Monday. Nakaima, 67, will need to spend about a week in hospital in Okinawa Prefecture for medication and another week for recuperation at home, Vice Gov. Zenki Nakazat http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410431 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410431 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:32:00 +0900 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Indonesia, India and Malaysia on a weeklong trip beginning Aug. 19 to strengthen bilateral relations through talks with his counterparts, Tokyo's top spokesman said Monday. Abe will be accompanied by a business delegation to be headed by Fujio Mitarai, c http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410426 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410426 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:04:00 +0900 Japan and the United States will hold a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss Washington's demand that Japan ease its restrictions on imports of U.S. beef, Japan's farm and health ministries said Monday. Japan limits imports of U.S. beef to the meat of cattle up to 20 months old a http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410425 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410425 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:02:00 +0900 Visiting former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov on Monday expressed displeasure regarding top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill's surprise visit to Pyongyang, saying Washington should have consulted other parties involved in multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. "We http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410422 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410422 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:42:00 +0900 Japan on Monday expressed hopes that an International Atomic Energy Agency delegation can achieve substantive discussions with North Korea in a visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday to resume inspections, as an important step toward realizing North Korea's denuclearization. "I believe it will be preparat http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410424 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/410424 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0900 Three local German newspapers in the area hosting the G-8 summit this week mistakenly published a photo of Japan's agriculture minister Norihiko Akagi instead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Schweriner Volkszeitung and two other regional papers carried the photo of Akagi in a profile on Abe ahead http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/408916 http://archive.japantoday.com/jp/news/408916 Sat, 9 Jun 2007 05:48:00 +0900