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Japanese opposition lawmaker unveils new party plan

December 8, 2013 - 21:58
A senior lawmaker at Japanese opposition Your Party announced his intentions Sunday to create a new political party. (Jiji Press)
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South Korea announces air defense zone expansion

December 8, 2013 - 08:59
South Korea said Sunday it will expand its air defense identification zone, a move that could become a new source of tensions in the East China Sea. (Jiji Press)
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Japan enacts controversial state secrecy law

December 6, 2013 - 23:28
Japan's House of Councillors passed into law a controversial state secrecy law on Friday after days of a standoff between the ruling and opposition camps. (Jiji Press)
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Japan enacts social security reform bill

December 6, 2013 - 02:21
Japan's parliament Thursday passed a bill that sets a timetable for reforming the country's social security system. (Jiji Press)
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Tokyo governor grilled before assembly over money scandal

December 5, 2013 - 22:39
Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose was attacked with severe criticism at a plenary metropolitan assembly meeting on Thursday over what he claims to be a loan from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai medical group. (Jiji Press)
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S.Korea mulling expansion of air defense zone

December 5, 2013 - 22:16
South Korea's defense chief says the country is considering expanding its air defense identification zone to include its southern islands and an underwater rock. (NHK)
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Hiroshima vote ruling finds state of unconstitutionality

December 5, 2013 - 21:58
The Hiroshima High Court ruled Thursday that July's House of Councillors election, which had a maximum vote-value disparity of 4.77-to-1, was "in a state of unconstitutionality." (Yomiuri)
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Japan's upper house panel passes controversial secrecy bill, eyeing final vote Friday

December 5, 2013 - 21:50
A special Diet committee on Thursday approved a controversial state secrecy bill, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition coming one step closer to having the bill enacted in the Upper House on Friday. (Xinhua)
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Amari to remain as Japan economy minister after cancer diagnosis

December 5, 2013 - 21:48
Japan's Economy Minister Akira Amari said he will take leave for two weeks to receive treatment for early-stage cancer of the tongue. (Bloomberg)
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Japan enacts bill to end discrimination of out-of-wedlock children

December 5, 2013 - 04:00
Japan's Diet enacted a bill shortly past Wednesday midnight to delete a Civil Code article that discriminates against the inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock. (Jiji Press)
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Tokuda's mother arrested on illegal electioneering charge

December 5, 2013 - 00:06
The mother of House of Representatives lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda was arrested Wednesday for alleged illegal electioneering involving the Tokushukai hospital group, the power base of Tokuda. (Jiji Press)
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Suga: Downfall of top N.Korean being monitored

December 4, 2013 - 23:32
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says the government will closely monitor the reported dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, an uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un widely seen as his mentor. (NHK)
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Onodera: Japan's NSC to discuss China's air zone

December 3, 2013 - 21:31
Japan's defense chief says he expects the new National Security Council to discuss responses to China's establishment of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea. (NHK)
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8 people indicted over Tokushukai election fraud

December 3, 2013 - 21:12
Japanese public prosecutors indicted eight people on Tuesday for election fraud involving the Tokushukai hospital group. (Jiji Press)
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US vows to help Japan defend status quo as China air defence row escalates

December 3, 2013 - 20:55
The US and Japan will work together to prevent any attempt by China to change the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region, the US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said, on a visit to north-east Asia. (The Guardian)
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U.S. split with Japan on China zone puts carriers in spat

December 2, 2013 - 22:53
The U.S. and Japanese governments' split over how commercial airlines should operate in China's self-declared air-defense zone has put carriers at the center of an escalating political dispute. (Bloomberg)
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US Vice President arrives at Japan

December 2, 2013 - 22:17
US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Japan on the first leg of his 3-nation East Asian tour. At issue is whether the leaders of Japan and the US can send a strong message to China about its new air defense identification zone over the East China Sea. (NHK)
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LDP's Ishiba backtracks after branding rallies 'acts of terrorism'

December 2, 2013 - 21:59
Shigeru Ishiba, second-in-command of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for calling demonstrations against the country's controversial secrecy law "acts of terrorism," but opposition parties continued to protest what they viewed as his "verbal abuse." (Kyodo)
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Japan official arrested for arson at embassy in Congo

December 2, 2013 - 10:27
Tokyo police arrested a Foreign Ministry official Monday for an alleged arson attack that partially destroyed the Japanese embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June. (Jiji Press)
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Japan economics minister Amari hospitalized; govt says no policy impact

December 2, 2013 - 10:24
Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari was hospitalized on Monday for tests, but his absence will likely not disrupt the crafting of an economic stimulus package, the government said. (Reuters)
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