Top Stories in .
Upcoming Stories in .
Sort by: Recently Popular | Top Today | Yesterday | Week | Month | Year |
Avatar Posted by ShaneS 7 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Category: Politics | Tags: condoms takeshima politics korea
Banning a condom ad over the Takeshima island dispute with Korea? The connection is a stretch but maybe they don't want egg all over their trains, literally. read more »
7 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by matigo 9 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: takeshima korea politics dispute
武島 (Takeshima) is a group of disputed islets situated between Japan and South Korea. The South Korean government claims this patch of land is sovereign territory, and Japan says the same. But who is the rightful nation to this semi-appealing collection of rocks? read more »
7 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by freedomwv 11 days ago (http://www.presstv.ir)
Category: Politics | Tags: protest us warships japan independence
About 13,000 protesters gathered at a park near the port of Yokosuka, just south of the capital, where the USS George Washington aircraft carrier will be based, media reports and organizers said on Saturday. read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by freedomwv 11 days ago (http://www.presstv.ir)
Category: Politics | Tags: us consulate japan fire bomb
A Molotov cocktail was thrown in the garden and burned itself out in the early hours of Monday, said Okinawan police official Yasuhiko Yoshinaga. No one was injured in the attack. read more »
4 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by matigo 11 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: digital music movie tax ipod
Young people and tech-savvy buyers across Japan are breathing a sigh of relief as yet another proposed Digital Copyright Tax flails and dies. Consumers cheered and celebrated by running to the nearest electronics store, proclaiming loudly that governments cannot control what they don't understand. read more »
5 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by freedomwv 32 days ago (http://theghostletters.blogspot.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: japanese government health care pension
So I am too stupid to plan and invest for my future so the government of Japan is gonna help me out and plan everything for me. Ok sure...this is called stealing from me. The jackasses take my money and hand it over to someone else. read more »
26 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by freedomwv 36 days ago (http://search.japantimes.co.jp)
Category: Politics | Tags: yukihisa fujita 9/11 truth global
Diet member Yukihisa Fujita is featured in the Japan times on his doubts on the official story of 9/11 and his efforts on the global front for to push for a new 9/11 investigation. Well worth checking out! read more »
9 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 57 days ago (http://ap.google.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: ship aircraft carrier navy yokosuka
"Hundreds of schoolchildren" cheered to "the sounds of brass bands" as the U.S. Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier left Yokosuka to be decommissioned. Hooray! Yay! Kitty had been in Japan since 1998 and... will unfortunately be replaced by even bigger ship, the George Washington, and it's nuclear pow read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by Keith 58 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Politics
Just can't help but think that Bush is stretching here. What do you guys think??? Mentioning Japan and Germany in the same context as Iraq is to me at least, confusing. read more »
3 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 62 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Category: Politics | Tags: tax aids charity aid africa
It amazes me that despite all our home-grown problems, particularly Japan's pension and health care fiascos, the government can still pull $560 million out of its backside to fight Aids and other diseases in Africa. That brings Japan's contributions to $1.5 billion since 2002.rnrnDo taxpayers read more »
5 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by billywest 67 days ago (http://www.sevententotokyo.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: tokyo japan shintaro ishihara racist
Or is he? What do you think of Tokyo's controversial governor, Shintaro Ishihara? Are you surprised that he's been elected as governor three times? read more »
7 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by matigo 104 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: fukuda ozawa diet impasse pm
After months of political deadlock and frustrating impasses, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda finally snapped back at his rival, DPJ president Ichiro Ozawa. Quite frankly, it's about bleepin' time. read more »
2 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by freedomwv 104 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: china olympic police refuse
Japan will not allow the squad of Chinese flame guards to intervene with the Beijing Olympic torch's progress when it arrives in a Japanese city this month, the national police head was quoted as saying on Friday. read more »
4 Comments   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by matigo 115 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: japan gas tax provisional expire
Have you seen the gas prices today?
A few months back I had discussed the possibility of Japan’s Provisional Gas Tax not being extended as the Upper and Lower Houses of government vie for control of policy. Oddly enough, it seems that the predictions are starting to come to pass. read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Avatar Posted by matigo 114 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: ozawa masuzoe dpj pension ldp
Less than a day after congratulating themselves on the stalling of the Provisional Gas Tax Law, the Democratic Party of Japan have moved on to their next target: Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe.

Is it just me, or is DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa the biggest bitch in Japanes read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury