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Avatar Posted by dasian 6 days ago (http://www.transpacificradio.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: politics
Fukuda is out - who is next? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 51 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 »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 60 days ago (http://www.thetokyotraveler.com)
Category: Japanese TV | Tags: obama politics televesion commercial
EMOBILE created a parody of the Barack Obama series of “change” speeches as part of their summer sales campaign where Obama is portrayed as a monkey. The commercial has now been pulled - what do you think? read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 53 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 »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 75 days ago (http://www.breitbart.com)
Category: Japan News | Tags: japan u.s. north korea politics
The American government is considering delisting North Korea from the terrorism blacklist following the disclosure of the country's nuclear programs, following a longstanding request from Pyongyang. Japan's understandably not thrilled about that. read more »
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Avatar Posted by billywest 124 days ago (http://www.sevententotokyo.com)
Category: Japan News | Tags: japan china politics
With Japan-China relations warming up a bit, it's too bad to see that many everyday citizens in both countries still aren't feeling much love of each other. Is all this contempt really justified? read more »
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Avatar Posted by ShaneS 223 days ago (http://withoutshoes.vox.com)
Category: Japanese Culture | Tags: japanese religion politics
A post on the phrase "we Japanese" and how the Japanese are not religious and are not very accepting of non-Japanese. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 234 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: tax consumption tax politics pension
We're so lucky here in Japan. We only pay 5% consumption tax compared to countries like Sweden who are lumbered with a staggering 25%. But how long will this last? Jason gives us a play-by-play look at how he sees the next few years unfolding. Political games to keep up appearances, definitely wor read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 230 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Politics | Tags: gas tax politics government fukuda
Less than a week after the House of Representatives pushed through the (politically) controversial Anti-Terrorism Funding Bill, the government is gearing up for the next big item: a 10-year extension of the Provisional High Tax Rate on gasoline. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 294 days ago (http://mdn.mainichi.jp)
Category: Politics | Tags: china warship military politics

For the first time since World War 2, Japan has allowed a Chinese warship to make a port of call in the country. According to the Mainichi news, r read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 267 days ago (http://japanjin.blogspot.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: kanji fake word politics scandals
Japanjin takes a look at the kanji of the year. This year, the award goes to the word "fake" because of all the scandals in the government and on the supermarket shelves. We're also treated to some other examples of "fake" in Japan. read more »
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