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CONSPIRACY

JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2017
Watch what you do and say: Broader ramifications of the new conspiracy law cause concern
¡°Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order ... and the like.¡± ¡ª U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, 1970
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2017
¡®Conspiracy crime¡¯ bill railroaded through the Diet
The ruling coalition¡¯s decision to ram the contentious legislation through the Diet hardly seems like the right way to gain the public¡¯s support for it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2017
Abe coalition rams contentious conspiracy bill through Diet
Brushing off a stern outcry from the opposition camp, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s ruling coalition rammed a contentious bill to criminalize conspiracy through the Diet Thursday morning, after it resorted to the extremely rare tactic of outright bypassing its committee-level approval.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017
Controversial conspiracy bill approved by Abe Cabinet
The Abe Cabinet approved a controversial bill that would revise the organized crime law so authorities can crack down on individuals and organizations who conspire to engage in serious criminal activity.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2017
Penalizing the plotting of crimes
The government should not dismiss concerns that penalizing the act of plotting and preparing for crimes would entail placing society under greater surveillance
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2017
Abe to pursue contentious law against criminal conspiracies from outset of Diet session
As this year¡¯s ordinary Diet session kicks off Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make waves yet again. His newest goal is to make conspiracies to commit crimes a punishable offense.
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2016
A new name for old conspiracy bill
If passed, legislation that criminalizes the acts of plotting and preparing to commit crimes will lead to greater government surveillance.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2015
Japan lawmakers want to revisit controversial conspiracy law in wake of Paris attacks
Several influential lawmakers have proposed adopting a previously rejected law that would give the government a stronger hand to address terrorism.
EDITORIALS
Jun 9, 2014
Creeping Orwellian angst
Legislative attempts to criminalize the act of ¡®conspiracy¡¯ to commit some crimes as well as other government moves are enough to cause anxiety that Japan may be inching toward an Orwellian society.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 19, 2014
Yamato
In postwar Japan, a U.S. Army intelligence officer is found dead in his Tokyo apartment with a bullet in his skull. Military policemen declare it to be a suicide but CIA agent Ralph Carnaby and his Japanese-American sidekick, Dan Morita, uncover evidence that suggests something far more sinister is behind it. Before they know it, the pair is inadvertently drawn into a fast-paced conspiracy involving the U.S., China and the Soviet Union that threatens to change the course of Â鶹´«Ã½ history forever.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2014
There¡¯s a conspiracy theory wherever you look
Whether it¡¯s Ukraine, the National Security Agency, assassinations of national leaders, recent economic crises, the authorship of Shakespeare¡¯s plays — some people jump at the chance to connect a bunch of dots to support a relevant conspiracy theory. Why is that?
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Trump orders ¡®inappropriate¡¯ U.S.-South Korean military drills scaled back
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday, after Seoul said that its annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises with the United States had started.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.

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