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NOBUO KISHI

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2023
Yamaguchi by-election puts spotlight on dynastic politics
Nobuchiyo Kishi thought reminding voters of his politician relatives was a good move, but he has been accused of just taking over the family business and not caring about voters¡¯ problems.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2022
LDP survey shows 121 lawmakers had substantial ties with the Unification Church
The degree of ties varied, with some lawmakers having been interviewed in a publication linked to the religious group, while two were found to have received organizational election support.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2022
In first, MSDF joins joint military exercise simulating ¡®threat to Â鶹´«Ã½ existence¡¯
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi revealed that the Izumo ¡ª one of the MSDF¡¯s two de facto aircraft carriers ¡ª and the Takanami destroyer took part in the RIMPAC drill.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2022
Tokyo and Washington slam Beijing¡¯s large-scale military drills
Japan said that launches into its EEZ were likely done ¡°intentionally,¡± a move that could further upend ties with its neighbor.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2022
Japan says five Chinese ballistic missiles landed inside EEZ near Okinawa
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Tokyo had protested to Beijing over the move ¡ª the first time Chinese missiles had landed inside the EEZ.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2022
In Japan, ties between politics and religion run deep
The assassination of Shinzo Abe has shed light on politicians¡¯ ties to the Unification Church, but less controversial organizations also play a political role.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2022
Skirmish over Â鶹´«Ã½ defense spending behind key ministry appointment
A new vice minister has been appointed to the Defense Ministry, replacing someone close to former Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, despite the objections of the defense minister, Abe¡¯s brother.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2022
Russian warships travel between far-flung Okinawan islands
The announcement was the first time that Â鶹´«Ã½ Defense Ministry revealed that Russian Navy vessels had passed through the waterway between Yonaguni and Iriomote Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2022
Kishi warns Beijing against Sino-Russian military exercises near Japan
Nobuo Kishi¡¯s meeting with Wei Fenghe in Singapore marked the first time a Japanese and a Chinese defense minister held an in-person meeting since 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2022
Japan defense minister delivers speech targeting ¡®rule-flouting¡¯ nuclear-armed neighbors
Nobuo Kishi said Japan is on the ¡°front lines¡± with nuclear-armed Russia, China and North Korea, and urged cooperation in halting their attempts to unilaterally change the status quo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 24, 2022
¡®Serious concerns¡¯ after Russian and Chinese bombers fly near Japan during ¡®Quad¡¯ summit
Â鶹´«Ã½ defense chief called the moves especially ¡®provocative¡¯ given that Tokyo was hosting the summit of leaders from the United States, India, Australia and Japan.
JAPAN
May 10, 2022
Aircraft from Chinese carrier conducted 100-plus landings and takeoffs in waters near Okinawan islands
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the operations had taken place in waters southwest of Okinawa Prefecture¡¯s Okidaito and Ishigaki islands ¡ª the closest to Japan to date.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 27, 2022
LDP proposal heralds big changes for Â鶹´«Ã½ security policies
Touting need to break precedent, the ruling party has recommended that Japan acquire ¡®counterattack capabilities¡¯ and boost defense spending to 2% of GDP within five years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2022
Japan to send protective suits, masks and drones to Ukraine
The decision to provide the defense equipment to Ukraine comes after reports of a possible Russian chemical weapons attack on the besieged city of Mariupol last week.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022
Russia-Ukraine crisis far away for most in Japan, but not in Hokkaido
More visible demonstrations of Moscow¡¯s military power on and around Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido are generating concerns among residents.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 9, 2022
How Russia quietly built up its military presence in Asia
Japan and its neighbors are pondering what further cooperation between Russia and China could mean for the region.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2022
¡®Unusual¡¯ number of Russian warships spotted near Japan
24 Russian warships have been detected in the Sea of Japan and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk since Feb. 1, in an apparent show of force amid the Ukraine crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2022
Cabinet gives OK to allowing SDF to evacuate foreign nationals abroad
The revised bill, which is expected to pass during the current parliamentary session, comes six months after the SDF was involved in evacuations from Afghanistan.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 31, 2022
¡®Big dates, big fireworks¡¯: North Korea signals more launches as anniversaries loom
Japan and South Korea find common ground amid growing possibility that Pyongyang will test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile to mark key dates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2022
Japan weighs deploying U.S. spy drones to MSDF base in Kyushu
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said that the government was considering the temporary deployment of U.S. MQ-9 unmanned surveillance aircraft to an SDF base for the first time.
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.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
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.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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