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YORIHISA MATSUNO

JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
Split Ishin parties end long-running internal feud, agree to divvy up subsidies
Finally ending a long-running and ugly battle over political funds, Osaka-based members of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) and those outside of the prefecture signed a statement of reconciliation Tuesday, agreeing to split the party¡¯s ?1.5 billion in government subsidies and return money left unused...
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2015
Ishin no To re-elects Matsuno as head, sets stage for DPJ tie-up talks
Â鶹´«Ã½ third-largest opposition party re-elects its leader as momentum grows for a tie-up with the Democratic Party of Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2015
Ex-Ishin no To members refuse to give up seal, bankbook as party paralyzed by leadership struggle
Ishin no To may be on the verge of vanishing as rebellious members threaten procedures to legally disband the party.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2015
Ishin no To expels pro-Abe faction, setting stage for creation of new party
Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) on Thursday expelled Osaka-based lawmakers who demanded that its leadership split the party in two and divide its political funds accordingly.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2015
Battle brews over Ishin no To funds as party works through split
An ugly fight over political funds totaling as much as u00a51.33 billion breaks out as the No. 2 opposition party negotiates a bitter internal split.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015
Heads roll as Matsuno shakes up Ishin no To leadership
Yorihisa Matsuno, head of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), has sacked three of the party¡¯s four top executives, a move likely to accelerate the unfolding disintegration process of the nation¡¯s second-largest opposition force.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 26, 2015
Osaka governor demands Ishin no To secretary-general resign as party division intensifies
Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), the second largest opposition party, is on the brink of disintegration once again as a confrontation between its Osaka-based and Tokyo-based members intensified Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 6, 2015
Hashimoto raises prospect of forming all-Kansai political party
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto expresses interest in forming an all-Kansai political party, which could split the party into eastern and western Japan factions.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2015
Ishin no To adopts counterproposal to security bills
The second largest opposition party has adopted counterproposals to the Abe administration¡¯s contentious security bills that include tougher conditions on Self-Defense Forces¡¯ operations.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2015
Ishin no To tries to quell bickering over lawmakers¡¯ alternative security bills
More than 30 members of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) gathered in Osaka on Saturday to hash out differences in opinions over three security bills proposed by the party¡¯s Diet members.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2015
Ishin no To leader lashes Abe over security bills
The ruling bloc had hoped Ishin no To would help the Cabinet enact controversial national security bills, but the party¡¯s leader flatly denied that.
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.
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.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
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.

Podcast

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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