August 9, 2016
HEADLINES
Noon news
- August 9, 2016
- , All TV networks
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HEADLINES
Morning news
- August 9, 2016
- , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
FM Kishida summons Chinese ambassador
- August 9, 2016
- , TVAsahi
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INTERNATIONAL
Former Ambassador Roos: I sensed the Emperor’s ultimate desire in his address
- August 9, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 6
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INTERNATIONAL
Comfort woman statue to remain in Glendale, California
- August 6, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 9
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INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: DPRK missile launch and Abe cabinet
- August 7, 2016
- , Kanagawa Shimbun , p. 9
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan protests after Chinese vessels’ enter waters near Senkakus
- August 9, 2016
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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INTERNATIONAL
Defense minister, U.S. general agree to cooperate in response to DPRK
- August 9, 2016
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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ECONOMY
Analysis: Does the economic package meet the needs of the 21st century?
- August 7, 2016
- , Nikkei , p. 2
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ECONOMY
Committee eyes commercialization of biofuel at Haneda by late 2020s
- August 9, 2016
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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ECONOMY
Cartoon: Stimulus package
- August 9, 2016
- , Akahata , p. 2
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SECURITY
GOJ doesn’t release number of U.S. military members in Japan
- August 9, 2016
- , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY
U.S. angry about Okinawa’s duplicity
- August 2016
- , p. 44
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SECURITY
Gov’t implied foreign troops are allowed to join U.S. military activities in Japan
- August 9, 2016
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 2
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SECURITY
Number of U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan not made public
- August 9, 2016
- , Okinawa Times , p. 2
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SECURITY
Japan issues intercept order for potential North Korean missile launches
- August 9, 2016
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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SECURITY
Okinawa governor agrees on plan to relocate Makiminato storage within prefecture
- August 9, 2016
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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POLITICS
Public support for Abe increases
- August 8, 2016
- , NHK
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POLITICS
With TPP looming, Japan exports only small percentage of agricultural products
- August 9, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 9
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on August 8
- August 9, 2016
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Ruling, opposition parties react to Emperor’s message expressing wish to abdicate
- August 9, 2016
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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POLITICS
Opinion polls show majority support Emperor’s abdication
- August 9, 2016
- , Mainichi , p. 4
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POLITICS
Emperor’s abdication may affect constitutional revision timetable
- August 9, 2016
- , Mainichi , p. 2
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POLITICS
Tokyo governor determined to support students, women
- August 9, 2016
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 7
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POLITICS
DP presidential candidate Renho on constitutional revision, opposition united front
- August 6, 2016
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
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POLITICS
Hosono decides not to run in DP presidential election
- August 9, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
Appointments for vice-minister and parliamentary secretary posts given to LDP factions in proportion to membership
- August 6, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
Former METI bureaucrats-turned-lawmakers now serve as MAFF senior officials
- August 6, 2016
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Nikai faction aims to expand further by promoting public works projects
- August 2016
- , p. 45
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POLITICS
Cartoon: Japan’s nuclear dilemma
- August 7, 2016
- , Akahata , p. 2
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OPINION POLLS
37% approve of cabinet reshuffle, Asahi poll
- August 9, 2016
- , Asahi , p. 4
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OPINION POLLS
Opinion poll & results from Asahi Shimbun
- August 9, 2016
- , Asahi , p. 4
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OPINION POLLS
Cabinet support rate at 55%, topping 50% for first time in three months, Sankei-FNN poll
- August 9, 2016
- , Sankei , p. 5
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OPINION POLLS
Opinion poll & results from Sankei Shimbun
- August 9, 2016
- , Sankei , p. 5
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SCIENCE
Interview with New Environment Minister Yamamoto
- August 9, 2016
- , Sankei , p. 11
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SCIENCE
NASA’s Bolden visits Kibo mission control at Tsukuba Space Center
- August 6, 2016
- , Tokyo Shimbun evening edition , p. 10
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SCIENCE
Joint research center in Hiroshima promotes understanding of radiation effects
- August 5, 2016
- , Nikkei evening edition , p. 14
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SOCIETY
Nagasaki marks 71st anniversary of atomic bombing
- August 9, 2016
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Challenges to enacting legislation to allow abdication
- August, 8, 2016
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Emperor indicates readiness to abdicate
- August 9, 2016
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun , Lead story
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SOCIETY
Poll: 84% support Emperor in his wish to abdicate
- August 8, 2016
- , Asahi evening edition , p. 1
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EDUCATION
College enrollment rate climbs to record high: MEXT survey
- August 5, 2016
- , Yomiuri , p. 37
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EDUCATION
Japanese, U.S. college students learning peace together at seminar on A-bombs
- August 6, 2016
- , Nikkei , p. 38
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TV PROGRAMS
Emperor as symbol of state
- August 8, 2016
- , Asahi
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