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- Nye tipped to be next U.S. ambassador
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Sunday, January 25, 2009)
Satoshi Ogawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
WASHINGTON--Joseph Nye, a Harvard professor and former U.S. assistant defense secretary, was informally designated Saturday as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, sources said. continued ... - Govt to make greater use of remote isles / Policy aims at boosting EEZ claim
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Sunday, January 25, 2009)
The government is expected to make greater efforts to preserve and more effectively use uninhabited islands in its control, including remote border islands, in an effort to strengthen Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around them, sources said Saturday. continued ...
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- Discrimination claims die hard in Japan
(The Japan Times) Sunday, January 25, 2009
Despite official claims, prejudice against former 'buraku' outcasts said active from bottom to top
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, The Associated Press
As the United States welcomes its first African-American president, Japan is still struggling with prejudices that are preventing it from breaking ancient taboos and installing a minority as its leader, some say. continued ... - Repercussions of war gone bad
(The Japan Times) Sunday, January 25, 2009
THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK By HIROAKI SATO
NEW YORK — A young friend of mine, Rie Nakano, who did some archival research for a university professor, has given me a small batch of documents prepared by the Special Higher Police, known by the Japanese acronym Tokko. (I had told Rie that my father was an officer of the dreaded "thought police.") continued ...
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