Full Coverage: Japan
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Off the Wires
- Japan PM contenders clash over spending, taxes Reuters - 14 minutes ago
- Koike launches bid to be Japan's first woman PM AFP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
- Russian sumo wrestlers expelled for marijuana AP - Mon Sep 8, 3:17 AM ET
- Koike launches bid to be Japan's first female PM AFP - Mon Sep 8, 2:46 AM ET
- Japan feminists question first woman PM hopeful AFP - Sat Sep 6, 10:26 PM ET
News Stories
- Japan activist posts finger to PM at BBC - Thu, Aug 23, 2007
- Japan seeks new ties with India at BBC - Wed, Aug 22, 2007
- Japan's Abe a No-Show at Shrine Time.com via Yahooo! News - Thu, Aug 16, 2007
- Japan's Abe shuns Yasukuni visit at BBC - Wed, Aug 15, 2007
- Rift flares anew over Japan's wartime 'comfort women' McClatchy Washington Bureau via Yahoo! News - Fri, Aug 10, 2007
Feature Articles
- Japanese dancers ready for tango tournament in Argentina AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri, Aug 17, 2007
- Japan Debates Its Role in Iraq Time.com via Yahooo! News - Fri, Aug 10, 2007
- Japan's Abe faces uphill battle in parliamentary vote at Christian Science Monitor - Tue, Jul 24, 2007
- Temples of the whale at BBC - Thu, May 24, 2007
- Behind the Nagasaki Mayor's Shooting at TIME Magazine - Tue, Apr 17, 2007
- Japan's divisive 'comfort women' fund at BBC - Thu, Apr 12, 2007
Opinion & Editorials
- Beyond apology, moral clarity at Christian Science Monitor - Mon, Apr 02, 2007
- Shinzo Abe's Double Talk at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Sat, Mar 24, 2007
- The Japan that can't say sorry at Boston Globe - Thu, Mar 08, 2007
- Paging the emperor at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Wed, Mar 07, 2007
- Japan and the atomic bomb at RIA Novosti - Wed, Dec 27, 2006
- Japan Shrinks at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Mon, Nov 20, 2006
Related Web Sites
- Japanese Prime Minister's Office
- official website of Japan's Prime Minister.
- Cabinet Profiles
- includes photos, party and politcal faction affiliation, and electoral district information for each of the cabinet ministers. From the Japan Times.
- Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.
- site includes a country profile and news on policy positions.
- Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- information about the country, its policies and programs; official announcements, and an index of related links.
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Japan
- thorough introduction to the country, with sections on history, society and geography.
- Voice of Hibakusha
- eyewitness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima.