The Night the Lights Stayed On
The Tomari No. 3 reactor is shut down for inspections, meaning that Japan is without nuclear energy for the first time in 42 years... and life goes...
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Editorial: Senator James Webb and Popular Sovereignty in Okinawa
US Senator James Webb visits Japan and addresses the international media on the issue of US Marines in Okinawa. This report is an editorial and ref...
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Ichiro Ozawa Supporters March in Tokyo
Supporters of former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa hold a rally and march demanding that their man be found innocent of corruption ...
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Rwanda Genocide Remembered in Japan
At a church in central Tokyo a commemoration is held for the 1994 Rwanda genocide in which up to a million people were killed. The event was attend...
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Female American Head Coach Shakes Up Japanese Basketball League
Natalie Nakase, a former point guard for the UCLA Bruins, gains attention as the first female head coach of a men's basketball team in Japan. She h...
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Anti-Nuclear Movement Keeps the Pressure On
An anti-nuclear rally in Hibiya Park followed by a march through Ginza was attended by about 5,000 protesters. They demanded that Japan give up all...
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Randy Bass Foods Come to Japan
A company from Lawton, Oklahoma, exhibits a new line of foods using the image of hometown baseball hero Randy Bass.
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Tokyo Prepares for Earthquake Disaster Management
Mitsubishi Estate, owners of the Marunouchi Building in central Tokyo, take journalists on a tour of the restricted areas of the structure in order...
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US Sanctions on Iran Put Japanese Energy Policy under Pressure
US economic sanctions which aim to punish foreign banks that do business with the Iranian central bank create a new source of trouble for Japanese ...
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SNA Japan News Video
An advertisement video for potential clients of the Shingetsu News Agency, demonstrating the kind of work that we do.
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Japan Renews Demand for Northern Territories
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda headlines an event calling for Russia to return the "Northern Territories" that were seized in 1945. Meanwhile, right...
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Occupy Kasumigaseki Protesters Defy Government Order
The government's deadline for the removal of the Occupy Kasumigaseki camp arrives and the protesters face Japan's police.
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Anti-Nuclear Tent Protesters Receive Eviction Order
The "Occupy Kasumigaseki" anti-nuclear protest camp is ordered by Yukio Edano to leave the grounds of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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Conservative Protest at the Yomiuri Shinbun
The Gambare Nippon movement led by General Toshio Tamogami and Satoru Mizushima protest outside the Yomiuri Shinbun building in Tokyo about that ne...
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Mr. Yen on the Economy
"Shingetsu News Agency" Eisuke Sakakibara, for Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs, but better known as "Mr. Yen," gives his forecas...
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Dezomeshiki: New Year's Fire Review 2012
The Tokyo Fire Department and other agencies hold their year-opening parade and performances for the general public.
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Michael Woodford Gives Up Olympus Leadership Bid
Michael Woodford gives a press conference at the Japan National Press Club on January 6, 2012, in which he explains why he is giving up the struggl...
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Kizuna Party Aims to Keep Promises
Nine lawmakers defect from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and form a new political organization called the Kizuna Party.
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Japan Brings In the New Year 2012
Japanese gather at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo for the New Year's Eve countdown to 2012 and then offer their prayers for the coming year the following m...
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Democratic Party of Japan Faces Unity Challenge
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to bring unity to the Democratic Party of Japan when he came to power in September, but his advocacy of divi...
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Wendy's Hamburger Relaunches in Japan
After an absence of two years, the American fast food chain Wendy's has relaunched in Japan, hoping to open one hundred outlets nationally within f...
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Imperial Palace Joggers Run Amok
Complaints are growing about the increasing number of joggers around the Imperial Palace in Tokyo and the alleged bad manners that some of them are...
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Christmas in Ginza
Scenes from a quiet and beautiful Christmas Day in the Tokyo shopping district of Ginza.
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