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Japanese law and the convention contradict each other, and this can be used as an excuse not to return the child.

May. 24, 2013 - 05:48AM JST ( 1 )

Takao Yanase, a law professor at Chuo University in Tokyo, referring to Japan's decision to ratify the Hague Convention on parental child abductions. Yanase points to numerous loopholes in Japanese family law that could be cited to prevent the return of children to their original country… Read

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Road traffic laws in Europe and the United States are simple, whereas in Japan pedestrians are always exposed to the risks of bicycles bumping into them from all directions...It is time for us to go back to the original point of the road traffic law, where bicycles and cars share the road. ( 33 )
Japanese law and the convention contradict each other, and this can be used as an excuse not to return the child. ( 1 )
The club, meaning corporate Japan, will do everything it can to mask and hide what’s wrong. That’s what’s most important. ( 5 )

There are two things that will indicate whether Japan’s policies are starting to have a real impact: rising inflation and wages. Both haven’t happened yet and the latter especially is critical to policy success.

Quote of the Day May. 23, 2013 - 05:43AM JST ( 2 Comments )

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The club, meaning corporate Japan, will do everything it can to mask and hide what’s wrong. That’s what’s most important.

Quote of the Day May. 22, 2013 - 06:03AM JST ( 5 Comments )

Michael Woodford, the former chief executive officer of Olympus Corp, saying he wasn't surprised at Sony Corp’s curt dismissal of a foreign investor's advice last week. (Bloomberg) Read

We won’t discuss resuming operations of the reactors until results of the review into the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are presented.

Quote of the Day May. 21, 2013 - 05:56AM JST ( 0 Comments )

Niigata Gov Hirohiko Izumida, remaining cautious over the reactivation of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant nuclear reactors. (Yomiuri Shimbun) Read

Road traffic laws in Europe and the United States are simple, whereas in Japan pedestrians are always exposed to the risks of bicycles bumping into them from all directions...It is time for us to go back to the original point of the road traffic law, where bicycles and cars share the road.

Quote of the Day May. 20, 2013 - 05:56AM JST ( 33 Comments )

Shigeki Kobayashi, president of the Bicycle Usage Promotion Study Group, calling for a revision to the Road Traffic Act. (Mainichi Shimbun) Read

Being able to exercise our collective self-defense right would only put Japan in the same position as other countries around the globe.

Quote of the Day May. 19, 2013 - 06:19AM JST ( 3 Comments )

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, referring to the issue of amending Article 9 of Japan's constitution which stipulates that Japan forever renounces war and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.… Read

Sony is an icon. Until now, it hasn’t had a fellow like this coming in and making demands in public. But now he comes in with guns blazing. This hasn’t quite started off right, you might say.

Quote of the Day May. 18, 2013 - 06:16AM JST ( 3 Comments )

Nicholas Benes, a former Wall Street banker who now advises Japanese companies on corporate governance, referring to U.S. hedge fund billionaire Daniel S Loeb's call for Sony to spin off some divisions. (New York Times) Read

How bereaved families would feel about such a new war memorial is a very big issue. If they don't feel the souls of their relatives are there, they won't go.

Quote of the Day May. 17, 2013 - 05:59AM JST ( 3 Comments )

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressing his opposition to building a new state-managed war memorial as a substitute for Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Class-A World War II criminals among the war dead. (NHK) Read

China, Japan and South Korea say the Arctic will be important, and now is the time to set the table to allow them to do things there later on. That starts with the Arctic Council.

Quote of the Day May. 16, 2013 - 05:39AM JST ( 3 Comments )

James Manicom, a research fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Toronto. Japan, China and South Korea are seeking to expand their influence in the Arctic as melting ice caused by global warming… Read

No matter what, we'll never allow terrorists to break into the plant.

Quote of the Day May. 15, 2013 - 06:17AM JST ( 13 Comments )

National Public Safety Commission Chairman Keiji Furuya, after observing an anti-terrorism drill for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The drill was based on the scenario in which terrorists targeted cooling and other equipment at… Read

Though infrastructure restoration is important, town residents cannot return home without anxieties unless a medical institution is back.

Quote of the Day May. 14, 2013 - 06:06AM JST ( 0 Comments )

Namie Mayor Tamotsu Baba, after a makeshift clinic opened in the Fukushima town, becoming the first medical facility to resume service in the former no-go zone near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Jiji Press) Read

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Japanese law and the convention contradict each other, and this can be used as an excuse not to return the child.

There are two things that will indicate whether Japan’s policies are starting to have a real impact: rising inflation and wages. Both haven’t happened yet and the latter especially is critical to policy success.

The club, meaning corporate Japan, will do everything it can to mask and hide what’s wrong. That’s what’s most important.

We won’t discuss resuming operations of the reactors until results of the review into the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are presented.

Road traffic laws in Europe and the United States are simple, whereas in Japan pedestrians are always exposed to the risks of bicycles bumping into them from all directions...It is time for us to go back to the original point of the road traffic law, where bicycles and cars share the road.

Being able to exercise our collective self-defense right would only put Japan in the same position as other countries around the globe.

Sony is an icon. Until now, it hasn’t had a fellow like this coming in and making demands in public. But now he comes in with guns blazing. This hasn’t quite started off right, you might say.

How bereaved families would feel about such a new war memorial is a very big issue. If they don't feel the souls of their relatives are there, they won't go.

China, Japan and South Korea say the Arctic will be important, and now is the time to set the table to allow them to do things there later on. That starts with the Arctic Council.

No matter what, we'll never allow terrorists to break into the plant.

Though infrastructure restoration is important, town residents cannot return home without anxieties unless a medical institution is back.

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