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Abe has indicated Japan may help shoulder the costs of Pyongyang's denuclearization under a potential international framework for funding.

He should take care of nation's rising debt, leave it to Trump who wants to dominate space, moon and mars.

Is this 1950? In this day and age it takes that long?

poor infra poor maintenance but they will say due to "labor shortage."

...a single hit becomes a Major News Only in Japan (!)

On the negative side, spending on cars fell an annual 2.1 percent in February, deepening a 0.3 percent annual decline in January.

..and what about alcohol? Automobile and alcohol sales are the real indicator of Japanese economy, they say.

He is right, mostly meaningless, so...? Once a week should be ok.

New faces..PM, FM...Spring is just around the corner...!

Japan logs first trade deficit

Not a good start, welcome to 2018 the Year of the Dog !

Only parents who have gained prior consent from their children can attend the party, which lasts about two hours and costs participants 10,000 yen each.

Outcome not assured but then it is not an expensive party.

Good luck on the quad. not an easy task though.

Says it all about politics in Japan, the "jiji's" are the ones screwing things up! Time for some new blood with Koike and company!

...then we will have "baba's"....will hardly bring any fundamental changes in Japan.

LDP close behind Koike's party in Tokyo assembly race: poll

"Ladies First !"

The government also decided to publicize the instructions in Japan's 70 national and local newspapers this weekend, as well as putting them on the website of Yahoo Japan Corp.

Also, announcement should be made on all domestic and international flights to and from Japan(?!)

"Japan missile defense drill aims to ease concern...."

Q: to ease or raise concern? A: later one.

Im surprised Abe doesn't try to state that the massive increase in tourism is his "third arrow"...it's the best thing that's happened during his time in office.

Had it any significant impact on Japanese economy it would have been headline news...on all seven continents on the earth.

...Low salary? How do you expect him to drive a Samurai Soccer Team?

the ministry said the proportion of children living below the poverty line in Japan increased to 16.3 percent in 2012, marking the worst on record.

...and five years of Abe govt. must have broken all previous (worst) records.

She is a joke, and only gets the publicity because of her big tits, big arse, and fat bank account.

unfortunately these 'assets' are not visible in this picture (!)

Metabo on Metro (!)

Looks like Nishikori is going back to school with that red color “randoseru” (ランドセル). Not bad (!)

All three are hot stuff? yes, because of 15cm hot high heels !

Hope some credit balance is still left in pension funds.

similar letters in March, complete with the containers of foul smelling yellow liquid.

The identity of the contents is unknown…still?

4% Rise in Apr., 1.9% down in March and again in May it will be down 2.5% = 0.4% down in three months.

"....data indicating the world's third-largest economy is finally seeing moderate expansion." not true.

the police station has acknowledged that the note could be misunderstood and said it has since amended it.

was it written in English? of course not, what a lame excuse.

Moody assessment, poor standard...next?

'Kids' week" very interesting, now look at the picture above..and count the number of kids vs adults !

It will be rational to produce kids first and then kids' holidays !

suspended sentence...as usual...now lets wait for another scandal.

while imports jumped 15.1% on the back of growing domestic demand.

disclaimer..or was it due to imports of mango and Okra?!

Xi tells LDP's No. 2 man he wants to improve ties with Japan

After his term expires or PM Abe's?

Unskilled labor from SE asia will be treated like robots and they will take care of shrinking business, that sounds practical.