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...Imperial Influence Re "Japan's Mystery of Majesty" [Sept. 4]: It is ridiculous to cast the Imperial Household Agency as a shadowy and mighty institution that dictates the behavior of the Japanese royal family. It is only a minor government department. The royal family is more reserved than its European counterparts because Japan does not want a colorful monarchy like the one the British have. Moreover, the bond between the Emperor and the people of Japan is far stronger and more deeply rooted than your story suggested. The imperial house lost political power to the warrior class centuries...
Junichiro Koizumi has left Japan's economy in better shape than he found it upon becoming Prime Minister in 2001. The most consequential achievement was stabilizing the banking system by slashing nonperforming loans (NPLs). This was indispensable to the recovery of the past few years. Koizumi also cut wasteful public works. Still, with so much unfinished business, it is vital that his successor (and Japan as a whole) resists complacency...
...speech, deputy director Aleksandr Ananenkov laid out a broad vision for that company to link oil fields in eastern Siberia with the Sakhalin project to create one vast network. The affected oil firms have reacted guardedly, but others have been blunt in their criticism - most notably Shinzo Abe, Japan's next Prime Minister. The Sakhalin projects are supposed to become a major source of liquefied natural gas for Japan, and two Japanese companies are Shell's partners. "I am concerned that major delays might have a negative influence on overall Japanese-Russian relations," Abe warned. The political and business forcast...
...likely to be Japan's next...
Crowd-pleasing Elvis fan Junichiro Koizumi bids farewell to the top job in Japan this week. His likely successor: conservative Shinzo Abe, right, who hopes to revamp Japan's pacifist constitution...