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Japan govt resumes
executions August 4, 2012
Two death row inmates were executed in detention houses in Tokyo
and Osaka yesterday, which underscore that the Japan government
has resumed implementing capital punishment after a hiatus since
the 2009 change in administration. Under Democratic Party of Japan
administrations, there were no executions for a year and eight
months until March. Four persons held the post of justice minister
during the period. Former Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa promised
to resume executions at a press conference when he took the post,
and ordered the first execution in his term 2-1/2 months later. Read
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Japan's population to shrink 32
per cent by 2060 Tokyo - Japan's population could dwindle 32 per cent
to 86.7 million by 2060 if the birthrate does not increase, the
government's research organization said Monday. Projections for
over-65 populations in India, China, and the US in 2030 are 8.4
per cent, 15.9 per cent, and 19.8 per cent, respectively, of the
total national population
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Japan In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa
shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long
period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign
influence. For more than two centuries this policy enabled Japan
to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture. Japan opened its
ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854
and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power
that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It
occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island.
In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a
full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941
- triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied
much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War
II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of
the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national
unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power.
Following three decades of unprecedented growth, Japan's economy
experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s, but the country
remains a major economic power. In March 2011, Japan's strongest-ever
earthquake, and an accompanying tsunami, devastated the northeast
part of Honshu island, killing thousands and damaging several
nuclear power plants. The catastrophe hobbled the country's economy
and its energy infrastructure, and tested its ability to deal
with humanitarian disasters. Source
Akihito - Emperor of Japan
Enthronement 12 November 1990
Akihito /akiçito/ (, born 23 December 1933) is the current Emperor
of Japan, the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional
order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989. Read
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Yoshihiko Noda - Prime Minister
of Japan since 2 September 2011
Yoshihiko Noda (born 20 May 1957) is the current Prime Minister
of Japan, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and a
member of the House of Representatives (lower house) in the Diet
(national legislature). He was named to succeed outgoing Prime Minister
Naoto Kan as a result of a runoff vote against Banri Kaieda in his
party, and was formally appointed by the Emperor on 2 September
2011. Read
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Independence
/ Republic Days National Foundation Day February 11, 660 BC[3]
Japan : National Anthem
His Majesty's Reign
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss Source
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