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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Ryoichi Miura, publisher of the Shukan New York Seikatsu, a New York City-based Japanese community paper with a weekly circulation of around 20,000 copies, holds a copy of the paper in New York on Oct. 20, 2014.

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Shiga gov. announces split of antinuclear Tomorrow Party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (L) announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2012, a split of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan into two groups only a month after its inception. Powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa (R) sat next to her at the conference. Kada will leave the party with House of Representatives member Tomoko Abe to form a separate party, while party members supporting Ozawa will take the party, which is renamed "Seikatsu no To" (Party of People's Lives).

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Shiga gov. announces split of antinuclear Tomorrow Party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (L) and powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa hold a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2012, to announce a split of the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan into two groups only a month after its inception. Kada will leave the party with House of Representatives member Tomoko Abe to form a separate party, while party members supporting Ozawa will take the party, which is renamed "Seikatsu no To" (Party of People's Lives).

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Ex-DPJ head Ozawa launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his fist with other lawmakers at a meeting in Tokyo on July 12, 2012, when he formally launched a new political party. Ozawa will lead the new party, which he named "Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daiichi" (People's Lives First), to challenge the government over its sales tax hike policy.

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Edano takes part in online discussion on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L) takes part in the government's first online open discussion on the issue of whether Japan should join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with Koichi Kato (2nd from R), chairman of the joint association of Seikatsu Club consumers' cooperatives, and others at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011.

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Seihin Seikatsu's logo

Seipin Seikatsu, a large select store complex from Taiwan, opens its first store in Japan at the Nihonbashi Coredo Muromachi Terrace. (September 24, 2019, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Seihin Seikatsu's logo

Seipin Seikatsu, a large select store complex from Taiwan, opens its first store in Japan at the Nihonbashi Coredo Muromachi Terrace. (September 24, 2019, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Edano takes part in online discussion on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L) takes part in the government's first online open discussion on the issue of whether Japan should join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with Koichi Kato (2nd from R), chairman of the joint association of Seikatsu Club consumers' cooperatives, and others at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. (Kyodo)