Abe’s education policy strategist attacks SMAP’s hit song for encouraging children to not compete

Popular Japanese idol group SMAP’s hit tune, “The one and only flower in the world” which is widely used in music classes in schools, is spoiling Japanese children according to an educational policy strategist of the Abe government.

Don’t abandon nuclear power because of Fukushima tragedy: LDP Hosoda

Liberal Democratic Party Executive Acting Secretary-General Hosoda Hiroyuki on July 22 said on a satellite TV program, “If we abandon nuclear power because of the Fukushima tragedy, it will cause an intolerable pain to future generations.”

DefMin admits to mass production of deadly gases

Japan’s Defense Ministry has admitted that the Self-Defense Forces has been producing a large amount of highly toxic gases in its facility located in a densely-populated metropolitan area.