Opinion/Editorial

TOKYO (Nikkei)--In crafting measures to avert a power crunch this summer, the government needs to put the priority on minimizing the negative impact on businesses and households.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--The three-way meeting of the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea held in Beijing on Sunday and Monday did as much or more to underscore differences among the three regional powers on key issues as to affirm their common interests.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Forty years have passed since Okinawa returned to Japanese rule. The culture, customs and natural environment of Okinawa, which differ from those of mainland Japan -- from sunshine-loving hibiscus and erythrina plants, to the pentatonic scale of Okinawan folk music -- have become deeply ingrained in the lives of all Japanese.