Takashi Yokota

Yokota is NEWSWEEK’s correspondent in Tokyo and the editor-in-chief of NEWSWEEK Nihonban, NEWSWEEK’s Japanese-language partner.

ONCE MORE WITHOUT FEELING

Japan’s Liberal Democrats Win Huge

Former premier Shinzo Abe and the LDP scored a landslide, but can they deliver on campaign promises? Takashi Yokota reports.

Takashi Yokota

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North Korea’s Unlikely Reformer

In a new book out in Japan, Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea’s new leader, claims that he is a reformer, opposed to succession, but defended his father's persona.

Takashi Yokota

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No Power Vacuum in North Korea

The military, not the Kims, wield the power in North Korea, Takashi Yokota writes.

Takashi Yokota

Japan Nuclear Nightmare: Tokyo Fears Radiation

The dire situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant appears to be back from the brink, for now, with radiation levels decreasing from abnormal highs. Lennox Samuels and Takashi Yokota report from Tokyo on the alarm there. Plus, full coverage of the Japan quake and tsunami.

Lennox Samuels

Will Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan Stay in Power?

Before the quake, PM Naoto Kan was disgraced by controversy, and now he’s tasked with rebuilding a country. Lennox Samuels and Takashi Yokota on the government’s mixed messages.

Lennox Samuels

Japan’s Liberal Democrats Win Huge

North Korea’s Unlikely Reformer

No Power Vacuum in North Korea

Japan Nuclear Nightmare: Tokyo Fears Radiation

Will Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan Stay in Power?

Japan Tsunami: A First-Person Account