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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japan to provide Egypt with ¥2 trillion business project, take in 2,500 students
By Ayako Mie
Japan has pledged to continue supporting Egypt’s democratic process five years after revolution swept the country and ousted Hosni Mubarak.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japanese, Chinese diplomats meet in Tokyo, agree to more high-level talks
By Ayako Mie
Senior Japanese and Chinese diplomats agree to work on holding high-level talks, including mutual visits by their foreign ministers, to mend the strained bilateral relationship.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Lower House ready to pass record ¥96.7 trillion draft budget
By Tomohiro Osaki
The Lower House is set to pass the government's fiscal 2016 budget proposals Tuesday, making enactment of the record draft totaling ¥96.7 trillion all but certain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 29, 2016
Parental push for children to pass exams borders on abuse: experts
Many parents are strict regarding their children's education because they want their offspring to succeed in the future, but sometimes this discipline is excessive and goes beyond what kids can endure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 29, 2016
Competing interests converge on health care price-setting panel
By Tomoko Otake
On Feb. 10, as hundreds of people in business attire watched from the gallery, a panel of experts under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry adopted a long list of proposals to revise the fees that can be charged by the nation's hospitals and pharmacies for medical procedures and prescriptions under...

ASIA PACIFIC

ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 29, 2016
Indonesia demolishes capital's largest red-light district
Bulldozers started demolishing hundreds of buildings in the Indonesian capital's largest red-light district on Monday as part of a nationwide effort to eradicate prostitution in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 29, 2016
Man stabs 10 children outside school in China
A knife-wielding attacker stabbed 10 school children in southern China on Monday, severely injuring two, before killing himself, state media reported, the latest in a series of school attacks in the country.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 29, 2016
Indonesia to tighten anti-graft law
Indonesia's government will back controversial revisions to the law governing its top anti-graft agency, a senior cabinet minister said in a statement on Monday.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 29, 2016
Catholic Church 'mucked up' in sex abuse scandal, top cardinal tells victims
One of Pope Francis' top advisers acknowledged Sunday that the Catholic Church "made enormous mistakes" in allowing thousands of children to be molested or raped by priests over centuries as he testified before an extraordinary public hearing of an Australian investigative commission from a few blocks...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 29, 2016
Chris Rock pulls no punches as host of one of the most socially conscious Academy Awards shows
Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room — the furor over the all-white field of performers nominated for Hollywood's highest honors.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 29, 2016
Yen's biggest rally in seven years splits forecasters on what's next
Foreign-exchange forecasters are the most divided about the yen in almost a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2016
Strains show in China's factory heartland
Millions of migrant workers streaming back to China's industrial heartland after the long lunar New Year break face an uncertain future as smaller factories in particular struggle to cope with anaemic orders and rising inventories.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 29, 2016
Fashion maven asked to tell women about national debt
By Kyoko Shimodoi and Isabel Reynolds
As the editor of a string of successful fashion titles, Hiromi Sogo has spent three decades telling Japanese women what to wear. Her new task is to try to interest them in a drier topic: fiscal policy.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Feb 29, 2016
Group of 20 steps up
The G-20 has eclipsed the Group of Eight as a global economic manager but it appears to increasingly resemble that gathering: more symbol than substance.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
U.S. election and the global economy
By Michael J. Boskin
The outcome of the U.S. election will have profound consequences for U.S. economic policy, and thus for the global economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
The high price of Japan's economic gaffes
By William Pesek
Finance minister Taro Aso's ability to survive repeated gaffes shows how little has changed under Abenomics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
Less than zero in Japan
By Koichi Hamada
Japan's economic fundamentals are generally sound, and pessimistic predictions are greatly exaggerated.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
The albatross of a Donald Trump endorsement
By George Will
Republican politicians who endorse Donald Trump will find that nothing will redeem the reputations they will ruin by placing their opportunism in his service.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
Taking a stance against strategic pessimism
By Tony Abbott
Japan and Australia's special relationship is not based simply on shared interests but also on shared values.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
Humans can't keep trashing the oceans forever
By Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Trevor Manuel and Isabella Lovin
The oceans are a critical ally of life on Earth, and we must do everything in our power to safeguard them.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016
Stand in solidarity with sharks
By Bradnee Chambers
A recent study suggests that we know even less about the oceans than we thought — and we may well have been doing even more damage than we realized.

Sports

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 29, 2016
Healthy Balentien ready to make up for lost time
By Jason Coskrey
Wladimir Balentien laughed his familiar laugh as he held court in the visitor's dugout at Tokyo Dome, making rapid-fire transitions between a number of topics, from the yakiniku he ate in Okinawa, to teammate Tetsuto Yamada or whatever else popped into his head at the time.

LIFE

LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 29, 2016
Joining Japanese words together to reveal the true nature of things
By Mark Schreiber
Once you understand how the pieces fit together, you can magically turn verbs into nouns and vice versa, expanding your Japanese vocabulary by leaps and bounds.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 29, 2016
Ramming home the point with dokoro ka
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
Introducing the meaning and usage of the particle of emphasis u3069u3053u308du304b and its related expressions.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Feb 29, 2016
Bid for world heritage status for Christian sites retracted
The government has decided to retract its recommendation to UNESCO that a slew of churches and other Christian sites be listed as World Heritage sites.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 29, 2016
Let's discuss Ota Ward's Airbnb-style rental plan
Tokyo's Ota Ward has given permission to an online travel service provider to start renting out private homes based on the popular Airbnb model.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 29, 2016
'Landmark' ruling sent Japan's foreign residents back to welfare limbo
By Hifumi Okunuki
Widely misunderstood 2014 case reaffirmed the decades-old stopgap that means noncitizens can receive support but can't appeal if their application is rejected.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 29, 2016
Alarm over the death of a doctor ripples across the Seto Inland Sea
By Amy Chavez
The death of the island's only doctor has come as a major shock to the islanders of Shiraishi and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 29, 2016
Aloha: a dog named Ilio
Ilio came to ARK with his brother when his previous owner had to be hospitalized. Still relatively young at 8 years old, Ilio, whose name means "dog" in Hawaiian, would be a perfect canine for someone looking for a mature companion. A silver dapple longhair miniature dachshund, Ilio weighs just under...
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
U.S. and China agree to lower tariffs in 90-day cooling-off period
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva on Monday.
'Treasure hunt': Tourists boost sales at Japan's Don Quijote stores
The entrance to discount retailer Don Quijote's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district, known as Don Don Donki outside the country
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his grandparents at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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