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ACCESS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Aug 30, 2021
Behind the push to improve universal access in Japan
Steps have been taken to create barrier-free facilities ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games. But now that the Paralympics have begun, who is going to ensure such groundbreaking efforts continue?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 1, 2018
Paper plane protesters urge Russia to unblock Telegram app, which Iran also banned
Thousands of people marched through Moscow, throwing paper planes and calling for authorities to unblock the popular Telegram instant messaging app on Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Nov 4, 2017
Accessibility, visibility and foot traffic are key ingredients to a restaurant's success
Try to remember: What was the last bar or restaurant you walked into without knowing anything about it at all — no recommendations from a friend, no glowing online reviews?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2017
U.N. experts see 'alarming, undemocratic' U.S. trend against free speech, protest
Nineteen U.S. states have introduced bills that would curb freedom of expression and the right to protest since Donald Trump's election as president, an "alarming and undemocratic" trend, U.N. human rights investigators said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2017
Native American groups take oil pipeline protests to White House
Thousands of Native American demonstrators and their supporters marched to the White House on Friday to voice outrage at President Donald Trump's support for the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines, which they say threaten tribal lands.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2017
Japanese protesters demand mega-banks end funding for Dakota pipeline project
Citizens groups deliver a petition to three of Japan's biggest banks demanding that they stop funding the Dakota oil pipeline project reactivated by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2016
U.S. vets join snowbound pipeline protesters near Sioux reservation
U.S. military veterans were arriving on Thursday at a camp to join thousands of activists braving snow and freezing temperatures to protest a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Government revising guidelines on state secrets amid flurry of criticism
The central government has proposed revised guidelines on the designation of state secrets, in a bid to ease criticism that a new law will limit public access to information.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2014
JR East eyes new, faster access to Haneda airport from central Tokyo
East Japan Railway Co. is considering opening a new line to Haneda airport from the center of the capital, a project that would halve travel time to roughly 20 minutes from Tokyo and Shinjuku stations, company officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2014
Net bank robberies surged in 2013: NPA
The National Police Agency said Thursday that nearly 3,000 cases of illegal, unauthorized Internet access were logged in 2013, more than double the previous year, as attacks on the nation's online banking systems surged.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2014
U.S. regulators undermining Net neutrality
The U.S. has the most innovative people in the world working in an increasingly information-based economy, yet its Internet service providers are subject to neither competition nor oversight.
EDITORIALS
Jan 11, 2014
More computers in education?
Two recent conflicting reports from government ministries expose the conundrum at the heart of the question of whether computers are helpful to education.

Longform

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on