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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2014
LDP drops past campaign pledge to 'never wage a war'
By Reiji Yoshida
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party removes a pledge that Japan will 'never wage a war' from the final draft of its campaign platform for this year.
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JAPAN
Jan 9, 2014
Gamers get romance, Japanese-style
By Kazuaki Nagata
In an era of smartphones, some mobile video game makers are using love to expand overseas.

WORLD

WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2014
Elephant shark has 'barely evolved' in millions of years
A prehistoric fish found off New Zealand and southern Australia evolves even slower than the coelacanth, a famous "living fossil" whose DNA has barely changed over hundreds of millions of years, scientists said Wednesday.

BUSINESS

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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2014
Nissan set to double Leaf sales: Ghosn
By Alan Ohnsman
Nissan Motor Co., which reported record U.S. sales of Leaf hatchbacks in 2013, is optimistic that it can soon double deliveries, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2014
Takenaka touts Nikkei surge
By Takashi Hirokawa and Chikako Mogi
Stocks could surpass a level not seen since 2007 if the Abe administration pushes through in its drive to loosen business regulations, said Heizo Takenaka, a member of a government council on special economic zones.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2014
Security firm offers ¥1 million grant to nurture young computer buffs
By Tomoko Otake
A Tokyo-based IT security firm has established a unique program that offers up to ¥1 million in financial assistance to computer whizzes under the age of 20.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2014
Tepco's flawed turnaround plan
Tepco should further streamline its operations and explore new avenues of business growth, such as the retail sale of electricity in parts of Japan, rather than return to its old model that depended on nuclear power for profitability.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2014
Russian road to mediocrity
By Andrey Borodaevskiy
Only a few economists in Russia seem to stress the importance of understanding the impact of the current mass outflow of capital and the sharp deterioration of the situation in world commodity markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2014
Europe's prospects looked better in the 1930s
By Nicholas Crafts
Unless policies change, economic stagnation in the eurozone is likely to persist, posing in some ways a bigger challenge to recovery than the Great Depression did in the 1930s.

LIFE

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LIFE / Digital
Jan 9, 2014
A lost year for new technology? Look beyond 2013's gadgets
By John Naughton
Writing the other day in Quartz, an admirable sister publication of The Atlantic magazine, the experienced technology watcher Christopher Mims struck a gloomy note. Under the headline "2013 was a lost year for tech," he lamented that "all in, 2013 was an embarrassment for the entire tech industry and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 9, 2014
Stay plan for Tokyo marathoners; New year lunches in Kobe; meals from the movies
Stay plan for Tokyo marathoners

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jan 9, 2014
Anime/manga experts hopeful for year ahead
By Roland Kelts
Aside from Hayao Miyazaki's sudden departure from filmmaking in September, the anime world saw some potentially hopeful developments in 2013.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 9, 2014
Will Cool Japan finally heat up in 2014?
By Matt Alt
After years of talk, 2013 marked a watershed moment in the government's Cool Japan campaign. Which begs the question: Is Japan cool?
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 9, 2014
Tao makes the cut in new drama
By Jun Hongo
At age 28, actress and model Tao Okamoto is already one of the few women in history — along with actress Farrah Fawcett and Jennifer Aniston's Rachel character from "Friends" to name a couple — to have a haircut named after her.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
Fukada's young castaways on adulthood's shores
By Mark Schilling
Born in Tokyo in 1980, Koji Fukada released his first film in 2004, but his breakthrough was 2010's "Kantai (Hospitalité)," a witty black comedy about a mysterious stranger who talks his way into a job at a small Tokyo printing shop and is soon insinuating himself into the lives of the shop's proprietor...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Hotori no Sakuko (Au Revoir l'Eté)'
By Mark Schilling
Compared to his avant-garde French new-wave peers, Eric Rohmer seemed to direct in a lighter, more conventional key: All those casually chic young heroines photographed in the more attractive parts of France, all those stories about their various love troubles. Also, from a Hollywood perspective, his...
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Escape Plan'
By Giovanni Fazio
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Well, anyone who's seen a Sylvester Stallone movie lately. Stallone, even as he enters retirement age, is determined to hang onto his action-movie star status, and to his credit, he still comes equipped with biceps capable of busting someone's spine.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Dangerous Liaisons'
By Kaori Shoji
Dangerous Liaisons" is compelling, not necessarily because of its content but because this is a Chinese movie adapted from an 18th-century French novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It has exactly zero working-class characters, not counting the occasional maid. That's an event in itself. A decade ago,...
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Tricked'
By Giovanni Fazio
Crowd-funding a film has been tried before, but crowd-sourcing? That's what director Paul Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct") tried to do with "Tricked," a Dutch film that looks at a philandering businessman, his disgruntled family and his pregnant former mistress on the occasion of his 50th birthday party....
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Killing Season'
By Kaori Shoji
If movies could kill, this one would have the potential to maim. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson ("Simon Birch"), "Killing Season" stars two relentless men, Robert De Niro and John Travolta, bringing every fiber of their relentlessness to go at each other tooth and nail. Sheer heaven for those who go...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Kagi Dorobo no Method (Key of Life)'
By Mark Schilling
Director: Kenji Uchida
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Clip'
By Giovanni Fazio
Director: Maja Milos Language: English
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2014
'Yurusarezaru Mono (Unforgiven)'
By Kaori Shoji
Director: Lee Sang-il
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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