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JAPAN

JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 26, 2014
No plan best plan in Kansai nuclear disaster
By Eric Johnston
Ten months after regional governments were required to submit nuclear disaster evacuation plans, a lack of central government guidance and local-level cooperation is generating concern that Kansai will be ill-prepared to respond if any of Fukui Prefecture's 13 commercial reactors suffers a meltdown....
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2014
Jury still out on Kansai union's worth
By Eric Johnston
A useless talk shop that will ultimately be remembered as a massive waste of taxpayer money, or a farsighted experiment that will someday be seen as the forerunner of a fundamentally new system of central government?
JAPAN / WEDGE
Jan 26, 2014
NISA a hit with old investors, not new
NISA, short for Nippon Individual Savings Account, in which individual investors will be eligible for tax exemptions of up to five years on their financial gains, has begun this month. Banks and securities houses are rushing to promote sales campaigns to encourage individual investors to open NISA investment...

WORLD

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WORLD
Jan 26, 2014
Religious differences to fuel this century's bloody wars
By Tony Blair
The last weeks have seen a ghastly roll call of terrorist attacks in the obvious places: Syria, Libya, Iraq and Lebanon, as well as Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and Pakistan. Also suffering are places where we have only in recent years seen such violence: Nigeria, and in many parts of central Africa, in Russia...
WORLD
Jan 26, 2014
Former leader reignites simmering debate about his role in Iraq conflict
By Toby Helm
Tony Blair reignited the debate about the West's response to terrorism Sunday, with a call on governments to recognize that religious extremism has become the biggest source of conflict around the world.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2014
'Masters' and 'dilettantes': The murky world of hit men in Britain
By Mark Townsend
They are classified as novices, journeymen, dilettantes or masters. They are Britain's hit men — killers who ply their deadly trade in return for cash, and who for the first time have become the subject of a major academic study.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2014
French women defy stereotypes
Shock news: French women do get fat, they have brattish, fussy-eater children, chipped nails, they sometimes sleep on their own wearing big cotton knickers and they do mind if their husband is enjoying "cinq-a-sept" trysts with his mistress.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 26, 2014
Special K: Mini-cars come of age in a maxi-world
By Masako Tsubuku and Philip Brasor
Japanese mini-cars are becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2014
Leadership change at Keidanren
Keidanren has selected a new leader just as its clout declines and it faces challenges to its role as the nation's most powerful business lobby.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2014
Guarding against norovirus
Norovirus food poisoning is back this season, and the health ministry says the number of cases has been on the rise for the past 10 years. No drug or vaccine will weaken or kill norovirus. Hand-washing with soap is the best preventive.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2014
War appetite outlasts an era
By William Pfaff
If there is no longer a British Empire and the American effort to sustain Europe while creating a new, balanced, Israel-friendly greater Middle East has failed, does the continued appetite for war and conquest mean that Darwin was wrong?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2014
Mindless inventiveness for checkered legacies
By Hiroaki Sato
To say that the late Ariel Sharon's eight-year-long coma had given Israel time to 'come to terms' with his checkered legacy is a cliche that deserves to be swept away.
COMMENTARY
Jan 26, 2014
Build a Turkey-Israel pipeline to bring stability
By Matthew Bryza
Building an Israel-Turkey natural-gas pipeline connected to a Cyprus LNG terminal offers strategic opportunities that transcend economics, including a chance for Israel and Turkey to restore their strategic partnership.

Sports

BASKETBALL
Jan 26, 2014
East tops West in All-Star Game
By Ed Odeven
In a fast-paced game highlighted by slam dunks (19 in all) and rapid-fire 3-point shooting (the teams combined for 87), a stellar start and balanced scoring carried the Eastern Conference to a 98-91 triumph over the Western Conference at the 2013-14 All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 26, 2014
Healing words for a hospital stay
By Wes Lang
One morning, you wake up feeling kibun ga warui (気分が悪い, under the weather) and slightly darui (怠い, lethargic). Rising out of bed, you take two steps forward when the world goes dark and you taoreru (倒れる, pass out). In a panic, your roommate calls ichi ichi kyū (119, Japan's equivalent...
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jan 26, 2014
Tenkin-de kite, sonomama sumitsuite-shimau hito-mo ooi-sō-desu
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
Tenkin-de kite, sonomama sumitsuite-shimau hito-mo ooi-sō-desu. (There are many people who settled there after getting transferred, I heard.)
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 26, 2014
Asada, Takahashi book Sochi Olympic tickets
Japan's former world figure-skating champions and Olympic medallists Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi booked tickets to the Sochi Olympics on Dec. 23, despite their disappointing performances at the national championships over the weekend.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 26, 2014
No time for free reading? You can make it up at university
By Louise George Kittaka
I hope 2014 has started well for all our readers. Lifelines kicks off the Year of the Horse with an email from overseas reader Hannah, who has several questions about the Japanese education system:
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

Podcast

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

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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