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JAPAN

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JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017
Confronting youth suicide: Seeking ways to stop young people from taking their own lives
By Masami Ito
A grand piano stands silently in a tatami room at Naoko Nakashima's home in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture. It has not been played in almost two years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 9, 2017
It takes threats from the unstable for us to question security
By Michael Hoffman
Adolf Hitler is like that bad tooth you can't keep your tongue off, though it hurts to touch it. Seventy-two years postwar, he keeps surfacing. He fascinates. All the way up and all the way down the age scale — from Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, 76, who last week praised Hitler's "motives," to the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 9, 2017
Severe school anxiety puts teens at risk
By Philip Brasor
For the past two weeks there have been projections about a spike in juvenile suicides as the new school term approached. Suicides among junior high and high school students rise around Sept. 1, and teachers and parents were urged to pay close attention to young people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017
Alternative measures targeting young people in Japan at risk of suicide
By Asuka Ichikawa
The growing prevalence of smartphones in recent years has forced government and welfare organizations to rethink their approach to creating awareness campaigns targeting youths at risk of suicide.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017
State panel to brainstorm lifestyle solutions for Japan's demographic ills
By Noriyuki Suzuki
Japan is waking up to the need to think outside the box to tackle a spate of economic and social challenges posed by its declining birthrate and aging society.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2017
U.S. heavy bombers link up with ASDF for training amid North Korea tensions
By Jesse Johnson
The U.S. sends B-1B bombers from Guam to join F-15 fighter jets from Japan for a joint training drill on the anniversary of North Korea's founding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2017
Abe weighed meeting with Kim in Pyongyang to lift sagging approval ratings
To shore up his dismal polling numbers, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apparently considered flying to Pyongyang to speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in July.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2017
Japanese and Chinese officials mark 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties in Beijing
A ceremony to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, with participation by members of the ruling Communist Party and other officials of the two countries.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017
China, urged to rein in North Korea, actually has little sway, diplomats say
When Kim Jong Un inherited power in North Korea in late 2011, then-Chinese President Hu Jintao was outwardly supportive of the untested young leader, predicting that "traditional friendly cooperation" between the countries would strengthen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017
Pyongyang diplomat says North Korea-U.S. tensions are not Mexico's business
North Korea's ambassador to Mexico on Friday said its tensions with the United States were not Mexico City's business after President Enrique Pena Nieto ordered that he leave the country in protest over Pyongyang's nuclear tests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017
South Korea braces for possible new missile test to mark North's foundation day
South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea when it marks its founding anniversary Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test, which it marks each year with a big display of pageantry and military hardware.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2017
Hurricane Irma rips through Cuba
Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba's northern coast on Saturday as it headed for Florida, where millions of residents were told to evacuate after the storm killed 22 people in the Caribbean and left devastation in its wake.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2017
Two German terrorism suspects reportedly had list of 5,000 targets, including 100 politicians
German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Aug. 28, Die Welt newspaper reported on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2017
U.S. Senate panel rejects Trump's 'doctrine of retreat' on foreign policy
A powerful Senate committee blasted the Trump administration on Friday in a report accompanying its spending plan for the State Department, saying its approach to foreign policy weakens U.S. standing in the world.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2017
JTA drafts rules for setting minpaku business holidays
The Japan Tourism Agency is considering asking municipalities to designate periods during which minpaku (private lodging services) must be shut in their regions.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2017
Quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna
Japanese consumers, fishermen and the government must make greater efforts to rebuild the dwindling stock of Pacific bluefin tuna.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 9, 2017
Abe's extremism undermines Japan's interests
By Jeff Kingston
Alas, Japan's extremists have still not given up trying to find honor in the nation's 1945 wartime defeat and and the ideology that led to it.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2017
A very wealthy monarch grows wealthier
By Pavin Chachavalpongpun
By gaining full control over the Crown Property Bureau, King Vajiralongkorn has taken another step to bolster his authority.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 9, 2017
BigBlue continue to progress
By Kaz Nagatsuka
IBM BigBlue players and staff were ecstatic after the game and head coach Shinzo Yamada delightfully tapped their shoulders, thanking them for their effort.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Sep 9, 2017
Attention turns to kabocha squash as cooler weather looms
By Makiko Itoh
With cooler weather around the corner, our thoughts turn away from cold noodles and salads to autumn comfort foods like nimono, simmered dishes in a broth, usually a classic seaweed and dried fish-based dashi.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2017
Tsugu: An upmarket izakaya with a subtle touch
By J.J. O'Donoghue
Tsugu is located a few corners from Shijo Karasuma, the main intersection in downtown Kyoto. That said, even when a digital map is just a tap away, finding it through the side streets may prove a little difficult, so look for a statue of a tanuki, the raccoon dog that graces so many stores and restaurants...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2017
Inakatei: Century-old noodle shop maintains its proud traditions
By J.J. O'Donoghue
Inakatei does not look its age. First opened in 1910, or Meiji 43, it's been serving noodles for more than a century. A makeover a few years back gave it a modern Japanese touch: wood finishing and furnishings abound, while the communal table near the open kitchen is filled with vases of flowers all...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Sep 9, 2017
Tokuyoshi adds some creative cocktails to the mix
By Melinda Joe
Japanese chef Yoji Tokuyoshi has been pushing boundaries with cuisine that reflects his philosophy of intercultural cross-pollination since 2015 — the year he opened his eponymous restaurant, Tokuyoshi, in Milan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Sep 9, 2017
Bear's Sugar Shack: Bite-sized pancakes that melt in your mouth
By Patrick St. Michel
Tokyo's love affair with pancakes appears to be waning and lines outside trendy stores for the decadent dessert have thinned significantly in 2017. Enter Bear's Sugar Shack in Shinjuku, which looks to buck this trend with one simple change: Instead of a offering a couple of regular-sized pancakes on...

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 9, 2017
'The Abundance of Less': New edition revisits Japanese who live with the land
By Suzanne Kamata
Way before Marie Kondo taught us how to clean out our closets, American Andy Couturier was learning how to live without extra stuff from folks in rural Japan.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 9, 2017
'All She Was Worth': Step into a world of loan sharks and debt in modern Japan
By Kris Kosaka
Give the lingering late-summer heat the slip and duck into the shadows with 'All She Was Worth,' a classic Japanese crime mystery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 9, 2017
'The Expat's Guide to Growing Old in Japan: What You Need to Know': a review
By Louise George Kittaka
If you'r e Japan resident and retirement is now closer than your college graduation, you probably need this book.

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 9, 2017
Kano Ozawa breathes fresh air into opera direction in Turin
By Joji Sakurai
In the Roman amphitheater of Verona, Italy, the elephants and horses in ancient Egyptian regalia marched onto stage to the thunderous chords of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Aida." The singers filled the balmy night with their voices, soaring over the trumpets and crashing cymbals of the orchestra — and...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 9, 2017
Michael Drzmisek Sozui: 'Come share a bowl of matcha'
By Ayako Nakano
A tea master explains the comforts of a three-tatami-room teahouse.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 9, 2017
Rain rain, go away
'Well ... that was officially the worst summer ever.'
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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