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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his Liberal Democratic Party will seek to cooperate broadly with other parties in proposing the first-ever revision to the 70-year-old Constitution.
The newly created Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has released its campaign pledges for the Oct. 22 Lower House election, coming out against a planned consumption tax hike and vowing to end the country's reliance on nuclear power. The party, formed by from the liberal ...
One of the more cynical dictums in Japanese goes "Shōjikimono ga baka o miru" ("Honesty doesn't pay"). In pre-modern times, neither did crime. The Osadamegaki Hyakkajo — the criminal code enforced by the Tokugawa rulers — prescribed an extensive list of severe punishments for ...
Meet Camden Whiddon. He's a cheerful 4-year-old boy who adores his younger sister and brother, and loves to go down slides. He was also born without any limbs. But you might know all of that already — because his videos have gone viral in the ...
In vitro fertilization treatments The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology reported in September that the number of in vitro fertilization treatments are on the rise. 5%: Percentage of babies born through in vitro fertilization treatment in Japan in 2015. 424,151: Number of in vitro fertilization ...
On Sept. 8, the anti-hate speech group Tokyo No Hate demonstrated in front of the Tokyo offices of Twitter. The group wants the social networking service to police its users more diligently with regard to racist and other discriminatory tweets. Twitter forbids messages that denigrate ...
YouTube star Pikotaro was appointed by the Ugandan government Friday as a tourism ambassador to help boost the number of Japanese travelers to the East African country. In a ceremony in the capital Kampala, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni asked Pikotaro if he is a samurai. ...
NHK Chairman Ryoichi Ueda makes an apology to the parents of 31-year-old Miwa Sado, a reporter who died from overwork at the network in 2013.
Survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki welcome the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to an international group campaigning to eliminate nuclear weapons.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is not only for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons but also for the hibakusha — the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — ICAN chief Beatrice Fihn said. "This is their prize as well," ...
An exhibition showcasing The Japan Times' 120 years of reporting on the nation's most important historical moments opened Saturday in Yokohama. Commemorating the 120th anniversary of the country's oldest English-language daily, the exhibition features 330 pages of the newspaper's coverage of major events and topics, ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would stay on as leader to provide stability after a former chairman of her Conservative Party said he had garnered the support of 30 lawmakers who wanted her to quit. May is trying to face down ...
The National Police Agency will conduct a survey of teenagers who have been coerced into sending nude pictures of themselves to strangers online, sources said Saturday. The survey, expected to be launched by next March, will cover some 500 youths, mostly girls under the age ...
Two decades have passed since the Organ Transplant Law took force, yet Japan carries out far fewer transplant operations than many other countries.
There are many sources to learn the facts behind the world's unceasing aerial bombardment.
Nishigaya was offered a resident ministry at Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church and, undeterred by the 14-day journey by ship to reach the United States, snapped it up.
Hakodate occupies a unique place on the Japanese landscape, both literally and gastronomically speaking. Facing the Tsugaru Strait from its position on the southern shores of Hokkaido's Oshima Peninsula, the city grew from a small Ainu fishing village to become, in 1854, Japan's first port ...
Taj Mahal Everest, an Indian and Nepali restaurant, near the place where the Kyoto Sanga football club plays their home games in the western part of Kyoto, manages to divide their menu fairly between the two neighboring countries. On a recent visit we caught the ...
There are nearly 30 Starbucks in the city of Kyoto, but only one of them has a doorman. Admittedly, it is the prettiest one — the Starbucks that is. The Nineizaka Starbucks opened to much media fanfare back in June, partly because of its location ...
Sachio Egawa is a Renaissance man of sorts. A spry 68-year-old with a jokey manner and a full head of black hair, he raises his own cows, grows rice and cultivates giant yamame trout in a pond on his farm in northern Iwate Prefecture. In ...
The airport might not be the first place you think of when craving sweets. Yet all those souvenir stores dotting the concourse conceal some truly tasty treats. It might not be socially acceptable to tear in to a box of individually wrapped goods, but ...
Eco-friendly Basque chef on the opening of his new Tokyo eatery.
Hurricane Nate may strengthen on Saturday, threatening to hit the U.S. central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after it killed at least 25 people in Central America. New Orleans evacuated some residents from areas outside its levee system as Nate, a Category ...
"I love eating corn on the cob at the end of summer, but it's so hard to eat now that I'm older. How do you eat it?"
The renowned artist made a name for himself by capturing time in a photograph. Now he attempts to do the same with an art complex in Odawara ...
Poetry can be a vital record of the past. Anarchist and poet Genzo Sarashina (1904-1985) was the son of first-generation Japanese settlers in Hokkaido. Later he became an expert on Ainu culture, working tirelessly to conserve the language, fables and songs of Japan's indigenous ...
For insight into the heart of Japan, pick up Donald Keene's memoir, "Chronicles of My Life." Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan, by Donald Keene.183 pages COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, Memoir. The 95-year-old professor emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University published it ...
Charles De Wolf's new understated-but-excellent translation of 2010's "Ore Ore" is sure to bring novelist Tomoyuki Hoshino to a wider audience. "Me" is a bizarre, compelling — and at times confusing — novel, which Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe praised for its "literary thought." Oe ...
Second-year catcher Yuichi Adachi drove in three runs on two hits to help the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeat the Orix Buffaloes 7-0 on Saturday. The day's lone game started out as a pitchers' duel between two right-handed rookies — Rakuten's Shoma Fujihira, 19, and ...
The Toyama Grouses held off the pesky Nishinomiya Storks in the fourth quarter on Saturday night, clinging to a slim lead down the stretch in a 72-68 series-opening victory. The Grouses (2-1) led 61-47 after three quarters in Toyama. The Storks converted 8 of 11 shots ...
Unseeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino stunned top seed Marin Cilic 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-0 on Saturday to book his place in the Japan Open final against Belgium's David Goffin. World No. 31 Mannarino, who lost to Yuichi Sugita in the final of the Antalya Open in ...
Japan missed out on its third consecutive title at the Japan Open team figure skating competition on Saturday, settling for a runner-up finish. The host team, featuring Mai Mihara, Marin Honda, Shoma Uno and pro skater Nobunari Oda, scored a total of 614.93 points in ...
Shohei Otani hasn't had a 20-win season. He hasn't slugged 40 homers in one campaign, either. Those, of course, are benchmarks for iconic superstars. Even so, baseball fans and pundits thinks the sky's the limit for Otani, a unique two-way talent. The 23-year-old Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ...
Mai Murakami narrowly missed out on a medal at the world championships on Friday, finishing fourth in the women's all-around final. Murakami, who topped the qualifying round, scored 54.699 points to finish just 0.100 behind bronze medalist Elena Eremina of Russia. American Morgan Hurd captured ...
