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JAPAN

JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 31, 2018
Japan said unready for drastic social changes despite impending arrival of foreign workers
By Reiji Yoshida
Experts bemoan the lack of support measures so far for incoming laborers.
JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 31, 2018
Japan's denial of immigration reality echoes Germany's experience with 'guest workers'
By Satoshi Sugiyama
The recent sweeping revision to the immigration law opens a gateway for as many as 345,000 migrant workers to enter Japan in the next five years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, however, has repeatedly said the new visa system does not constitute an immigration policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 31, 2018
Foreign talent eager to work for Japanese firms, but staid office culture a hindrance
By Kazuaki Nagata
Dozens of young people from around Asia descended on Tokyo last month for a job fair, dressed in a plain black suit of the type considered "the uniform" for Japanese college students when they meet with prospective employers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 31, 2018
As Japan prepares for more foreign workers, Hamamatsu serves as precedent of interculturalism
By Sakura Murakami
Step into the municipal office of this city and you'll find pamphlets in multiple languages lining the walls, as people waiting in lines converse quietly in Portuguese.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2018
Finance Ministry sets up compliance promotion panel to regain public trust
The Finance Ministry has set up a compliance promotion panel to regain public trust that was lost due to scandals such as the alteration of ministry records related to a controversial state land sale to private school operator Moritomo Gakuen.

ASIA PACIFIC

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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2018
Xi to open year of sensitive anniversaries for China with big speech on Taiwan
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2018
Tough talks predicted as Vietnam seeks to curb China's actions in South China Sea
Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for provisions likely to prove unpalatable to Beijing, documents reviewed by Reuters suggest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 31, 2018
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins big in election amid vote-rigging claims; opposition BNP wins just six seats
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling party won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said early on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged.

WORLD

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WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2018
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition, ruling coalition both say they have won chaotic election
Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition said Monday it expects one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on early vote tallies, but the ruling coalition said it was confident its candidate had won the chaotic contest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2018
Russian forces to get new missile complex S-350 Vityaz in 2019
Russia will in 2019 deploy the S-350 Vityaz new generation short-to-mid-range surface-to-air defense missile complex, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, in a long-planned move to replace its aging S-300 system.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2018
GOP senator more upbeat on Syria troop pullout after Trump assures him Islamic State will fall first
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2018
Caracas offers help probe alleged assassination plot targeting Colombian president by three Venezuelans
Venezuela's government is willing to help investigate a plot to assassinate Colombian President Ivan Duque, in which three Venezuelan nationals arrested in Colombia may be suspects, foreign minister Jorge Arreaza said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2018
U.N. welcomes Houthi pullout from Yemen's embattled Hodeida but says move must be verified
The United Nations welcomed on Sunday any redeployment of Yemen's Houthi forces away from the port city of Hodeida, but said this should be independently verified to ensure it is in line with the Stockholm cease-fire agreement.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2018
Democracy is under assault
The lesson of 2018 is that democrats around the world must rethink the basic operating procedures of their societies if they are to combat the threat to them that is generated by the very openness that they cherish.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 31, 2018
Japan in 2019: 10 surprises
By Jesper Koll
The outlook for Japan in 2019 is bright.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2018
Expect 2019 to test global stability
By John Lloyd
For all the assurances that the world is getting better, there are huge geopolitical challenges to face and master to make that optimism real.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 31, 2018
Floyd Mayweather dominates Tenshin Nasukawa in exhibition
By Kaz Nagatsuka
Legendary former world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. tamed Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa via technical knockout on Monday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 31, 2018
Former NTV producer Nobuhisa Sakata looks back on pioneering live television coverage of ekiden
By Kaz Nagatsuka
As a former director and producer for the Nippon Television Network Corporation, Nobuhisa Sakata has participated in live broadcasts of many different major professional sporting events, such as Yomiuri Giants games and the world track and field championships.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 31, 2018
1912 Olympian Kanakuri helped create Hakone race
By Kaz Nagatsuka
This will be the 95th winter featuring the New Year's tradition — the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race, or as it's more commonly known, the Hakone ekiden.

LIFE

LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 31, 2018
Let's discuss the way we use escalators
When a train is about to depart a station, passengers hear an announcement saying, 'Please stand clear of the closing doors.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 31, 2018
Hayao Miyazaki anime to get kabuki remake
Director Hayao Miyazaki's animated film “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” will be adapted for the kabuki stage, it was revealed on the 12th. Kabuki actors Onoe Kikunosuke and Nakamura Shichinosuke are among those set to appear on stage for the performance at Shimbashi Enbujo Theater in Tokyo in December. It will be the first of Miyazaki's works to be turned into kabuki.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Dec 31, 2018
In Japanese, you can express your new year tidings in more ways than one
By Kaori Shoji
New Year's Day is a major holiday in Japan, but the date for it hasn't always been in January.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Dec 31, 2018
At least learning the term 'sukunakutomo' will help you in your Japanese conversation
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
A holdover from Japanese past still makes for a convenient way to express the idea of 'at least' in daily conversation.

COMMUNITY

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 31, 2018
Akira Satake: From handmade banjos to vases
By J.J. O'Donoghue
When the music industry became too stressful to bear in the U.S., Akira Satake found a new vocation in pottery.
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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