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Nov 30, 2015
City-Cost Partnership
The Japan Times is pleased to announce a new collaboration with City-Cost, an online resource providing information and tips for those living in Japan.
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Nov 18, 2015
The Japan Times Readers’ Fund
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Jul 28, 2015
New issue of Foreign Student Times published
On July 20, The Japan Times published the Foreign Student Times, a publication for foreign students who are studying or want to study in Japan.
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Jul 24, 2015
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Jul 22, 2015
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Mar 30, 2015
About the March 31, 2015 issue
Due to a production system error, we were able to include only one page of World news content in the March 31, 2015 issue.
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Feb 26, 2015
The Japan Times × お誕生日新聞
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Oct 17, 2014
Celebrating On Sunday's first anniversary
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jul 30, 2014
New issue of Foreign Student Times published
On July 28, The Japan Times published the Foreign Student Times, a publication for foreign students who are studying or want to study in Japan.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Sep 5, 2012
Is Japan Cool? asks ANA's website; BA special fares until Sept. 7; Cathay meals
ANA's Is Japan Cool? site
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Oct 24, 2002
EU reticent over funding Pyongyang nuclear reactors
European Union member states have voiced reservations over continuing to fund an international consortium to help build light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea, EU's new ambassador to Japan Bernhard Zepter said Wednesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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