author

 
Menu
Search
 
June 07, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Internal Submission
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 29, 2016
Harajuku Omotesando Genki-sai Super Yosakoi 2016
More than 5,500 performers comprising 102 teams hailing from all over Japan competed in the Harajuku Omotesando Genki-sai Super Yosakoi 2016, held this past weekend.
Reader Mail
Aug 26, 2016
Abenomics has done little for consumers
What is the average person in Japan to make of the term "Abenomics," or more importantly, how will it make any difference in their lives as consumers?
Reader Mail
Aug 26, 2016
Obscene defense budget request
Of all the supposed democracies in the world, Japan must be the top heaviest with its endless rules and regulations. Most of them are unnecessary, and many more may seem unbelievably petty to non-Japanese.
Reader Mail
Aug 26, 2016
Pot offers more than medical use
Shinto Kaikaku (New Renaissance Party) is to be commended for its courageous stand, and deserves much more support ("Party pushes for medical use of pot" in the July 9 issue).
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 22, 2016
Let's discuss Mountain Day
Nearly a third of people have never heard of Mountain Day, the newest official public holiday. a survey shows.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016
15 Rio Olympians who won social media medals
With every single achievement and antic of the Olympians being carefully documented by the media, it's unsurprising that certain occurrences and athletes have been amplified online. Here's a curated list of the athletes who made social waves at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Aug 20, 2016
Kumano Kodo: a trek to Japan's sacred heart
Two photographers walk the nation's legendary pilgrimage route, capturing the eerie solitude of a spiritual path that still dwarfs humans
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2016
Nuclear arms help keep the peace
Regarding the Letter to the Editor titled "Nuclear arms must never be used again" in the Aug. 7 edition, movements led by the general public calling for an end to nuclear weapons are taking place in many parts of the world these days.
Reader Mail
Aug 19, 2016
Stop building new Okinawa heliports
The U.S. 3rd Marine Division's Northern Training Area, also known as the Jungle Warfare Training Center, is a vast training base area straddling the villages of Kunigami and Higashi in Yanbaru, Okinawa's northern highlands.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 15, 2016
Let's discuss new fares for taxis
Cab firms have started experimenting with a lower minimum fare of ¥410 to assess demand for short trips among tourists and the elderly.
Reader Mail
Aug 12, 2016
Lesson from Sagamihara: Coexisting and growing together
On July 26, an unbelievable tragedy occurred at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nineteen were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack. I pray from the bottom of my heart for the repose of the 19 innocent souls and quick recovery of those injured.
Reader Mail
Aug 12, 2016
Trump couldn't be more wrong
Regarding the story "Trump rips U.S. defense of Japan" in the Aug. 7 issue, there's an old saying: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." Same goes for military spending: If you think defense spending is too expensive, try paying for World War III.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 8, 2016
Let's discuss the Emperor's possible abdication
Emperor Akihito does not necessarily intend to relinquish the throne early but has indicated he is prepared to abdicate if he becomes unable to fulfill his duties.
Reader Mail
Aug 5, 2016
Groping just a symptom of deeper rot
It's always easy to look at the symptoms while ignoring the underlying cause of an issue ("Commuters fight back against groping," July 31).
Reader Mail
Aug 5, 2016
Turkey counts on Japan's solidarity
The column by Doug Bandow in the July 29 issue ("Turkey crisis illustrates why U.S. should stop meddling)" touched on reasons why the leader of an Islamic community, Fethullah Gulen, has continued to live in Pennsylvania since the late 1990s.
Reader Mail
Aug 5, 2016
Nuclear arms must never be used again
"Nagasaki must be the last." I was deeply moved by this phrase, which I learned when I attended the peace memorial ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 last year.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 1, 2016
Talking about Harajuku Station's new look
Harajuku Station is getting a makeover, let's describe how we think it should go.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2016
The fun we had at Fuji Rock 2016
One of Japan's oldest large-scale rock festivals celebrated 20 years of operation this July. Here's a curated collection of the fun that was had in the mountains of Niigata.
LIFE / Language
Jul 25, 2016
Looking at vocabulary in the runup to 'Pokemon Go'
'Pokemon Go' fans in Japan are vexed by the wait for the popular game.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 23, 2016
20th Fuji Rock kicks off with a bang
Day one of Fuji Rock Festival 2016 is finished. The weather was great, and so were the two main acts on the Green Stage, Sigur Ros and James Blake. Beck and Wilco play tonight and it looks like clear skies again. Follow the Japan Times’ live blog at jtfuji.tumblr.com and on Instagram, and read about...
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
Trump and Musk trade barbs on social media as alliance crumbles
The trouble between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk started brewing days ago, when Musk denounced Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Six months into 2025, J-pop is having a full-on identity crisis (and a great time)
The year so far is only proving that Mrs. Green Apple is the biggest band in Japan. Their success also seems to be hinting at a change in the musical landscape more broadly.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 console is finally here
The Switch 2 is Nintendo's first new gaming console in eight years.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.

Podcast

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

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER