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Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2019

Remembering a landmark and life-saving kidney transplant

The hospital information packet advised me to bring my own chopsticks, but I prefer a knife and fork. That was just the start of my experience as the first-ever Western woman to donate a kidney at Osaka University Hospital, in Japan.
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2019

A disturbing lack of awareness

The Mitsukoshi cashiers are very polite, as one would expect from staff in an organization that has strived for over three centuries "to nurture a 'customer first' corporate philosophy" (according to the department store chain's website).
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2019

Racism both subtle and overt

Baye McNeil's column in the Dec. 10 edition headlined "The push for real change in the 2010s" was all too familiar for people like me. Everything McNeil said was true. It's a never-ending struggle for darker people in Japan. I won't pretend to fully comprehend that struggle because I'm not black or brown....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

Ruling against France's Orange over suicides sets precedent for corporate responsibility

A landmark ruling against the former French telecommunications monopoly could pave the way for similar collective procedures.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2019

Osaka panel greenlights metropolis plan, setting stage for second referendum

A joint panel set up by Osaka's prefectural and municipal governments has approved a so-called Osaka metropolis plan to reorganize the city into four special wards governed directly by the prefecture in 2025.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 27, 2019

Amid bribery and cherry party scandals, Abe unlikely to call a snap Japan election

Ruling party members now believe that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is even less likely to call a general election in the near future after the arrest of a former state minister for alleged bribery.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2019

Ukraine to buy more Javelin anti-tank missile systems from U.S.

Ukraine will purchase a second consignment of U.S. Javelin anti-tank missiles and launch units, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / 2019 in Review
Dec 27, 2019

In video games, 2019 was the year of Death Stranding

The year saw an array of original titles hit the shelves, alongside a selection of reboots of existing francihses
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Dec 27, 2019

Pucker up for this year's 'Kohaku,' and brace yourself for a kiss to remember

NHK's 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' New Year's Eve television song contest is embracing something a little different this year, with an international metal crossover act.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2019

Archaeologists find 1,000-year-old Mayan palace in eastern Mexico

Archaeologists have discovered a large palace likely used by the Mayan elite more than 1,000 years ago in the ancient city of Kuluba, near the modern day tourist hot spot of Cancun in eastern Mexico, Mexican anthropology officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2019

'The escalator is going up': Alaska to record its warmest year yet

Alaska is set to finish 2019 with a record average high temperature after a year of extremes ranging from a sweltering summer and rampant wildfires to vanishing sea ice and winter rains where heavy snows were once the norm.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2019

Turkey to send troops to Libya at Tripoli's request, Erdogan says

Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, putting the North African country's conflict at the center of wider regional frictions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019

After Cabinet opposed Trump plan to brand Mexican drug cartels as terror groups, he forged ahead

In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration this month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2019

Notre Dame restoration enters risky phase with removal of mangled scaffolding

The operation to shore up fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering a risky stage as engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding that could provoke a further collapse.
WORLD / Society
Dec 27, 2019

British authorities pick up 49 suspected migrants trying to cross Channel in small boats

British border and coast guard elements picked up 49 suspected migrants on Thursday as they were trying to cross the Channel from France in small boats, according to media reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

Turkey's Halkbank fails to halt U.S. prosecution for allegedly aiding Iran

A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019

Russian authorities use power tools to raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office

Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops.
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 27, 2019

[VIDEO] The opening of Japan's new National Stadium

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2019

Turkey's block on Wikipedia violates rights, court rules

The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that blocking access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia within Turkey is a violation of freedom of expression, a lawyer representing the organization and various media reports said.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2019

Office of Tokyo pachinko operator searched over casino bribery scandal

Prosecutors searched the office of a pachinko chain operator in Tokyo on Thursday in connection with a bribery scandal involving a plan for a casino resort.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 26, 2019

December 27, 2019

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?