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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2019

Planning group for 2025 Osaka expo looks to design event showcasing Japan's cutting-edge tech

A planning committee for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka held its first meeting Friday afternoon, with members emphasizing that the event should be a collaborative effort involving the broader Kansai region and an occasion to showcase Japan's cutting-edge technologies.
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2019

Should Japan compromise on territorial row?

It may indeed be unrealistic for Japan to expect to settle its territorial dispute with Russia without compromise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2019

China's new age of uncertainty

China's open disregard of international rules and its penchant for bullying explain why it essentially remains a friendless power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2019

Why Beijing wants to dominate the internet

China's new geopolitical strategy is a threat to open networks; America and its allies must respond.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jan 25, 2019

Sumo 101: Sumo's birthplace

Ryogoku is the center of the sumo world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2019

Mitsubishi and Panasonic lose permits to hire foreign trainees after violations

The Justice Ministry said the firms ordered workers to perform tasks other than those specified in their contracts, among other violations.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 25, 2019

LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo named NBA All-Star Game captains

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the team captains for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game after leading their respective conferences in voting, the league announced Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2019

BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo becomes advocate of pitch-count limits for youth

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo was struck by a strange thought while playing for Samurai Japan during the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2019

Airlines say U.S. shutdown pushing aviation system to 'tipping point'

U.S. airline bosses are stepping up their criticism of the partial government shutdown, warning that the closing threatens to snarl air travel as it drags into its 34th day.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2019

Panel proposes Japan schoolteachers' overtime be limited to 45 hours per month

A government panel proposed Friday that overtime work for teachers in public schools be capped, in principle, at 45 hours per month and 360 hours per year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 25, 2019

Ice diving in Hokkaido: All adrift beneath a frozen sea

Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula is a treasure trove of forests, wild animals and birds. But from early February to early March it is the home of ice diving, scuba diving beneath the drift ice that blows south from the Sea of Okhotsk.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2019

Chinese movie star Gao Yunxiang pleads not guilty to sexual assault in Australia

Chinese movie actor Gao Yunxiang and a producer pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Friday to charges of sexual assault, setting the course for a trial later this year, a court official said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 25, 2019

Must-visit museums in the castle town of Kanazawa

With its well-preserved samurai and geisha districts, various temples and traditional crafts, the castle town of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture is often nicknamed 'Little Kyoto.' Although Kenrokuen Garden and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art get the most tourism buzz, the city has many other museums worthy of your time and attention.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2019

Subaru death-from-overwork probe finds 3,400 staff were not paid overtime for two years

Subaru Corp. on Friday said it did not pay overtime wages over a two-year period to some 3,400 employees who underreported their hours, a revelation that surfaced in an internal probe following the 2016 suicide of an overworked employee.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2019

U.S. sends warships through Taiwan Strait amid rows with China

The United States Navy has sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. Pacific Fleet told The Japan Times, as military and trade tensions continue to fester between Beijing and Washington.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 25, 2019

George Soros warns of China's use of AI to control citizens, calling Xi Jinping 'most dangerous' foe of open societies

Billionaire George Soros warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence in the hands of authoritarian regimes such as China and called the country's president, Xi Jinping, "the most dangerous" opponent of open societies.
Reader Mail
Jan 25, 2019

Bad funding decisions ail universities

Regarding the opinion piece "The global decline of Japanese universities" in the Jan. 19 edition, I'm not sure professor Takamitsu Sawa has a real grasp of what ails Japan's universities most. More important than how they are evaluated internationally is how their dwindling resources are misused to begin...
Reader Mail
Jan 25, 2019

Nobel Prizes prove plenty of creativity

As professor Takamitsu Sawa says in "The global decline of Japanese universities" in the Jan. 19 edition, Japanese universities are lower than Chinese and Korean ones in the world ranking with special reference to the ranking in Asia. I have to acknowledge this, but Japan has also received more Nobel...
Reader Mail
Jan 25, 2019

Live in the 21st century like its the 18th

Regarding the story "T Card customer data handed to police and prosecutors without court approval" in the Jan. 21 edition, so very shocking, not.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

Podcast

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

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?
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