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EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2018

Does the longest postwar boom cycle mean much?

The Japanese economy needs efforts to turn the current boom into a sustained expansion.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 26, 2018

Busting myths about Fukushima No. 1

Efforts to decommission the shattered nuclear plant are headed in the right direction.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2018

How Beijing risks trashing its amazing growth story

There already are some signs that the country is making mistakes that will hobble economic growth.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Japan formally announces IWC withdrawal to resume commercial whaling

After the pullout, Japan plans to hunt whales in nearby waters and within its exclusive economic zone beginning in July.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 26, 2018

Trailblazer Norika Konno ready to turn heads in U.S.

With about 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the game, Norika Konno scored off a Eurostep, one of her signature moves, for a layup.
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Dec 26, 2018

Cloud of uncertainty hovers over Top League

The New Year is traditionally a time for looking back on the past and looking ahead.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 26, 2018

Sumo's young guns ready to make big impact in 2019

Last December, when looking ahead to 2018, I wrote that this would be the year when a new generation of sumo talent would rise to glory.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike working to make capital more accessible for foreign and disabled visitors ready for 2020 Games

With 575 days until the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, and a law passed earlier this month that opens the door for 340,000 foreign workers to enter the country over the next five years, Tokyo is about to see a lot of new faces.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui reveals deal with Komeito to hold referendum on merging city wards

Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui revealed Wednesday that his Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) political group had signed a deal with Komeito, in April 2017, to hold a referendum on merging the city's wards during the current terms of the prefectural and municipal assembly members, which expire in April 2019.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 26, 2018

December 27, 2018

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2018

Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao's birthday

Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, on the sensitive anniversary of the 125th birthday of the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, whose legacy remains deeply contested.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

From a harrowing experience in Iraq to youth mentorship: Noriaki Imai dedicates his life to helping at-risk teens

When freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda returned to Japan in October after being held captive by a militant group in Syria for over three years, 33-year-old Noriaki Imai was confounded and disappointed by the muted reception he received from the public, with many blaming the journalist for his own abduction....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling

Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Cats outnumber dogs as pets in Japan for second straight year

The estimated number of cats being kept as pets outnumbered that of dogs for the second straight year in 2018, the Japan Pet Food Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2018

World economy to feel the delayed trade war pain in 2019, data shows

While 2018 was the year trade wars broke out, 2019 will be the year the global economy feels the pain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2018

Trump heaps praise on treasury chief Steve Mnuchin but hits Fed again on rate rises

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin amid worries over a weakening economy and a stock market slump, but repeated his criticism of the U.S. Federal Reserve, saying it has raised interest rates too quickly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2018

New Delhi residents spend Christmas indoors as smog crisis stretches into fourth day

Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors this year as air quality remained at "severe to emergency" levels for a fourth day, in the Indian capital's worst smog crisis this year.

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?