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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 26, 2013

Is it safe? Ruling party pushes nuclear village agenda

In July 2011, then Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered stress tests on all Japan's 50 nuclear reactors to assess their safety. By May 2012, they were all idled and for the first time in 40 years the nation was not generating a single kWh from nuclear energy.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 22, 2013

ASEAN looking a bit like '97

Amid the economic boom in many ASEAN countries, there is also a feeling of deja vu that current conditions resemble those on the eve of the '97 financial crisis.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2013

2013 Central League Preview

In order of predicted finish:
Japan Times
LIFE
Dec 9, 2012

Our deepest fears fuel the booming business of doomsday scenarios

Apocalypse 2012 was born in 1996.
Local miners collect small rocks as they mine for gold in Benguet province in the northern Philippines.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2024

Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines

One in three of the illegal mining workforce is female — and women are 90 times more at risk of dying on the job than men.
Junior doctors carry India's national flag and hold placards during a protest to demand justice over the rape and murder of a doctor in early August, in Kolkata on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2024

Before Indian doctor's murder, an unmet promise to keep physicians safe

The state government of West Bengal where a doctor was raped and murdered in early August had pledged better security five years ago.
As team principal, Kamui Kobayashi's role with Toyota Gazoo Racing goes far beyond his performance behind the wheel.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 15, 2024

Kamui Kobayashi still driven by passion after long career in driver’s seat

Despite turning 38 on Friday, Kobayashi is not ready to pump the brakes on his auto racing career. 
Myanmar's then-state counselor, Aung San Suu Kyi, meets with Fumio Kishida, Japan's then-foreign minister, for talks in Tokyo in November 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2024

Kishida’s failure to support democracy in Myanmar

Kishida's lack of engagement with Myanmar's pro-democracy movement shows he prioritized economic relations over democratic values.
Dani Alderman, 31, who was diagnosed in May 2023 with triple negative breast cancer, at her apartment in Manhattan on Sunday
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2024

Breast cancer cases continue to rise among younger women, study finds

One in 50 U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer by age 50, according to the American Cancer Society report.
The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu is docked at the Port of Shimizu on Sept. 5 ahead of a 106-day expedition by researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2024

Japan's deep-sea vessel digs for answers to 2011 earthquake

In a hundred-day expedition, scientists aboard the Chikyu aim to piece together the earthquake's story and assess the potential for another temblor to be triggered.
While China's recent initiatives signal a willingness to address economic challenges, the road ahead remains difficult as the country's policymakers have yet to offer a clear road to success.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2024

A stimulus is good, but China still faces a hard slog

Beijing is back in investors' good books. To justify the euphoria, it needs some meaty goals.
United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 30, 2023.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 8, 2024

Top of the COPs: The key U.N. climate summits

The United Nations has been holding global climate summits, or COPs (Conference of the Parties), since 1995.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center right) makes a speech Sunday in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, along with Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii (center left).
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2024

General election campaigning to kick off Tuesday

Rocked by a political funds scandal that engulfed the party and led to the dissolution of most of its factions, the LDP faces its toughest election since 2012.
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi stumps in the city of Nara on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2024

With her sights set on Ishiba's throne, will Takaichi take over the LDP?

Anything less than a comfortable victory in Sunday's general election will put the prime minister in a vulnerable position.
Posters for candidates in the Tokyo No. 1 district on Wednesday in Tokyo
JAPAN / Media
Oct 23, 2024

In the heart of Tokyo, LDP and CDP rivals duke it out as election day nears

While the ruling and main opposition candidates are the clear front-runners, a third-party challenger is also hoping to wrestle his way in.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2024

Is Kamala Harris’ race or gender affecting her support? ‘It’s very complicated.’

While she frequently recounts her background on the campaign trail, Harris tends to focus more on her middle-class roots than her race or gender.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba poses for a photo with other members of the Liberal Democratic Party at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night after polls closed in the 2024 general election.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2024

Success and scandals: the Liberal Democratic Party

The LDP remains associated with the postwar economic miracle, said Tomoaki Iwai of Nihon University.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda attends a commemorative ceremony at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, the day new yen notes went into circulation.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2024

Japan needs tighter monetary policy to restore balance

Japan’s economy undoubtedly suffers when the yen is too strong; that is why some advocate for a more expansionary monetary policy.
Chinese Maritime Militia vessels are pictured near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Philippines says China is pushing it to cede claims in South China Sea

The fifth meeting between Australia and the Philippines since August 2023 reflects growing security ties between them, with both having voiced concerns about China.
Linda McMahon speaks during an event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2024

Trump’s education secretary pick named in sexual abuse lawsuit

The suit says Linda McMahon and her husband were aware of credible abuse accusations against their ringside announcer and ring crew chief but tolerated him anyway.
Bereaved family members are seen shedding tears at a memorial ceremony held near the Sasago Tunnel in Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2024

Victims remembered on 12th anniversary of Sasago Tunnel disaster

The memorial ceremony was attended by 60 people, including executives of the company and officials of the transport ministry as well as people who lost their loved ones.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in 2021
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2024

U.S. Marines begin to relocate from Okinawa to Guam

The movement of troops comes 19 years after an initial agreement for the relocation by the governments of Japan and the U.S.
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2024

Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt

Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interest rates and the rising cost of living bite.
New Orleans' French Quarter following an early-morning attack on Jan. 1
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025

‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives and friends saw few signs before attack

The violence appeared to explode out of nowhere to those who had known Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar as a quiet and caring person. But there were also signs of growing instability.
The National Personnel Authority in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2025

Fall in Japanese bureaucrat aspirants shows signs of stabilizing

The number of applicants in fiscal 2023 rose by 36.0% from the previous year, and in fiscal 2024, it increased by 17.9%, reaching a record high of 4,734.
Residents run away after seeing members of the M23 armed group walking through a street of the besieged Congolese city of Goma on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 28, 2025

Rwandan-backed M23 militia enters eastern Congo's largest city

The U.N. said the rebels were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.
Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Feb 3, 2025

Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?

They're no substitute for policy, but by providing food and belonging, these safe spaces are filling in the cracks of the nation's fraying communities.
“Light Court” (2024) is based on the “Lightcourt” space at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by metabolist architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007).
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2025

Yuki Harada's contemplative artworks ponder vanishing

The artist spent time researching Japanese migrants who left Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures for Hawaii, and the U.S. island state often features in his art.
Geraint Thomas puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey on the podium after the 19th stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, between Lourdes and Laruns, France, in July 2018.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Feb 18, 2025

British Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas to retire at end of season

Thomas won the Tour de France in 2018, after securing gold for Britain in the team pursuit in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Former CDP executive Kenji Eda discusses a possible reduction of the consumption tax rate, in Tokyo on April 10.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2025

CDP divisions over proposed tax cut pose headache for Yoshihiko Noda

The nation’s largest opposition party is preparing for the Upper House poll in July, in which it hopes to win enough seats to make a CDP-led coalition government possible.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday

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