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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2016

When drama undercut diplomacy

If the Modi government wants history to stop repeating itself, it must develop a credible counterterrorism strategy vis-a-vis Pakistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2016

Documents indicate chemical leaks at U.S. base have polluted Okinawa water supply

U.S. documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that lax safety standards at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa may be to blame for the recent contamination of local drinking water sources.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 8, 2016

U.N. rapporteur urges Japan to consider law banning hate speech

Japan should enact a law banning hate speech to protect the nation's ethnic minorities, according to a United Nations expert who said such a change would not impact freedom of speech.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2016

Japan takes aim at ballooning drug prices as costs strain health budget

When two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies announced a tie-up in Japan, its $78 billion drug industry took note.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2016

Rubio may find 'reasonable' Republican Kasich a New Hampshire spoiler

U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is polling in the low single digits nationally but may be poised to play the role of spoiler in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary by cutting into the support of higher-profile rivals such as Marco Rubio.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2016

Australian state premier offers 267 asylum seekers refuge

The premier of an Australian state offered on Saturday to look after a group of asylum seekers facing repatriation to a camp on a remote Pacific island, adding to opposition to the federal government's policy of offshore detention.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2016

The predators behind the TPP

Twelve Pacific Rim countries representing around 40 percent of the global economy signed the u2028Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord on Thursday. Dutch author Karel van Wolferen u2028examines the corporate ramifications of the divisive deal
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 6, 2016

A Tohoku father seeks accountability for his daughter's death

As the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami approaches, the tragic story of 74 schoolchildren and 10 teachers who drowned near Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, continues to resonate painfully.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Feb 6, 2016

The ups and downs of apartment elevators

In the 2014 American movie, "5 Flights Up," Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play an elderly couple who think about selling their two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. Since they have lived in the unit all their married life, the decision is a difficult one, and the premise of the plot hinges on the reason...
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Feb 6, 2016

A Cat, a Man, and Two Women

It took the wise Junichiro Tanizaki, partial to hanky-panky of all shades, to see that a perfect love triangle (oops — make that a square) involves a cat. True to form, in "A Cat, a Man, and Two Women" Tanizaki flips master and servant, and one of the charms of this light-hearted work, first published...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 6, 2016

Students storm Diet; families flee New York amid tensions; ANA plane crashes; scores volunteer for Mideast mission

EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2016

Science and technology plan

Hopefully the government's new five-year plan for science and technology plan will reverse a disturbing decrease in the quality and quantity of Japanese research.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2016

Scientists open up to compassionate rodents

Scientists are starting to question their long-standing belief that animals are incapable of feeling empathy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 6, 2016

Sugar rush of sweet sushi, chocolate fossils and more as Valentine's in Japan approaches

Japan has a variety of whacky treats for this Valentine's Day, including monstrous cookies and 'poisoned' apples.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2016

Welcome to Mars. Population: 1

As kids, many of us have experienced the fear of being left behind. Lost in a supermarket, panicking as your parents get too far ahead of you during a walk in the park ... now imagine being left on an entirely different planet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 4, 2016

Lucchino says MLB not an easy move for Japanese players

Larry Lucchino is very comfortable in Japan and it's no wonder why. Lucchino presided over one of the most successful periods in the history of the Boston Red Sox franchise, as the team's president and CEO from 2002-2015, and many of the Japanese players he helped bring on board played a role during...
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2016

Terror fight after Paris attack prompts charge of stifled debate

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, a hardened French government is not giving dialogue a chance, charges former Justice Minister Christiane Taubira.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 3, 2016

Why the 'comfort women' statues should stay — and continue to disturb

On holiday in Hanoi, I found myself trying to explain 'comfort women' to my 13-year-old son.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2016

Sean Penn creates mayhem and feel-bad vibes in 'The Gunman'

Globalism has hit the action genre hard, and the movies coming out of the wreckage are apt to be more than a tad disappointing. We once knew (or were told to believe) that democracy was good, everything else was bad and Americans had the God-given right to go after profits abroad and protect their families...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2016

New Hampshire primary requires candidates to recalibrate campaigns

Just hours after the last voters walked away from Iowa's caucuses, the center of the reshaped 2016 presidential race shifted to New Hampshire, where candidates were already addressing voters before dawn Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2016

China reduces 11 Xinjiang jail sentences, calls de-radicalization a success

Authorities in China's unruly far-western region of Xinjiang have reduced the sentences of 11 people jailed for threatening state security after declaring the success of a re-radicalization programme, state Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2016

Exhibition showcases quest to pair patients with novel search for cure

People with obscure, degenerative nerve disorders with no known cures. A biologist exploring the use of fruit flies as an alternative to mice to test drug compounds. A designer who makes his own laser cutter. All of them have collaborated for a unique exhibition that could one day change the way new...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2016

Cruz upsets Trump in Iowa; Clinton barely scrapes by Sanders

It was a bad night in Iowa for the establishment on both sides of the political aisle.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016

Japan's picture ID before World War II

Last year, the number of tourists coming into Japan outnumbered those going out for the first time in 45 years. In absolute terms, it may be the first time that tourism has properly taken off for this country, despite numerous attempts by various ministries and semi-official agencies over the years to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016

Getting sentimental about the Pre-Raphaelites

Sometimes even provincial cities in the West seem to have much greater public art resources than Japan's capital. This is driven home by a video at the "Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic Painting from National Museums Liverpool" exhibition now on at Tokyo's Bunkamura The Museum.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016

'Shimura Fukumi'

Feb. 2-March 21
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Metropolitan Police Department investigators examine a poster put up at a building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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