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Reader Mail
Jul 16, 2015

The true lesson of Sugihara's heroism missed

Almost every summer the newspaper regales us again with commemorative stories about the humanitarian heroism of Chiune Sugihara ("Chiune Sugihara: man of conscience," July 12).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2015

Protesters decry passage of 'war legislation' by Lower House committee

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday morning in front of the Diet building in Tokyo in a show of measured outrage as a Lower House special committee voted on the government's defense bills.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2015

Family of victim of Kobe child-killer calls for ban on criminals' memoirs

Enraged by the publication last month of a memoir by an infamous child serial killer from Kobe, the father of one of the victims petitioned the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday for a ban on criminals talking about their crimes, including in print and movies, without the permission of those...
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2015

Toshiba's cooked books

Unless it's determined why Toshiba's existing governance mechanism failed to prevent accounting irregularities it will be difficult to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 15, 2015

The LDP's comic appeal for constitutional change falls flat

I hadn't planned on reading the Liberal Democratic Party's propaganda comic on constitutional change for the same reason I don't watch NHK, listen to AKB48 or use my underpants as an ashtray. Yet, as a piece of Japanese legal cultural history, perhaps it merits comment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

'MOT Collection: Postwar Art in Close-Up'

July 18-Oct. 12
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

'War and Postwar: The Prism of the Times'

July 18-Jan. 31
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2015

Insufficient electoral reform effort

In enacting electoral reforms, the LDP needs to put voters' constitutional rights ahead of its own interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2015

Panamanian ambassador sees scope for growth in ties with Japan

Panamanian Ambassador Ritter Diaz said Tuesday he has high hopes for stronger bilateral trade with Japan, and that he plans to target the aviation and maritime shipping sectors in pursuing it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2015

Parody of LDP security bills video goes viral ahead of Diet vote

An animated video released by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that attempts to explain the need for the security bills currently being debated by the Diet has spawned a scathing parody that attempts to shoot holes in the ruling coalition's argument for the legislation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2015

Infamous shareholder activist Murakami returns to fray in league with daughter

Yoshiaki Murakami, Japan's most famous activist shareholder before he was convicted of insider trading in 2007, is once again pressing the nation's companies and this time it's a family act.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2015

Pot breathalyzer needed as U.S. relaxes cannabis bans

As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the "high" road.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2015

Zero fighter plane being prepped for first flight since WWII

Almost 70 years after it was flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy, a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane is being prepared to once again take to the skies of Japan to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015

Climate change conference's smoke and mirrors

The story that the producers of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference will ask viewers to believe relies on technologies that are no more effective than smoke and mirrors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015

Watch as Riyadh cozies up to the Russians

Saudi Arabia is building up ties with Russia, not least because it would like help in building 16 nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 13, 2015

Serena eyes calendar Slam

Serena Williams holds all four major tennis titles after her Wimbledon victory Saturday but she wants more.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2015

Cocaine smugglers turn to South Asia for new routes, markets

Police who seized Asia's largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month say it was headed for India, the latest sign that drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in South Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2015

Solar Impulse plane overheated on flight from Nagoya; several weeks needed for repair

The solar-powered plane suffered u2018irreversible' damage to its batteries and is grounded at Kalaeloa Airport near Honolulu until it can be fixed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 11, 2015

Dark humor won't shield us for much longer

'I hope," read an email from a colleague boarding an Osaka-bound shinkansen in Tokyo last week, "nobody sets himself on fire."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 11, 2015

Steve Spencer Baker: 'No one in their right mind gets on a frantic elevator'

Freelance company director on science fiction, social media and early incarnations of Simply Red
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 11, 2015

Breaking bad

Hurry up and eat your noodles before they expand.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2015

Iran, powers give themselves until Monday for nuclear deal

Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2015

JAZA reinstated in world body after suspension over Taiji dolphins

The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums on Thursday regained its membership in the global industry body after it ordered its members to cease acquiring dolphins from a controversial drive hunt.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 10, 2015

WBC bantamweight champ Yamanaka to make ninth title defense on Sept. 22

WBC bantamweight world champion Shinsuke Yamanaka will face former WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno at Tokyo's Ota City General Gymnasium on Sept. 22, Teiken Promotions announced on Friday.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 10, 2015

July 11, 2015

COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 10, 2015

Beware the perils of a 'Little Britain' and a 'Little Japan'

If Japan does not join the AIIB, it will inevitably give the impression that it has turned its back on the rest of Asia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jul 10, 2015

'Gotham' gives TV audiences a glimpse of the man before the mask

Comic book fans in Japan may think they've seen every version of "Batman" to date, but actors Ben McKenzie and Sean Pertwee — stars of the new Batman-oriented TV series "Gotham" — believe there's still a "bumpy ride" to be had.
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.
Kyoto gets its own teamLab installation, the largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
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.

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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