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EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 1999

Staring at the abyss in Northern Ireland

Though more than a year has passed since politicians in Northern Ireland signed the historic Good Friday peace accord, the document has remained a dead letter due to a dispute over the disarmament of the Irish Republican Army. Now the agreement is unraveling, posing a real danger that dialogue will once...
LIFE / Travel
Apr 7, 1999

Preserving a pocket of Fiji

LEVUKA, Fiji -- Thirteen-year-old Una Turaganicolo's strong, clear voice filled her family's timber-frame home, rising to the corrugated roof visible through the rafters. Her sister, Rose, hummed along as she battled with her math homework by the light of a flickering candle.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Top Hong Kong official defends dollar-to-dollar link

Hong Kong remains committed to retaining its link to the U.S. dollar through a currency board and has strong support from mainland China in defending its dollar, its top administrative officer said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
May 25, 1998

Diet member loses seat over aide's vote-buying

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court on Monday nullified the 1996 election of a Diet member from the Liberal Democratic Party and barred him from running for office in the same constituency for five years, after his secretary was convicted of buying votes.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

Foley denies making tax plea, calls for further deregulation

OSAKA -- U.S. ambassador Thomas Foley wound up a two-day trip to the Kansai region April 24, his first since assuming the post last fall, calling on the Japanese government to deregulate further.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Next tax rebate may come in August

The second round of special pump-priming income tax cuts for the current year may be implemented as early as August if related bills are enacted by the Diet by late May, members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel said April 14.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1997

Analysis: Ozawa in trouble despite victory

Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 12, 1997

Ozawa fails to bring Komei membership into Shinshinto fold

Shinshinto President Ichiro Ozawa finally abandoned efforts Friday to persuade Komei leader Tomio Fujii to drop the party's plan to field its own proportional representation candidates in next summer's Upper House election.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 1997

Kobe mayor poll faces the quake factor

Staff writerKOBE -- The Kobe mayoral election is slated for this Oct. 26, but Tsuka Izuta would rather stay in that day than spend the 1,000 yen in transportation costs to get to a voting booth.Although she is a registered voter in Nada Ward, 68-year-old Izuta has abstained from voting in any elections...
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Shinshinto panel urges end to open primaries

Shinshinto should stop using open primaries to choose its leader, a panel within the largest opposition party said in a report released July 4.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1997

Yasato mayor fined for taking bribes, walks

Former Mayor Tateo Sakurai of Yasato, Ibaraki Prefecture, was given a three-year prison term, suspended for five years, and fined 25 million yen for taking bribes from contractors to help them land municipal public works projects.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2023

A rising India is also, in one remote pocket, a blood-soaked war zone

The world’s most populous country and home to the fastest-growing major economy has witnessed weeks of ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur that has claimed about 100 lives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 24, 2023

Fanfare for Modi at Sydney event set to boost image at home after poll loss

The Indian prime minister’s rock star-like welcome at Australia’s largest entertainment and sport arena in Sydney underscores his massive public appeal among many Indians at home and abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2023

Uncertainty in Pakistan as military faces unprecedented challenge to authority

The arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this month led to violent nationwide protests, including attacks on military buildings and on the homes of senior officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2023

Hopes dim for extension of IMF relief amid Pakistan’s deepening political crisis

Foreign exchange reserves in the South Asian country, currently at $4.457 billion, cover barely a month's worth of imports.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2023

Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan arrested as aides call for nationwide protest

Khan, a former cricket star, was apparently detained in connection with a corruption investigation involving a plot of land.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 3, 2023

Cambodia poised for SEA Games with Chinese flavor

Phnom Penh will stage the 32nd edition of the biennial event beginning Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2023

Paraguay's conservatives score big election win, defusing Taiwan fears

Paraguay's ruling candidate Santiago Pena, 44, scored a big win in the country's presidential election on Sunday, easing fears about the end of diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2023

Braving boos, Macron hopes 'cathartic' walkabouts will soothe pension anger

After weeks of protests against his decision to raise the minimum pension age by two years, Macron's popularity ratings have plunged to near record-low levels.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2023

Suspect may have used homemade pipe bomb in Kishida attack, investigators say

The revelation came as police raided the home of the 24-year-old suspect in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2023

Myanmar confirms deadly air strike as international outcry mounts

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said he was 'horrified' by the deadly air strike, whose victims he said included schoolchildren performing dances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2023

Japan weighs raising social insurance premiums to help tackle falling birthrate

Several trillion yen is expected to be necessary to implement all items in a draft package of measures for addressing the country's low birthrate released last week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2023

India opposition leader Gandhi to appeal jail sentence

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will appeal a two-year jail sentence in a defamation case brought against him by a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 23, 2023

‘NHK Newsline’ provides an Asian perspective for a global audience

“NHK Newsline” boasts a long history. With roots going back to 2000, the program first emerged in 2007. Today, it is the flagship English-language news show of NHK World-Japan, the international service of Japan’s public broadcaster, covering events from Japan, Asia and around the world on the...
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 21, 2023

With renewed push, Kishida looks to put his own stamp on Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy

Kishida's newly unveiled plan to assist developing nations was widely seen as a bid to counter Beijing’s attempts to expand its influence among those countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2023

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha jailed 27 years on treason charge

Kem Sokha was the joint founder of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party and has long been a foe of Hun Sen — Asia's longest-serving leader.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023

Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs

The increasingly deadly assaults arrive from hideouts in the border region adjoining Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2023

World should tip the scales in Myanmar’s civil war

With Myanmar's civil war having reached a stalemate, the international community should step in, recognize the civilian government and deliver weapons to its armed wing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2023

Over 1,000 dead after earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it is impossible to say what death toll will rise to.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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