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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 1, 2016

Britain will not turn its back on Europe: ambassador

Britain will not walk away from Europe even as it prepares to leave the European Union, Britain's envoy to Japan said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2016

Why young people should vote

Young people need to realize that the policies affecting their own future will be determined by the elections in which they may or may not be taking part.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2016

Who's really to blame for Brexit

Mismanagement of globalization by the world's leadership class has led to Brexit and may elect Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2016

Russian firefighting plane goes down after tackling blaze in Siberia; up to 10 people missing

A Russian firefighting plane went missing Friday while dousing a forest blaze in Siberia, Interfax news agency reported.
Reader Mail
Jul 1, 2016

Abe's control of media leaves election tainted

There can be no focus on any election in Japan as long as the ruling government maintains its stranglehold on the media's freedom of speech ("Economy in focus as campaign starts for Upper House race," June 23). The electorate has been denied any objective understanding of the cunning or depth of deception...
Reader Mail
Jul 1, 2016

Not all is gloomy for aging society

Regarding the Big in Japan column "A confused, senile future awaits Japan" in the June 26 edition, Michael Hoffman's alarmist account of aging in Japan is wrong on several counts.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Jun 30, 2016

Essay contest examines global trade initiatives

The Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. (JFTC) has started accepting entries for its 12th annual essay competition under the topic of "Searching for a New Initiative in Global Trade and the Role of Japanese Companies."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2016

Ranking the 2016 presidential primary polls and predictions

After more than 50 million votes cast in 100-plus nominating contests since early February, the U.S. presidential primary season is over and each major party finally has its presumptive nominee. Now, as the country prepares for the race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 30, 2016

Abenomics brings salarymen no relief as wives limit allowances

Japan's long-suffering salaried workers, famous for toiling long hours, have found no relief under the Abenomics reflation program, recording two of the three worst years when it comes to their monthly pocket money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / DECISION 2016
Jun 29, 2016

Abenomics on the line for Abe in July poll: experts

Economists criticize Abenomics even as its eponymous champion uses it to draw focus away from his push for constitutional revision.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2016

Top official denies claim that Chinese fighter was close to firing on ASDF jet

A senior government official on Wednesday flatly denied allegations written on a news website claiming that a Chinese fighter was close to firing on an Air Self-Defense Force jet that had been scrambled over the East China Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2016

In annual human trafficking report, U.S. to set to upgrade Thailand's status with removal from lowest tier

The United States has decided to remove Thailand from its list of worst human trafficking offenders, officials said, a move that could help smooth relations with Bangkok's military-run government.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2016

Post-Brexit, Japan redefines idea of safe havens

Risk-averse investors who flocked to the yen in the aftermath of Brexit may want to consider a safer haven.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2016

China's dog meat festival suggests larger problem

China's dog meat trade offers a vivid example of why the country's food supply problems are so persistent.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2016

Ratings agencies downgrade U.K.'s credit score following 'seminal' Brexit vote

Britain suffered further blows to its economic standing on Monday as two top ratings agencies downgraded its sovereign credit score, judging last week's vote to leave the European Union will hurt its economy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2016

North Korea fitting U.S.-made machine guns to patrol boats, report says

North Korea is fitting U.S.-made machine guns to its large fleet of border patrol boats, leaving Washington scrambling to work out how it obtained them, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Tuesday, citing unnamed military sources.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

Which country wins the most from Brexit? China

A fractured EU will be less able to serve as a check to Beijing's growing challenge to the West's cherished institutions and ideals.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

U.K. torn between global leadership, nationalism

Britain has always been conflicted in its patriotic nationalism and its desire, bred of an extinct empire, to be a world leader.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 27, 2016

In Japanese, you can find the inner child in everything

It's not news that Japan is running out of children. Though the country's total fertility rate has recently shown some slight signs of recovery, this is unlikely to halt the overall trend of 少子化 (shōshika), which is the common term used to describe the dwindling number of kids. But no worries...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / LEADERS SPEAK
Jun 27, 2016

DP's Okada warns Abe is distracting voters from his goal to rewrite Constitution

A strong victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party in next month's Upper House election would spell an end to postwar pacifism and "completely change the way Japan is," according to Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2016

Park orders 24-hour watch for market turmoil amid Brexit fallout

President Park Geun-hye on Monday ordered officials to take "all necessary measures" — including round-the-clock monitoring — to minimize market fallout after Britain's decision to exit the European Union, Yonhap news agency reported.
Suspect on run after stabbing woman 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.
Japan sends senior official to China to cool boiling tensions
A Chinese tour group in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Sunday. China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo's new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
Bears attacks and sightings continue in northern Japan
A bear walks in front of a box trap set up at a park in the city of Akita on Nov. 2.
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
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.

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
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