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WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2016

Donald Trump Jr. appears with white supremacist on radio show

One of Donald Trump's sons appeared along with a white supremacist while giving an interview on a conservative radio show, adding to concerns that the front-runner in the battle to be the Republican candidate in November's presidential election is willing to accept support from extremist supporters....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2016

Company aiming to clear space junk wins funding

A company that aims to clean junk from space has secured up to $30 million (¥3.39 billion) in public-private funding and plans to launch the world's first debris-mapping satellite later this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2016

Japan's Supreme Court dismisses liability of family in death of man with dementia

The Supreme Court says a family doesn't have to pay a railroad for its lost revenue when their relative with dementia wandered onto the tracks and was killed.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016

Myanmar brings forward date for presidential nominations

Myanmar will announce presidential nominations on March 10, the speaker of its upper house of parliament said on Tuesday, advancing the original date by a week, as a lengthy political transition enters its last stages.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016

What the FBI versus Apple flap is really about

The Apple-FBI encryption flap is really all about Edward Snowden and the NSA.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016

Japanese, Chinese diplomats meet in Tokyo, agree to more high-level talks

Senior Japanese and Chinese diplomats agree to work on holding high-level talks, including mutual visits by their foreign ministers, to mend the strained bilateral relationship.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016

Less than zero in Japan

Japan's economic fundamentals are generally sound, and pessimistic predictions are greatly exaggerated.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016

The albatross of a Donald Trump endorsement

Republican politicians who endorse Donald Trump will find that nothing will redeem the reputations they will ruin by placing their opportunism in his service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2016

Strains show in China's factory heartland

Millions of migrant workers streaming back to China's industrial heartland after the long lunar New Year break face an uncertain future as smaller factories in particular struggle to cope with anaemic orders and rising inventories.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 29, 2016

'Landmark' ruling sent Japan's foreign residents back to welfare limbo

Widely misunderstood 2014 case reaffirmed the decades-old stopgap that means noncitizens can receive support but can't appeal if their application is rejected.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 29, 2016

Alarm over the death of a doctor ripples across the Seto Inland Sea

The death of the island's only doctor has come as a major shock to the islanders of Shiraishi and beyond.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2016

DPJ needs more than just a merger

The merger between the Democratic Party of Japan and Ishin no To won't mean anything if the new force doesn't come up with ways to engage voters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2016

Rocket tests have Japanese media wondering: How do you solve a problem like (North) Korea?

North Korea — what to make of it? Nobody knows. In an age of secrecy stripped bare, it has succeeded in being unfathomable. It's horrible — on that most observers agree; but how horrible? To what purpose? In spite of, or because of, what obstacles to its survival?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2016

A privileged perspective on WWII in 'My Shanghai, 1942-1946: A Novel'

Partly inspired by the wartime experiences of author Keiko Itoh's mother, "My Shanghai, 1942-1946" is a comfortably old-fashioned epistolary novel told entirely through diary entries. The story begins in January 1942 as London-educated protagonist Eiko Kishimoto arrives in the Shanghai International...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2016

Iran counts votes in election to determine post-sanctions balance of power

Iran began counting votes on Saturday after elections that could see reformists accelerate Tehran's opening to the world or long-dominant hardliners reaffirm the Islamic Republic's traditional anti-Western stance.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2016

Japan welcomes 'stronger' U.S.-China sanctions against North Korea

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that the draft resolution agreed to by the United States and China on expanding sanctions against North Korea for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch reflects Japan's call for stringent U.N. action.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 26, 2016

Gamba, Reds seeking revenge on Sanfrecce

The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming J. League season. Team-by-team previews of the nine highest-ranking teams competing in the first division are listed.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016

India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine

India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2016

Gunman goes on Kansas shooting spree, slays four before cops kill him

An employee killed up to four people and wounded as many as 20 others in a shooting spree that ended at his worksite in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday where he was shot and killed by authorities, the local sheriff told reporters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2016

South China Sea defenses 'really needed' in face of U.S. militarization: Beijing

China "really needs" its defenses in the South China Sea in the face of a militarization process being pushed by the United States, and can deploy whatever equipment it wants on its own soil, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Feb 25, 2016

Kotoshogiku faces uphill battle to maintain winning form

Every four years just before the Olympic Games begin, the Japanese broadcast, online and print media announce with the confidence bordering on arrogance just how many gold medals the nation's athletes are "expected" to win. The figure is always given as the "minimum expected."
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 25, 2016

Supreme Court, Abe battle over judicial independence

The Supreme Court is locked in a war with the Abe administration over the independence of the judicial branch.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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