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WORLD
Oct 5, 2016

Yahoo secretly scanned all incoming emails for U.S. intelligence, sources say

Yahoo Inc. last year secretly built a custom program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2016

Peres: no hero for Palestinians

For Palestinians, Lebanese and a multitude of others, Shimon Peres is just another war criminal who escaped any accountability for his countless misdeeds.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016

The antibiotic apocalypse

The overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and health care is leading to an alarming rise in bacterial resistance.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016

In Syria, Putin aims to recapture Soviet glory

Vladimir Putin is, bit by bit, seeking to rebuild the glory and the power that he believes was the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2016

Britain's May to trigger EU divorce by end of March

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would trigger the process to leave the EU by the end of March, offering the first glimpse of a timetable for a divorce that will redefine Britain's ties with its biggest trading partner.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2016

Kashmir again on the boil

India needs to maintain its restraint over Kashmir, but the backers of violence there must pay a price for their support of terrorism.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 30, 2016

Sushi crimes: How Japan polices its culinary traditions

"This is the best sushi you'll find in LA," says a suavely dressed man to his date, as they swoon over a table laden with ersatz creations like "caterpillar roll" and "spider roll." But just as they're about to consummate their passion, the meal is interrupted by a trio of armed Japanese officials: the...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2016

Japan posts videos to prepare citizens for next big quake

Houses toppling over, fires blazing out of control, trains going off their rails and murky water rushing through the streets, sweeping cars away.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 29, 2016

Delightful and delicious Xmas treats; enjoying chestnut-flavored treats; ring in the new year in style

Delightful and delicious Xmas treats
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2016

Syria's civil war and the bias in Western media

Is there one standard of morality for our friends and another for those we choose to demonize?
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 28, 2016

Death toll up to 202 as Egypt finds 33 more corpses while salvaging sunken migrant boat

Thirty-three bodies were recovered on Tuesday as the wreck of boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was lifted from the depths, raising the confirmed death toll to 202, a local official said.
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 27, 2016

Munby's 'Crucible' speaks to societies built on fear

"When the opportunity came to work at Theatre Cocoon in Tokyo, I was so excited about the great dramatist Yukio Ninagawa being the artistic director there," the English director Jonathan Munby declared.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016

Who has the space for more renewables?

Dramatic progress in renewable electricity is a hugely positive development; but the benefits are most easily grasped in developed, relatively sparsely populated countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 24, 2016

Multimedia producer Randall Murchison: 'Remain thankful for whatever makes you wiser'

Media coordinator on balancing art and industry.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2016

Changing the spousal tax break

The authorities had better tread very carefully when deciding whether to change the spousal tax deduction system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2016

Kin of Charlotte black man killed by cops view body cam video, say questions remain

The family of the black man whose shooting death by police triggered two nights of riots viewed video of the episode on Thursday, as Charlotte, North Carolina, braced for the possibility of a third straight night of violence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2016

Watering the drought-stricken Middle East

Governments in drought-stricken countries must take urgent action to preserve water reserves and standardize supply.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2016

Investigators looking into whether NYC bomb suspect had help

U.S. authorities investigated on Wednesday whether anyone helped an Afghan-born American citizen charged with carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey, while the city's top federal public defender asked for access to the man.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016

Out of the ordinary comes a new art festival

I've never been comfortable with the idea that Japan has three "most beautiful" places. It's a tradition, or a received wisdom, if you like, to rank the triad of the land bridge Ama-no Hashidate, the rocky islands of Matsushima and the sacred torii in the water at Miyajima as the indisputable height...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2016

Japan's Brexit challenge

Japan is being surprisingly forceful in demanding answers from the U.K. on Brexit.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 19, 2016

B. League chairman heralds new era

This last decade has marked the darkest period in Japan basketball history, with the sport divided between two rival men's leagues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 19, 2016

App maker aims to revive wedding industry with virtual reality nuptials

A couple put on a pair of goggles and a wedding aisle appeared in front of them as flowers rained down.

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