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EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2016

Musudan missile launches

North Korea must realize that only by abandoning its nuclear weapons and missile programs will it be able to enjoy stability and prosperity.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2016

For U.K., Brexit is just the latest ugly partition

More than a few countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa have scars to show from Britain's long and haphazard withdrawal from its onetime empire.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jun 29, 2016

Letters: Snowden and the sheeple; 'U.S. Marines culture' was once like Japan's

A couple of readers' responses to recent Community Page articles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2016

Spike in police-linked killings feared as Duterte takes power in Manila

Two things catch the eye in the office of Joselito Esquivel, a police colonel enforcing a national crackdown on drugs in the Philippines' most crime-ridden district: a pair of boxing gloves in a display cabinet and an M4 assault rifle lying beside him.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2016

Experts say South China Sea reefs being 'decimated' as local Chinese harvest giant clams

Ornaments made from the shells of endangered giant clams, renowned in China for having auspicious powers and the luster of ivory, have become coveted luxuries, a trend which has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem of the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

Mass shootings are America's new normal

Congress's failure to act over the last 12 years has transformed the U.S. into a nation awash in military hardware.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2016

What's next for the EU, as Britain turns its back

Britons voted in a referendum on Thursday to leave the European Union. Following are answers to key questions on what will happen next in Britain's relations with the bloc:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 22, 2016

Keeping it real: Naomi Kawase on filmmaking

Naomi Kawase has always been an outlier in the Japanese film world, if a very successful one. Born and raised in Nara Prefecture, the site of Japan's ancient capital, she started making documentaries while a student at the Osaka School of Photography in the late 1980s, taking as subjects her natural...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

Trump gives Clinton her much-needed cause

The political context around Hillary Clinton has changed. Donald Trump has transformed her from a transactional candidate to a conviction candidate.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2016

SEALDs leader's invite to Fuji Rock sparks online debate

A controversy has broken out on social media after the name of a high-profile youth activist appeared last week on the list of artists attending this year's Fuji Rock Festival.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 21, 2016

Hokkaido eatery encourages diners to treat the needy

A small restaurant in the city of Obihiro, Hokkaido, boasts an eye-catching sign out front that says "Eat here for free."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jun 18, 2016

Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order

His contemporaries hardly knew what to make of him. Their bewilderment is reflected in the name by which he is best known to us: the "dog shogun."
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2016

The need for more scholarships

The ruling and opposition parties must follow through on their promises to increase university scholarships and prevent more students from having to take out crippling loans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2016

Orlando tourism unshaken by rare week of horrific news

Experts say it's too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they're committed to visiting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2016

Despite State Department dissent on Syria, Obama not shifting toward strikes against Assad's forces

The U.S. administration sought on Friday to contain fallout from a leaked internal memo critical of its Syria policy, but showed no sign it was willing to consider the military strikes that the letter, signed by dozens of American diplomats, called for.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2016

Death and inheritance taxes: Japan's financial advisory firms enter the delicate but bountiful fray

Elderly Japanese, among the world's richest retirees, are flocking to inheritance advisers, tackling historical taboos on discussing death and providing a rare avenue of growth for the country's brokerages and banks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2016

Japan's dispatched ALTs struggle without a safety net

In late March, 65 English assistant language teachers, or ALTs, effectively lost their jobs after dispatch agency Interac lost a contract with the Sapporo Board of Education.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016

Remain or leave, U.K. vote will inflict lasting damage

The flayed corpses of Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservatives are a disincentive for future British governments to offer referendums, the most direct form of democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2016

Macho assault rifle ads may be silver bullet in U.S. gun-control debate

"Forces of opposition bow down. You are single-handedly outnumbered."
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
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.

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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