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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 29, 2014

94% plunge shows 'Abenomics' is losing global investors

Foreign investors have had just about enough of "Abenomics."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 29, 2014

Sony's 'Interview' fetches $15 million online in four days

"The Interview" earned more than $15 million in online sales in its first four days of distribution as Sony bypassed a wide theater release amid concerns from major cinema chains about threats of violence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2014

AirAsia flight likely crashed in Java Sea: Indonesia search agency

A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official says on Monday, as countries in the region offered to help Jakarta in the search and recovery effort.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014

Hacking of low brow movie raises high stakes issues

The movie 'The Interview,' featuring the supposed blowing up of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, is a sad commentary on the idiocies of our troubled times. It should not have been made.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014

Thai regime plays royal card to silence critics

The military regime in Thailand appears to be trying to silence political critics of the monarchy by charging them with lese-majeste offenses.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014

Cuba Derangement Syndrome strikes again

Cuba Derangement Syndrome, a recurring fever, afflicts U.S. senators and others who argue that U.S. diplomatic relations and economic interactions lead to legitimizing Cuba's regime.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 27, 2014

Mishima: sliced from the shackles of time

Henry Scott Stokes, Yukio Mishima's first biographer, once told me that the thing he most remembered about the writer was his exquisite manners — one of those telling details that lend a touch of authenticity to the work of those who knew Mishima personally. Because biographies are such intensely personal...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 27, 2014

Learning to love robots

With half the decade complete, we examine an industry that has significantly changed the way we think about ourselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 27, 2014

Abe isn't impressed with media criticism

The most talked-about media moment from the Lower House election on Dec. 14 was the victory interview Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave to Nippon TV.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 27, 2014

Concern for Japan's democratic process

Elections are the lifeblood of democracy. They represent an awesome empowerment — the right of citizens to peacefully overthrow their government and choose another.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 27, 2014

20 Questions: best answers of 2014

Japan Times On Sunday contributors select the responses that made them laugh loudest over the past 12 months
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 27, 2014

Pack mentality

Good morning! That's a massive backpack. Are you going hiking?
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 27, 2014

Falling oil prices pushing Russia toward recession

Slumping oil prices have put Russia's economy on course for a sharp recession next year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Friday, as authorities scaled up their bailout for the first bank to succumb to the recent ruble crisis.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Dec 26, 2014

Sony marks 20 years of the PlayStation with a stylish new console

Monster transformer
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2014

Hirai giving more input at Sony Pictures in wake of hack

Sony Corp.'s Tokyo headquarters is changing its usual arm's-length relationship with its U.S. studio following a massive cyberattack and the controversy over the comedy "The Interview," with the group CEO being consulted on key decisions, company officials said.
Figure Skating
Dec 25, 2014

Dedicated star Hanyu targets third consecutive title at nationals

Olympic and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu expressed confidence in his preparations as he attempts to win a third straight national title at the All-Japan Championships beginning here at Big Hat on Friday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 25, 2014

Western conference triumvirate playing at high level

Based on recent success, the Kyoto Hannaryz and defending champion Ryukyu Golden Kings are the high-profile powerhouse teams of the Western Conference.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2014

Former leader Okada to seek DPJ's presidency again

Democratic Party of Japan policy maker and former chief confirms his latest run for the presidency of Japan's biggest opposition party.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 25, 2014

'Kawaii' gets a landmark

While Japanese cool hunters might lament the lack of pop cultural exports in recent years — all the more conspicuous when compared to K-Pop's successful forays westward — kawaii (cute) culture has quietly permeated into global consciousness with all the effortless grace of singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu...
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2014

Top domestic news of 2014

The Japan Times editors selected these domestic stories as the most important of 2014.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2014

Top world news of 2014

The Japan Times editors selected these world stories as the most important of 2014.
SPORTS
Dec 25, 2014

Top world sports news of 2014

The Japan Times editors selected these world sports stories as the most important of 2014.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 24, 2014

Top 10 films of 2014: the year of the brilliant bad girls

This was the year of the bad girl, in a manner of speaking. The best movies featured women who went outside the cinematic box of how women should behave and did all sorts of interesting and/or inexplicable things. As for men, their stories were locked into classic modes of masculinity, and in this sense,...

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers