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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2015

New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks

New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2015

California rock band was slated to play at attacked Paris venue

The California-based rock band Eagles of Death Metal was in the midst of a European tour following its fourth album release when the musicians found themselves caught up in a terrorist attack at the Paris concert hall where they were due to perform Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2015

Transgender bureaucrat sues METI over sex discrimination

A transgender trade bureaucrat on Friday launched a landmark ¥18 million discrimination lawsuit against the government, claiming the trade ministry refused to let her use the female toilets and harassed her about her sex change.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2015

Modi can turn Bihar setback into opportunity

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should learn from his ill-considered foray into the state election in Bihar and refocus on the needs of the nation as a whole.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Assad represents nothing more than a dead end

Syrian President Bashar Assad created the very monster that he is now pretending to fight, and he has no interest in winning.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 11, 2015

Mr. Cherry, Japan's No. 1 record-breaker, is 'officially amazing'

Cherry Yoshitake has broken more world records than any other Japanese person, but there's every chance you've never heard of him.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2015

Suu Kyi's NLD heads to big win in Myanmar vote, but untested party faces challenges, resistance

The question over Myanmar's first free election in decades no longer appears to be whether Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party will win, but whether it will secure the landslide needed to govern the country and enact promised changes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2015

Thousands rally in Nippon Budokan Hall for constitutional change

Thousands of people packed Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday in support of revising the pacifist Constitution while pledging to collect 10 million signatures favoring their cause.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2015

The 'postwar period' isn't over

The 'history war' between Japan and China will continue as long as the two countries are unable to resolve the gap in their interests in international political terms and address the contradictions between their national interests and strategies.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2015

A historic meeting in Singapore

Cross-strait relations took a welcome step forward last week when the leaders of China and Taiwan met in Singapore.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2015

Voting proceeds smoothly in Myanmar's first free election for 25 years

Voting unfolded smoothly in Myanmar on Sunday with no reports of violence to puncture a mood of jubilation marking the Southeast Asian nation's first free nationwide election in 25 years, its biggest stride yet in a journey from dictatorship to democracy.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 7, 2015

No relief in sight for Japan's poor single-parent families

How can Japan's single mothers have both the highest poverty and employment rate among the OECD group of developed nations?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 7, 2015

YouTubers in Japan with 100,000 fans and counting

YouTube threw a big celebration for more than 20 YouTubers living in Japan who have over 100,000 subscribers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015

China's one-child calamity

The abolition of China's 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country's history.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 6, 2015

The ethical butcher of Paris brings his beef to Tokyo

Being a butcher is hardly a glamorous job in any country — unless you are Hugo Desnoyer. No ordinary meat merchant, his business in Paris counts numerous Michelin-starred chefs among its customers, including Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Passard and Pascal Barbot.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2015

Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards issue first same-sex partnership papers

Eight couples in Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards were on Thursday issued with certificates recognizing their same-sex partnerships as equivalent to marriage on the first day of the long-awaited policy change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015

Kyocera founder's secret: Make workers happy

If this 83-year-old billionaire is right, one of the most important lessons of business school is pretty much wrong.
WORLD / Society
Nov 3, 2015

Americans losing their religion, especially young adults: poll

Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, a poll released Tuesday shows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Nov 3, 2015

Historic Tokyo working-class restaurants find gourmet demand for offal, loaches

JR Hamamatsucho Station is a busy thoroughfare for Tokyo's jet set because of its link to Haneda airport and for tourists heading to Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2015

Japan Post's IPO a decade in the making

The opening of sales Wednesday of shares in Japan Post, whose origins date back to 1871, has been a decade in the making.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 31, 2015

Cancer and Fukushima: Who to trust?

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk is a noted provocateur. His latest movie, "Stop," is about a Japanese couple who were living near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant when it suffered a meltdown in March 2011.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 31, 2015

Young Chinese mostly lukewarm to one-child policy change

China has unwound its one-child policy, for decades a symbol of invasive and coercive government planning, but the shift has been met with a disinterested shrug from many younger couples.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2015

Xi's baby steps on child policies seen as weakness, not strength, of party

While Chinese President Xi Jinping's decision to end a one-child policy in place for more than three decades may appear bold, the move says more about the Communist Party's insecurity than its resolve to tackle economic problems.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015

You probably have herpes, WHO says in global prevalence estimate

Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have the highly infectious herpes virus that causes cold sores around the mouth, the World Health Organization said Wednesday in its first estimate of the global prevalence of the disease.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015

MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science's big missed opportunities

Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given a drug, which may or may not work, or standard advice to take bed rest and paracetamol.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2015

Yahoo Japan and Dentsu to launch auction-based fundraising service

Yahoo Japan Corp. and major advertising agency Dentsu Inc. will launch a new fundraising service in November, aimed at helping projects raise cash through the sale of used items.
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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