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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2015

Tokyo's elderly turned away amid labor crunch, funding cuts

Tokyo's elderly population is ballooning, waiting lists for nursing homes run a mile long, and there's a fierce scramble for free beds. So why are these businesses catering to the city's aging denizens scaling back?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 23, 2015

Meet the man who helped Sony get its game back

"How many people came for video games?" asks a keynote presenter at Sony Corp.'s PlayStation bash in Las Vegas last December. The crowd roars. "And how many came to give Shu Yoshida a hug?" The roar gets even louder.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 23, 2015

Japan looks to boost defense attaches after hostage crisis reveals major weakness

The Abe administration wants to strengthen Japan's intelligence-gathering capabilities in the Middle East after the recent hostage disaster revealed its shortcomings in gaining information through military channels.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2015

Iran's poison-penned peace letter to Obama

A letter that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reported to have sent to President Barack Obama, saying Iran was open to a more direct alliance against the Islamic State group if negotiators could iron out a deal on Tehran's nuclear program, should be viewed as coming from a poison pen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2015

German Catholic archdiocese reveals it's richer than Vatican

The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne in Germany has disclosed it is worth €3.35 billion ($3.82 billion), making it richer than the Vatican.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015

IAEA team has guarded praise for Fukushima No. 1 cleanup

Some headway has been made in the massive decommissioning effort at Tepco's wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant over the past year, an inspection team from the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday — but there are still a number of challenges, including what to do with a huge amount...
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2015

A weak economic upturn

With the economy performing below expectations, is it time for the Abe administration to reconsider its recovery policies?
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2015

Takeda told to pay ¥154 million in punitive damages over Actos diabetes drug

A jury ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to pay ¥154 million ($1.3 million) in punitive damages to a former teacher who argued the drugmaker's Actos diabetes medicine caused his bladder cancer, in the company's fifth loss in trials over the drug.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Feb 15, 2015

Mainstream Japanese society slowly working to accommodate sexual minorities

When she was in her teens, Yumiko Higuchi was suicidal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 14, 2015

Argentine state prosecutors face intimidation, interference

Argentine public prosecutors have always needed steely nerves to investigate high-ranking officials, business tycoons and criminals, facing blackmail, threats to kidnap their children and attempts to impeach them.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2015

Negative savings rates loom

The first-ever annual drop in Japan's household savings rate into negative territory might have been the result of people's rush to buy goods before the consumption tax hike last April. Yet, the long-term downtrend in the savings rate is forecast to continue.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015

China's war on Western values

The Chinese leadership's fight against liberalism and 'Western values' — such as its intensified Internet censorship and the jailing of human rights lawyers — is directly undermining its efforts to root out official corruption, promote innovation and deepen engagement with the outside world.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015

Can Malaysian democracy thrive without Anwar?

If the Malaysian opposition party People's Alliance does not hold together without Anwar Ibrahim — who is back in jail again — all chance of ending the National Front's seemingly perpetual rule will be lost.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 13, 2015

Vintners see bright future for Koshu wine

Making wine comes naturally to Ayana Misawa, having spent her childhood in vineyards watching her father and grandfather nurture cherished Koshu grapes, a variety known for its fresh and fruity overtones.
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 12, 2015

Rich world helping bankroll export of coal technology

Rich nations provided nearly $15 billion over a decade from 2003 to 2013 to fund exports of coal-fired power plant and coal mining technology, data seen by Reuters show, defying calls to end subsidies for the most polluting of the fossil fuels.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2015

Australia seeks last-ditch deal to save pair from execution in Indonesia

Australia is pursuing a last-ditch deal with Indonesia to save two of its citizens from imminent execution on drugs charges, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday, in a case that threatens to strain already fragile relations.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Feb 12, 2015

『The Japan Times for WOMEN Vol.6』2月16日発売！

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役：堤丈晴）は、グローバルな活躍を志す、20代～30代の働く女性を対象としたキャリアマガジン『The Japan Times for WOMEN』第6弾を2月16日に発売します。
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2015

Quantum wins $20.5 million funding to build a rapid DNA sequencer

Quantum Biosystems Inc., an Osaka-based company developing a faster genome sequencer, has raised ¥2.4 billion in venture-capital funding from firms including Jafco Co., people with knowledge of the matter said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2015

Lowering the bar for economic performance

Regardless of how much progressives try to play up the U.S. economic recovery by lowering the bar for perfornance, the lingering anemia is astonishing, given the plummeting energy prices.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2015

Airlines benefit from clogged sea traffic

The U.S. military ordered yogurt and cottage cheese flown to forces in Japan and South Korea last month as a labor dispute began jamming up West Coast ports.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2015

Egypt sets Feb. 12 retrial date for jailed Al-Jazeera journalists

The retrial of two Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt will start on Feb. 12, the lawyer for one of the defendants said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 4, 2015

In shrinking villages, abandoned graves are a sign of generational flight

In the nation's declining provinces, it is not only the living who are neglected.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2015

China's new economic reality

Economic reforms in China will be meaningless unless they are accompanied by political reforms.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 2, 2015

Going the extra mile for fair-trade fashion

Tokyo fashion industry insiders push the message that what we choose to buy and wear has consequences.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2015

90% of cities failed to meet air standards in 2014: China

Nearly 90 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's "war on pollution" began to take effect, the environment ministry said on Monday.
PRESS / Publications
Feb 2, 2015

“The Japan Culture Book (Japanese/English)”on sale now

Enjoy Japanese traditional and cutting-edge pop culture
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Feb 2, 2015

『英語で日本文化の本 The Japan Culture Book』発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役：堤丈晴）は、伝統文化から現代の日本の流行まで、多様な日本について英語で語るための語学カルチャー本『英語で日本文化の本 The Japan Culture Book』を発売しました。...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 1, 2015

Australian state election bodes ill for Abbott government

Australia's opposition Labor party pulled off a huge electoral turnaround in a key state on Saturday, positioning it to oust the ruling Liberal-National Party in a voter backlash that threatens the future of Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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