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WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2015

Clinton struggled to fit in under Obama, emails show

Hillary Rodham Clinton struggled to fit into the government of President Barack Obama after being appointed Secretary of State in 2009, according to emails released by the State Department on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 30, 2015

For Japan, lesson from Greek crisis is to keep on spending

As one of the most indebted countries in the developed world, the crisis unfolding in Greece is causing a moment of self-reflection for Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 30, 2015

New economic growth plan adopted but some economists unconvinced

The Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a revised policy to rehabilitate the budget, saddled with the world's biggest debt burden. It also accepted a strategy to boost economic growth, but economists and an opposition leader warned that snowballing social security costs need further belt-tightening.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2015

Behind the LDP lawmakers' remarks

Recent statements made by LDP junior lawmakers seem to resonate with the Abe administration's disregard of dissenting views toward its policy agenda
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2015

Japan's utilities and their customers favored by falling LNG prices

Japan's biggest power utilities, emerging from four years of gloom, have cut electricity rates as cheaper natural gas benefits both the bottom line and customers.
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BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2015

Mitsubishi eyes India revival as next driver of commodity cycle

If you're looking to bet on commodities, take a breather.
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BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2015

Slowboat to China: No quick fix for luxury yacht firm Ferretti

When Chinese industrial conglomerate Weichai Group snapped up cash-strapped Italian luxury yacht builder Ferretti in 2012, the deal looked like a match made in heaven.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2015

Islamic State peddling looted art on eBay, Facebook for cash flow

The Whatsapp message appeared on his iPhone: photos of an ancient Mesopotamian vase worth $250,000, part of a highly valued set, is waiting to be extracted.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2015

South Africa and the AU vs. the ICC

South Africa's readiness to reject the International Criminal Court's mandate deprives both it and the ICC of credibility.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jun 27, 2015

The custodians of culture in Koishikawa

Exiting the Nanboku subway's Korakuen Station near Tokyo Dome, I gaze up at clouds resembling bunches of purple hydrangeas. Directly overhead, a roller coaster car swooshes by, its passengers shrieking, which is a good sign, because, despite its aquatic name, the Thunder Dolphin coaster doesn't run in...
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 27, 2015

Sri Lanka's memory wars thwart reconciliation

Six years after the end of the civil war that claimed at least 70,000 lives between 1983 and 2009, Sri Lanka appears to have made little progress on reconciliation between its ethnic Tamils and Sinhalese majority.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 27, 2015

Natsuko Aoike: ‘Appreciate the moment you are living in’

Japanese announcer on ukiyo-e, Kiss and living in the moment
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2015

Toyota's drug problem, and Japan's

Toyota has a drug problem. The company and CEO Akio Toyoda are dealing with the fallout from a bizarre case surrounding his newly promoted head of global public relations, Julie Hamp.
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WORLD / Society
Jun 27, 2015

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2015

Media fire back at LDP for targeting revenue of newspapers critical of security bills

Calls from the younger ranks of the LDP to “punish” media organizations critical of the national security bills “by taking their ad revenues” sparks an industry outcry.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 26, 2015

Economic challenges ahead

The Abe administration should be taking a much more aggressive approach to getting the economy on a growth track.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2015

Refiner JX Holdings to diversify after oil prices fall

JX Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest refiner, will cut spending by almost 25 percent as part of a three-year plan that will also see the company try to counter the decline in oil prices with a shift away from oil-based products.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2015

Scientists crack gene secret that lets poppies make morphine

Scientists have identified a key gene used by poppies to make morphine, paving the way for better methods of producing the medically important drug, potentially without the need for cultivating poppy fields.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 26, 2015

Univision pulls plug on Miss USA pageant after candidate Trump's Mexico slur

Univision, the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, said on Thursday it would not air the Miss USA pageant, which is co-owned by Donald Trump, because of what it called insulting remarks made by Trump about Mexican immigrants.
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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 25, 2015

Kanazawa signs veteran Yonamine

The expansion Kanazawa Samuraiz made cerebral backcourt leader Tsubasa Yonamine their first veteran acquisition, reuniting him with his former Oita HeatDevils backcourt mate Yukinori Suzuki, the team's new coach.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2015

'Selma' director Ava DuVernay unveils women activists of civil rights era

A filmmaker needs more than directing skills to make it in the big league, and an activist needs more than a political agenda to change the world. Ava DuVernay brings this point home in "Selma," the first major motion picture portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr.
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JAPAN
Jun 24, 2015

Canadian sailor has Japan solo circumnavigation in sight

A Canadian ex-executive who once served as dean and president of Temple University Japan is getting closer to making history — as probably the first foreigner to sail solo around Japan.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2015

Australian IS militants who displayed severed heads reportedly killed in Iraq

Australia is close to confirming the reported death in Iraq of two home-grown militants who shot to infamy last year after being photographed holding the severed heads of Syrian soldiers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2015

The pope's powerful message

If we do not change our behavior quickly, we may well lose the environmental stability upon which our planet depends, warns the pope.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2015

China's answer to Europe's needs

Europe would do well to remember that China's investments are a cumulative means to a geopolitical end — one at odds with some of the West's own principles.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 22, 2015

Let your green-eyed monster loose with 'urayamashii'

Today we introduce the proper use of the adjective u3046u3089u3084u307eu3057u3044, meaning 'jealous' or 'envious.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015

For Mie, 2016 summit chance to enhance area's tourism appeal

Mie Prefecture sees next year's Ise-Shima Summit as the best opportunity to build infrastructure and nurture human resources to welcome more foreign tourists, hoping to achieve sustainable regional growth beyond 2016, Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki said.

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