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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 25, 2018

Seoul in talks with 'related countries' to formally declare end to Korean War: report

South Korea's foreign minister said Sunday that the nation is in talks with "related countries" to formally end the Korean War, local media said Wednesday, after an earlier report suggested Seoul was seeking to declare an end to the conflict in late August.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2018

Two years left to the start of the Tokyo Olympics

Preparations are right on schedule for the 2020 Olympics
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2018

North Korea's apparent dismantling of key missile test site injects fresh momentum into denuclearization talks

Work by North Korea to dismantle a key testing facility for its missile engines and rocket launches could pave the way toward more intensive talks on a peace regime between Pyongyang and Washington, experts said after a new analysis of satellite imagery showed disassembly was underway.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2018

Olympics minister Shunichi Suzuki lays out keys for successful Tokyo Games

The clock is always ticking at the same speed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 22, 2018

Now that's ironic: Untrendy fashion trends

Japanese street style can't help looking back to all those things you thought would never come into fashion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2018

Trump is in denial about North Korea

Donald Trump needs to put substance ahead of spectacle — and U.S. allies ahead of his own fragile ego — before it is too late.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2018

North Korea says it will grant large-scale prisoner amnesty next month

North Korea is planning to grant a general amnesty next month in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of its foundation day in September, state media said Monday, in an echo of moves done before other key dates in the nuclear-armed country's history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2018

West warily waits as Trump is set to enter political minefield in secretive summit with Putin

After months of exchanging long-distance compliments, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sit down on Monday for their first ever summit, a potential political minefield at home for the U.S. president but a geopolitical win for his Russian counterpart.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2018

Inside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's fraught trip to North Korea

As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Pyongyang at 10:54 a.m. on Friday he had few details of his schedule in the North Korean capital — even which hotel he and his staff would stay in.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2018

EU lawmakers back plan for European Investment Bank to do business in Iran

EU lawmakers gave approval Wednesday for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran, overcoming an attempt to block the move and keeping alive plans to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran that Washington has abandoned.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2018

Trump will join list of leaders Queen Elizabeth II has met amid protests

Protesters are planning demonstrations when U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain next week for talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II .
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2018

Indonesia arrests ex-rebel turned Aceh governor, Irawandi Yusuf, over graft

Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has arrested the governor of Aceh province over accusations that he took illegal fees for projects funded from more than $500 million of state funds, the latest high-profile target in a battle on graft.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 1, 2018

Japan on just 10 judges a day costs a pretty penny

With over 1,000 courts but less than 4,000 judges, somehow 3.5 million cases get cleared every year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2018

Number of counterfeit $100 U.S. bills on the rise in Japan

With tourists arriving in record numbers, more counterfeit U.S. currency is entering the country.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Jun 23, 2018

Is farming in Japan on its last legs?

With a declining agricultural workforce, there are concerns about how Japan will tackle food self-sufficiency and maintain its landscapes, cultural heritage and vitality of its countryside villages.
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2018

U.S. leaves the U.N. Human Rights Council

Neither Japanese pragmatism nor American petulance will serve the cause of human rights.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 20, 2018

Bill Hersey, man about Tokyo, 1930-2018: some tributes

Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 18, 2018

Japan's criminal justice reforms aim to enhance transparency of interrogations — are they working?

The National Police Agency said in early June that interrogations of crime suspects were fully recorded in 81.9 percent of all the 3,197 cases tried by lay judges in fiscal 2017, up from 72.8 percent the year before.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2018

Architects of South Korea's Sunshine Policy on North say it's paying off

When the United States and North Korea hold a historic summit on Tuesday, supporters of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung say it will be the culmination of a mission launched two decades ago by the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 3, 2018

Face the reality of racism in Japan

When racism occurs, either implicitly or overtly, it is often dismissed as arising from Japanese racial naivete.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2018

Latvia, acting on U.S. warning, probes if Russian money flows used to meddle in Europe politics

Latvia is investigating whether its banks acted as conduits for Russian funds used to interfere in elections and politics elsewhere, after it received a warning from the United States, officials have told Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2018

How scientists succumb to corruption and cook results

It starts with a dash of temptation. Stir in some rationalization and deception. The final and key ingredient is: stupid systems with perverse incentives.
WORLD / Society
May 24, 2018

Sweden outlaws sex without consent as Europe pushed to tighten rape laws

Sweden on Wednesday outlawed sex not based on mutual consent, with campaigners hoping other European countries would also toughen up rape legislation in the wake of the Me Too movement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. draws Robert Mueller's scrutiny anew over more foreign campaign contacts

Donald Trump Jr. stayed out of his father's Washington to run the family business, but he keeps getting drawn back into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2018

Amazon helps Shenzhen entrepreneur turn mom's money into a billion dollars

After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture capital money to fund his business idea.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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