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WORLD
Aug 15, 2017

After Merck chief quits, Under Armour CEO steps down from Trump's business council

Under Armour Inc.'s Kevin Plank became the latest chief executive to quit President Donald Trump's council of U.S. business leaders, as membership on the panel has become enmeshed in the country's volatile politics after violent riots in Virginia over the weekend.
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2017

Enhancing government accountability

A series of scandals has exposed the inadequacies of a guideline that governs the management of official documents by government ministries and agencies.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2017

Respect the will of Taiwanese

The Chinese government should respect the will of Taiwan's voters on the unification issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2017

China air force chief rips defense white paper, says 'Sea of Japan is not Japan's'

The head of China's air force has blasted a Japanese Defense Ministry white paper critical of Chinese military drills in and over waters near Japan, saying "the Sea of Japan is not Japan's sea."
Japan Times
JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Aug 11, 2017

Okinawa positions itself as hub for used rental-car exports

Okinawa plans to export more used cars, making use of vehicles retired from the prefecture's prospering car rental businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Major role in ensuring Asian stability, success

I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to ASEAN on the 50th anniversary of its founding.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2017

Kyoto city government set to pass lodging tax for some visitors

Kyoto hotel bills look likely to rise as a special panel studying a proposed lodging tax hands in its final report to the Kyoto Municipal Government.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2017

Kagoike arrest isn't end of story

Prosecutors should refrain from using their arrest of the Kagoikes as an excuse for not acting on the Moritomo Gakuen land deal probe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Aug 2, 2017

Hope after the horror revealed in letters from postwar Hiroshima

Sixty years on, letters that formed the basis of Austrian writer Jungk's acclaimed account of life after the A-bomb are set to be published.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2017

Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents, emboldened by U.S. de-emphasis of rights, abandonment of TPP

A crackdown on communist Vietnam's increasingly vocal dissidents has become the biggest in years, and activists say that authorities have been emboldened by the Trump administration's lack of emphasis on human rights.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 28, 2017

Tokyo forum for women empowerment takes stock of progress, challenges still to come

Looking back at her university years in the early 1980s when Japanese companies could openly discriminate against women in recruitment, Keiko Honda now feels gender equality in Japan has come a long way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017

The Democrats are a lost cause

As long as the Democratic Party's leadership is owned by big-monied special interests, it will never give the people what they want and need.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2017

Wages shape up as key to Abenomics and the future of Abe himself

To shore up his ailing administration, Shinzo Abe is vowing to focus on the economy. But instead of unleashing yet more stimulus, analysts say the prime minister needs to take a hammer to an old chestnut: moribund wage growth.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2017

Best tool to fight climate change

Asian banks and governments have every reason to join the crusade against climate chainge.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2017

Protecting the marine environment

Japan can and should do more to preserve the world's oceans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2017

Hypocrisy in the South China Sea

There are no 'innocents' in the South China Sea — only degrees of rationalization.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2017

Trump's climate decision won't matter

U.S. President Donald Trump probably pulled America out of the Paris climate accord to bolster his sagging popularity ratings, but the rest of the world may benefit as well.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2017

Trump, Putin spoke in previously undisclosed dialogue at G-20 dinner

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed dialogue during a dinner for G-20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on Tuesday.

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?