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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2013

Federal Reserve keeps stimulus intact on shaky U.S. economic recovery

The U.S. Federal Reserve will keep its massive economic stimulus program intact, officials said Wednesday, amid concerns that the recovery remains fragile.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 30, 2013

'Total abandon' for two landmark duos

Ballet audiences in Japan are widely acknowledged to be among the best in the world, but there's still a lot to be learned here about contemporary dance. However, those seeing a show in a short tour of works by French choreographers Mathilde Monnier and Jean-Francois Duroure can be sure of enjoying a...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

Word 'peace' raises a red flag

I agree with most of the points raised in the Oct. 17 editorial "Policy speech overlooks key issues." But allow me to comment on the prime minister's use of the expression "proactive pacifism" during his speech at the opening of the extraordinary Diet session.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

Not about being labeled or liked

In his Oct. 17 letter, "Tough armchair conservationist," which is a rebuttal to my Oct. 10 letter, "Activists who act like terrorists," Ivor Paul calls me a conservative for my views. It has happened before, in this column and in people's personal blogs as well.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

Best regards for South Korea

I was very much interested in the Oct. 23 editorial "Turn Japanese-South Korean ties around." As a Japanese who was educated after World War II, I'm awfully sorry to say that Japan colonized Korea for the benefit of Japan and recruited ianfu (comfort women) for Imperial Army soldiers before Japan's defeat....
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

Coexist under any circumstances

The Oct. 28/29 editorial of "Pushing for nuclear disarmament" prompted me to share some thoughts on the abolition of nuclear weapons. Needless to say, it is good news that Japan has signed a United Nations statement calling for the nonuse of nuclear weapons "under any circumstances."
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

Diplomatic efforts take priority

Regarding the Oct. 19/20 Kyodo article "Abe skirts Yasukuni snare": I believe that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has opted for a judicial decision. It's true that Yasukuni Shrine has enshrined a lot of people killed in the Pacific War, and Japanese citizens should respect them. But this shrine was once...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

A reason to applaud the LDP

Regarding the Oct. 25 Jiji brief "Bicycle minister pitched for Cabinet": For the first time in years I'm applauding the Liberal Democratic Party. Has this group of old cronies actually agreed to promote something so environmentally friendly? What next, an alternative energy minister? Bicycle lanes in...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2013

A liberal arts model in Japan

In reply to Victoria Miroshnik's Oct. 24 letter, "Future of liberal arts education," generally her observations are correct, although a further comment is required. As a tutor in liberal arts studies with 20-plus years as such, I should state that yes, sometimes, when pressed for time or wishing to get...
BASEBALL
Oct 30, 2013

Aggressive-minded pitchers find success for Eagles

You've got to play aggressively — that's one of the cliches that has been used millions of times in sports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2013

U.S. spying on friends prompts look at 'adversarial' international system

A week now after the initial revelation that the United States may have monitored the cellphone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, there's little doubt that the story has been damaging for this country and for the National Security Agency, which earned the wrath of even longtime defender Sen. Dianne...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2013

Rescues of South Koreans abducted by North come with controversy

In divided Korea, even the homecomings can be bitter.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2013

Kokubo turns to youthful talent to carry Samurai Japan for Taiwan exhibition series

Recently introduced Japan baseball national team manager Hiroki Kokubo doesn't appear to impose victories on his players right away.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2013

The lust beneath Japan's sex drought

It's not a lack of libido but a dearth of denaro and future employment propsects that is putting young Japanese off long-term relationships, says a business columnist.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2013

The sectarian war at hand: redrawing the Mideast again

Groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a powerful component of Syria's savage war, could not have moved with such ease if it had not been for the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 29, 2013

Remember past smells with the Madeleine

Next month sees the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Swann's Way," the first volume of Marcel Proust's masterpiece "Remembrance of Things Past" (or, if you prefer D.J. Enright's translation, "In Search of Lost Time"). So stand by for what one expert calls a Proustathon.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2013

Flawed assumptions plague latest deficit panel

A false premise of the public, and some budget-cutting politicians, is that the U.S. deficit is spiraling out of control. In fact, the deficit is less than half the $1.55 trillion it was in 2009.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Oct 29, 2013

Tokyo Boredom is blazing its own trail — and the first stop is Taiwan

Of all the cliches about Japanese music being bandied around, the one I find most baffling is the idea that bands here are "just copying Western music." It's a rehash of the old jibe, originally born from fear of Japan's rapid postwar industrial growth, about the Japanese being dedicated imitators but...
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 29, 2013

Cathay links Japan, Male; Korean Air's kits for expectant moms; United eyes Haneda-Frisco slot

Cathay links Japan, Male
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2013

NSA bills let Congress choose: End amassing of phone records or OK it

After nearly five months of controversy and debate, the U.S. Congress may face a clear choice over the National Security Agency's program to collect the phone records of nearly every American: endorse it or shut it down.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Oct 29, 2013

Controversy over Washington Redskins leading analysts to hypocrisy

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Notes On A Scorecard.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 28, 2013

Copyright extension opponents ready for new fight

For most of history, a great character or story or song has passed from its original creator into the public domain. Shakespeare and Charles Dickens and Beethoven are long dead, but Macbeth and Oliver Twist and the Fifth Symphony are part of our shared cultural heritage, free to be used or reinvented...
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 28, 2013

It's risky business updating authorities on intelligence

Updating the authorities with knowledge of their Western enemies led to the death by disembowelment of one of the more farsighted Japanese intellects in 1841.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 28, 2013

'Fired' English teacher fights cancer and HIV: readers' mail

Readers offer a range of views on the case of Briton Neil Grainger, the English teacher struggling with cancer and HIV whose contract was not renewed by his employer, Waseda International.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2013

Vice premier touts Poland's stability to Japan investors

Poland's stable economy and Special Economic Zones are great for Japanese investors, Poland's vice prime minister says.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 27, 2013

When it comes to discipline in class, leave it to the locals

Aaron Joseph remembers the email Interac sent him regarding his school placement in Sakai, Osaka, in August 2012.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.

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