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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2019

An Okinawa conference, 50 years later

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki's effort to seize the initiative by calling for a new Okinawa conference should be embraced, or at least tried.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 18, 2019

North Korea tests new weapon with 'powerful warhead' and demands Pompeo's removal from nuke talks

North Korea has demanded that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo be removed as Washington's top negotiator with Pyongyang, just hours after announcing the test-firing of a "new-type tactical guided weapon," the country's state-run media said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2019

For journalists, self-censorship is credibility suicide

The nanny media we have now cannot be trusted and feeds into the demagogic framing of 'fake news.'
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 15, 2019

Revitalized Albirex revel in newfound success

Ace scorer Davante Gardner secured the ball that was shot by Kawasaki's Ryusei Shinoyama, ran out of the paint area and threw it high — really high — into the air just before the buzzer sounded.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2019

Blazing the way forward in Japan-Australia security ties

RAA negotiations are an epoch-making template for Japan's security relationships.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2019

U.K. finance chief says Theresa May won't quit until Brexit is delivered

Theresa May will stay on as U.K. prime minister to get Brexit done, even if that means remaining in the job until the end of October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2019

'A delicate moment' for the global economy

The biggest cloud hanging over the international economy is the prospect of a trade war between the United States and China, and a concomitant erosion of the commitment to free and open trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 9, 2019

Dangers of a strategically expendable South Korea

It is terrifying to think of the continued risk of a deal between Trump and Kim that could leave North Korea's denuclearization incomplete.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2019

Brexit hangs in balance as May talks with Labour ahead of bid for delay at EU summit

Brexit hung in the balance on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to coax the Labour Party into agreeing to a divorce deal with a better chance of passage by Parliament, ahead of a crisis EU summit where she will try to delay the April 12 departure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 8, 2019

Reinvigorating Japan's twin-track diplomacy in Cambodia

A visit to Japan by 10 young politics-oriented Cambodians indicates that Tokyo is working outside the international media limelight to engage with both the opposition and the ruling party through its traditional twin-track diplomacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019

Trudeau licks wounds and tries to change channel on SNC-Lavalin scandal

Justin Trudeau is trying to move on after the most bruising two months of his time in office — but the damage may already be done.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2019

China wants to work with EU on trade and is not trying to split east from west, premier writes

China wants to work with the European Union on issues from climate change to trade, Premier Li Keqiang wrote in a German newspaper before a summit next week aimed at cementing ties.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2019

May's Brexit talks with Labour stall as delay request fails to convince EU

Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 5, 2019

The Renault-Nissan alliance vs. Carlos Ghosn

The former chairman is being hung out to dry over alleged misconduct allegations, but no one will come out of this saga looking like a hero.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2019

G20 in Osaka offers chance for health and financial policymakers to stop fighting and join hands

To effectively tackle global health issues it's crucial that the Group of 20 nations use their June summit to overcome the barriers that have traditionally separated health experts and policymakers from financial and economic leaders.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 4, 2019

The Tokyo Ballet's 'Swan Lake' gives fans a fresh take on a classic and an uplifting ending

Picture the scene: The Black Swan seduces the Prince away from the White Swan princess for one of the most timeless love triangles ever enacted on stage. Even those who aren't fans of dance are familiar with "Swan Lake." As Yukari Saito, artistic director of The Tokyo Ballet, puts it, "Swan Lake is synonymous...
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2019

U.K. police investigate devices found placed on rail line linked to Brexit

British police on Tuesday were investigating two attempts to disrupt the rail network that they said were linked to Britain's exit from the European Union.
EDITORIALS
Apr 2, 2019

European Union confronts the China challenge

As Europe contemplates a harder line against China, Japan's reinvigorated relationship with the EU assumes greater significance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019

Europe must do more than ban plastic forks

A new law outlaws some disposable products, but doesn't curb the EU's huge exports of waste.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 1, 2019

Heisei it ain't so! An era of great vocabulary is ending

In the beginning there was the word. More precisely, the prefix. When the Heisei Era officially started, on Jan. 8, 1989, Japan's economy was still merrily bubbling along. That must have been one reason for the popularity of 超 (chō, hyper-). The prefix itself is anything but new, but the idea to make...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

No-deal Brexit fears rise as Parliament sinks May's deal

Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2019

Trump adviser Jared Kushner meets Senate intelligence panel for second time in closed session, say sources

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, on Thursday appeared at a closed door meeting of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee for the second time, four congressional sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2019

Theresa May offers to quit and MPs vote on eight other Brexit options, but still no end to stalemate

British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to sway hard-line opponents of her European Union divorce deal on Wednesday with an offer to quit, and Parliament's bid to agree on an alternative fell short, leaving the Brexit process as deadlocked as ever.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2019

U.S. transport chief asks why some Boeing safety features are not required on ill-fated Max models

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Wednesday it was "very questionable" why some safety features were not required on the Boeing Co. 737 Max, ahead of a much-anticipated Senate hearing where leaders in her department will be questioned about two recent 737 Max crashes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 27, 2019

EU demands scrutiny of 5G risks but no bloc-wide Huawei ban

EU nations will be required to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of the year, the European Commission said on Tuesday, shunning U.S. calls to ban China's Huawei Technologies across the bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2019

U.K. lawmakers vote to take wheel of sinking Brexit ship — but just for one day

In a highly unusual bid to find a way through the Brexit impasse after Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal was rejected again, U.K. lawmakers wrested control of the parliamentary agenda Monday from the government — for just one day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 25, 2019

Two girls' deaths after alleged abuse expose shortcomings in Japan's child-protection services

The January death of 10-year-old Mia Kurihara in Chiba Prefecture, allegedly at the hands of her abusive father, shocked Japan after coming on the heels of a similar case involving a 5-year-old girl in Tokyo's Meguro Ward last year.
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.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
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.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
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’

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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
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