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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 12, 2013

Disaster did little to shake up status quo, expert says

Disappointing expectations that the megaquake and tsunami two years ago — and subsequent nuclear calamity — would trigger a rebirth of politics and government, Japan's key policies remain largely unchanged, says Richard Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies at Massachusetts Institute...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 12, 2013

Cocktails with a fresh twist (literally)

Dressed in a crisp white jacket, white shirt and black tie, bartender Gen Yamamoto looks as though he has just emerged from a casino in a James Bond film.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 11, 2013

Kajima Deers losing corporate backing; team's future uncertain

The Kajima Deers are known as one of the powerhouse teams in the X League, Japan's corporate football circuit. But they will no longer go with the name "Kajima" after this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2013

Kuroda defends his major policy shakeup

The impact of the dramatic monetary policies adopted last week by the Bank of Japan was "within expectations," but the bank will keep a close watch on markets, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 11, 2013

Welsh approach to 'national' theater is efficiently different

Always keen to break new ground, Keiko Miyata, artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT), has created a series titled "With: linking theater" as the centerpiece of this season's program. In this, she has lined up three appetizing collaborations by asking playwrights from Wales, South...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2013

Muza Kawasaki marks grand return

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra has returned to its home at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
Reader Mail
Apr 11, 2013

Marketing of students comes first

Regarding the April 6 editorial "Delay recruitment even longer": The reality is that the top-down system of behavior in Japan won't allow for the flexibility or freedom of thought on mainline policies, whether it concern [corporate recruitment of new university graduates] or society in general.
Reader Mail
Apr 11, 2013

Silly statistics on the ephemeral

Regarding the April 5 Jiji Press article "Aomori blossoms 'best'": Are you kidding me? Did Weathernews Inc. really take a hanami survey to find out all the important statistical data about the cherry blossom viewing habits of Japan's hanami-loving devotees?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2013

Margaret Thatcher buoyed by vigorous virtues

Margaret Thatcher had the smooth surface of a porcelain figurine, but her decisiveness made her England's most formidable woman since Elizabeth I.
Reader Mail
Apr 11, 2013

Targeting ethnic high schools

On March 31 about 6,000 people attended a meeting in Tokyo to demand that Korean high schools remain eligible for free tuition. In February, the Abe Cabinet revised the law to exclude ethnic Korean schools, chosen gakko, from the free-tuition provision for students, enacted in April 2010. Certain municipalities...
Reader Mail
Apr 11, 2013

The misogyny problem in India

Regarding Dipak Basu's April 7 letter, "Shameful coverage of rape case": I would like to ask Basu if he is denying there is a misogyny problem in India? I would also like to ask him if he thinks it is intellectually honest to claim that First World countries like the United States and Britain are worse...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2013

Pitino adds Hall of Fame to his impressive resume on banner day

Bernard King, Gary Payton and Rick Pitino were among the class of 2013 announced on Monday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 10, 2013

NFL combine, pro days pointless

It's time once more for NFL personnel honchos to play "Pin the Tail on the Donkey."
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013

Why a Syrian no-fly zone is the right thing to do

Detractors of a Syrian no-fly zone miss the point. Its purpose would not be to resolve the conflict but to prevent escalation and provide leverage to talks.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2013

Rubella on the rise

Rubella, aka German measles, which can give rise to birth defects if it infects pregnant women, has become rampant in the Tokyo and Kansai regions.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 10, 2013

A Japanese poet's whale elegy

If some Japanese advocates of whale hunting could commune with their ancestors, they'd feel the past dismay at the impious waste of whales' lives.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013

Plenty of industry left in post-industrial America

The “decline” of manufacturing in the U.S. refers mostly to job loss, which is stark and long-term. Output itself continues to climb but with fewer workers.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013

Why South Korea has already won

Pop stars, bourgeois lifestyle commentary and funny videos often seem to interest young South Koreans more than the latest provocation by the North.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2013

At dealer school, job seekers roll the dice for a casino gig

There was nothing unusual about the bet that led to Cara DeRosa's meltdown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2013

Key moments that left mark on U.S.

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, held the office for more than 11 years, including during the entire 1980s. In that time, she left a major mark on U.S. politics, mainly through her close relationship with President Ronald Reagan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2013

Miners, others who suffered Thatcher's wrath can't forgive

Bob Young's strongest memory of Margaret Thatcher's time in power is the brown envelope he received in March 1985 two days before he was due back at work after the yearlong miners' strike.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2013

Abe expresses condolences over Thatcher's death

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his condolences over the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday, saying she was "a great statesperson" who devoted herself to her state and her people.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 9, 2013

Japan's foreign trainee system said still plagued by rights abuses

Last month, a Chinese trainee went on a stabbing rampage at a Hiroshima Prefecture seafood company where he worked, killing the president and an employee and wounding six others.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2013

Prospects for deal on U.S. gun law improve

Prospects for a bipartisan deal to expand federal background checks for gun purchases are improving with the emergence of fresh Republican support, according to top Senate aides.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 9, 2013

Ocean acidification supersizing blue crabs

It is the dawn of the supercrab.
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 9, 2013

'Natch' gets ghostly on stage

"If I thought too much about my future plans, I would kind of get stuck," says Natsumi Abe. "So I just try to concentrate on the next day's work and do it as well as I can."
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Extreme heat in Japan set to peak this week
People shield their eyes from the sun as they walk through a street on a hot day in Tokyo on July 26.
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.
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.
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.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

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

Longform

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
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