Search - about-us

 
 
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2019

Sky's the limit: Rise of delivery drones has U.S. cities asking who owns airspace

Blacksburg was already well prepared when the U.S. government announced in April that the Virginia town would be home to the country's first commercial drone delivery service.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2019

Chinese raids target 'Underground Railroad' of North Korean defectors

A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first time in May after he too escaped into China.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2019

Japan distancing itself from U.S. claims of Iranian involvement in tanker attacks

The government is avoiding taking sides in the dispute surrounding U.S. claims of Iranian involvement in Thursday's attacks on two oil tankers, including one operated by a Japanese company, near the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2019

Joe Biden says he'll campaign and beat Trump in Texas and the Carolinas

Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said Monday that he plans to campaign and win in states that have almost always supported Republicans in the past four decades, including South Carolina, Georgia and Texas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2019

U.S. preparing to send more troops to Middle East, sources say

The United States is preparing to send additional troops to the Middle East in response to mounting concerns over Iran, which Washington blames for attacks on oil tankers last week, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2019

Pentagon shares new photos and time-line of Gulf oil tanker attacks

The Pentagon on Monday released new photos and a time-line that it said bolstered U.S. accusations that Iran was behind a pair of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 18, 2019

'Top Gear' used rainbow-painted cars to protest Brunei gay sex laws

The presenters of the British TV show "Top Gear" have painted two cars used in an episode shot in Brunei in the colors of the rainbow flag in a show of solidarity with LGBT+ people over a plan to impose the death penalty for gay sex.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2019

Boeing dealt new blow as Airbus launches long-range A321

Boeing suffered a fresh setback on the opening of the Paris Airshow on Monday as its engine supplier announced a delay for the U.S. planemaker's all-new 777X jet while Airbus launched a rival plane aimed at the middle of the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2019

Yahoo Japan is under fire for its China-like rating system

Some users of Yahoo Japan Corp. are rising up against Japan's biggest web portal after the rollout of a new rating system that's being compared with a social-scoring initiative in China.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2019

Long overdue fight against plastic pollution

Japan is attacking the plastic waste problem on two fronts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2019

What if the U.S. could fight only one war at a time?

The post-Cold War idea of winning on two fronts gives way to the realities of great power competition.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 17, 2019

Let's discuss dress codes

The labor minister has indicated he will not support a drive to ban dress codes that force women to wear high heels at work.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 17, 2019

Takefusa Kubo's J. League stint ends with unexpected climax

Japan's next great hope has taken his next big step.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2019

Japanese fathers spend more time playing with kids, but mothers want more: survey

About half of all parents in Japan raising children think today's young fathers spend more time playing with their kids than their own fathers did, according to a survey by an educational toy maker.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 17, 2019

A year after stabbing, Japan's shinkansen wrestle with balance between safety and convenience

A year after a knife attack on a bullet train left one passenger dead and two wounded, authorities and railways are trying to take steps — especially visible ones — to prevent similar crimes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2019

Inpex inks $20 billion deal on Abadi LNG project, the largest investment ever in Indonesia

Japan's Inpex Corp. reached a new deal with Indonesia on the $20 billion Abadi liquefied natural gas project, a key step toward reviving work on the long-stalled venture that's expected to be the biggest-ever investment in the Southeast Asian nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2019

Revival of Fiat-Renault deal hinges on Nissan's backing and France's role

As Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Renault SA move on from their failed merger talks, a revival of discussions would depend on overcoming at least two major obstacles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019

South Korean studio behind cult game Mir engaged in all-out assault on copycats in China

In The Legend of Mir, warriors and sorcerers battle creatures from an ancient universe. Now, WeMade Co.'s longtime video game hit is at the center of a string of legal battles that could serve as a rallying cry for foreign companies harboring grievances against Chinese rivals.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2019

Pakistan removes ISI spy agency chief after eight months and appoints hard-liner

Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hard-liner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, replacing the agency's current head, Lt. Gen. Asim Munir, after only eight months on the job.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 17, 2019

Review: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo

You know when you go to a gig, and it just exceeds all expectations? Well, my night with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra did just that and landed in my all-time top three.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019

Shadow banking crisis raises risk of renewed Indian bad-loan reckoning

Just as India's banks emerge from under a pile of bad loans to large energy, steel and other industrial companies, they are facing a new reckoning from the accelerating crisis in the country's shadow banking sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019

Boeing crisis and trade tensions cast pall over Paris Air Show despite hefty plane orders

Safety concerns, trade wars and growing security tensions in the Gulf are dampening spirits at the world's largest plane-makers as they arrive at this week's Paris Airshow with little to celebrate despite bulging order books.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past