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JAPAN
Jan 25, 2013

Victims and survivors return from Algeria

The bodies of nine of the 10 Japanese killed in the hostage crisis at an Algerian natural gas plant are flown back to Tokyo, along with seven survivors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2013

Firms starting to see value in hiring grads who have studied overseas

With many Japanese companies taking advantage of the strong yen to globalize their business, some job-placement agencies are launching new services to meet the demand for global-minded personnel.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 24, 2013

Fighters send All-Star Itoi to Buffaloes in five-player trade

This one even caught Yu Darvish off guard.
Reader Mail
Jan 23, 2013

'Flyjin' demonstrated a reality

There is an old rule about judging people by their actions: Don't generalize. Generalizing may allow you to sound funny at first, but on second take, you may appear completely off the mark. Consider Emmanuelle Bodin (subject of the Jan. 16 article "Frenchwoman fired for leaving Japan during 3/11 nuclear...
Japan Times
JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2013
Jan 23, 2013

Managing the Japan-China Row

At a time when official Japan-China dialogue has come to a standstill over conflicting territorial claims, the Tokyo Foundation hosted an important Track 2 meeting of foreign policy experts from Japan, China, and the U.S.
JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2013
Jan 23, 2013

Japan searches for growth areas to drive economy

While the media have highlighted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's large-scale government spending on public works, and high expectations for his so-called Abenomics drove share prices up and weakened the yen, the important question is; what industries does Abe's administration want to promote as driving forces...
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 22, 2013

Readers' views: Skype's downside for teachers; Senkaku and the ICJ; Arudou's ageist attack on Keene; Abe's nuclear folly

Do we really need to know ages? Re: "Osaka: What are your hopes for yourself, Japan and the world in 2013?" (Views From The Street, Jan. 1):
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 22, 2013

'Abenomics' out of the gate

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would do well to consult professor Noriko Hama of Doshisha University. Asked by The Japan Times what the country needs, she replied in feisty fashion: "The three things Japan should do in 2013 are raise wages, raise interest rates — and cut the crap."
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 22, 2013

Tokyo: What do you think of AKB48's no-love-life clause?

I can understand their handlers want to keep the girls potentially available, just as I'm sure they want their stable to concentrate on their performances, not boys. It works to prevent any scandals too, while maintaining a pure image in a very Japanese way, where the puppet masters keep a very tight rein.
WORLD
Jan 21, 2013

Democrats to call for more tax hikes

Senate Democrats plan to draft a budget blueprint that calls for significantly higher taxes on the wealthy, on oil and gas companies and on corporations doing business overseas, reopening a battle over taxes that Republicans had hoped to lay to rest with the "fiscal cliff" deal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 21, 2013

Men shouldn't fear seductive snake women this year

Did you have a hatsuyume (u521du5922, first dream of the new year) and did it involve hebi (u86c7, snakes)? If the answer is yes to both, omedetu014d gozaimasu, you've hit the jackpot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 19, 2013

Fukushima's powder paradise

I seem to have the whole mountain to myself. The vast majesty of Fukushima Prefecture spreads out below me, all around. Up here, skiing on powdery snow, zigzagging through challenging moguls, it's easy to forget about the nuclear reactors 120 km away.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / WEEK 3
Jan 19, 2013

Nanjing remembers; disputes fester

Young Chinese marking the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre are baptized in battles over war memory that shape bilateral relations.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 19, 2013

Guardiola right not to join Chelsea

There is one reason why Pep Guardiola never seriously considered joining Chelsea: Roman Abramovich.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2013

Drug sales over the Internet

The Supreme Court's Second Petit Bench ruled 4-0 on Jan. 11 that the health and welfare ministry's ban on the sale of nonprescription drugs over the Internet is null and void. Two firms had filed the lawsuit. While maximum priority should be given to drug safety, a balance must be struck between safety...
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 17, 2013

Fujiwara chases a scoop in news-themed thriller

There aren't many celebrities who would make good journalists, but something tells me Norika Fujiwara is one. She's well-traveled, socially active and not constrained by the mechanisms of public-relations strategies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Jan 17, 2013

Searching for Singapore: Chicken rice and more in Tokyo

Considering that Singapore is famous for being one of the world's most delicious cities, it is surprising that Singaporean food doesn't have more cachet, or at least more of a presence, in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 16, 2013

Rewriting history is unwise

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has appointed a Cabinet that, according to press reports, contains a number of ministers who want to rewrite the history of the 20th century. They, including the new minister of education, are reported as demanding the rescinding of the statement made in 1995 by former Prime...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 14, 2013

Hit product lists laud the year's marketing successes

Toward the end of every year, Japan's print media and many business organizations look back on "hit products" whose successes helped define consumer spending over the previous 12 months.

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