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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2010

A thought for the holy day

HONG KONG — A sad note in returning to Europe as the end of the year approaches is to see how "political correctness" (P.C.) has tried to drive out not only what is sacred but also what is important, vital and precious to our very civilization.
EDITORIALS
Dec 15, 2010

Governments shouldn't overreact

Controversy surrounding WikiLeaks focuses on three issues: the motives and behavior of Mr. Julian Assange, the man behind the website; the damage done to U.S. diplomatic interests and the embarrassment to foreign leaders; and the prospects for securing information in a wired world. A close examination...
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Dec 15, 2010

Social gaming frenzy sees two Godzillas play rough

On Dec. 8, the Tokyo-based Internet company DeNA received an on-site investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) due to suspected unfair trade practices. DeNA had allegedly interfered with their third-party game providers' development of games for DeNA's competitor, Gree.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2010

Officials fear WikiLeaks' potential to harm U.S. ties

What's next? What disasters await in the pipeline?
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 16, 2010

Kan given low score for weekend

Pundits came away unimpressed over the weekend by Prime Minister Naoto Kan's bilateral meetings with his Chinese and Russian counterparts and his hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Yokohama.
BUSINESS / ASEAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Nov 16, 2010

Japan urged to cope with changing landscape in Asia

Japan needs to come to terms with its declining influence in Asia and readjust its strategy toward Southeast Asia, where its once-dominant position has been replaced by rising China, veteran journalists from the region said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 12, 2010

Parity keeps things interesting early in the season

A few trends have emerged in the season's opening month.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 23, 2010

Language teacher Kae Minami

Kae Minami, 32, is a bilingual language teacher. For the past seven years, she has had an outstanding record as a top Japanese juku sensei (prep school teacher). Her foreign students start out with virtually no knowledge of Japanese and almost all of them pass their Japanese university entrance exams,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 14, 2010

Pandas coming to Ueno part of bigger pattern

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government signed a deal with China in July to lease two giant pandas for 10 years for Ueno Zoo, which has been without a panda since the famous Ling Ling died in 2008.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 10, 2010

Cost-cutting on refs big mistake by league

In its haste to expand at an alarming rate, the bj-league is proving that it is incapable of meeting the most basic standards of professionalism.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2010

Flagrant disregard of disclosure

The 6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Hiroshima has held 22 news conferences, at the urging of the media, to address the Aug. 18 crash of a coast guard helicopter in the Inland Sea. This is due to the headquarters' attempt to hide information regarding circumstances of the accident. Its behavior...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 22, 2010

Rakuten's English- only policy endures close media scrutiny

Learn to speak English, or else!
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 3, 2010

Ubiquitous Tokyo subways moving the daily masses

With nearly 300 stations, Tokyo has one of the world's busiest and most sprawling subway networks at work today — not to mention globally notorious rush hours.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 2, 2010

Capello must change if he remains England coach

LONDON — Fabio Capello's last news conference in South Africa mirrored England's World Cup debacle — it was too short and difficult to understand.
COMMENTARY
Jun 25, 2010

Western media play along in the disinformation game

Are they being manipulated by governments? Or, are they just plain lazy, happy to go along with what everyone else is saying and what readers want to believe without wanting to look too closely into relevant background?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2010

China needs a service-sector revolution

BEIJING — China is getting its exchange-rate adjustment whether it likes it or not. While Chinese officials continue to mull the right time to let the renminbi rise, manufacturing workers are voting with their feet — and their picket lines.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 20, 2010

Is Japan going loopy in a world so alien

"Loopy," "hapless," "embarrassing" — such is the world's, and Japan's, verdict on the short unhappy prime ministership of Yukio Hatoyama. In retrospect, this 21st-century Japanese Don Quixote seems to have been doomed to failure from the start. What he attempted was honorable, but impossible. What...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2010

Karzai hints key donor Japan's firms may get leg up on minerals

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged corporate Japan on Friday to explore his country's untapped mineral resources that, according to a recent U.S. geological survey, may be worth more than $1 trillion.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2010

Freelancers OK at Tokyo prosecutor briefings

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office opened its news conference to nonpress club members Thursday, following the example of several ministries that have started allowing freelancers into their regular media briefings.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2010

New Prime Minister Kan to 'rebuild trust'

Naoto Kan was voted in as prime minister by the Diet on Friday, shortly after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan elected him as its new president.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight