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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 7, 2019

Let's discuss the consumption tax

An English lesson focuses on some new vocabulary surrounding taxes and discussion prompts on the new tax in Japan.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 4, 2019

Sixty years after deadly Ise Bay typhoon, experts say Chubu disaster prevention needs an update

The Ise Bay typhoon, a killer storm that swept through the Chubu region on Sept. 26, 1959, claiming more than 5,000 lives, became an opportunity for the nation to make great progress in disaster prevention efforts, including the construction of seawalls and river levees, as well as the enactment of the...
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2019

Shaun Tan's glimmers of hope in somber times

Tan's imaginative worlds are usually a little dark, featuring dystopias, alienation, suffering, bureaucracy and monsters — but the camaraderie between family, friends and strangers lead to hope and happy endings.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2019

Nasdaq cracks down on IPOs of small Chinese firms as U.S. investors elude

Nasdaq Inc. is cracking down on initial public offerings (IPOs) of small Chinese companies by tightening restrictions and slowing down their approval, according to regulatory filings, corporate executives and investment bankers.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 28, 2019

Kazuko Hohki: A 'frank chicken' in London

For Kazuko Hohki — member of performance group Frank Chickens as well as theater director and writer, '80s London —squats and all — provided the right community to foster artistic liberation.
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MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2019

Longtime judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura to be inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame

As a young man, Hiroshi Nakamura left Japan and settled in Canada.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2019

Halt further health damage from asbestos

Steps must be taken to tighten regulations to protect workers from the risk of exposure to asbestos dust when demolishing buildings.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2019

Trump Organization turns over 3,376 pages to Manhattan D.A. probing hush-money payments, but no tax returns

The Trump Organization has given 3,376 pages of documents to New York state prosecutors probing whether the company falsified business records related to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2019

Abe rival Taro Yamamoto says Japan's sales tax hike is 'crazy' and should be abolished

Just as Japan braces itself for a hike in the sales tax to 10 percent on Oct. 1, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's would-be rivals is calling for it to be abolished altogether.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 21, 2019

Natsuyo Nobumoto Lipschutz: Getting the word out in the United States

Public speaking coach Lipschutz has a plenty to say about taking command of language in a foreign country.
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JAPAN
Sep 20, 2019

Japanese activists join global climate strike ahead of U.N. summit on global warming

Young people in 117 countries on Friday called on policymakers to take overdue steps against climate change as part of a global strike just days ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit set to begin in New York on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2019

Jack Ma moves on

There is every reason for Japanese to wish the Alibaba co-founder the best of luck and see how he changes the world next.
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Rugby
Sep 17, 2019

Italy captain Sergio Parisse optimistic team can deliver big World Cup surprise

To say the draw for the Rugby World Cup pool stage was unkind to Italy would be an understatement.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2019

'Shigeo Toya: Body of the Gaze'

Sept. 21-Oct. 19
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 17, 2019

Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou drops Taiwan presidential bid

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Foxconn Technology Group, pulled out of next year's presidential election in Taiwan, a move that may help unite the opposition Kuomintang.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2019

U.S. Democrats increase pressure on Trump and Republicans with new gun bills

U.S. Democrats, looking to heighten their profile on the hot-button issue of gun control, prepared to move forward on Tuesday with new measures to curb gun violence, while President Donald Trump also planned to huddle with Republican leaders.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019

Fashion is a game with a dress code to crack

Fashion can be identified as a game: The rules are not clear, but there are conducts to be observed, codes to be broken, winners, losers and, finally, stylistic exhaustion.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2019

Water: China's Achilles heel

The most long-term and fundamental of China's vulnerabilities can be summed up in a single word: water.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 9, 2019

Race for Sawamura Award going down to wire

With the NPB season nearly over — no team has more than 16 games left — it's almost time for the group of retired pitchers who vote on the Sawamura Award to sit down and have a chat.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2019

'Crazy Rich' Asian beaches go quiet amid Chinese tourism U-turn

From quiet beaches in Bali to empty rooms in Hanoi's hotels, pangs from China's economic malaise and weakening yuan are being felt across Southeast Asia's vacation belt.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2019

Team including Kyoto University researchers succeeds in recognizing chimpanzee faces using AI

Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Oxford said they have succeeded in recognizing the faces of wild chimpanzees with an accuracy of over 90 percent using artificial intelligence.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Sep 2, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、立命館アジア太平洋大学の学生向けにID/パスワード制御型デジタルサービスの実証実験を開始

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WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2019

Trump stumped by Category 5 hurricane crawling toward East Coast

President Donald Trump expressed surprise as Hurricane Dorian slammed the Bahamas on Sunday and approached the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, hours after being updated to a Category Five storm.
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Morocco report 2019
Aug 29, 2019

Morocco and Japan — Working together to drive economic growth

The second day of The seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) is taking place today in Yokohama. Led by the Japanese government and co-sponsored by the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union Commission and the World Bank, TICAD was...
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2019

Chinese presence in Africa looms over opening of TICAD development conference in Yokohama

Dozens of top African leaders are due to visit, but Tokyo is worried that some may cancel their trip because of pressure from China.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2019

TICAD an eye-opener for Japan

Africa merits more of Japan's attention.

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?