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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2019

Hawks hammer Giants in Game 3, move within win of third consecutive Japan Series crown

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks should be able to taste it now. They've dominated this Japan Series through three games and now the big payoff is just around the corner.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2019

In election fight, Canada's Trudeau says he needs voter support to stand up to Trump

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who looks set to lose his parliamentary majority after an Oct. 21 election, said on Monday he needed a strong government to keep standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 12, 2019

Leaving the urban jungle for northern wilds

Having traded city life in Tokyo for the nature of Chena, Alaska, Masako Tokida says she can't imagine returning to an urban existence in Japan any more.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 11, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYOにオフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、2019年10月から開催されるRakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2020 S/S(主催:一般社団法人日本ファッション・ウィーク推進機構)に、オフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加いたします。...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2019

New Cabinet's must-do economic policies

The Cabinet must pursue management of the economy that will achieve near-term stimulus and medium- to long-term growth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 4, 2019

Nearly 600 Burundian refugees head home from Tanzania camps as mass repatriation starts amid claims of atrocities

Burundian refugees who returned home on Thursday say they left camps in Tanzania because women are often raped when they go looking for firewood and because Tanzanian police have beaten and arrested men.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019

Japan's least bad choice on North Korea

The focus should be on deterring Pyongyang from starting a war or committing acts of aggression, containing it, and constructing defensive shields.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019

The Korean Peninsula: A dangerous neighborhood

South Koreans live with an existential threat, one that President Moon Jae-in minimizes and that events might be maximizing.
Japan Times
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.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2019

'Flight shaming' is in the air as U.N. summit faces climate crisis

As world leaders met in New York, one question kept coming up at climate change events: How did you get here?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2019

As carmakers struggle, Toyota and Subaru to raise stakes in each other's companies

Such tie-ups highlight how automakers are scrambling to chase scale, manage costs and boost development.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2019

Japan pledges ¥1 trillion to spur LNG demand and growth

The government has pledged an additional $10 billion (¥1.1 trillion) in public and private financing to liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects worldwide, in order to help spur demand for the cleaner fossil fuel, trade minister Isshu Sugawara said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2019

At least eight dead, 100 hurt after 5.8 magnitude quake rocks Pakistan

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 100, government and police officials said.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2019

Trump Asia expert Matt Pottinger to become new deputy national security adviser, sources say

Matt Pottinger, the White House's senior Asia adviser, is expected to become the top deputy for U.S. President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, two senior administration officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2019

New Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi holds firm that Seoul must end wartime labor row

Newly appointed Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday that Tokyo urgently demands Seoul eliminate “violations of international law” regarding wartime Korean labor issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2019

Saudi Arabia drone attacks and trilateral coordination

Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility, but nobody in Tokyo believes that.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 12, 2019

Akita, Shimane are model local teams

Japan's pro basketball landscape completely changed during the bj-league's 11 seasons of operations. From six franchises in its inaugural 2005-06 season to 24 in the final year, new teams sprouted up every year throughout the nation.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 10, 2019

Hanyu set for season debut in Canada

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is set to make his season debut at the Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Ontario, this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2019

Cabinet reshuffles provide a window into Japan's policy priorities

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to reshuffle his Cabinet on Wednesday. When this action, combined with the reshuffle of Liberal Democratic Party executives, takes place, there is always huge media coverage on who will be appointed to what post and what it means for the administration.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 6, 2019

Top 10: The best of Tokyo's concrete architecture

'Concrete Tokyo Map' outlines the most iconic concrete buildings in Tokyo. Here's The Japan Times' pick of 10 you should definitely visit on an architectural tour of Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2019

What's behind the food self-sufficiency 'crisis'?

Government policies aimed at keeping food prices high are responsible for the nation's declining food self-sufficiency rate.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 5, 2019

Surveying the B. League coaching landscape entering the 2019-20 season

Coaching longevity with one team isn't a trademark in pro basketball.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2019

The real issue between Tokyo and Seoul is trust

The question is whether the promises made between Japan and South Korea will be kept.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2019

Hurricane Dorian coming 'dangerously close' to Florida coast after thrashing Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian grew and picked up speed, churning on a path that forecasters said would come "dangerously close" to Florida later on Tuesday after the storm battered the northern Bahamas, killing at least five people.

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