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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 29, 2019

Maritime rescue center opened on South China Sea islet as Beijing seeks to reinforce claims

China opened a maritime rescue center on one of its man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, state-run media reported, as Beijing seeks to reinforce its claims in the strategic waterway.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2019

Why U.S. lost the Afghanistan War again

Why did it take the U.S. 17 years to realize it had lost the Afghanistan War?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2019

Yen bulls face reckoning as data threaten to add to evidence Japanese economy is slowing

Investors growing increasingly bullish on the yen may have to re-examine their outlook if retail sales and industrial production figures due this week add to mounting evidence that the Japanese economy is slowing.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2019

If at first you don't succeed ...

Trump must insist on genuine progress in North Korean denuclearization, not the mere illusion of such.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2019

The U.S.-China rivalry and Japan

The uncertainty created by the Trump administration is encouraging many nations around to world to seek new friends and to hedge their bets, and Japan and China are no exceptions.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2019

Why China clings to state capitalism

For Beijing to abandon its policies would mean scrapping its whole economic model, and politically, this would be hard to swallow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2019

Top U.S. Navy officer to meet Chinese counterpart amid military and trade tensions

The U.S. Navy's top officer will meet with his Chinese counterpart in China next week as the two powers seek to tamp down rising military and trade tensions.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2019

WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 'false and defamatory' things not to say about Julian Assange

WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different "false and defamatory" statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 2012.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 6, 2019

Knowing how to write is a necessary skill if you want to work in translation

Any great chef can whip up an omelet. But each has their own style — the herb-rich French omelet, the albumin-heavy American omelet, the sweet Japanese tamagoyaki, the list goes on — but either way, you can expect to be served up something tasty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jan 6, 2019

Changing times: Seiko eyes global luxury watch market as CEO takes iconic firm in a new direction

The executive floor at Seiko Holdings Corp. in Tokyo's posh Ginza district is a piece of history unto itself — the chambers have remained the same for almost a century. If these walls and museum-worthy carved moldings could speak, they would perhaps wax poetic about how Seiko evolved from a watch and...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2019

Tehran snubs U.S. warning over Iran space launches using ballistic missile tech

The United States issued a pre-emptive warning to Iran on Thursday against pursuing three planned space rocket launches that it said would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution because they use ballistic missile technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 2019 Outlook
Jan 2, 2019

Economic outlook for 2019: More uncertainty for Japan's economy amid planned tax rise and global slowdown

While it is not known which events will hold back global commerce, professional economic soothsayers appear in agreement that growing risks and uncertainty will slow Japan's growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2019

Top world news of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 29, 2018

Heisei Era a bumpy ride for Japan's media organizations

The media is busy assessing the Heisei Era as it comes to a close. Although not as dramatic as the Showa Era, it's been a bumpy ride. Japan still hasn't gotten the hang of this democracy thing, and an engaged, objective press is essential to a functioning democracy. As the following rundown illustrates,...
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2018

We should brace for economic troubles next year

Policymakers must begin preparing for the anticipated downturn, ensuring that they have the tools to respond.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2018

Greg Kelly's wife says the former Nissan director could be released on Christmas Day

The wife of Greg Kelly, the jailed former representative director of Nissan Motor Co., said there's a chance he'll be released Christmas Day. She also revealed that several U.S. government officials have supported efforts to arrange for his return to Tennessee.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2018

The U.S.-North Korea deadlock

Both Washington and Pyongyang are going to need to make concessions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 18, 2018

How Abe is changing Japan's foreign policy apparatus

The prime minister has seized the diplomacy initiative from the bureaucracy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2018

Airbus to boost some pay as Macron urges French firms to ease cost of living crisis

Europe's Airbus is ready to pay a special bonus to its lowest-paid workers after French President Emmanuel Macron called on French companies to help tackle weeks of protests about the cost of living, according to a staff memo.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 17, 2018

With water privatization, Japan faces crossroads in battling its aging pipes

Japanese water is clean and readily available, as evidenced by drinkable tap water and a nearly 100 percent penetration rate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 13, 2018

Anime in 2018 saw serious cash but no surprise hits

What do a 24-year-old child detective, a group of seriously laid-back campers and anthropomorphic blood cells have in common? 2018, that's what.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2018

Normalizing Japan-China ties poses risks

It is impossible for Japan to choose unequivocally between the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2018

Michael Cohen's plea suggests Russians held 'kompromat' on Trump

Michael Cohen's latest guilty plea revealed a closely guarded Trump business secret. But in a deeply uncomfortable turn for President Donald Trump, one of the people in the know was an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2018

China will retaliate 'in proportion' to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs, ambassador says

China will retaliate "in proportion" if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human rights abuses, China's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing's policies in the region are to "re-educate" terrorists.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers