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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2019

Mozambique cyclone death toll doubles as flood waters rise

Mozambique's death toll from flooding in the wake of Cyclone Idai more than doubled as relief workers struggled to deal with the devastation wrought by the storm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2019

America: that awful country that everyone wants to move to

If quality of life is better in Canada and Europe, why don't more Americans emigrate?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 12, 2019

Heisei Era: Slow decline or hope for new collaboration?

How Japanese view the Hesei Era varies by generation, with young people having a more positive image of it than older generations.
SUMO
Mar 7, 2019

Hakuho, other challengers ready to chase spring glory

The Osaka Basho, which gets underway on Sunday, is arguably the most wide-open tournament sumo has seen in years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Mar 2, 2019

Harvestmoon: Craft beer brewed for every palate

As Japanese brewing regulations relaxed in the mid-1990s, it wasn't uncommon for large Japanese resort companies to open breweries. One such brewery, Harvestmoon, is owned and operated by Oriental Land Company (OLC), which runs the Disney theme parks in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2019

Russian physics Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alferov dies aged 88

Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Noble Prize winner in physics and a member of the Russian parliament, has died aged 88 in St. Petersburg, the Russian Communist Party said Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019

India accuses Pakistan of deploying F-16 jets during Kashmir raid, defying U.S. terms of sale

India accused Pakistan of using U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets in its raid in Kashmir, opening up a potential diplomatic row over the aircraft's deployment by one American ally against another.
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Feb 23, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era: Women in Japan speak out on inequality

Last April, a female reporter from TV Asahi accused Junichi Fukuda, the top bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry, of sexual harassment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2019

Amazon's winner-take-all approach to small businesses

If small businesses are to survive in the digital age, the online economy can't be allowed to be winner-take-all.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 20, 2019

Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, focus shifts from immediate denuclearization to longer-term approach

With the second North Korea-U.S. summit just a week away, the focus of that meeting has shifted from demands that Pyongyang immediately relinquish its nukes to whether the two parties have the wherewithal to lay the groundwork for such an ambitious goal in the long term, interviews with leading U.S....
WORLD
Feb 18, 2019

U.K. plans new tax to boost recycled plastic content and get producers to pay for waste disposal

Britain is to set out plans to overhaul its recycling system on Monday, including making producers of plastic packaging pay the full cost of dealing with their waste and introducing a deposit return scheme for cans and bottles.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 16, 2019

Embracing a buraku heritage: Examining changing attitudes toward a social minority

When Chie Takaiwa struck up the courage to reveal a family secret to her colleague some years ago, she was met by an unexpected response.
JAPAN / History / Heisei Icons
Feb 14, 2019

Sadako Ogata: Waging peace on war

A 1993 photograph of a diminutive, sexagenarian woman surveying the front lines of conflict has left an indelible mark on the international community as a true example of commitment to humanitarian aid.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2019

Take result of referendum on Henoko seriously

Ignoring the popular will of the prefecture, which hosts 70 percent of the bases solely used by the U.S. military in Japan, would not be good for the Japan-U.S. security alliance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Feb 10, 2019

Pioneering flexibility and empowerment in retail

Cartier Japan President and CEO Veronica Prat van Thiel and her team are testing the boundaries of the retail experience.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2019

Sightings of rare deep-sea oarfish around Japan stoke concerns of an impending quake

Numerous reports of oarfish — a rarely seen deep-sea species — captured or spotted in waters around Japan since the beginning of the year have sparked concern that an earthquake could strike soon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Heisei Icons
Feb 7, 2019

Masayoshi Son: Betting big and winning

There's a well-known anecdote about Masayoshi Son, the maverick billionaire founder and chief executive of SoftBank Group Corp. and the man behind the world's largest technology investment fund.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2019

How we all turned Japanese: A tale of global hubris

The BOJ's radical monetary policy is marking its 20-year anniversary. Raise a glass to the experiment replicated around the world.
JAPAN / History / Heisei Icons
Feb 3, 2019

Takafumi Horie: Bane of the old guard

In many ways, Heisei has been an era of reform, peppered with tales of mavericks who challenged those at the helm of an entrenched business and political system they viewed as opaque and rife with vested interests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2019

There's a radical plan to make South Korea's legislature 50% female

Some South Korean women are so frustrated by the country's stubborn gender pay gap that they are seeking a radical shift: equal political representation.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the leadership race in Tokyo on Saturday.
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
8,432 foreign children in Japan seen not attending school
The total number of foreign children registered in Japan as residents eligible for education at elementary or junior high schools stood at 163,358, up by 12,663.
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks
The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday, though essential services are still being offered.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
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