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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Nov 26, 2017

New love, new life: Scrooge finds a home in Shizuoka and a new name, Boo

First featured here last year, 11-year-old Scrooge — now named Boo — has found a loving home in Shizuoka with the Shibata family.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2017

Mnangagwa the 'Crocodile' sworn in as Zimbabwe's new president

Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in on Friday as president of Zimbabwe in front of thousands of cheering supporters at Harare's national stadium, bringing the final curtain down on the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2017

Can Red China really be the world's new green leader?

In the absence of U.S. leadership, Beijing's policies on climate change are likely to set the global agenda.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 11, 2017

China faces historic corruption battle, ruling party's new graft buster says

China must win its battle against corruption or face being erased by history, its new top graft buster said in an editorial on Saturday, underscoring the ruling Communist Party's focus on eliminating corrupt behavior.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2017

The 'new battlefield': Oil sanctions on North Korea

Does China have the resolve this time to countenance the prospect of harming North Korea?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2017

South Korea unveils new policy focused on stronger ties with Southeast Asia

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday unveiled a new policy aimed at deepening ties with Southeast Asia, as the North Asian economic powerhouse seeks to curb its reliance on traditional trading partners like China and the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017

Asia-Pacific democracies' new entente

By pursuing cooperation, the Indo-Pacific's democratic powers can thwart China's effort to establish itself as the hegemon of an illiberal regional order.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2017

Airbnb Inc. inks deal with ANA and Peach to promote 'new travel style'

Airbnb Inc. said Monday it has signed a partnership agreement with Japan's largest carrier, All Nippon Airways Co., and its subsidiary, Peach Aviation Ltd., in a bid to solicit more demand for domestic travel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 5, 2017

Tokyo welcomes Designart

Last month saw the launch of Designart — the capital's new annual collection of exhibitions that bring together Japanese and overseas creators for collaborations on product design and objets d'art. Here are a few picks that showcase the inaugural event's embrace of color, versatility and humanitarianism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2017

Neither George Bush voted for Trump, book author tells New York Times

George Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 43rd U.S. presidents in which they open up about their disapproval of the man now occupying the White House.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2017

What now for Abe with his new mandate?

Handed a new mandate by voters, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should carefully consider whether amending the Constitution is a priority issue given the economic and demographic issues facing the nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 1, 2017

Assad sets sights on areas held by U.S.-backed Kurds after Islamic State fall, risking new Syria conflict

With Islamic State near defeat in Syria, Damascus is setting its sights on territory held by Kurdish-led forces, including eastern oil fields, risking a new confrontation that could draw the United States in more deeply and complicate Russian diplomacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2017

China's neo-Maoists welcome Xi's new era, but say that he's not the new Mao Zedong

A fringe group of hard-line conservatives who long for the way things were under communist China's founding leader, Mao Zedong, have welcomed President Xi Jinping's "new era" of socialism and its renewed emphasis on equality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2017

Finance Ministry proposes cuts in medical fees and reductions in cost of new drugs

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday proposed reducing the fees charged by medical institutions, to curb social security costs which have ballooned due to the country's rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 23, 2017

Abe, post-election, faces a new Trump problem

The odds of Japan getting advantageous terms in direct talks with a U.S. president who's torn up myriad deals since January are tiny.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2017

New H7N9 bird flu strain in China has pandemic potential, U.S.-Japanese lab studies find

Lab experiments on a new strain of the H7N9 bird flu suggest the virus can pass easily among animals and can cause lethal disease, raising alarms that it has the potential to create a global human pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2017

Obama hits campaign trail for first time since leaving White House

Former President Barack Obama returns to the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House, venturing out to support Democrats in two governor's races that could offer a clue about the national mood before next year's midterm elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AUTUMN HOTEL SPECIAL
Oct 13, 2017

Hotel offers new levels of hospitality, luxury

Seated high above the bustling Tokyo metropolis in the Club International Lounge on the 35th floor of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo, recently appointed hotel General Manager Michel Chertouh sees a bright future for the iconic Tokyo property.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2017

Don't expect China's new leaders to change

We now have five years of data on Xi Jinping's policies and predilections, and very little of it suggests he is deeply invested in a pro-market, reformist agenda.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2017

Transport ministry to introduce new system to grade Japan's airports and prioritize repairs

In a bid to prioritize repairs and manage inspections of runways at the nation's 97 domestic airports, the transport ministry will introduce a new unified system in fiscal 2018 that better gauges the sites.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2017

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new party Kibo no To releases its first list of candidates

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new party Kibo no To releases its first list of candidates for the Oct. 22 Lower House election, which includes 110 Democratic Party members.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 3, 2017

Questions abound as MLB postseason starts

Some burning questions (and answers) entering the 2017 MLB postseason.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2017

Japan's demographic sweet spot

Japan will emerge as the only advanced economy that achieves the ultimate goal sought by policymakers — a new middle class.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2017

Tea and Tiananmen: Inside China's new censorship machine

In a glass tower in a trendy part of China's eastern city of Tianjin, hundreds of young men and women sit in front of computer screens, scouring the internet for videos and messages that run counter to Communist Party doctrine.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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