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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2018

Olympic diplomacy: VIP seating plan a headache for Pyeongchang's opening party

The neighbors don't get along but you are still obliged to invite them all to the party. So where do they all sit?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2018

North Korea says it has no plans to meet U.S. officials at Olympics

North Korea has no intention of meeting U.S officials during the Winter Olympics that start on Friday in the South, the KCNA news agency reported, dampening hopes the games will help resolve a tense standoff over the Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 7, 2018

Challenges to the Japanese style of work

Will the goverment's effort to implement labor reforms be enough to put an end to the notorious phenomenon of 'karoshi'?
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's Olympic realpolitik

South Korea's president has both neutralized the threat of North Korean disruption to the Olympic Games and kept a thin-skinned U.S. president firmly on his side.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2018

Cryptocurrency advertising goes big in Japan, but the pushback has begun

If a massive billboard by Shibuya crossing is a barometer of trends in Japan, then the latest ad for the cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin, featuring a Japanese celebrity coated in gold, may be a sign of how cryptocurrencies have taken center stage in both the advertising media and the broader national...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 7, 2018

Bringing the great outdoors to Japan's underserved children

Almost 39,000 children are under government supervision in Japan, and 85 percent are institutionalized in various homes around the nation, according to Human Rights Watch. Last August, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare made good on its 2016 revisions to the Child Welfare Act by announcing a new...
Japan Times
Feb 7, 2018

Sakura Hotel Co. opens new hotel in Nippori to welcome international travelers with multicultural offerings

Sakura Hotel Co. opened the Sakura Hotel Nippori, in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward, to accommodate mainly international guests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2018

New SpaceX jumbo rocket set for debut test launch in company milestone

A new SpaceX jumbo rocket in line to become the world's most powerful launch vehicle in operation was set for its highly anticipated debut test flight on Tuesday from Florida, carrying a Tesla Roadster as a mock payload.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018

Do you need to buy bitcoin?

Over the next year, the bitcoin price could double, soar tenfold, or collapse by 95 percent or more, and no economic analysis can help predict where in that range it will lie.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018

Will China 'weaponize' social media?

Now that Russia has shown how cybertactics and informational subterfuge can upend established democracies, China will surely be taking some pages from the Kremlin's playbook.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2018

Ekiden guru Susumu Hara calls for big changes to sport

With the remarkable achievements he's accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 3, 2018

Now or never for Dragons hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka stepped into the bullpen for the first time during camp on Friday and threw 32 pitches in his still unfamiliar white No. 99 Chunichi Dragons uniform.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 2, 2018

B. League boosts Kumamoto recovery

Sometimes, the combined efforts of government officials, volunteers, local residents and sports leagues team up to produce a certifiable winner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2018

Solving Japan's joint operations problem

The current system practically forces the three branches of the SDF to fight with each other not only for budgetary allocations but also for relevancy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2018

A year on, Trump's rejection of the TPP is still a disaster

Rarely has the U.S. embraced a policy that, in contrast to the supporting rhetoric, is so contrary to its own interests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 2, 2018

U.N. sounds alarm on South Sudan as Africa's biggest refugee crisis looms, pleas for $3.2 billion

Nearly 7 million people from South Sudan need emergency aid such as food, water and basic medicines due to a protracted civil war in the country, the United Nations said on Thursday, appealing to international donors for $3.2 billion.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018

Nissan to take over as main sponsor of 'Sazae-san' as troubled Toshiba ends long run

Nissan Motor Co. will take over as main sponsor of the popular TV anime "Sazae-san," sources said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018

Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream

"She is the one I trust the most."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2018

Uber plots expansion in Japan and Singapore amid talk of retreat from Asia

If Uber Technologies Inc. is planning a retreat from Asia, no one told Brooks Entwistle, head of the ride-hailing company's business in the region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / Backstage Pass
Feb 1, 2018

Change is in the air for New National Theater Tokyo in 2018

At the start of each year the New National Theatre Tokyo holds a media event at which the artistic directors of its three departments covering opera, drama and dance (ballet and contemporary) outline their aims and announce the upcoming programs. This time there was an unusual buzz in the air on Jan....
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 31, 2018

The Japan vlogger's gospel, not according to Logan Paul

In the wake of the Logan Paul 'suicide forest' fiasco, YouTubers offer their tips on filming in Japan without infuriating the locals.

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