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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2017

Nomura bets on startup to help Japan's smokers kick the habit

Nomura Holdings Inc. and Keio University are investing in a startup that's seeking to revolutionize how smokers quit the habit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2017

Radio Free Europe debuts Russian-language TV channel as alternative to state-run media

U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty launched a new 24-hour Russian-language channel on Tuesday to offer Russian speakers living home and abroad a new alternative to government-run media.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2017

Another kidnapping in Hong Kong

For anyone living and working in China and Hong Kong the message is clear. The border between the special economic zone and the mainland is permeable to the point of nonexistent.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 6, 2017

Do the whole shebang and take it to the limit with 'kiru'

Introducing the verb u5207(u304d)u308b and its related expressions.
PRESS / Events
Feb 6, 2017

The 8th Japan Times Spelling Bee to be held March 4

  Tokyo, Feb.6, 2017 - The Japan Times, Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 8th Japan Times Bee will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2017.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Feb 4, 2017

New housing options get smaller in the city

Last month this column discussed how lack of city planning in the suburbs had led to an over-supply of new housing that exacerbated the well-publicized vacant-home problem. It should be noted, however, that populations in suburbs throughout Japan are declining — some slowly, others rather rapidly....
CULTURE / Books
Feb 4, 2017

Food contamination fears after 3/11 make the invisible visible

"Radiation brain" was a pun that made the social media circuit after March 11, 2011, deriding people whose brains (nō) had become unduly contaminated with fears about radiation after the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. They had, people claimed,...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 4, 2017

Japan Times 1942: 'Roosevelt orders aliens to abandon homes'

President Franklin Roosevelt's high-handed action ordering 10,000 aliens residing chiefly in the West Coast of the United States to abandon their homes has deeply shocked Christian circles in Japan, according to Domei.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2017

Dream of cheap, clean nuclear power is over

Far from the dream technology envisioned in the old science fiction novels, nuclear power has become a huge, risky government-subsidized boondoggle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2017

Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions; Tehran hits back with its own restrictions

The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, calling them "initial steps" and saying Washington would no longer turn a "blind eye" to Iran's hostile actions.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2017

Trump's irrational currency remarks

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should correct U.S. President Donald Trump's misguided views on Japan's currency policy.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2017

Study finds expensive anti-cholesterol drug succeeded in cutting serious heart problems

Amgen said its potent cholesterol fighter Repatha significantly reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death in patients with heart disease, according to initial results of a large, eagerly-anticipated trial released Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Feb 2, 2017

Tributes to the 'father of Pac-Man'

Following the news that Masaya Nakamura, whose company created Pac-Man, had died at the age of 91, social media was filled with tributes to the 'father' of the beloved yellow gobbler.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 1, 2017

Wild thing: a tabby cat named Raming

No cream-puff pussycat here, Raming is a cat for the true cat lover, a lover of passion, a lover of the hunt.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2017

Health ministry gears up for possible ban on smoking in public areas

The health ministry is considering a legal revision to ban smoking in public areas to help bring the nation's policy on secondhand smoke in line with global standards ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2017

Putin instigating biggest Russian Arctic military buildup since Soviet fall

The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union's Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the frigid water here. A relic of the Cold War, it is now a museum.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2017

Nuclear fuel debris that penetrated reactor pressure vessel possibly found at Fukushima No. 1

Tepco on Monday found what may be melted nuclear fuel debris that penetrated the reactor 2 pressure vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Jan 30, 2017

'Father of Pac-Man,' Masaya Nakamura, dies at age 91

Masaya Nakamura, the founder of game developer and distributor Namco Ltd. and known as "the father of Pac-Man," died Jan. 22, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. announced Monday via a corporate website.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2017

Tokyo silent as Trump immigration ban sparks global outcry

In sharp contrast to the outpouring of condemnation by leaders across the globe, top Japanese officials declined to comment on the tightened immigration policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling the move a domestic affair.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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