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WORLD
Dec 8, 2016

On 75th anniversary, U.S. veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

It has been 75 years but U.S. Navy veteran James Leavelle can still recall watching with horror as Japanese warplanes rained bombs on his fellow sailors in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Dec 3, 2016

Working harder to end death by overwork

"When you're in the office 20 hours a day, you don't understand what life you're living for anymore. (It's so pathetic) you come to laugh." — Twitter post by Matsuri Takahashi, as reported in the Mainichi Shimbun
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2016

Lower House panel clears casino bill; opposition walks out in protest

The Lower House committee debating the casino legalization bill votes to send it to the Upper House as opposition lawmakers storm out in protest.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016

How Trump can take on Kim Jong Un

Putting China Inc. in the hot seat could rein in North Korea's rogue nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Dec 1, 2016

Tokyo Comic Con calls on Hollywood's big guns for star power

As we sit down for an interview, Tokyo Comic Convention Committee Chairman Mitsuaki Munegumi casually points to a glass case in the center of the room.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 28, 2016

Others now following prescient analyst who predicted yen's slide

Calling for a weaker yen was a lonely post six months ago for Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's Mansoor Mohi-uddin. Now the Singapore-based strategist is getting plenty of company from others who are joining him in forecasting the currency will slide to 120 per dollar.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 22, 2016

Ong's spellbinding take on 'Richard III'

He is one of Asia's foremost theater directors, and Ong Keng Sen looked to be enjoying his latest challenge when we met in Tokyo in March during rehearsals for "Sandaime Richard," Japanese dramatist Hideki Noda's iconoclastic adaptation of Shakespeare's "Richard III."
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2016

The ICC: death by a thousand cuts

The International Criminal Court is not perfect but it has proven able to make a difference. It must not be allowed to fail.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2016

Easy punditry, hard problems

The experience of the Bush years suggests that the institutions of U.S. democracy are not necessarily strong enough to prevent dangerous and reckless decisions being made. This does not bode well for a Trump presidency.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 18, 2016

Talented field set to compete for top spots at Japan Junior Championships

Bragging rights will be on the line when a group of highly successful skaters take the ice on Saturday at the Japan Junior Championships at Tsukisamu Gymnasium.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2016

Russia joins U.S. in denying international law

The U.S. has never accepted the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction, and Russia has now adopted the same stance.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2016

Cutting down on passive smoking

The government needs to get more serious about steps to protect people from passive smoking as it prepares for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Hate Trump and Clinton? There are better alternatives

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the least popular presidential candidates of all time. So why vote for either one?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2016

China names new finance minister to replace veteran Lou Jiwei

China has replaced veteran reformer Lou Jiwei with a new finance minister who will be tasked with juggling fiscal stimulus and efforts to rein in excess leverage in the world's second-largest economy.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Nov 6, 2016

Malnutrition battle triggers Euglena's eureka moment

Before venturing to Bangladesh at the age of 18, Mitsuru Izumo had believed that many people in the impoverished country were dying of starvation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 2, 2016

A portrait of the tattooist as a nice young man

'Otattoo' artist Hori Benny overcame prejudice, poverty and punishing training to blaze an inky trail through Osaka.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 1, 2016

Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photographs: Mexico, Light and Time in Silence

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2016

In oblique reference to Xi, top Chinese official says party has no set retirement age for leaders

A senior Communist Party policy official dismissed as "pure folklore" a retirement rule widely used to predict Chinese leadership changes, calling into question key assumptions about who will step down after President Xi Jinping's reshuffle next year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2016

Hacked memo reveals details of Bill Clinton's 2009 meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Il

During a 2009 visit to Pyongyang to seek the release of two detained American journalists, former U.S. President Bill Clinton raised the issue of abducted Japanese nationals with then-leader Kim Jong Il, a hacked document released by the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks has shown.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 29, 2016

Could nuclear advocacy be Abe's undoing?

Voters have elected anti-nuclear governors in Kagoshima and Niigata prefectures in recent months. These elections can be considered referenda on nuclear power because that issue was the main focus of debate in both campaigns. The results have put Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — and his plans to rev up...

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