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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2017

Obsession with Trump shows authoritarianism has arrived

Americans are divided along party lines, but Trump has brought them together in one respect: He's making everyone feel anxious by creating a constant atmosphere of crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 1, 2017

Thousands of Syria jihadis, refugees to leave Lebanon border zone in swap with Hezbollah prisoners

Convoys of buses arrived on Monday to transfer thousands of Syrian militants and refugees from Lebanon's border region into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jul 23, 2017

Osaka's bid to outshine Paris for 2025 Expo still on shaky ground

With only four months to go until it must unveil detailed plans for its 2025 World Expo bid, Osaka's leaders plan to use the rest of the summer and early autumn to ramp up domestic and international efforts to raise the region's profile and tout its advantages over arch-rival Paris .
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2017

Low-key Kishida seen as rising prospect to replace Abe

Low-key Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emerges as a potential prospect to replace brash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next year.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 18, 2017

UFC plots growing presence in Asia, beyond

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2017

Maduro's foes turn up heat, call for national strike Thursday across Venezuela

Venezuela's opposition called on Monday for a national strike against President Nicolas Maduro in an escalation of protests after a massive symbolic referendum at the weekend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 13, 2017

After rape allegation against TV journalist, Shiori hopes to shed light on victims' plight

Since she went public in late May with a rape accusation against a high-profile TV reporter, Shiori has been exposed to a storm of hurtful and derisive comments by anonymous internet users.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2017

Son's SoftBank Vision Fund lures Michael Ronen away From Goldman Sachs

Michael Ronen, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s co-chief operating officer of the global technology, media and telecommunications group, is leaving the firm to join Masayoshi Son's planned $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 27, 2017

North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, 'America First' to Nazism

Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump's "America First" policy as "the American version of Nazism," state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2017

North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of 'mugging' diplomats, seizing mysterious 'diplomatic package'

Pyongyang has accused U.S. authorities of having "mugged" a delegation of North Korean officials by seizing a mysterious "diplomatic package" at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, state media reported Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2017

Mexico's most dangerous profession

The country's crime reporters face a grim choice: dishonesty or death.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2017

Newspapers thrive, in India

While print media struggles to survive elsewhere, India's rising literacy rate is keeping its dailies firmly in the black.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 18, 2017

Japan's filmmakers expand their idea of overseas opportunity

The Japanese film industry has long been insular, making films by and for Japanese with little input from, or concern for, the outside world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 6, 2017

Escalating threats to secularism in Bangladesh

Islamists have ignited contemporary identity wars in Bangladesh because they can't abide secularism, with hard-line clerics inciting violence to overturn constitutional principles and the rule of law.
JAPAN / History
Apr 29, 2017

Power politics: Japan's most popular political platforms

Looking back at some of the political platforms that have been heavily endorsed by voters over the past century in a bid to predict where the country might be headed under the 'third generation' of postwar Japanese.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 20, 2017

Putin-run intel think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election in Trump's favor: documents

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters' faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2017

Russia wages a new form of war

Disinformation and hacking campaigns are a key part of Moscow's efforts to raise Russia's international stature and counter the Western assault on its political institutions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2017

Syrian army prepares Hama counterattack as rebels score gains ahead of peace talks

Jihadis and other rebel groups made advances against the Syrian army north of Hama on Thursday, a monitor said, part of their biggest offensive for months, underscoring bleak prospects for peace talks that resume later in the day.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 13, 2017

Abe stands his ground as Moritomo Gakuen scandal drags on

More than a month has passed since nationalistic school operator Moritomo Gakuen first made headlines over a controversial land deal for its next school.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 4, 2017

No free ride for U.S. auto manufacturers

Anyone who was around in the 1980s will remember the turmoil caused by the U.S.-Japan trade imbalance, especially in the automotive field. In order to maintain their growing position in the American market, Japanese car manufacturers knew they would have to move some of their operations to the United...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2017

The uncomfortable truth: Trump is not an aberration

There is hardly a single bad deed that Trump has or intends to carry out that does not have roots in policies championed by previous administrations.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 28, 2017

Sino-Japanese propaganda wars are heating up

Both Japan and China are wielding history like a cudgel to bash the other and assert a sanctimonious nationalism that impedes reconciliation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2017

Donald Trump unleashed

All administrations lie, spin and deceive, but judging from early indications, the new U.S. team is off the charts.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 27, 2017

Constant blaming of referees is becoming farcical

Lunch with a former Premier League referee was going well until the chat about his forthcoming holiday was interrupted by another customer. "You didn't give Arsenal a penalty in 2011 against Manchester United. It was nailed on. You cost us three points," he told my lunch companion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2017

Trump backs off moving briefings out of White House but vows to pick which reporters get in

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump scrapped a proposal to move news briefings out of the White House, but said he wants his team to choose who gets into the press room.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 15, 2017

Turning YouTube into yen: Can vloggers become the new foreign correspondents?

In 2015, Sharla of the YouTube channel Sharla In Japan found herself juggling two careers. Since 2011, the Canadian-born creator had been making videos about her life here to a quickly growing audience. But actually making them was tough, as she also had a day job.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 8, 2017

Japan's human rights issues fared better in 2016

Welcome back to JBC's annual countdown of the top issues as they affected Non-Japanese (NJ) residents of Japan. We had some brighter spots this year than in previous years, because Japan's government has been so embarrassed by hate speech toward Japan's minorities that they did something about it. Read...
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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