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WORLD
Mar 22, 2016

Damascus love songs can't drown out the destruction of Syria

At the Damascus opera house, youths in jeans, old gentlemen in suits and ties and women in long-sleeved dresses and headscarves cheer and applaud the two performers of Arabic love songs.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2016

Obama's historic Cuba visit

Without a strong economic impact, America's opening to Cuba will not make even a small contribution to political liberalization on the island.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2016

Daniel Craig's favorite Bond car is a Toyota

Daniel Craig's favorite Bond car isn't an Aston Martin. It's a Toyota.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2016

Pro-business policy won't raise pay

The disappointing results of the annual wage negotiations highlight the limitations of the Abe administration's drive to prod firms to raise wages.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016

Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train

Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
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JAPAN
Mar 19, 2016

The 12-year-old winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee credits victory to hard work

Tathva International Secondary School's Sidaarth Kumarevel was crowned winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee on Saturday after besting his 37 rivals by correctly spelling philhellenism.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 18, 2016

History of life on Earth; a tale of two women; CM of the week: Asahi Group Foods

There has been life on Earth for roughly 3.8 billion years, and humans have only been around for a small portion of that time. The four-hour special "Ningen wa Nan da?" ("What is a Human Being?"; TBS, Mon., 7 p.m.) attempts to get at the meaning of human existence through close scientific research.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 18, 2016

Abramovich's wealth not enough for Chelsea now

When you have grown up in the Communist regime of the former Soviet Union, started your business career importing rubber ducks and becoming the 12th-richest person in Russia thanks to owning an oil company, then being accused of "failing to demonstrate even a minimum amount of manners and education"...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 18, 2016

Fukushima's organic farmers still battle stigma

"All publicity is good publicity." Nowhere does this specious PR maxim ring more hollow than in Fukushima Prefecture. As if the horrors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant weren't traumatic enough, the region's economic and agricultural recovery...
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BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2016

Tencent taps ninja Naruto to chase China's $31 billion anime market

A blue-eyed ninja with spiky blond hair and whisker marks is leading Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s campaign to capture the eyes and wallets of China's anime fans.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016

Canon agrees to buy Toshiba medical unit

Canon Inc. agreed to buy Toshiba Corp.'s medical equipment unit for ¥665.5 billion ($5.9 billion) as the world's biggest maker of cameras seeks new growth.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2016

Nomura to raise pay for 3,700 employees at Japan brokerage

Nomura Holdings Inc. will raise salaries for staff at its Japanese brokerage for a third year.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 15, 2016

BOJ's negative rate move proving a gold mine for bullion retailers

The nation's negative interest rates are boosting demand for gold, according to its biggest bullion retailer.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2016

Why 3/11 didn't change Japan

The Fukushima crisis should have been a catalyst for change; instead it sustained policy inertia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 14, 2016

Japanese go out on a limb for health (but not for love)

You could say that health has become a national obsession — one of the most obvious side-effects of Japan's super-aged society.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 14, 2016

Breathing a sigh of relief with tokoro datta

Introducing the patterns Xu3068u3053u308du3060u3063u305f and Xu306fu305au3060u3063u305f, which indicate what might have happened but in fact didn't.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 14, 2016

Let's discuss the recent ruling on dementia

The Supreme Court has dismissed the liability of the family of a 91-year-old man with dementia who was killed by a train after wandering onto railway tracks.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 12, 2016

Knowledge is power: Navigating the household electricity market after deregulation

The country's household and small business electricity market will be deregulated from April 1, allowing individuals to choose their electricity provider. Optimists, especially renewable energy advocates and small entrepreneurs, hope the development will break the stranglehold that the country's 10 regional...
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 12, 2016

Reforms neglect nursing care problems

In recent weeks, there have been two major news stories related to the issue of senior nursing care. In one, the Supreme Court reversed a Nagoya High Court ruling that ordered a 94-year-old woman to compensate JR Tokai for damages caused in 2007 by her then 91-year-old husband, who, suffering from dementia,...
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 12, 2016

Tohoku teams part of community fabric

Men's pro basketball has thrived in Tohoku during the slow, difficult recovery from the March 11 disasters.
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2016

Needs of post-3/11 Tohoku stay in focus for filmmakers

The dramatic imagery that emerged from the disasters of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, documented so extensively by mainstream and social media, is hard to forget. However, there were and still are many stories to be told about the people who were left to pick up the pieces of their lives...
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 11, 2016

Benitez taking big risk at Newcastle

It will be no surprise when Steve McClaren is fired by Newcastle United. It is 19th in the Premier League having won only six games after spending £74 million over the last two transfer windows. There is no realistic argument for McClaren to remain in charge of this particular sinking ship.

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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