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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018

What we didn't learn from Bear Stearns' collapse

This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. The cause of the disaster was a combination of excessive, subprime mortgage-concentrated leverage and poor risk controls.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 19, 2018

1995 Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway still haunts, leaving questions unanswered

Hitoshi Jin describes his younger brother spending the booming 1980s "cult surfing," exploring what new religions had to offer to fill the gaping spiritual void left by a childhood scarred by an abusive father.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

China's 'silver fox' foreign minister and former ambassador to Japan promoted

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi retained his job and was also promoted to a state councillor on Monday, meaning he now has the country's two top diplomat roles, in a vote of confidence for his strong defense of China's interests.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 18, 2018

Fukushima professor develops rubber that can make and store power from light and vibration

Kunio Shimada, a professor of fluid mechanics and energy engineering at Fukushima University, has developed a special rubber that can generate electricity from solar and kinetic energy and save the power generated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018

U.K. counterterrorism police probe death of Russian associate of late tycoon foe of Putin

British counterterrorism police were on Tuesday investigating the unexplained death of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky but said the death was not thought to be linked to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 13, 2018

Back to work: Astros refuse to rest on laurels after team's first World Series crown

Over the last four decades, there has been only one repeat World Series champion — the New York Yankees, who three-peated from 1998-2000.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2018

China says new agency will improve foreign aid coordination

China plans to set up an international development cooperation agency, according to a parliament document released Tuesday, to better coordinate its foreign aid program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 12, 2018

Aichi farm machinery firm taps foreign talent in the region to drive overseas sales

Kohshin Engineering Co., which produces and sells agricultural equipment for poultry farming, has successfully expanded its overseas sales by hiring foreign employees.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2018

Japan's new advanced fighter may be based on existing foreign design: sources

This month Japan made a third request to defense companies seeking proposals for the new aircraft, with a separate and more detailed document delivered to London and Washington, sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2018

The case for a new U.S.-Japan strategy: Why we need a free, open Indo-Pacific

Tokyo and Washington must work side by side to spread peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2018

Democracy and disarray

The chaos in Washington, juxtaposed against the steady, assertive leadership in China and the self-confidence in Moscow, is doing great damage to the democracy brand.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 6, 2018

Candeloro feels Hanyu will skate 2-4 more years

The big extravaganza in Pyeongchang is over now and what a show it was. In every category, the skating performances were simply amazing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 5, 2018

South Korea shuts famed 84-year-old poet's exhibition amid sex harassment claims by rival

South Korea's capital has closed an exhibition by poet Ko Un, long the country's hope for a Nobel Prize in literature, amid allegations of sexual misconduct and the government is considering removing his work from textbooks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018

Asia rethinks drug wars that Trump admires

The region is tilting away from executions and toward rehab.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 28, 2018

Sumo-rich Osaka ready for stormy Spring Basho

That stretch in the evenings and the plum blossoms in bloom means just one thing to sumo fans — it's time for the Osaka Basho.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2018

Email addresses of thousands of Porsche Japan customers compromised after cyberattacks

The company is still investigating whether other information leaked, and so far there have been no reports of suspicious emails sent to the stolen addresses.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 24, 2018

Kazuki Kaneshiro's Go: Strength and irony in the face of prejudice

One of the most memorable characters in modern Japanese literature is not Japanese. Sugihara, the 17-year-old narrator of "Go," by Kazuki Kaneshiro, is a third-generation Zainichi Korean in his last year of high school. Son of a North Korean ex-boxer and shrewdly adept at silencing bullies, Sugihara...
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2018

Boeing, SpaceX and Lockheed look to launch rockets from military base in Brazil: minister

Brazil's defense minister said on Thursday that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and other U.S. aerospace companies have expressed an interest in launching rockets from its Alcantara military base near the equator and visited the site in December.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 22, 2018

World Gardening Fair celebrates final year

The Hotel Okura Tokyo's final World Gardening Fair will be held from May 2 to 6 at Ascot Hall in the Hotel Okura. This beloved charity event that has been held for 18 years will offer not only the unique opportunity to see various botanical displays, but also experience the food, traditions and culture...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 21, 2018

'Herbivore' investor Haruhiro Nakano takes on lions of Japanese finance

In a tiny, windowless meeting room high above the streets of Tokyo, Haruhiro Nakano starts to cry. The rail-thin, 54-year-old fund manager, who looks like a faded former J-pop star, has just shared his investing pitch, which sounds so deceptively simple you may not appreciate just how radical it is:...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2018

Peru court orders ex-President Alberto Fujimori to stand trial for 1992 mass killing

A Peruvian court ordered former President Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2018

Moon's chief of staff takes center stage in inter-Korean detente

In 1989, a 22-year-old South Korean student caused an uproar when she sneaked into North Korea and was filmed advocating for unification and meeting leader Kim Il Sung.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2018

10 years on, Osaka fiscal reform started by Toru Hashimoto remains unfinished

Since Toru Hashimoto was elected Osaka governor in January 2008 and subsequently launched a reform drive, the prefecture has turned its debt-heavy public finances around to achieve budget surpluses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 9, 2018

Japanese consumers increasingly face stealth price hikes via 'shrinkflation'

In Japan, a phenomenon known as "shrinkflation" — an important economic countermeasure against inflation for businesses — has been catching the attention of consumers.
Japan Times
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?
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2018

Victims of the eugenics law

The government has a moral duty to quickly compensate victims of the eugenics law.

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?