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EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2017

The U.S. president's extraordinary failure

Last week again made clear the extraordinary gap between the demands of the U.S. presidency and the ability of Donald Trump to meet them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2017

The tragedy of India's partition, 70 years on

The India-Pakistan border is a 70-year-old scar that will not heal.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 11, 2017

Manchester City primed to capture Premier League title

Antonio Conte is not happy. Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho are not happy. Arsene Wenger is reasonably happy and so is Mauricio Pochettino.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 10, 2017

Sega embraces rogue fan programmers with retro Sonic sequel

Sega is doing what Nintendon't.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 9, 2017

Of guns and cutlery: Memories of the war, from the Netherlands to Japan

A chance rediscovery leads an author to reflect on the lessons to be learned from the devastation of two continents.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Aug 9, 2017

More Japanese may be studying abroad, but not for long

Increasing numbers of Japanese are going abroad to study, but a close look at the data reveals that looser definitions are inflating the numbers — and that most students aren't spending much time overseas anyway.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Youth encouraged to expand horizons through travel

The ASEAN-Japan Centre, which aims to promote trade, investment, tourism and other exchanges between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, is holding various events this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of ASEAN.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2017

Parkgolf and other netlabel acts are seeing more success offline

Tokyo's first netlabel parties were filled with nods to internet culture. You'd see customers ordering their drinks via Twitter, robotic hands clapping in time to DJ sets, and people live-streaming themselves from the dancefloor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017

Japan Defense Ministry warns of North Korean nuclear, missile advances in annual report

White paper cites deep concern over reclusive state's recent advances in ICBM technology, while also hitting China for its maritime expansion.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Aug 2, 2017

Hope after the horror revealed in letters from postwar Hiroshima

Sixty years on, letters that formed the basis of Austrian writer Jungk's acclaimed account of life after the A-bomb are set to be published.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jul 30, 2017

Are university teachers in Japan covered by the 'five-year rule'?

Careful reading of laws suggests that a 10-year exception to the new rule that makes irregular workers permanent doesn't apply to college teachers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 30, 2017

Red tape must go if Japan is to woo seafaring visitors

Japan has no system in place for admitting small craft into its waters. As a result, pleasure boats are, across the board, treated the same as commercial ships.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017

Ability to strike more of U.S. feared as North Korean ICBM test splashes down off Hokkaido

North Korea's latest missile test confirms the hermit state now has the capability to strike most of the United States with a nuclear missile of some sort.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 26, 2017

The Japanese 'Tunnel Man' of Alaska: Not quite life on Mars, but pretty out-there

With his dream of inhabiting the red planet out of reach, Kenji Yoshikawa instead sought out similar landscapes on Earth and teaches kids about Mars-style permafrost.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2017

Trump speech to Boy Scouts slammed by parents, called 'pathological campaign rehashing'

President Donald Trump's campaign-style address to the Boy Scouts of America touched off a firestorm of criticism on Tuesday as parents and former Scouts decried a speech peppered with partisan attacks and ridicule of "fake media."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 22, 2017

Paul Christie: Exploring the heart of Japan on foot

The British CEO of Walk Japan discusses hiking in Japan.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2017

U.S. intel official now says many foreigners fighting for IS likely to stay in Syria, Iraq

In a new assessment, the U.S. intelligence community judges that large numbers of foreigners fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria likely will stay to defend what is left of their self-declared caliphate rather than return to their homelands, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said on Friday....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2017

Family blames prolonged use of restraints at Kanagawa hospital for English teacher's death

JET instructor died after being restrained on his hospital bed for 10 days, his family says, highlighting a widespread practice at nation's psychiatric hospitals
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 12, 2017

For East Asian students, 'Confucius made me do it' is no excuse

To understand why some students in Japan, China and Korea plagiarize or don't speak out, it's worth looking at their modern education systems.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 11, 2017

Nash reflects on memorable time as Toyama coach

Bob Nash's passion for basketball is as visible as a Hawaiian rainbow on a clear day.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 8, 2017

Leading cancer researcher Yusuke Nakamura pursues answers

Yusuke Nakamura could easily have had a long, successful career as a surgeon in Japan, but he isn't the kind of person who is satisfied with unanswered questions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 7, 2017

Cultural construction boom aims to offset Hong Kong's business-like image

The theater stage is bathed in a luscious lavender hue, a color that in Chinese tradition signifies nobility and mystery — and portends things to come. A young couple, pure of heart, fall in love only to see their romance thwarted by the machinations of a corrupt bureaucrat. They declare their devotion...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 5, 2017

Spoken English tests among entrance exam reforms Japan's students will face in 2020

Upcoming changes to Japanese university admissions have students, parents and teachers raising their hands to ask questions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 5, 2017

Unorthodox acupuncturist's point is to make sure you never have to come back

'It is my job to ensure that patients do not need to see me' is written in large letters on the web page of Thomas Blasejewicz, an acupuncturist from Germany who practices in Hayama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2017

North Korean claim of successful ICBM test likely to raise alarm in Tokyo — and Anchorage

North says it “can strike any place in the world” after missile fired on u2018lofted' trajectory splashes down in Sea of Japan
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 2, 2017

'No foreign tenants' — and not much you can do about it

Landlords in Japan are within their rights to refuse to rent to foreign residents, but some services are stepping in to bridge the gap.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 2, 2017

Survey: What's been your experience of trying to rent an apartment in Japan?

We asked foreign residents to tell us about the hurdles they faced when trying to rent an apartment in Japan. The following is a selection of their responses.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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