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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2017

G-20's time for climate leadership

Given the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump's devotion to fossil-fuel producers, the world must now unite again to ensure a clean-energy future.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 1, 2017

Pessimists' grammar: No way around 'no'

Words can be like people. Some will always look on the bright side, while others take a more pessimistic view of things.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

Trump suffering a diplomatic deficit

Only by connecting the strategic dots between Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea can the world find a somewhat coherent, but misguided, approach to U.S. foreign policy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017

U.S. lawmakers seal deal on $1 trillion spending bill that jettisons Trump priorities

U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative bipartisan deal Sunday night on a $1.1 trillion bill that largely tracks with Democratic spending priorities and jettisons most of President Donald Trump's top priorities, including money to begin building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 29, 2017

Masako Nemoto-Deacon: Bringing experience abroad to the workplace

It was love that drew Masako Nemoto-Deacon to her current home, London, but she believes that leaving Japan had been inevitable.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2017

Canberra's national identity problem

Australia is grappling with immigration policy, and could stand to take a few pointers from Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 28, 2017

Effort and reward: Hiking the precipitous spine of central Honshu

Emerging from the gloom of the tunnel, it takes a few moments to adjust to the piercing sunlight as the bus chugs along the narrow road that snakes up the valley alongside the Azusa River.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2017

This is life in Trump world

The world looks much less safe now than it did before U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated, but the threats are not quite what doomsters feared.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 26, 2017

Abe's dreams and nightmares

The issue of North Korea is instructive for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan because the room for maneuver is limited and Japan is trapped.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2017

Between Kim Jong Un's bluster and Trump's bluff

A resolution of the North Korean crisis requires a mixed strategy of pressure and engagement, not military threats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2017

In hunt for deal, Sprint said to look at options beyond T-Mobile

Wall Street is betting Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. will soon revive talks on a blockbuster merger, but a recent surge in demand for wireless assets has Sprint exploring other ways to unleash value.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 24, 2017

Let's discuss the United Airlines overbooking incident

The violent video of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight has gone viral in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2017

Biological super weapons could define the next era

Evolving technologies and genetic engineering may open the door to new dangers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Apr 19, 2017

Language barriers at Japanese medical institutions put foreign patients at risk: expert

Here's a little-known, unnerving truth about health care in Japan: for non-Japanese, the death rate is higher than that for Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2017

Trump's war on clean air won't add jobs

Market forces rather than environmental regulations are behind the decline of the U.S. coal industry.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2017

China's property investment remains robust despite curbs

Real estate investment in China remained robust in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed Monday, as the pace of new construction quickened, despite intensified government cooling measures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 15, 2017

Abe's self-inflicted statue wounds fester in Seoul

Abe face-planted by sending back Japan's ambassador to Seoul without resolving the statue issue, one that should never have been made into such a big deal in the first place.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2017

U.S. must walk dangerous line to manage Syria, North Korea crises

The Syrian and North Korean crises both bisect Washington's relations with its two top geopolitical rivals — Russia and China — and neither offers an easy solution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2017

Researchers give voice to historic sounds of Stonehenge

If you listen carefully — and with the right app — you can still hear the prehistoric acoustics that swirled around Britain's ancient monument Stonehenge over the last 5,000 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2017

JAL and ANA say overbooking violence would never happen in Japan

The violent video of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday has gone viral around the world, including in Japan, sparking outcry and concern that a similar incident could happen here.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2017

A presidential summit in Florida

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping established a positive working relationship, but their first meeting was short on concrete deliverables.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017

Storm clouds gather over Korea

Diplomacy, despite all of its difficulties, is the only feasible solution to the North Korean problem.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017

Success of China behind the growing allure of authoritarianism

China's economic success has created a crisis of confidence in liberal ideas and values.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2017

Russia warns of serious consequences from U.S. strikes against Syria

Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

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

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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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