Search - study

 
 
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 28, 2015

Postwar education at a vexing crossroads

In July 1995, a special edition of Aera magazine reflected on 50 years of postwar evolution. Education was among the topics covered.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 28, 2015

'License to Play' compiles research on all things ludic in Japanese culture

The stereotype of a stressed-out salaryman, vacantly sipping on his post-overtime can of beer, does little to confirm that Japanese society is deeply clued into notions of fun and play.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 23, 2015

Top grads shun Kasumigaseki

More University of Tokyo graduates with high academic records appear headed these days for graduate law schools or are taking jobs in the private sector rather than joining the Japanese bureaucracy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 18, 2015

Psycho-drama mystery tests Tani's 'pop' principles

"Probably nobody ever got involved with theater the way I did," Kenichi Tani said with a laugh, explaining that because his teachers at school were "really boring" he set his sights on becoming an interesting teacher in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2015

Government support for wind power may increase offshore capacity

Japan's bid to install more floating offshore wind capacity may be bolstered by the government's commitment to support the technology.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015

Picketty's impact on Japan

Every policy proposed by Thomas Picketty clashed head-on with the view of mainstream economists in Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2015

Multiparty group to examine LGBT discrimination

A group of lawmakers on Tuesday launched a multiparty caucus to examine discrimination against sexual minorities in a move expected to further intensify debate ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
WORLD
Mar 13, 2015

Lion spotted in Gabon for first time in 20 years

A lion has been spotted in Gabon for the first time in nearly 20 years, raising hopes the animals long feared extinct in the country could be returning, conservationists said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 12, 2015

Mutating H7N9 bird flu may pose pandemic threat, scientists warn

A wave of H7N9 bird flu in China that has spread to people may have the potential to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans, scientists said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2015

Spider venom may hold chemical keys to new painkillers

Scientists who analyzed countless chemicals in spider venom say they have identified seven compounds that block a key step in the body's ability to pass pain signals to the brain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2015

Two kamikaze pilots, two late reprieves, one pacifist view

Hisashi Tezuka knew his life had been spared when he heard the Emperor's voice crackling through the wireless.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2015

Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry, research finds

Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2015

U.S., Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp

U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc.'s Ebola drug ZMapp, an experimental treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients, including two U.S. missionaries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 1, 2015

Four years on, Tohoku towns still waiting for schools, homes, answers

While cooped-up kids need places to play, exhausted residents could do with support from more teachers and caregivers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Mar 1, 2015

Educator brings fresh learning opportunities to Tohoku youths

For Kumi Imamura, 35, an award-winning educator, setting up a place of learning for children in the disaster-hit Tohoku region was the natural next step in her career.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2015

Islamic State's best recruiting tool is boredom

Many of the young people drawn to the Islamic State group, particularly those born far away from the Middle East and North Africa, are just plain bored, and no amount of education and political reform will curb the temptation to be part of a movement that claims to be changing history.
PRESS / Publications
Feb 2, 2015

“The Japan Culture Book (Japanese/English)”on sale now

Enjoy Japanese traditional and cutting-edge pop culture
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2015

Japan must tax wealthy more heavily to close income gap: Piketty

To stop income inequality from growing, Japan should levy a heavier tax on big earners, said Thomas Piketty, a French economist known for his recent best-seller "Capital in the Twenty-First Century."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015

Guiding the landscape of abstract painting

As the name suggests, the main concept behind the "Quintet" series of exhibitions that the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art started running last year is to bring together five artists whose art harmonizes well, just like a musical quintet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 17, 2015

'Refugees should have the same opportunities in life as everyone else'

What do Nobel laureate Albert Einstein, composer Frederic Chopin, war photographer Robert Capa and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud have in common? They were all refugees.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2015

A third of Americans would forgo sex to keep mobile phone

Almost a third of Americans would rather give up sex for a year than part with their mobile phone for that long, according to a survey by The Boston Consulting Group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2015

Of 20 leading economies, Japan worst at getting women on company boards

Women hold only 3 percent of seats on the boards of directors at Japan's largest companies, the lowest ratio of 20 major economies, a new study shows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2015

More Japanese children being prescribed psychotropic drugs

A growing number of Japanese children are being prescribed psychotropic drugs to treat depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and schizophrenia, according to a study by government-funded medical institutes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 11, 2015

Foreign female dean opens doors for Japan’s working women

A brush with sexual discrimination gave Robin Sakamoto the drive to succeed as a working mom and push for on-campus facilities at Kyorin to help parents.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 6, 2015

Stand-up desks get office workers on their feet

Advocates of workplace wellness initiatives are hoping 2015 will be the year that stand-up desks, historically favored by great minds from Leonardo da Vinci to Virginia Woolf, will reconfigure the modern cubicle.

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