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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Apr 24, 2016

Shakai hoken shake-up will open up pensions for some but close door on benefits for others

Law will enable some workers to join the employees' health and pension insurance system but will legally freeze out many more.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 24, 2016

Guesthouses are proliferating in Japan's countryside, but at what cost?

To ensure they can continue working into their twilight years, many owners of traditional Japanese inns are keen to change their business model.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 22, 2016

A monthly subscription to the craft of specialty coffee

Finding good coffee roasters in Tokyo wasn't always easy. Though there's no shortage of chain cafes and canned coffee, roasters that focus on quality beans seemed few and far between.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016

Business leaders call for fiscal action, structural reform at 'B-7 summit'

Despite the continuing uncertainty over the global economy, the Group of Seven developed countries should not depend too much on monetary steps and move to adopt timely fiscal stimulus and structural reforms, business leaders from the G-7 said Thursday.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 17, 2016

Two years after Japan signed Hague, children have been returned but old issues remain

A couple of years have passed since Japan signed the international convention on child abduction, and there is cause for celebration — and concern.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2016

Win or lose, Trump will impact Japan-U.S. ties

Japan's leaders will need to acclimate themselves to more unpredicatability in American politics.
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MULTIMEDIA
Apr 8, 2016

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CULTURE / Film
Apr 6, 2016

'45 Years': When love is lost but can never be forgotten

As divorce rates rise in most of the industrialized world, being with the same partner for 45 years these days calls for a major celebration (perhaps a medal would be more in order), which is exactly what Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff (Tom Courtenay) decide to do in the British film "45 Years."...
CULTURE / Film
Apr 6, 2016

Tokyo Talkies seeks to broaden exposure to Indian films

Indian cinema is prolific and diverse, with 1,969 feature titles released by 20 regional film industries in 2014, but movie fans in Japan have few chances to see this vast output. (Let's not count Bollywood musicals playing silently on monitors in Indian restaurants.)
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2016

Will America turn isolationist?

If the U.S. is going isolationist again during a period of global instability, that may not be a good thing for the rest of us.
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BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Mar 29, 2016

Security of iPhones the casualty in Apple's victory over the FBI

Apple Inc. suffered one major casualty in its legal victory over the FBI: bragging rights over the iPhone's security.
WORLD
Mar 29, 2016

Islamic State planning attacks on Jewish children in Turkey, U.K. TV reports

Britain's Sky News quoted intelligence sources Monday as saying that the Islamic State group had "advanced plans" to kill Jewish children in Turkey by attacking kindergartens, schools and youth centers.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Mar 27, 2016

Bearded train driver, out-of-pocket teacher and CV faker: How would they fare in court?

A look at three shiny new news items from the gossip columns that take on a different sheen when examined under the piercing light of labor law.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 20, 2016

Playwright brings voices of America's enslaved to the Tokyo stage

Follow-up show to an upcoming Huck Finn musical grapples with how to strike a balance between relating the true horror of slavery and telling the whole story.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 19, 2016

The pretext of counterterrorism covers many sins

The Japanese government's track record on respecting civil liberties and the rule of law is suspect, as I detailed in last week's Counterpoint.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2016

How to separate scientific fact from fiction

People must consider not just how to look for evidence that an idea is right, but how they might discover it's wrong.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 13, 2016

J. League branching out to grow brand in Asia

The J. League has grown steadily in the first two decades since its launch in 1993.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2016

Stop thinking 'reformers vs. conservatives' in Iran

The rest of the world may be confused, but for Tehran's business community and cafe-loving urbanites, it's pretty clear who won Iran's recent parliamentary election: They did.
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WORLD
Mar 6, 2016

Despite her 'hardest year,' Iditarod veteran Jonrowe, dog team begin 34th race

Dee Dee Jonrowe, who will start the grueling Iditarod sled-dog race through Alaska's wilderness for the 34th time this year, has long been known as a survivor, having endured a deadly car crash, cancer, frostbite and numerous injuries on the trail.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2016

The Trump effect on China

If the Chinese believe that they are being thwarted from getting their due place in the global sun, their anger could fuel the rise of a populist leader.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Feb 29, 2016

Bid for world heritage status for Christian sites retracted

The government has decided to retract its recommendation to UNESCO that a slew of churches and other Christian sites be listed as World Heritage sites.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 29, 2016

'Landmark' ruling sent Japan's foreign residents back to welfare limbo

Widely misunderstood 2014 case reaffirmed the decades-old stopgap that means noncitizens can receive support but can't appeal if their application is rejected.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 29, 2016

Alarm over the death of a doctor ripples across the Seto Inland Sea

The death of the island's only doctor has come as a major shock to the islanders of Shiraishi and beyond.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 28, 2016

Japan Inc. slowly shedding LGBT taboos but bias laws still lag

Yusuke Kitamura hid his sexuality from colleagues for most of his career. It was only after joining one of Japan's oldest brokerages last year that he could tell them he was gay.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2016

Japan welcomes 'stronger' U.S.-China sanctions against North Korea

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that the draft resolution agreed to by the United States and China on expanding sanctions against North Korea for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch reflects Japan's call for stringent U.N. action.

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