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LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Dec 23, 2016

Sugar, spice and all things nice in Roppongi's craft beer bars

Depending on who you ask, Roppongi is either Tokyo's most sophisticated neighborhood or its seediest. Yet everyone can agree it's one of the city's most international. Each night, expats, emigres and immigrants wend their way through a landscape of restaurants, hostess bars, art galleries and nightclubs....
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2016

The U.S. is now a country that can be ignored

One of Barack Obama's most important legacies is a sense that the U.S. is no longer the dominant global power.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2016

Putin's oil and gas deals magnify military power in Middle East

After reinventing itself as a major power in the Middle East by force in Syria, Russia is now using its other strong suit, energy, to expand its influence across the region.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 19, 2016

New law to fight bias against 'burakumin' seen falling short

Overshadowed by the 11th-hour furor over casino legalization and other legislation forced through the Diet by the ruling bloc last week was the enactment of a lesser-known law that has significant implications for Japan's minority burakumin.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2016

Philippines' Duterte says he may not 'be around' till end of term

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he might not "be around" until the end of his term, and that, after winning the presidency at 71, he had found out late in the day that "I don't need it at my age."
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016

Tweeting less can be more, Trump

To be successful in his new job, America's tweeter-in-chief will need to use social media differently than he did during the campaign.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2016

A Machiavellian U.S. and Japan's Northern Territories

Shinzo Abe will likely be disappointed if he expects progress toward a resolution of Japan's territorial dispute with Russia will be made when he meets with Vladimir Putin this week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 10, 2016

Last splash: How long will the immodest Japanese tradition of mixed bathing continue?

The main reason that mixed baths have endured for so long is that communities have still supported them. When an onsen stops being a gathering place for locals, there's less to stop it slipping into disrepute.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 10, 2016

Same-sex marriage sparks a 'culture war' in Taiwan

Taiwan is one of the most LGBT friendly societies in Asia, with an active gay community and possibly the largest annual gay pride parade in the region. In recent weeks expectations spiked that it would soon legalize same-sex marriage. On Dec. 3, The Economist opined, "It would be even better if the country...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2016

Pressure U.S. on free trade

The biggest loser in the U.S. presidential election was free trade.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2016

Abe's Pearl Harbor visit rooted in pragmatism amid uncertainties surrounding Trump

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit this month to Pearl Harbor will be a historic gesture that represents the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance and the evolution of the bilateral relationship since World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016

Trump learned the wrong lessons from Asia

If Donald Trump dislikes China so much, why has he embraced policies that would be at home in Beijing?
JAPAN / History
Dec 3, 2016

Memories of 1941 Pearl Harbor attack continue to affect U.S., Japan in Asia

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. The attack, carried out at dawn by Japanese fighter planes launched from aircraft carriers, was a then relatively new form of naval warfare that shocked the American public.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2016

Rural Cambodia uses guppy to fight dengue

In the backyards of rural Cambodia, a tiny weapon is being deployed to fight dengue fever, the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease, which causes debilitating flu-like symptoms and can develop into a deadly hemorrhagic fever.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2016

Tokyo Olympic chiefs weigh private-sector venue funding

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers are entertaining the idea that venues built for the games could be financed and run by private-sector companies.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 30, 2016

American residents of Japan: dealing with Trump from a distance

Americans on both sides of the political divide interpret the presidential election through the prism of their lives in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2016

Park departure could shift regional security calculus for Japan

The matter could also impact bilateral relations, including the complete implementation of last year's deal to resolve the issue of Korean “comfort women.”
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 27, 2016

Fukushima aftershock renews public concern about restarting Kansai's aging nuclear reactors

The magnitude-7.4 aftershock that rocked Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity last week, more than five years after the mega-quake and tsunami of March 2011, triggered fresh nuclear concerns in the Kansai region, which hosts Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant in Fukui Prefecture.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2016

Ivanka as ambassador? Tabloid speculation shows deep domestic interest despite unlikely post

Less than a week after Donald Trump's upset victory in the U.S. presidential election, some in Japan were taken by another surprise.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 24, 2016

Sunrockers still a work in progress under new coach Toews

Naturally, a 60-game season, starting in September and ending in May, doesn't involve the same preparations as a five-day tournament.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2016

Petraeus indicates would serve Trump if asked

Retired U.S. Gen. David Petraeus indicated on Wednesday that he would say "yes" if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to serve in his administration, according to an interview on Britain's BBC Radio 4.

Longform

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