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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2015

Accused murderer Durst deemed suicidal

Robert Durst, the real estate scion charged with first-degree murder, is suicidal, according statements by Louisiana authorities released on Wednesday after they moved him to a facility for acutely mentally ill inmates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 18, 2015

Jeter, Matsui team up for good cause

When Derek Jeter was asked whom he idolized growing up, he immediately mentioned Dave Winfield, saying the former Yankees player was "larger than life," and that he had a poster of Winfield in his room as a child. Then a wry smile flashed across his face.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015

Japan's accounting problem

Japan's 'lost decades' were not quite as disastrous as commonly assumed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2015

Balance of power tips toward Iran

With Iraq essentially neutralized, Iran is set to become the dominant power in the gulf region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2015

NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 11, 2015

Matsui named as Yankees advisor

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui has been hired as a special advisor to team general manager Brian Cashman, the American League club announced on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 10, 2015

Abe's new policy on foreign aid risks playing with fire

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is playing with fire in declaring that Japan may give non-lethal assistance to foreign military forces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2015

Why Nemtsov's death got pinned on Chechens

The shooting of a Putin opponent by an underling of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has probably brought the sovereign and vassal closer together.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2015

Netanyahu's 'wolf' refrain tests longtime ties with U.S.

By trying to bury a proposed nuclear deal with Iran in front of the U.S. Congress, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put the most critical Israeli relationship at risk.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 7, 2015

German parliament approves legal quotas for women on company boards

Germany's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Friday requiring major companies to allot 30 percent of seats on nonexecutive boards to women, and a new survey found that women remain grossly underrepresented in business life.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2015

Disaster risk reduction

The five-day U.N. conference on reducing disaster risks, to be held in Sendai from the end of next week, should serve as an opportunity for Japan to share its experiences in dealing with severe natural disasters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Mar 3, 2015

Swedish cuisine: so much more than meatballs

Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. "Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world's largest chunk of phlegm," is one immortal line delivered by...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2015

The Russia that died with Nemtsov

Boris Nemtsov knew he was in danger. His name was on every list of 'traitors' — those who protested against the annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine — aired on state TV.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 27, 2015

Most Tokyo wards less keen on recognizing same-sex unions

Most of Tokyo's wards are hesitant to propose or consider certificates that would declare same-sex unions as equivalent to marriage, The Japan Times finds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 25, 2015

Japan's Academy Prizes — the fix is in?

Comedian, actor and director Takeshi Kitano had some scathing things to say about the Japanese film industry at last year's Tokyo International Film Festival, where he was given a career achievement award. One target he singled out was the Japan Academy Prizes — the local equivalent of the Oscars —...
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Feb 21, 2015

Tokyo Dome a worthy option for basketball

One of the key selling points of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid was its compact plan, which called for 85 percent of the venues to be within 8 km of the Olympic Village.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2015

LDP, Komeito split on SDF's overseas role

The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito remained far apart Friday over how far to expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities in line with the Abe administration's controversial reinterpretation of the pacifist Constitution last summer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 20, 2015

Kuroda ally says weak yen shouldn't stop more stimulus if needed

Concern about weakening the yen should not prevent the Bank of Japan from easing monetary policy further if necessary, said Masahiro Kawai, a university professor who has collaborated on research with Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 20, 2015

Accidents involving unregulated mini-boats on rise

Accidents involving miniboats, which require no license or qualification to operate in Japan, are on the rise.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2015

Aid that could foment conflict

Under a new Abe administration policy, Japan will be able to extend aid to the armed forces of recipient countries on condition that it be used only for nonmilitary purposes. But what will stop a nation from saving such aid for a rainy day to foment conflict?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 17, 2015

Voiceless minority: People lacking family registry live on the outside, buried in red tape

Osaka native Haruko Kubota has waged a lifelong struggle to be "certified" as a living resident.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2015

Second Tokyo ward speaks of action on same-sex unions

The mayor of Setagaya has suggested his ward may seek to recognize same-sex unions, days after neighboring Shibuya district announced it would vote on the issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2015

Artwork by Kenji Goto on display at Tokyo gallery

Journalist Kenji Goto's efforts to aid people living in conflict zones may have gone widely unnoticed if his kidnapping and beheading by the Islamic State militant group had not caused outrage worldwide last month.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / TYSON-DOUGLAS SHOCKER REVISITED
Feb 12, 2015

Result stunned analyst Bernstein

Fourth in a series
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 12, 2015

Belle and Sebastian lean toward politics and away from twee on newest album

Belle and Sebastian are headed back to Japan, but are not quite as you remember them. For nearly 20 years the Glasgow indie darlings have been pigeonholed as producers of twee, lovelorn songs for corduroy-clad outcasts, but with their newly released ninth album, that stereotype is in danger of looking...
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Man arrested over body found in bag in Kawasaki
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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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Dangami House is a 180-year-old structure that used to house a samurai family that was part of the Kato clan that ruled over the area where Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, now exists.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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