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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2016

Commuters fight back against groping

Takako Tonooka's life at high school did not start out the way she had anticipated. On the very first day she attended class, she was groped on the train — and that was only the beginning of her nightmare. For a year and a half, she was the victim of persistent groping attacks during her commute to...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2016

Spy agencies struggle to spot threats from lone, mentally ill attackers

Recent attacks on civilians in the U.S. and Europe have exposed a gap in the intelligence community's efforts to track suspected extremists and prevent mass killings, half a dozen American, British and French counterterrorism officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 23, 2016

Beyond the spiel, outlook for 4K TV is cloudy

The market credo that says consumers are always interested in upgrading whatever they already have may no longer apply to televisions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016

Plot against Rio Olympics raises fears of lone wolf terrorist attacks

Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in isolation cells at a maximum security jail on Friday as police combed their computers and mobile phones for information about possible threats to next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2016

Hurdles mar Japan's renewable energy equation

At Yamakura Dam, 45 km southeast of Tokyo, construction workers are screwing together a 51,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of floating solar panels. When completed, it will be one of the world's largest floating solar projects.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 17, 2016

Babymetal is having a really good year

In the run-up to Fuji Rock Festival, the event's digital team will post video messages on YouTube from performers that are slated to play at the three-day gathering in the mountains of Niigata Prefecture. They tend to get, on average, around 1,000 views. This fact has held true for this year's batch...
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2016

U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to criminalize 'revenge porn'

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced long-stalled legislation on Thursday that would make it a federal crime to share sexually explicit material of a person online without the subject's consent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2016

Sun no longer shines on Japan's solar boom as subsidies wane

Japan's solar boom is beginning to falter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jul 13, 2016

Shadow of surveillance looms over Japan's Muslims

While millions around the world marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan last week, a cloud hung over celebrations in Japan. Muslims here say they feel they are constantly under the ever-watchful eyes of the police.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2016

Seven Japanese among hostages killed during Dhaka siege: Suga

All the seven Japanese citizens who were previously unaccounted for after a 12-hour hostage crisis in Dhaka were found and pronounced dead at a local hospital, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference in Tokyo late Saturday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2016

Ranking the 2016 presidential primary polls and predictions

After more than 50 million votes cast in 100-plus nominating contests since early February, the U.S. presidential primary season is over and each major party finally has its presumptive nominee. Now, as the country prepares for the race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, and...
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 20, 2016

Regional papers reach out to voters in fight to stay relevant, solvent

With the July 10 Upper House election just around the corner, politics is once again in the air as Diet members head back to their local constituencies to campaign and promote their party platforms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2016

Neurosurgery theater in Japan embraces cutting-edge 'smart' tech, robotics

Even in the highly technical world of brain surgery, the success of an operation still depends largely on the experience and ability of surgeons.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2016

Japan's solar splurge may result in cooler power costs this summer

Japan's conundrum of peak power prices may begin to ease as the country's solar-power expansion taps scorching summers to displace fossil fuels.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 28, 2016

Whispers of ASMR are softly rising in Japan

The sensation begins at the base of my skull. It radiates up to my scalp, behind my ears, and across my forehead. It creeps down my spine and out to my fingertips like a faint, slow-moving spark along a fuse. This mysterious and wonderful feeling has a name and over the past decade awareness of it has...
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2016

How long will Monju limp on?

A glance at Monju's history would leave one wondering why no decision has been made yet to decommission the troubled facility.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 23, 2016

Let's discuss university scholarships for poorer students

Anti-poverty advocates have launched an online campaign calling on the government to join other developed countries in instituting a scholarship program.
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2016

Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency

The main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled what it calls a “vibrant” new logo that was then assailed by renewed claims of plagiarism and cries of obscenity.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2016

Data on Chinese tycoons, party officials leaked on Twitter

Personal information on dozens of Chinese Communist Party officials and captains of industry from Jack Ma to Wang Jianlin may have been exposed on Twitter in one of the country's biggest online leaks of sensitive information.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016

Japanese hail Hiroshima visit, say apology not needed

On the streets of Tokyo, a majority of people reporters spoke to on Tuesday said U.S. President Barack Obama does not need to say sorry during his May 27 visit to Hiroshima.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 11, 2016

'Predatory conferences' stalk Japan's groves of academia

“Predatory conference” organizers now stalk Japan’s groves of academe, preying on unsuspecting researchers. These conferences are inferior events that contribute little to the field of academic knowledge but generate plenty of revenue for organizers’ bank accounts. Academics, some simply naive...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 9, 2016

Anti-poverty advocates launch petition for state-backed scholarship program

Anti-poverty advocates kick off a petition drive to lobby the government to establish a scholarship program for financially challenged students who want a university education.
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan marks highest-ever temperature of 41.2 C in Hyogo
Japan's temperature soared to a record 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 41.1 C.
Japan should take all possible measures to raise wages, white paper says
Prolonged high prices for food and other goods have pushed down consumer sentiment and real wages, according to the Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance for fiscal 2025.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Traditional Japanese swordsmanship — with modern matches
This year marked the eighth annual championship put on by the Hogyokukai school of traditional Japanese swordsmanship.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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