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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 27, 2018

Michiko Kon: Mistress of the dark

The abominable beauty of Michiko Kon's work is back.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 27, 2018

Tsushima Island was key conduit of Japan's Edo Period trade with Korea

Japan's historic relationship with the Korean Peninsula has often been complicated by mutual misunderstanding and distrust, if not outright hostility. But on Tsushima, a Japanese island off the coast of the peninsula, efforts are being made to celebrate long-ago diplomatic missions with Korea that took...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 27, 2018

Before expulsions, a brick-by-brick hardening of U.S. stance toward Russia

America's most sweeping expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War may have seemed like a dramatic escalation in Washington's response to Moscow, but the groundwork for a more confrontational U.S. posture had been taking shape for months — in plain sight.
Japan Times
Mar 27, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Releases “Behind The Scenes: guntû”, a Group Channel Movie Documenting the Creation of the cruise ship “guntû”

On 26 February, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd.(HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano; hereinafter, “TSUNEISHI”) released “Behind The Scenes: guntû” on its group channel, a film documenting the creation of guntû, which made its first commercial...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2018

Amid tourism rise, Tsushima Island could play evacuation role if tensions flare with North Korea

Within sight of the bright lights and bustling beaches of Busan, sleepy Tsushima Island has little in common with its neighbor located a mere 50 kilometers north, but the island of about 31,000 people has recently become a hot spot for South Korean tourists.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 27, 2018

Kim Jong Un and John Bolton take different lessons from Libya and Gadhafi's fall

The last remnants of Libya's nuclear program were loaded onto an aircraft in 2009 and shipped out of the country, part of a U.S.-brokered deal with dictator Moammar Gadhafi to disarm in return for sanctions relief. Two years later, NATO-backed rebels brutally killed him.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 27, 2018

As Vatican and China talk, Taiwan looks on nervously

Five blocks from the Vatican, on the bustling, tourist-packed street leading to St. Peter's Basilica, a Taiwanese flag flutters from the window of a third-story suite of offices that house Taipei's embassy to the Holy See.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2018

Military control of Chinese coast guard adds edge to sea disputes

China's decision to give its top military body control over the country's vast coast guard has increased concerns about the risk of miscalculation in the disputed waters of East Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2018

FBI probing suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C.; explosive residue found

Suspicious packages were found at multiple U.S. government installations in the Washington, D.C. area on Monday and were being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine their contents, law enforcement officials said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 27, 2018

Stormy Daniels interview draws most '60 Minutes' viewers in decade: Nielsen

An adult film star's account of her alleged sexual dalliance with President Donald Trump drew the highest ratings in 10 years for CBS's "60 Minutes," according to Nielsen ratings released by the network.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 26, 2018

Japan tries to tackle health problems of aging homeless

Public and private efforts are gathering pace to address the increase in the number of elderly homeless Japanese.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2018

As China climbs the value chain, a new trade challenge looms in Asia

China's rampant economic growth has been a boon for exporters in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, who have supplied high-end components and machines for its factories. The risk for them now is that China will switch from customer to competitor as it ascends the value chain.
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2018

Another troubling replacement on the Trump team

The appointment of John Bolton as U.S. national security adviser is one more step toward an unfettered Trump presidency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 26, 2018

Japan's flower-power diplomacy

When it comes to winning hearts and minds in springtime, it's almost impossible to beat Japan's influence in Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2018

Time for a tech revolution

Only business models respecting privacy can save us from our digital predicament.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 26, 2018

Nuclear power plant construction in Britain: A bottomless swamp

Hitachi Ltd. and other Japanese firms are making risky bets on nuclear power plant construction in Britain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2018

Peak season + tourism boom = long lines at Narita airport

Japanese airports are known for their cleanliness and clockwork efficiency, but the surge in tourists and foreign students entering the country has been creating hourlong lines at Narita airport's border control.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 26, 2018

Japanese women find strength in Me Too

The Me Too movement has arrived in Japan at last, and more Japanese women are opening up about issues surrounding sexual harassment.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 26, 2018

Let's discuss the sushi restaurant YouTube video

A YouTube video filmed from a Tokyo sushi restaurant's conveyor belt has sparked a great deal of debate online.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight