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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 12, 2018

Trump-Kim summit expectations high, but North Korea unlikely to part with its 'treasured nuclear sword' any time soon

After years of failed attempts by the United States and others, is U.S. President Donald Trump the man who can strip North Korea of its nuclear weapons and bring lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2018

'No deal' Brexit could cost U.K. and EU companies £58 billion, report warns

Companies in the United Kingdom and the European Union face an extra £58 billion ($80 billion) in annual costs if there is a no-deal Brexit, with the U.K.'s vast financial sector set to be the worst-hit industry, according to a report issued Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 12, 2018

Daruma wish comes true after nearly 4-decade wait

'What would you like to be in the future and what would you like to do?' It's 1978, and Sujan Chinoy is an exchange student at Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka being interviewed for the Yomiuri Shimbun.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2018

Trump to visit St. Louis Boeing plant to tout impact of tax overhaul

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit a Boeing Co. plant in St. Louis on Wednesday to tout the impact of the tax overhaul bill signed into law in December, a White House official said on Sunday.
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 11, 2018

Fukushima powers toward 100% goal on renewables as grid and cost woes linger

Seven years after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Fukushima Prefecture remains committed to becoming an international center for renewable-energy research and a domestic pioneer by meeting 100 percent of its energy demand via renewables by 2040.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2018

Residents volunteer to preserve monuments to disaster

Yuichi Yonezawa believes he owes his life to the three-story building that used to house his company in the tsunami-damaged city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2018

Japan marks seventh anniversary of 3/11 with moment of silence

Japan observes a moment of silence to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2011 mega-quake and tsunami that left about 18,000 people dead or missing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 11, 2018

Picturing Okinawa: The black and white of cultural identity

Tracing the history of Okinawa as it is represented in the differing genres of experimental, documentary and portrait photography, inevitably leads to the abiding themes of identity, ethnicity and political posture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 11, 2018

It's not just the exhibits that are expensive at art fairs

The month of March inaugurates the spring art fair season, a combination of commerce, parties and culture that attendees love to pretend to hate. Even though the fairs are explicitly designed for galleries to sell art, dealers complain about them whenever they get a chance. For everyone else, the phenomenon...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 11, 2018

Schools plus rules equals Japan minus two

Having experienced schools around the world, why do Colin P.A. Jones' daughters rank Japan's bottom of the class?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 11, 2018

A shooting at my school, Florida's Douglas High, viewed from afar in Japan but still so close

The rest of the world cannot understand America's problem with guns. This hit home for me when yet another school shooting occurred at my alma mater in Parkland, Florida.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2018

Six thousand days into a war without an objective

It would be helpful to have an explanation of U.S. interests and objectives in America's longest war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 11, 2018

Trump says Japan 'very happy' with North Korea talks that could bring 'greatest deal'

U.S. President Donald Trump voiced confidence Saturday that his agreement to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was the right decision, saying that Japan is "very happy with what I'm doing" and that the talks could result in "the greatest deal for the world" that eases nuclear tensions.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 11, 2018

Win a free autographed copy of 'Mao Asada: My Skating Life'

The Japan Times is offering several readers the chance to win an autographed copy of the recently released Japanese book "Mao Asada: My Skating Life."
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 11, 2018

In shadow of nuclear disaster, Fukushima's rice farmers look to rebuild their market

For 36-year-old rice farmer Emi Kato, the first few years after the 2011 core meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant were grueling.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Mar 11, 2018

Propelling satoyama via science, technology

Tsukuba Mayor Tatsuo Igarashi aims to further diversify the satoyama (traditionally, woodlots shared and maintained by local residents) environment in Tsukuba's rural areas that needs to be passed down to future generations. To that end, Igarashi hopes to make the most of the knowledge and technology...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 10, 2018

Fukushima looks to renewable energy sources in the aftermath of nuclear disaster

Locally owned renewable power stations in Fukushima Prefecture are challenging the status quo in their drive toward a nuclear- and fossil-free future
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 10, 2018

Japan's labor reform ignores elementary principles

Earlier this month, the Finance Ministry reported that the labor share in the final quarter of calendar year 2017 for companies with capital of more than ¥1 billion was 43.9 percent. That basically means 43.9 percent of these companies’ income went to employees. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun described...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 10, 2018

An odyssey from brain scientist to creative mind

Satoki Nagata, a neuroscientist-turned-photographer captures the fleeting nature of life experiences in Chicago
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 10, 2018

The Norwegian campaign behind Japan's love of salmon sushi

Look at the menu of any sushi shop in Japan and you will almost certainly see salmon: fatty, tender and bright orange. And for good reason, in a 2017 survey by the seafood company Maruha Nichiro, the fish was found to be the most popular neta (topping) for the sixth year in a row, ranked far higher than...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Mar 10, 2018

Walden Woods: Where great coffee meets bare aesthetic

Before being transformed into a cafe, the building that Walden Woods occupies produced ready-made curtains. Almost nothing about the squat, brick building was remarkable. But when the cafe came along, it was out with the old and in with the "throw out everything and paint what remains off-white" aesthetic....
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 10, 2018

Confusing power with powerlessness

"We're all terrified. It's like living in a mass grave." It's an underground shelter. "No water, no food, no ventilation, no toilets. Explosion after explosion. It never stops."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 10, 2018

Japan tries its hardest to keep up with the Kardashians

The internet desperately tried to keep up with the Kardashians last week when the famous family visited Japan. Kim, Kourtney and Khloe traveled to Tokyo and Kyoto while filming an episode of their enormously popular reality show that has been running for 14 seasons, and they brought their entire entourage...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 10, 2018

Life in Japan can be exhausting

A couple of interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.

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