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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 6, 2018

JBIC delivers blunt critique of Japan men's basketball issues, demands talks with JBA

Observing the dismal results of their men's national team in the ongoing FIBA World Cup qualifiers, former Olympic basketball players and coaches are deepening their worries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2018

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force appoints first woman to command warship squadron

The Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries to lure more women to make up for a dearth of male recruits in graying Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 6, 2018

Time to welcome our robot overlords?

"Hello World — For the Post-Human Age" at Art Tower Mito looks at developments in art in the context of digital technology and artificial intelligence. It starts with a lightly comedic farce, in the form of Cecile B. Evans' 2016 multimedia installation "Sprung a Leak." This three-act work, partly inspired...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 6, 2018

Did ¥550 million from Japan fill Kim's coffers?

It's likely that illicit money transfers were made from Japan to North Korea. But the FSA and the Finance Ministry are keeping mum on the incident.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2018

A green light for multiple jobs

A new government policy that enourages companies to allow employees to have side jobs raises several important issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

How Democrats could win this fall

To avoid again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Democratic leaders must energize their long-neglected base with a left-leaning platform and promise substantial change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

Asia suggests autocrats can outperform democrats

The key for most successful strongmen is sound economic guidance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

Italy's election was actually quite traditional

The nation's voters favor weak central governments for a reason.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

Will Trump rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Let's hope so

Reentering the trade agreement could make the U.S. a winner.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 6, 2018

Candeloro feels Hanyu will skate 2-4 more years

The big extravaganza in Pyeongchang is over now and what a show it was. In every category, the skating performances were simply amazing.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2018

Lawmakers weigh compensation for victims of forced sterilization under Japan's defunct eugenics law

The long-delayed step heralds a move toward redressing victims of the 1948 law, which wasn't scrapped until 1996.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

As holders of cryptocurrencies win and lose on trades, exchanges rake in billions in fees

Digital-asset exchanges are emerging as one of the biggest winners of the cryptocurrency boom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Mar 6, 2018

Solemn Peace Park belies trove of buried A-bomb artifacts

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, located in Naka Ward, was full of international visitors during the New Year's holiday. Some were from America and Europe, others were Chinese speakers and women from Islamic nations could also be seen. People stood in line to pray before the Cenotaph for the A-bomb...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2018

Osaka pushing life sciences and wellness in 2025 Expo bid

Hosting the 2025 World Expo is an opportunity to showcase Osaka and Kansai-based research and technological advancements geared toward taking head-on global issues, such as those that come with an aging society, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui said in a recent exclusive interview with The Japan Times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 6, 2018

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China's military budget lacking in transparency

The commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet said Tuesday that China's military budget has a troubling lack of transparency, a day after Beijing announced the biggest hike in military spending in three years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 6, 2018

Aisling Walsh paints a cinematic ode to an artist in 'Maudie'

Filmmaker Aisling Walsh is not a native Canadian — she's a Dubliner who has pursued most of her career in England. But Walsh fell in love with Nova Scotia after learning about Maud Lewis (1903-70), the beloved folk artist who spent her life in and around the province's southern town of Digby.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2018

Italy's Five Star rebels must now negotiate with the establishment

The anti-establishment Five Star Movement has emerged as the big winner in Italian elections, but now it faces very tough choices that will probably involve working together with the establishment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

U.S. Interior chief halts second federal oil lease sale after local outcry

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday announced he has postponed a second federal oil and gas lease sale planned for March in less than a week in response to local opposition to the possibility of drilling near national parks and monuments.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 6, 2018

Sri Lanka deploys forces to quell deadly Buddhist-Muslim clash

Sri Lanka sent troops and elite police to central Kandy district and imposed a curfew there on Monday to prevent clashes between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims after a mob set fire to a Muslim-owned shop.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2018

Ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski returning to House panel for more questioning

Corey Lewandowski, who was President Donald Trump's first campaign manager, is set to be interviewed for the second time Thursday by the House Intelligence Committee, according to a House official familiar with the panel's schedule.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 6, 2018

Italy migrants fear future after populists surge in election

Ibrahim, a 35-year-old Moroccan who hawks bracelets weaved out of multi-colored fabric in front of Milan's cathedral, teared up when he spoke of the family he left behind who rely on the money he sends home.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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