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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2018

How China is losing the world

Beijing's overreach risks creating a well-spring of resistance to its global ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2018

Space junk presents a clear and present danger

Pollution generated by human activity isn't limited to the Earth and its climate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2018

Extreme weather at the ballot box

It's time for voters everywhere to hold leaders accountable for their failure to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 22, 2018

Haruki Murakami's 'Underground' still holds chilling lessons about Japan

Haruki Murakami's sole foray into journalism, 'Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche,' celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. What lessons does it hold today about where Japan has gone as a society?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 22, 2018

'The Journey': Jiro Osaragi depicts a society coming to grips with defeat and occupation

Jiro Osaragi's 'The Journey' is an intriguing literary and psychological depiction of a society coming to grips with the aftermath of defeat and occupation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2018

Trump is just a symptom of America's illness

Trump isn't a root cause of American crisis. He is a symptom of pre-existing conditions.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 22, 2018

Japanese publisher says stories in Shincho 45 magazine expressed 'aberrant prejudice' against LGBT community

The president of a publishing company has confirmed there were troublesome opinions expressed in articles that ran in a monthly magazine that supported a national lawmaker who called LGBT couples unproductive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2018

With population boom, urbanization, World Bank warns waste could grow 70% by 2050

Global waste could grow by 70 percent by 2050 as urbanization and populations rise, the World Bank said Thursday, with South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa set to generate the biggest increase in rubbish.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2018

China expands its control in South China Sea

Chinese territorial and maritime revisionism has made the South China Sea the world's most critical hotspot.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 16, 2018

To black up or not to black up for 'Othello,' that is the question

As a Tokyo theater offers another Othello in blackface, Baye McNeil argues that breaking out the shoe polish is the laziest yet most problematic option.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2018

Trump is playing a dangerous Asian game

By clearly tilting toward India, the U.S. risks pushing Pakistan closer to neighboring China and Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 16, 2018

Tourists targeted to shore up popularity of dwindling ¥2,000 bill

Despite a much-heralded debut 18 years ago, ¥2,000 bills failed to find wide appeal, and sightings have recently become scarce. But the government is hoping to turn that around.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 15, 2018

News outlets fret over the nation's docile democracy

"Nazism." "Fascism." "1984." "Kamikaze." Strong words, suggestive language. It's going mainstream.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 15, 2018

The long struggle to become international

Eighth-century Japan was an infant civilization. Its prehistory had been long. Awakened at last, Japan drank eagerly from the source: China, then at its creative peak.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 14, 2018

Stoke the flames of tradition on Shimane’s ‘Iron Road’

Shimane Prefecture is an under-discovered wealth of history, natural beauty and high-quality artisan crafts — such as katana-quality steel. On this drive-yourself adventure step straight into Irontown and immerse yourself in the history and culture of tatara steel production.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2018

Anonymous insider Trump resisters are not heroes

The peoplpe inside government who believe America is at motral risk should do something more than gossip to a celebrated journalist.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

Leading voices and thought leaders shaping the future of water at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018

Agenda-setting thought leadership from the most prominent figures within the water sector and beyond. The following keynote speakers are top specialists in their fields and will provide the overarching narrative for the congress. Keynotes and supporting panels will frame the discussions and topics that...
Reader Mail
Sep 14, 2018

Troubling word choice in article

Regarding the opinion piece "How much damage was done?" in the Sept. 11 edition, the author writes that Naomi Osaka "speaks primitive Japanese."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018

Why Serena Williams owes a triple apology

Serena Williams was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse in last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

A U.S.-China 'Plaza Accord'?

It seems highly likely that the current trade dispute between the U.S. and China will develop into a fierce conflict over currency and high-tech industries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

Japan must do more to support its alliance with the U.S.

Tokyo will have to invest more energy in its long-standing security partnership with Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2018

The necessary calamity

Officials should use the Typhoon Jebi experience to improve their disaster management responses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2018

Why Beijing is losing the new cold war

China is increasingly entrenched in an unsustainable arms race with the U.S.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 10, 2018

Rest, weary Japan traveler, and read this riveting 'ishibumi'

Much can be gleaned from memorials and markers erected at roadsides and elsewhere in Japan to commemorate people or mark events.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 8, 2018

Japan loses sleep over a variety of modern-day issues

"O sleep, o gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse" — Shakespeare, as usual, says it best.
Reader Mail
Sep 7, 2018

Foreign workers have been underreported

Regarding the front-page article headlined "Firms want skilled foreign workers: poll" in the Aug. 21 edition, the author states that the number of foreign workers in Japan "more than doubled in the past decade to 1.3 million," but that is simply untrue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2018

Despite reform efforts, Native American females face high rates of crime, violence and disappearance

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018

We may be facing a textbook emerging-market crisis

Argentina and Turkey look like outliers but the rot could spread fast.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018

Cash ban may have driven Indians away from banks

The chaos of demonetization probably made millions leery of formal finance.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji