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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jun 2, 2018

Yukio Mishima's demons are out in full force in 'Runaway Horses'

'Perfect purity is possible,' Mishima writes, 'if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of death.'
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2018

'Fake news' laws are a fake solution

In the waning days of Malaysia's recent election campaign, then-opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad was investigated under the country's anti-fake news law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2018

Issue of abandoned land slowing rural development in Japan

Nestled in the mountains on the border of Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures is Takahashi, a city of about 31,000 people which lies 30 minutes by train from the popular international tourist destination of Kurashiki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 31, 2018

Gender pay gap could cost world $160 trillion: World Bank

Gender inequality in the workplace could cost $160 trillion in lost earnings globally, a World Bank study showed Wednesday, as pressure to address the pay gap grows.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2018

How scientists succumb to corruption and cook results

It starts with a dash of temptation. Stir in some rationalization and deception. The final and key ingredient is: stupid systems with perverse incentives.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2018

Pakistan orders probe of ex-spymaster over 'Spy Chronicles' book

Pakistan's army ordered an inquiry on Monday into a former spy chief for co-writing a book with the ex-chief of an intelligence agency from arch-rival India that has stirred controversy on a range of issues.
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BUSINESS
May 28, 2018

Sen. Marco Rubio believes supermajority would back bill to keep China's ZTE from operating in U.S.

A potential bill to prohibit ZTE Corp. and other Chinese telecommunications companies from operating in the U.S. would have supermajority support in Congress, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2018

Canada's cautionary tale for all fishing nations

The rise and fall of a Canadian province's cod supplies points to the danger of industrial-scale fishing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 26, 2018

You can't plan for bad luck in the long winter of life

Wisdom is age and age is wisdom. Confucius, summing up his life, said, "At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the line." It's as good a definition of wisdom as any.
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
May 26, 2018

'Cult X': The Fuminori Nakamura novel we've been waiting for

'Cult X' is a fast-paced thriller that shows off Nakamura's ability to explore the lives of those on the fringes of Japanese society at its best.
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BUSINESS
May 26, 2018

Trump says China's ZTE to pay $1.3 billion fine to stay in business

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would allow Chinese telecommunications-equipment maker ZTE Corp. to remain in business after paying a $1.3 billion fine, changing its management and board and providing "high-level security guarantees."
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 25, 2018

Unique universities can rescue rural areas

Regional universities should not be taken lightly anymore; now is the time for them to shine.
Japan Times
May 24, 2018

Event schedule for "Jinseki Summer School 2018" confirmed
Teachers invited from Switzerland, a country known for its excellent boarding schools!

We are pleased to announce that the event schedule for "Jinseki Summer School 2018", an event held by the Next Educational Environment Development (Jinsekikogen-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture), has been confirmed. For this event, teachers at the prestigious John F. Kennedy International School in Switzerland...
WORLD
May 23, 2018

Pirate attacks grow in South America and Caribbean: report

Pirate attacks around South American and Caribbean waters are growing, and violence is increasingly used during robberies committed on vessels at anchor, a report showed on Wednesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2018

The world according to Trump and Xi

Trump's 'America First' strategy and Xi's 'Chinese dream' are founded on a common premise: that the world's two biggest powers can act in their own interest with impunity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2018

How to stop sexual harassment

Progress is being made in Japan, but legislation is needed to give anti-harassment efforts real teeth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
May 20, 2018

Are black people dangerous for Japan?

Yes, if you're a backward-thinking, race-baiting YouTuber who fears the inevitable change we represent.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 19, 2018

Disgraced scientist Haruko Obokata back in public eye with photo spread in weekly magazine

'Hello, Bunshun-san. Yesterday I wrote in my diary that, 'Well, it's come to this, that I am working with you.'"
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
May 19, 2018

Hideo Yokoyama's 'Seventeen': A plane crash, a newsroom, an all-engrossing thriller

Based on the author's own experiences as an investigative reporter at a local paper in Gunma Prefecture, 'Seventeen' uses the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 as the catalyst for a gripping newsroom drama.
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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
May 19, 2018

Watanabe Kazan: Too open-minded for Edo

Imagine living in a 'closed country.' Japan was such for over two centuries, from the anti-Christian hysteria of the 1630s to the incursion in the 1850s of the American 'Black Ships.'
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JAPAN
May 18, 2018

All aboard: Exploring Japan's abandoned train lines

Admiring the decaying beauty of abandoned railroads is just one of myriad hobbies Japan's railway enthusiasts indulge in.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2018

America's needless collision course with China

The world's most important bilateral relationship is also one of its most inscrutable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2018

Deepening financial integration in Asia

Capital-rich Japan has been relatively inactive in promoting capital market financial integration.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2018

America is one of the few cultures with insults for smart people

Americans enjoy the dubious distinction of having a high degree of linguistic diversity it comes to mocking the smart and the educated.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2018

Promoting a new global optimism

In showing that the world has never been less violent, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker is at the forefront of the new outbreak of global optimism.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018

Open skies can clear Beijing's 'Orwellian nonsense'

An agreement to expand market access in China would be the best way to Chinese government avoid censorship.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 13, 2018

When 'Japanese only' rules were OK, and other odd Supreme Court cases

Did that headline grab you? I hope so, because how else are we supposed to get you to read an article about Japanese Supreme Court cases?
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 12, 2018

Japan redraws its line in the sand for poverty

If an income of ¥10 million a year can't save you from poverty, what can?

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami