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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Feb 21, 2015

Finding thrills on plum blossom hill

February is a tricky month for venturing out in Tokyo. Daylight hours lengthen and the light softens slightly, but the weather itself seems controlled by a sadist at the thermostat.
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2015

Japanese support for the AEC

Japan should throw its support behind the regional plan to establish the ASEAN Economic Community by yearend, thus creating a single market and production base of more than 600 million people.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 18, 2015

Time, gentlemen: When it's time to bid sayonara to Japan, what next?

I ask my departing friend the biggest question of all: After decades in Japan, just how does he plan to earn a living back home?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 16, 2015

In appearance on far-right TV, U.S. official calls Okinawa base protests 'hate speech'

A senior official for the U.S. military has branded anti-base demonstrations in Okinawa as 'hate speech' in an appearance on a rightist TV network in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2015

Kerry's international order challenges disorder

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry disagrees with cynics who say the international order is unraveling. He sees the world working together as hard as ever to end the Ebola pandemic, reduce nuclear proliferation, achieve an accord on climate change and curb strife in Africa and the Mideast.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2015

Uranium-rich Australia puts its nuclear taboo under review

While Australia is home to the world's largest uranium reserves, it has never had a nuclear power plant. Now, amid growing concerns over climate change, the government is weighing whether to reverse its long-held ban.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2015

Red Cross chief offers Abe way to help war victims without taking sides

As Japan grapples with the dilemma of how to aid victims of conflict without appearing to take sides, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said his group represents a good way to insulate donor nations from risk.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 12, 2015

Aid group offers Abe way to help war victims without ruffling feathers

As Japan grapples with the dilemma of how to aid victims of conflict without appearing to take sides, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said his group represents a good way to insulate donor nations from risk.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 12, 2015

Yazidis take revenge as Islamic State atrocities unearthed

Some members of Iraq's Yazidi minority are turning on their Arab neighbors, staging deadly reprisals against Sunni villagers they believe collaborated in atrocities inflicted by Islamic State on their community.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 11, 2015

A search for meaning in the arc of Goto’s life and the horror of his death

The frenzy of the hostage crisis and the visceral terror of the Islamic State group's executions have for a moment ushered Syria into Japanese youth's sphere of concern.
Reader Mail
Feb 7, 2015

Abe's wrong to dis need for modesty

Regarding Mizuho Aoki's Jan. 29 article, "Abe pledges to 'correct' the record on wartime sex slaves": Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making a grave error when he says "being modest does not receive recognition in the international community."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2015

At 1994 Argentina bomb site, deja vu and fading hope for justice

Anita Weinstein was on the second floor of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, when the ceiling and walls collapsed from the force of a truck bomb outside.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 2, 2015

Abe wants to enable SDF to rescue citizens overseas

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to discuss granting the Self-Defense Forces a mandate to evacuate Japanese nationals from crises overseas.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 2, 2015

Going the extra mile for fair-trade fashion

Tokyo fashion industry insiders push the message that what we choose to buy and wear has consequences.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015

Conflict-zone scribes fear fallout from intrepid journalist's death

The tragic death of Kenji Goto highlights a dilemma that the journalism community in Japan has long struggled with: how much of a risk reporters should take on when working in dangerous conflict zones.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2015

A dispossessed Palestinian advises a refugee from Syria

A dispossessed Palestinian writer advises Syrian refugees not to believe in promises from the international community and never to stop loving Syria.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 1, 2015

Bringing a 'cesspool to sushiland' life to the stage

"Coming to Japan was the best decision I've ever made," says Stefhen Bryan, loud and enthusiastically, contrasting with the frown he was making a moment earlier at the miso-flavored ramen he'd ordered and just tasted. "Should've gotten the salt-flavored."
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2015

Higher wages can boost economy

The prospect of Japanese companies granting wage increases this spring appears mixed as the annual talks on wage hikes get under way between labor and management.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 28, 2015

Making your U.S. tax filing from Japan that little bit less ... taxing

Calvin Tong, an American taxation expert and long-term Japan resident, explains recent changes in U.S. taxation laws that have left many Americans here confused.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 28, 2015

South Korea, China warn Japan not to backtrack on apology over wartime past

South Korea and China have warned Japan not to backtrack on an apology issued 20 years ago over its wartime past when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2015

DPJ questions Abe's timing of Mideast aid

The opposition camp presses Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his decision to announce millions of dollars in nonmilitary aid to countries battling the Islamic State group at a time when Japanese citizens were known to be among its captives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2015

Damping the hysteria fanning Islamic alienation in the West

Much of the American reaction to the Charlie Hebdo episode has been fixed on launching an even larger military intervention in the Middle East, as if that could do any good addressing a problem inside the Western countries themselves.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2015

Remembering and learning from the Kobe quake

Cooperation in disaster relief efforts have helped strengthen ties between Japan and the United States.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 17, 2015

Sri Lanka votes against fear and kleptocracy

The stunning ouster of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Jan. 8 was good news for that island nation of 20 million, and further evidence of a universal yearning for good governance.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2015

Netanyahu tells French Jews a welcome awaits them in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with France on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 11, 2015

Foreign female dean opens doors for Japan’s working women

A brush with sexual discrimination gave Robin Sakamoto the drive to succeed as a working mom and push for on-campus facilities at Kyorin to help parents.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 7, 2015

Passion and prejudice in 1930s Ireland

"Jimmy's Hall" is a glimpse into Ireland in 1932 when the country was in a relative lull between wars, turmoil and strife. Director Ken Loach has consistently worked to bring the lives of the United Kingdom's working class to cinema screens. "Jimmy's Hall" is his second foray into Ireland following "The...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jan 7, 2015

Never mind the facts — logic alone demolishes 'comfort women' deniers' case

Never mind all the living and documentary proof — the idea that 'comfort women' were somehow exempt from wartime coercion and organization is absurd.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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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