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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 17, 2019

Candidates with disabilities hope to lay foundation for inclusive Diet in Upper House election

On a recent Wednesday morning, Rie Saito wasn't giving a lengthy, energetic speech about her campaign pledges through a loudspeaker, unlike most of her competitors on the stump.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 13, 2019

Working harder in a bid to save labor is proving exhausting

The utopia of utopias is "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Its best feature is leisure. There are no idle nobles; everyone works. A burden shared is a burden lightened. Utopians "do not wear themselves out with perpetual toil from morning to night, as if they were beasts of burden." They work...
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jul 12, 2019

Rugby World Cup fever set to bring masses to Japan

The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been dubbed by organizers as a "once-in-a-lifetime" event. And for many of the more than 400,000 foreigners expected to travel here, it will be their one and only chance to visit Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2019

With Japan's increasing tourism numbers, tensions will inevitably follow

When is a ghost not a ghost?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 8, 2019

Government must teach Japanese to all foreign residents

A look at an article that points out how Japanese officials should help the foreign residents of their cities and towns.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 8, 2019

Let's discuss Kim Kardashian West's Kimono line

An English lesson that focuses on an article about Kim Kardashian West and a controversy she caused by naming a fashion line, Kimono.
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jul 5, 2019

New JRFU boss Shigetaka Mori faces uphill battle to initiate needed reforms

As a player Shigetaka Mori, the new president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, knew all about success at the domestic level.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2019

One year after deadly flooding in western Japan, disaster resonates for vulnerable areas of Tokyo

In the worst-case scenario, 2.5 million residents will be affected as five low-lying wards are submerged in water over 10 meters deep.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2019

Giants grab early lead against Dragons, extend winning streak to five

All it took was one ball, right were Hayato Sakamoto likes it, for the suddenly surging Yomiuri Giants to get off and running toward another victory.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2019

Campaign kicks off for Japan Upper House poll, a litmus test for constitutional reform and tax hike

The focus will be on whether the LDP and other forces in favor of constitutional amendment will be able to retain their current two-thirds supermajority.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2019

Yet another test of Abe's policies

This month's Upper House election will give voters another opportunity to cast judgment on the 7-year-old Abe administration.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 1, 2019

Japan offers highest paid paternity leave in the world, but few take it

Read an article on parental leave and pick up some vocabulary related to raising kids in the modern world.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 24, 2019

1 in 4 aged 80 and over still drives: government survey

Read an article on elderly drivers and answer questions on major challenges that are being tackled.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 24, 2019

Let's discuss 5G networks

Learn the English words for technology and a bit about much-discussed 5G networks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2019

Pompeo says U.S.-North Korea relationship 'in a better place' after letters

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday confirmed that President Donald Trump had sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, voicing hopes of a quick restart to denuclearization talks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2019

Giants whip Hawks, stay in contention for interleague crown

It'll essentially be winner-take-all for this season's interleague title.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 21, 2019

Rui Hachimura makes history as first-round NBA draft choice by the Washington Wizards

Rui Hachimura made history on Thursday night in New York.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2019

After record 16,927 dementia patients went missing in Japan in 2018, expert urges community support

Of the nearly 17,000 people who wandered off in 2018, 197 could not be found by the end of the year, according to police data.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past