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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 7, 2017

Spanish chef Eneko Atxa: 'You have to break a lot of plates before you can dance with them'

Eco-friendly Basque chef on the opening of his new Tokyo eatery.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2017

Collectible manhole cards detailing Japan's intricate designs top 1 million issued

A total of more than 1 million collectible cards featuring pictures of manhole covers with unique local designs have been issued in Japan since distribution began in April last year, a group promoting the cards has said.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2017

Merkel, European Commission leader Juncker discuss Catalan crisis

In a sign of growing unease over potential disruption across Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed the Catalan crisis in a phone call, an EU official said Saturday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate threatens New Orleans, Gulf Coast region after killing 25 in Central America

Hurricane Nate may strengthen on Saturday, threatening to hit the U.S. central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after it killed at least 25 people in Central America.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2017

20 years of organ transplants

Two decades have passed since the Organ Transplant Law took force, yet Japan carries out far fewer transplant operations than many other countries.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2017

Unending ruthless air raids

There are many sources to learn the facts behind the world's unceasing aerial bombardment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2017

Japan Times' 120th anniversary exhibition kicks off in Yokohama

An exhibition showcasing The Japan Times' 120 years of reporting on the nation's most important historical moments opened Saturday in Yokohama.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2017

Canada to compensate aboriginal children removed from families

Canada will pay up to 750 million Canadian dollars ($598 million) in compensation to thousands of aboriginals who were removed as children from their families decades ago, a top official said Friday, promising to end "a terrible legacy."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2017

British PM Theresa May vows to stay as party plotters attempt to topple her

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would stay on as leader to provide stability after a former chairman of her Conservative Party said he had garnered the support of 30 lawmakers who wanted her to quit.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 6, 2017

Lawson, Rakuten join to test drone delivery system in disaster-hit Minamisoma

Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. and Japanese cybermall operator Rakuten have announced plans for a demonstration test on Oct. 31 of drone delivery services in an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture.
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JAPAN
Oct 6, 2017

Russian diplomat's photo of children blowing bubbles takes top prize in Tokyo competition

A photograph by Andrey Kuzhabekov, second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, features a group of children playing with soap bubbles at Yoyogi Park in the city. The image evokes a longing for simpler times in our past and the natural joys that have become increasingly rare in today's complicated...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2017

Making the case for a Trump visit to Okinawa

U.S. President Donald Trump can demonstrate the U.S. defense committment to the Senkaku Islands by visiting Okinawa next month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Oct 6, 2017

Never mind the love hotels: Negishi is home to haiku, tea and famous pines

Alighting at one of the JR Yamanote Line's quietest stops, Uguisudani Station, I chat with the stationmaster about its name, which means "Bush-Warbler Valley." Apparently, the area used to have limpid streams and a bucolic setting that attracted the feathered songsters, also known as Japanese nightingales....
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2017

Time for South Korea to face its looming crisis

In the 1990s, South Korea waited for a crisis to erupt before responding with necessary reforms. But now the country is confronting a new set of internal and external risks.
EDITORIALS
Oct 6, 2017

Give ex-death row inmate the retrial he deserves

Having spent 48 years in prison for a crime he likely didn't commit, 81-year-old Iwao Hakamada deserves a timely retrial.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2017

Kibo no To and Osaka's Nippon Ishin in cautious collaboration with wide policy overlap

The basic platform of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new Kibo no To (Party of Hope), with promises of freezing the scheduled income tax hike to reducing the salaries and number of Diet members, has a familiar ring for many members of the Osaka-centered Nippon Ishin no Kai, which has agreed to cooperate with...
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2017

Aging German superspy is convicted of tax evasion

A 77-year-old spy, known as Germany's James Bond for his secret missions during and after the Cold War, was convicted of tax evasion on Thursday and handed a suspended two-year sentence.
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2017

Stamp out maternity harassment

It's bad that there has to be an organization about maternity harassment. Matahara, as it is known in Japan, is the abuse — both mental and physical — of pregnant and post-pregnant women in the workforce.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2017

Emblematic Australian island stick insect not extinct after all

When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species on the small Australian isle in the Tasman Sea, including a big, flightless insect that resembled a stick.
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WORLD
Oct 6, 2017

Experts say opportunities available in busy cities make for healthier, happier people

Contrary to popular belief, busy city centers beat suburban living when it comes to human wellbeing, as socializing and walking make for happier, healthier people, according to a new report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2017

Struggling Brussels church hops to it, hopes brew gets believers to belly up to the pews

A Brussels church that was nearly forced to close its doors for lack of parishioners has turned to the Belgian brewing tradition and launched a new beer in order to raise more funds for a now growing congregation.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2017

U.S. judge dismisses criminal charge in Toyota sudden acceleration case

A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a criminal charge against Toyota Motor Corp. after the Japanese automaker completed three years of monitoring under a $1.2 billion settlement in which it admitted to misleading the public about sudden unintended acceleration in its vehicles.
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WORLD
Oct 6, 2017

Army, NTSB, FAA probing drone collision with military chopper over Staten Island

Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a midair collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft.

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