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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2019

U.S. and South Korea kick off smaller-scale military drills as Trump blasts costs

The U.S. and South Korea militaries began a new, smaller-scale joint exercise Monday after the Trump administration canceled large-scale drills just days after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi for their second summit that ended without any deal on denuclearizing...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 25, 2019

Japanese city to use AI to predict seriousness of school bullying

The Otsu City Board of Education has decided to implement a digital solution to one of the country's most pressing problems.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 25, 2019

Time has come for Japan to consider burden placed on young arms

Kosei Yoshida threw more pitches in six games during last summer's National High School Baseball Championship than NPB hurlers did in any one month last season.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2019

More than 70% in Okinawa vote no to relocation of U.S. Futenma base to Henoko

More than 70 percent of voters in Okinawa on Sunday voted against a plan to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko — a coastal area in the northeastern part of the main island — in a closely watched prefecture-wide referendum that was the first of its kind on the issue....
Reference / EXPLAINER,Q&A
Feb 24, 2019

Okinawa's referendum on relocating the U.S. Futenma base to Henoko: Why now and what's the point?

On Sunday, Okinawa Prefecture's 41 cities, towns and villages held a referendum on whether to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan, in the central part of the main island, to a replacement facility being built beside Camp Schwab off the coast of Henoko. It was the first prefecture-wide...
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 18, 2019

Japan bolsters steps to aid non-Japanese in event of a quake

This Japanese news article introduces vocabulary that has to do with disaster preparedness, a topic we should all know a little more about.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 17, 2019

Whitewashing racial bias: The ball's in Japan's court

In what felt something like a case of deja vu from last year's Masatoshi Hamada blackface fiasco, Japan welcomed in 2019 with yet another racially insensitive controversy, this time in the form of an ad from food company Nissin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2019

Trump claims Abe nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

Did Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump seems to think so.
EDITORIALS
Feb 12, 2019

Implement support measures for new immigration law

The government needs to accelerate its efforts to take the necessary steps to prepare for welcoming foreign workers.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 12, 2019

Three Japan teams consider forming new league

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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 9, 2019

Trump says second summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to be held in Hanoi

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be held in Hanoi at the end of this month as the two sides seek to inject fresh momentum into denuclearization talks.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 8, 2019

Examining the high price of Japan's water systems

When we were negotiating for the purchase of a piece of land, the realtor told us that the lot we were interested in had no access to public waterworks, which meant we would have to dig a well. At first, this aspect seemed like a demerit, since hiring a company to dig the well would cost more than ¥400,000...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2019

Choice of Vietnam for next Trump-Kim summit offers something for both sides

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold their second summit on Feb. 27 and 28, this time in Vietnam, Trump said during his State of the Union speech Tuesday — making for a highly symbolic choice that experts say offers something for both sides as they seek to kick-start...
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2019

Japan's stakes in Trump-Kim talks

Pyongyang doesn't appear ready to engage with Tokyo. Whether that changes with the second U.S.-North Korea summit remains to be seen.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2019

Feud between major U.S. allies Japan and South Korea deepens as Trump sits it out

Donald Trump's desire to put "America First" has fostered new disputes between the United States and its allies. In Asia, old rivalries are also roaring back.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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