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Reference / Q&A
Apr 15, 2015

Is China-led bank a lost opportunity?

China's proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is causing a stir as the majority of Group of 20 leading economies sign on as founding members, while the U.S. and Japan remain on the sidelines.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 15, 2015

Northern Ireland's Troubles hold a deadly lesson for Okinawa

Like in Northern Ireland in the 1960s, protests over the planned U.S. base at Henoko run the risk of spiraling out of control if islanders' views are ignored.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2015

Settling disputes over unfair firings

If the government introduces a new system that allows the use of financial compensation to settle legal disputes over unfair dismissals, it should ensure that workers are not placed at a disadvantage.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2015

What good is an Arab armed alliance?

Will an Arab military alliance leave the Middle East better or worse off, particularly given today's growing Sunni-Shiite divide?
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2015

Indonesian lawmakers propose bill to ban alcohol consumption

Two Islamic parties have proposed laws to ban all alcohol consumption and bring jail terms of up to two years for offenders in Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 12, 2015

California seeks salvation in desalination as drought drags on

As California battled its last severe drought in the early 1990s, Santa Barbara spent $34 million on a desalination plant that proved too costly to keep running when rain returned. Now the city can't afford to keep it idle.
Reader Mail
Apr 11, 2015

Japan must seek reconciliation

As a Japanese who was educated after the war, I quite agree with the "Japan abusing UNESCO" editorial by The Korea Times in the April 7 Global Perspectives column.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2015

Live-fire drills near Korea border set stage for Carter trip

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter was to arrive in Seoul Thursday as the U.S. and South Korea demonstrated their combined military heft, seeking to deter North Korea from making good on threats to test another nuclear device.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2015

Japan should join the AIIB

Japan should join the AIIB so it can exert influence from within to ensure it is run according to international norms.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015

Relearning to love nuclear weapons

The shocking thing about nuclear weapons is that they seem to have lost their power to shock.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 5, 2015

Viewed through a religious lens, Japan makes more sense

Ever noticed how Japan — and in particular, its ruling elite — keeps getting away with astonishing bigotry?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 3, 2015

Japan 2024 Task Force establishes league office for new men's pro hoop circuit

Led by co-chairman Saburo Kawabuchi, the Japan 2024 Task Force, declared it will establish a bigger, better men's professional basketball league with a broader vision. And so, Japanese basketball clubs were asked to burn the bridges behind them, accepting rigid qualifications to join it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 1, 2015

Do Western men have it bad in Japan?: views from the Fuji Five Lakes

Do interviewees agree with the controversial premise of Olga Garnova's recent Foreign Agenda column, 'Spare a thought for the Western men trapped in Japan'?
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2015

Ex-U.S. nuclear chief says tritium water at Fukushima No. 1 can be dumped safely

A former chief U.S. nuclear regulator asserted Tuesday that the massive volumes of tritium-tainted water stored at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant can be "safely" dumped into the sea after it is diluted to reduce the levels of radioactive tritium below the legal limit.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 31, 2015

Machida's move proves costly for Japan in the end

Japan came away from the 2015 world championships last week in Shanghai with two of the six singles medals after Yuzuru Hanyu and Satoko Miyahara both claimed silver.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015

Sustainable development goals

Evidence from the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 demonstrates that setting global U.N. goals does help individuals, organizations and governments worldwide to focus on what really matters for our future.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015

Lee Kuan Yew and the myth of Asian capitalism

Singapaore's Lee Kuan Yew thought a competent meritocratic government should not only provide order but also guide economic development. The success of 'Asian capitalism' seems to prove him correct.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2015

Iran, powers rush for nuclear deal as clock ticks toward deadline

Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace of negotiations on Tuesday ahead of a deadline for a preliminary nuclear deal that was less than 24 hours away, as both sides warned it was crucial to overcome differences that could wreck an agreement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 31, 2015

Translation tech gets Olympic push

Japan may not be the best in the world when it comes to speaking English, but it remains a pioneer in developing cutting-edge translation technology.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 30, 2015

Hang on, did you say 'kakeru'?

Today, we will introduce the meanings and ways of using the verb u304bu3051u308b (literally, to hang) when it is attached to another verb (X), forming a compound verb (Y).
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2015

Flush with cash from would-be pilgrims, Indonesia's Islamic banks expect lending to rise

Flush with cash transfers from the state-controlled Hajj fund, Indonesia's Islamic banks expect loan growth to triple in 2015.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2015

Call Cameron's 'gaffe' anything but guileless

There's been much debate over whether British Prime Minister David Cameron's shock announcement about his political future was just an unguarded slip — as he tried to look like a normal family man rather than a power-crazed politician on a soft-feature TV show — or a tactic.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb