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CULTURE
Jan 1, 2014

NHK's yearlong drama 'Gunshi Kanbei' takes cues from Korean success stories

Strap yourselves in, you're in for a hair-raising ride.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2013

Failed predictions: President Romney, Pope Dolores

Humanity's faith in predictions was tested around this time a year ago when the floods, famines and other disasters predicted by the end of the ancient Maya calendar failed to materialize.
EDITORIALS
Dec 29, 2013

Drones getting closer to home

Japanese should not assume that remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles for military purposes, otherwise known as drones, are being used only in remote parts of the world.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 28, 2013

In memoriam: Those we lost in 2013

2013 saw the loss of a number of personalities who stood at the top of their respective fields. As the year quietly draws to a close, we reflect on those we lost, their contribution to the world and their ongoing legacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 28, 2013

Names of 2013 we're unlikely to forget

Social media continues to undermine the influence of the more traditional kind exemplified by television and print publications, so my choices of most notable public phenomena of 2013 are qualified by the notion that maybe people aren't paying as much attention to them as I might think.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NFL NOTEBOOK
Dec 27, 2013

Numerous NFL coaches await fate

As the NFL's 2013 regular season ends on Sunday, 20 non-playoff teams play their final game. At the same time, a number of head coaches will be on the sideline for the last time with their respective teams.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 27, 2013

Mao must let the triple axel go for shot at gold in Sochi

Enough already. It is time for two-time world champion Mao Asada to give up the triple axel.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 27, 2013

Suárez showing potential while harnessing personality

Six months ago, many believed, even hoped, that Luis Suárez had played his last game for Liverpool.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 27, 2013

McDonald's smells the coffee: Limited expectations are here to stay

Some think that McDonald's is finished in Japan
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013

'Hunger Games' star continues to burn bright

Jennifer Lawrence says that first and foremost, she watches her latest film, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," as a fan. She was "stunned" when she saw the end result.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2013

Budget limits trim NASA's plans for big projects

The Cassini spacecraft is in splendid shape as it circles Saturn. Conceived in the 1980s and launched in 1997, Cassini arrived at the gas-giant planet in 2004 and has continued to deliver stunning images of the jewel of the solar system.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2013

'Sato Taisei: A Retrospective Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth'

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Taisei Sato, one of the leading nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artists of the postwar period, the Museum of Kyoto brings together around 120 works, including some newly restored paintings.
SPORTS / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013

A look back at the year's top 10 world sports stories

Japan Times editors selected these international sports stories as the most important in 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2013

U.S. wears out its welcome

The Ukraine crisis and the German-American dispute over American intelligence and NSA practices are without much doubt the beginning of the end of the American-dominated Europe we have known since the collapse of Communism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEDGE
Dec 22, 2013

'Abenomics' exposing sheltered dairy farmers

The price of raw milk sold to dairy product makers rose by ¥5 per kg in October as imported cattle feed gets costlier amid the weakening yen.
WORLD
Dec 22, 2013

U.S. secretly helps Colombia kill rebel leaders

The 50-year-old Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), once considered the best-funded insurgency in the world, is at its smallest and most vulnerable state in decades, due in part to a CIA covert action program that has helped Colombian forces kill at least two dozen rebel leaders, according...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 22, 2013

Rental video stores ponder their reason for existing

DVDs still may be the cheapest, and easiest, way to watch videos at home.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 21, 2013

Bob Woodward and Noam Chomsky discuss current U.S. administration; women's relay race near Fuji; CM of the week: Pizza-La

This week, NHK's "Asian Voices" series (BS-1, Mon., 1 p.m.) will present a special discussion of whether or not the United States' reputation as the world's defender of freedom and justice has been compromised by recent revelations of widespread government surveillance of citizens and the use of drones...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013

U.S. and EU must focus on re-engaging Ukraine

The Obama administration should make clear to Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych that his legacy would be destroyed should he give in to Russian pressure to reduce ties with the European Union.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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