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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2015

Teacher champions critical thinking, a global perspective for students

After the terrorist attacks in Paris in November, Kazuya Takahashi, an English teacher at Kogakuin University Junior and Senior High School in western Tokyo, urged his students to discuss the Islamic State threat.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2015

And the winner of the Nude Emperor Award is . . .

Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Jack Ma star in our awards for the most inept, self-interested and narcissistic people of 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Dec 24, 2015

The Japan Times advisory board rates paper's coverage

The Japan Times Media Advisory Board members who have been monitoring the newspapers' reporting met Nov. 18 to discuss progress from the previous board meetings and offer advice for the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2015

BOJ's ¥300 billion plan to buy nonexistent ETFs puzzles market

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has a new plan. He's going to buy ¥300 billion ($2.5 billion) of something that doesn't exist.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 20, 2015

China's consumption blues

China's economy appears headed on a gradual downward trajectory amid sluggish consumption, stagnant income levels and a graying population.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 16, 2015

Yahoo Japan agrees to buy travel site Ikyu for ¥100 billion

Yahoo Japan Corp. has agreed to acquire Ikyu Corp. for as much as ¥100.2 billion, using its biggest-ever deal to bolster its online travel business.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2015

Xi defends China's web controls in call for 'Internet sovereignty of all countries'

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to respect each country's sovereignty over its own Internet as he sought broader support for strict controls like China's on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 15, 2015

BOJ gains confidence in Japan's economy; cheap oil a threat

Bank of Japan officials are gaining confidence in the resilience of the nation's economy, while keeping a close eye on the impact of low oil prices on inflation expectations, according to people familiar with the central bank's discussions.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Dec 14, 2015

First made-in-Japan passenger jet completes test flight

Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet makes its first test flight, half a century after the country last introduced a new passenger plane.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015

Dow Chemical, DuPont agree to combine in merger of equals

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., two historic giants of U.S. industry, will join in an all-stock merger of equals to create three new businesses in a deal described as the largest ever in the chemicals industry.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2015

Hedge fund founder says Abe's activist army 'doing it wrong'

Jamie Rosenwald, who's been buying Japanese shares since 1972, says short-sighted activists are failing to make the most of one of the biggest opportunities for investors in decades.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2015

Nikkei Bull run masks Japan's poverty bubble

The Bank of Japan's monetary easing has boosted stocks to levels not seen since 1996, but has also led to a surge in inequality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2015

The $8.6 billion Yahoo dilemma facing Japan's second-richest man

Masayoshi Son has a $8.6 billion dilemma on his hands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 7, 2015

Japan pushes new policies to reboot startup sector

When asked to name globally recognized Japanese firms founded within the last decade, many people would be hard-pressed to list any.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 4, 2015

Music streaming services face new test as Coldplay snubs Spotify

First Taylor Swift kept "1989" off free music streaming services and scored the best weekly album sales in more than a decade. Then Adele spurned Spotify and Apple Music with her new "25" and did one better: She shattered the record for opening week sales, set in 2000 by the boy band 'NSync.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 1, 2015

Gates, fellow billionaires look to plow $2 billion into clean energy initiatives

Bill Gates, the world's richest man, led a group of philanthropists in vowing to plow $2 billion into clean energy through personal investments and a new fund to be set up next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2015

U.S. eyes extending life of nuclear plants to 80 years

The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it is safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2015

American Airlines keeps L.A.-Haneda route after U.S. regulators reject Delta claim

American Airlines Group Inc. will keep the right to fly between Los Angeles and Tokyo's Haneda airport, after federal regulators rejected claims by Delta Air Lines Inc. that the privilege should be revoked because American failed to begin service quickly enough.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2015

As costs, mishaps mount, U.S. nuke industry weighs extending aging reactor lives up to 80 years

The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it's safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2015

Clinton hits $160 billion Pfizer 'inversion' deal with Allergan, says taxpayers left holding the bag

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton attacked Pfizer Inc.'s plan to move its tax address to Ireland through a merger with Allergan PLC, saying it would hurt U.S. taxpayers and urging a crackdown on such deals.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 23, 2015

Let's discuss the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet

Mitsubishi's new jet takes off on its debut flight from Nagoya, half a century after the country last introduced a new passenger plane.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 23, 2015

Abe's growing China problem

Abe talks big on reform but hasn't delivered the radical change needed to adapt to 6 percent growth in China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 20, 2015

FDA gives nod to genetically engineered 'Frankenfish' fast-growing salmon as food

A genetically engineered animal for human consumption was approved by U.S. regulators for the first time, allowing AquaBounty Technologies Inc. to begin marketing its faster-growing salmon — a creation critics have dubbed "Frankenfish."
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2015

BOJ keeps policy unchanged despite latest recession, weak inflation

The Bank of Japan left its monetary stimulus unchanged on Thursday, signaling Japan's second recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office isn't enough to alter Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's view that the inflationary trend is improving.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 12, 2015

Third of U.S. veterans hiding war wounds from employers, study finds

Almost a third of U.S. veterans in civilian jobs with war injuries hide them from employers and many former soldiers downplay their military service to get along with co-workers, according to a new study by the Center for Talent Innovation.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
J-pop group Arashi to disband after going on tour next spring
Arashi is known for massive hit songs such as “A・RA・SHI,” “Love So Sweet” and “Happiness.”
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
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.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Hanako Lowry

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