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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 16, 2017

Ryukyu's Terry reflects on memories of UNC's 2005 championship squad

Ryukyu Golden Kings forward Reyshawn Terry is part of a special fraternity.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

Japan defense chief Inada in crosshairs after Moritomo scandal flip-flop

A court record linking Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and a scandal-tainted nationalist Osaka-based school operator emerged Tuesday, prompting Inada to withdraw an earlier denial of the link.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017

India's democracy is strained by illiberalism

India continues to be robustly, even chaotically, democratic. But its freedom is under growing threat.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2017

Tsukiji fiasco not all on me, Ishihara says, blaming deputies

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara denies blame for the botched relocation plan for the Tsukiji fish market, saying it was all handled by his deputies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 22, 2017

Corporate Japan stacks up cash, skimps on pay raises

With profits soaring, Japanese companies' record-breaking cash pile rises ever higher. That's bad news for the economy, which is relying on exports to sustain a modest recovery as consumers struggle with stagnant wages.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2017

Abe's golf diplomacy with Trump scores on the home front

Playing golf and dining al fresco in Florida with Donald Trump won Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plaudits from the Japanese public, suggesting a more pragmatic view toward engagement with the new U.S. president than in Europe and North America.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 15, 2017

Trump shocks Japan's American expats into action

Established political groups see a surge in interest while new organizations form to meet demand.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2017

China needs a new grand strategy in Trump era

Donald Trump's presidency has already upended the key assumptions underpinning China's post-Cold War grand strategy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2017

Trump's tough talk on Iran doomed to backfire

Donald Trump's antagonism against Iran will ultimately hamper his ability to confront Islamic State and other jihadis — his No. 1 enemy.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2017

Cyberexpert's arrest silences Russian contacts of some Western crime fighters

Russian cybersecurity experts have scaled back cooperation with Western contacts after one of their number was arrested in Moscow on treason charges, making it harder to fight global online crime, U.S. law-enforcement and industry sources say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2017

Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions; Tehran hits back with its own restrictions

The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, calling them "initial steps" and saying Washington would no longer turn a "blind eye" to Iran's hostile actions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2017

Sony to take writedown of ¥112 billion as movie business founders

Sony Corp. said it will take a ¥112 billion ($1 billion) writedown in its movie business after reviewing the future profitability of its operations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017

Oval Office won't change Trump

There won't be calls to let Trump be Trump. His inauguration speech showed he's already Trump — and always will be.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 18, 2017

The long goodbye: making sense of Brexit from Japan

What Brexit will mean in practice remains a mystery. Also unknown is what effect — if any — Britain's divorce from the EU will have on 'Brexpats' in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017

Thousands of Fukushima evacuees face hardship as slash of housing subsidies nears

Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Fukushima Prefecture, fearing for their health from the nuclear disaster, they are confronted by a new potential hardship — the slashing of vital housing subsidies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2017

Two years after hacking crisis, Sony CEO Lynton exits for Snap Inc.

Sony Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton will step down to become chairman of the board of Snap Inc., a move that puts an experienced Hollywood executive in a prominent role as the technology company prepares for an initial public offering.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2017

Japan's zero growth nightmare

It's the rare economic tale that involves suicides, robots and arms dealers. Welcome to Japan, where science fiction may begin to trump economic fact in ways the global audience has yet to realize.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2017

Koike unveils plans for cheaper, easier access to public records

Backing her pledges to improve transparency, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced plans Friday to improve access to public documents.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2016

China announces complete ban on domestic ivory trade by end of 2017

China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced Friday, shutting the door to the world's biggest end market for poached ivory.
SOCCER
Dec 30, 2016

Agent: Ronaldo rejects move to China

World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down the chance to leave Real Madrid for an unnamed Chinese club for a transfer fee of €300 million ($315.24 million), his agent said on Thursday.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Dec 25, 2016

Train, casino, reactor woes to grab Kansai headlines in '17

A casino, an expo, tourists, trains, and old nuclear power plants. These are just some of the major issues the Kansai region faces in 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2016

Yahoo seen cutting cost corners with security tech discredited long before massive hack

In the summer of 2013, Yahoo Inc. launched a project to better secure the passwords of its customers, abandoning the use of a discredited technology for encrypting data known as MD5.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo ticket sales exceed break-even point
Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up for pavilions on Friday.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japan's Nikkei 225 hits record high on tariff and rate optimism
Stocks in Tokyo rallied on Tuesday despite months of uncertainty and general economic concerns.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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