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EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2013

Wider Minamata relief needed

The Supreme Court upholds the recognition of a Minamata disease victim who showed only a single symptom of the disease before she died 36 years ago at 77.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2013

Reviewing legal education reform

A government panel proposes dropping the goal of having 3,000 applicants pass Japan's bar exam annually. It also needs to consider the job market for lawyers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Apr 21, 2013

In 'Tsukuru Tazaki,' Murakami once again shifts his point of view

Two thousand and nine was a good year to be a Haruki Murakami fan. Seven years after writing his last epic novel, "Kafka on the Shore," with only the bite-sized 2004 "afterdark" to tide over his readership, the author published the massive two-volume "1Q84." Looking back now, it's also clear that Murakami...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 20, 2013

Gifu opens women-only dorm for drug addicts

A month has passed since drug rehabilitation center Gifu Darc opened the first dormitory in the Tokai region for female addicts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 19, 2013

U.K. stage group to rework 'Mononoke' magic

If anyone understands the truth in the phrase, "It doesn't hurt to ask" — it's Alexandra Rutter.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2013

Ome marathoners offer support to fellow runners bombed in Boston

Organizers of Tokyo's Ome Marathon expressed their condolences to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, stressing they intend to work "hand in hand" with the race's host to help overcome the tragedy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 19, 2013

'Tsuki to Cheri (Electric Button)'

Director: Yuki Tanada
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2013

China-Pakistan nuclear axis defies nonproliferation aims

The China-Pakistan relationship may be the only one where a nuclear-armed state has passed on fissile material and a bomb design to a nonnuclear weapons state.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2013

Unique vulnerability of the Boston Marathon

There is something unique about the vulnerability of marathoners and their supporters, emotional and physical, especially at the finish line and especially in Boston.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2013

Margaret Thatcher and the 'Big Bang'

Americans have been surprised at the sharply divided views in Britain over the governance of Margaret Thatcher, a product with more appeal in export markets.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2013

Bystanders ran toward the smoke, not from it

When the bombs went off on Boston's Boylston Street, bystanders ran toward the smoke, realizing the dangers but hoping to save lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2013

Film sheds light on plight of left-behind parents

Images of left-behind parents, holding up photos of their children, flash across the screen. In the United States, Canada, Europe and even Japan, these parents are waiting to reunite with offspring taken away by their estranged Japanese spouses.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Apr 16, 2013

The 5 p.m. bell

Dear Alice,
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 15, 2013

Deflation watch: gyudon

Will fast food price competition undermine Abenomics?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 13, 2013

Man City better off keeping Mancini

According to some reports, Manchester City has lined up various replacements should Roberto Mancini be fired this summer. This, of course, presupposes the club's power brokers have met to discuss possible successors in case they decide to fire the Italian.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2013

Students are not political pawns

A Japanese board of education had no business trying to making scapegoats of students at a pro-North Korea school because of Pyongyang's policies.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 10, 2013

King's election richly deserved, but long overdue

It was nothing short of a travesty that basketball great Bernard King was passed over by Hall of Fame voters on five previous occasions.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2013

Brave Thunders eliminate Alvark, advance to JBL Finals

Toshiba center Nick Fazekas scored 23 points and grabbed 22 rebounds as the Brave Thunders edged the reigning JBL champion Toyota Motors Alvark 64-62 in the decisive third game of the playoff semifinals at Todoroki Arena on Tuesday night.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2013

Rubella on the rise

Rubella, aka German measles, which can give rise to birth defects if it infects pregnant women, has become rampant in the Tokyo and Kansai regions.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2013

Being alone can kill you, even if you like it

Feeling lonely won't kill you. But actually being alone might.
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 9, 2013

'Natch' gets ghostly on stage

"If I thought too much about my future plans, I would kind of get stuck," says Natsumi Abe. "So I just try to concentrate on the next day's work and do it as well as I can."
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2013

With latest tensions, Seoul puts North at arm's length

Despite years of tensions, a majority of South Koreans have long clung to a cautiously optimistic vision for their peninsula's future. Even if North and South Korea weren't one day unified, the thinking went, the countries would at least be connected by joint business ventures and rail lines, with some...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2013

Can GOP governors save their ailing party?

The Republican National Committee (RNC) task force report painted a stark portrait of a party divided between its struggling federal wing and its thriving gubernatorial wing. The GOP's path to rehabilitation may indeed run through the states, but some of the report's assertions about the governors' successes...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2013

Ramirez, Ishikawa carry BayStars past Swallows

The Yokohama BayStars had their day brightened by a pair of home runs that must have looked like rays of sunshine on a gray, rainy afternoon.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?