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LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 13, 2018

Italy's first sushi chef on risk, reward and personal sacrifice

Minoru 'Shiro' Hirasawa served the country's first sushi over 40 years ago.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 13, 2018

Natural disasters shake the nation to attention in 2018

You wake to pitch blackness, the house shaking crazily. Nightmare? Yes — a waking one. "Where are my glasses?" You're helpless without your glasses. The shaking gets worse.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2018

Aussies win back respect in Dubai

Leading a scandal-hit team dismissed as Australia's worst in 30 years, captain Tim Paine's pledge to win back hearts and minds seemed a fanciful, if noble aspiration in the lead-up to the test series against Pakistan.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2018

The dis-United Nations

The U.N. faces daunting challenges in the age of Trumpism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2018

Pope visit to North Korea feasible if well-prepared, could lead to pacification: South Korean bishop

A trip by Pope Francis to North Korea is "a dream that can be realized" and would be a gigantic step towards peace on the Korean peninsula, a senior South Korean bishop said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2018

U.S. business group says Trump's China tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion a month

A coalition of U.S. business groups fighting President Donald Trump's trade tariffs has launched an advertisement aimed at telling voters ahead of the midterm elections that the measures are costing American businesses and consumers $1.4 billion a month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2018

Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women, say sources

Amazon.com Inc.'s machine-learning specialists learned something unexpected from the machine: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Oct 10, 2018

Japan demonstrates how too many rules can ruin governance

Culture of over-regulation helps explain the country's persistent problem with data falsification.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 9, 2018

Northeast Asia as seen from Okinawa

Tokyo will continue to be the capital that is most concerned about North Korean medium-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2018

Donald Trump: The king of global trade?

Europe and Asia are the next places for the U.S. president to take his trade show.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2018

A Nobel reminder of why research matters so much

Co-winner of the 2018 economics Nobel Prize, Paul Romer shows how new discoveries create a virtuous cycle of growth.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 7, 2018

Kei Nishikori outclassed by Daniil Medvedev in Rakuten Japan Open final

Kei Nishikori’s title drought continues.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 6, 2018

Expensive and unsustainable, 'unagi' remains as popular as ever

Unagi (eel) may be one of Japan's most beloved dishes, but despite its much-touted health benefits, rising prices and shrinking numbers of juvenile eels may threaten consumption levels of this Japanese dish.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 6, 2018

Hitomi Hosono: Seeing it all in blue and white

With her unusual approach to traditional sprig designs, Japanese ceramicist Hosono is helping change the face of Wedgwood.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 6, 2018

Esports searches for foothold in Japan

During August and September, esports competitions took the stage in two very different and significant places.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doesn't see tensions with China hurting talks with North Korea

China will be part of the solution to the North Korean crisis, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, brushing aside the possibility that worsening U.S. tensions with Beijing could hamper efforts to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2018

The deep-seated gender gap in politics

That Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new 19-member Cabinet has only one woman is another reminder that the administration's pet policy of promoting the role of women in society has had mixed results at best.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2018

Quantum computer-maker D-Wave to make its powerful machines and software development tools available for free online

D-Wave Systems Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of quantum computers, is making its powerful machines and software development tools available for free through a new internet-based platform.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 29, 2018

Media appear to be ignoring maglev woes

Earlier this month, two different Tokyo District Court sessions associated with the maglev bullet train line now under construction were convened. In one, major contractor Obayashi Corp. was prosecuted for rigging bids for work on the project. In the other, a citizens' network was suing the government...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NATURE'S PANTRY
Sep 29, 2018

Bringing shottsuru fish sauce back from the brink of extinction

Shottsuru is a fish sauce made from sandfish in Akita Prefecture. When its commercial production plummeted in the early 1990s, one man made it his mission to revive the local product.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kamakura Restaurants
Sep 29, 2018

Oxymoron Komachi: Piquant curry favored by the locals

In a tourist town, it pays to know where to eat before you get there. Pro tip: The best places are usually off the main drag. Look where the locals are lining up; the queue outside Oxymoron in Kamakura is always one of the longest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2018

More than 20 million Americans glued to U.S. Supreme Court hearing telecasts

The high-stakes Senate hearing on the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh riveted American television viewers with roughly 20.4 million people tuning in on six broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen data released Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2018

Kyoto lodging tax kicks in on Monday

City becomes the third local government in Japan to implement a accommodation levy after Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 25, 2018

How Abe should spend the next three years

The country still needs to reform its labor market, deal with an aging population and press for gender equality.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

Hokusai: Examining the enduring allure of a Japanese icon

Hokusai's thirst for new forms of expression and willingness to abandon established techniques continues to intrigue the world today.

Longform

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