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May 12, 2016

Getting more women in the Diet

Systemic change is needed to increase female representation in Japan's political sphere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016

Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted

Experts discuss how the U.S. president's visit may be viewed; meanwhile Suga denies any plans for Abe to visit Pearl Harbor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2016

Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima on May 27, accompanied by Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that U.S. President Barack Obama will make a historic visit to the A-bombed city of Hiroshima on May 27.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2016

Home runs ignite Fighters en route to whitewashing of Buffaloes

Kohei Arihara might have won the game for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, but the drinks are on Brandon Laird.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2016

Abe breaks ranks with Obama by visiting Putin

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to end the Kremlin's two-year isolation over the annexation of Crimea by holding a rare meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
JAPAN
May 5, 2016

Holiday travelers inconvenienced after electronic signboards fail to display shinkansen line information

East Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has resolved a computer malfunction that caused all electronic signboards for shinkansen bullet trains to shut down the previous day, causing confusion for travelers during the Golden Week holiday period.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2016

Sugano earns complete-game victory over Carp

Tomoyuki Sugano allowed himself a brief expression of frustration after allowing an earned run for the first time in more than a month.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2016

Giants edge Carp, climb back into first place

Garrett Jones knew Hayato Sakamoto had the speed to make it home; he just needed the chance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2016

Abe's revisionist agenda subject of opposing rallies on Constitution Day

Marking the 69th anniversary of the postwar pacifist Constitution, supporters and opponents of constitutional revision held rallies in Tokyo on Tuesday to speak out on their respective causes.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016

Japan's offshore investors on edge as Panama Papers revelations spark Hong Kong clampdown

Earlier this month, major banks in the territory suddenly stopped accepting applications to open accounts, says one financial consultant.

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