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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2018

Australian leader Scott Morrison holds emergency meeting as election rout looms

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held an emergency meeting with members of his embattled Liberal Party on Monday as his minority government stared down the barrel at a heavy election defeat within the next six months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2018

Malaysia growers bet on durian as China goes bananas for world's smelliest fruit

The stinky, spiky durian is set to become Malaysia's next major export as the Southeast Asian nation rushes to develop thousands of acres to cash in on unprecedented demand for the fruit from China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2018

No, President Trump: MBS is not what you think he is

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman isn't Saudi Arabia and defending him isn't an act of realpolitik.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2018

Grassroots protest against gasoline tax turns into biggest challenge yet for France's Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron swept aside France's traditional parties to win the presidency. He tamed unions as he reformed the labor market and income tax, all without much mass protest.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 24, 2018

Max Goshko-Dankov: Public art returns lost personal connections

Russian artist Max Goshko-Dankov on his talent for combining incompatible colors, the role of art in modern society and how adult coloring helps you get in touch with yourself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 24, 2018

'The Frolic of the Beasts': A Mishima classic, roused from its long hibernation

Andrew Clare has published an impressive array of translations of novels by Japanese authors, all while putting in long hours at the corporate coalface. Now, Clare is launching his translation — the first in English — of a classic, but little-known, Yukio Mishima novel, 'The Frolic of the Beasts.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2018

In art, success depends on who you know

Researchers found they could predict success decades in advance from the names of the first five galleries where an artist exhibits.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2018

What might a no-deal Brexit look like?

Britain is due to leave the European Union in just over four months' time but it still cannot count on a transition period to cushion the shock for its economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2018

With an eye on China, EU agrees on investment screening rules

The European Union provisionally agreed Tuesday on rules for a far-reaching system to coordinate scrutiny of foreign investments into Europe, notably from China, to end what a negotiator called "European naivety."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2018

From entertainment sushi to pension sushi

It is much easier to globalize economic systems, but it is still very difficult to globalize the minds of human beings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2018

The environment and economy have become great power pawns

The new cold war has spread far from the geopolitical arena.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Nov 19, 2018

Sharp foresight coupled with penchant for precision

For Chris Hill, CEO of WeWork Japan, the day begins at 5:00 a.m. with meditating in the bath.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2018

You probably had plastic for breakfast

Welcome to a global experiment about the effects of eating and drinking microplastic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2018

Emigration — not immigration — one of top Japanese concerns amid shrinking population: Pew poll

With Japan's population of 127 million expected to shrink to 88 million by 2065, many appear unsettled by the perceived balance between emigration and immigration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2018

Three reasons to fear another 'Great War' today

Those who believe globalization will bring peace should remember they thought that in 1914, as well.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Nov 12, 2018

Tracing Japan's business giants from the late '80s to the 2000s

In the mid-1980s Japan was considered the most dynamic economy in the world and its manufacturers the most dominant. Japan's GDP growth had averaged around 7 percent per annum for the previous 30 years even with a slight downturn following the first oil shock in the 1970s, and was growing at around 4...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2018

Pence subs for Trump at summits with skeptical Asian nations

U.S. President Donald Trump's absence at several international summits in Asia this week isn't a snub, Vice President Mike Pence told reporters en route to the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2018

Trump discussed response to Jamal Khashoggi killing with Erdogan, says White House official

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, discussed how to respond to the killing last month of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a White House official said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2018

Retiring Twins standout Joe Mauer leaves impressive legacy as iconic catcher

Before J.T. Realmuto became an All-Star catcher for the Miami Marlins, he was playing shortstop for the baseball team at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma. But one of his favorite big league players at the time wasn't a shortstop. It was Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2018

Scientists spend too much time on the old

Spending billions on a huge particle collider won't give us the breakthrough discoveries we need.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2018

Democrats warn Trump after Attorney General Sessions forced out

The ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday drew sharp criticism from Democrats, who warned Trump against moving to squash a probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 7, 2018

Mihara aims for comeback season

Two seasons ago Mai Mihara burst onto the scene with victories at the Four Continents Championships and Nebelhorn Trophy, plus solid showings on the Grand Prix circuit, and a fifth-place finish at the world championships.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 7, 2018

Next up? Starting gun sounds on 2020 White House race

Let the 2020 White House race begin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2018

U.S. women voters drive Democratic House victories, Republican Senate gains: Reuters/Ipsos poll

U.S. women increased their support for Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives, providing an anticipated swing to help the party take control of the chamber, according to a Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018

Japan can trim stimulus without repeating mistakes

A misstep 18 years ago should not prevent a careful step today.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2018

Crashed Lion Air jetliner had faulty airspeed readings on final four flights: black box

The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesian investigators called on plane-maker Boeing Co. and U.S. authorities to ensure there aren't fleet-wide issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2018

Let Harvard be Harvard, only much bigger

Increasing class size is the best answer for Harvard and other top schools to be more inclusive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2018

The Google walkout is a new kind of worker activism

The global walkout by Google workers, a response to Alphabet Inc.'s reported protection of executives accused of sexual misconduct, may be a harbinger of something new in employer-employee relations: empowered workers' moral-political protest directed as much against the general culture as against management....
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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