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BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2017

Trump to pitch U.S. LNG exports in Russia's backyard

President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a political tool when he meets in Warsaw on Thursday with leaders of a dozen countries that are captive to Russia for their energy needs.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2017

Tokyo election loss places Abe in jeopardy

It wasn't so long ago that Shinzo Abe appeared on course to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister ever.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido returned for fifth term as voters take experience over change

While Tokyo voters took a new direction with Gov. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) on Sunday, Hyogo voters opted for more of the same by giving 71-year-old Gov. Toshizo Ido a fifth term on his promises to deal with the prefecture's ailing finances and falling population.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2017

A contrite Abe takes blame for support plunge

Taking a recent plunge in his Cabinet's support rate to heart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admits that his government's recent handling of alleged favoritism scandals was at fault for stoking voter distrust.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017

Squeezing paper from a stone: an entrepreneur's approach to ease deforestation

Stone tablets were one of the earliest writing tools used by man before paper. One entrepreneur now plans to take things full circle by making paper out of stone.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2017

Abe coalition rams contentious conspiracy bill through Diet

Brushing off a stern outcry from the opposition camp, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition rammed a contentious bill to criminalize conspiracy through the Diet Thursday morning, after it resorted to the extremely rare tactic of outright bypassing its committee-level approval.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 9, 2017

Nissan wins converts in Japan with ¥3 million driver-assist minivan

Yusuke Goto would have crashed his Toyota Crown five years ago if the premium sedan hadn't detected the 45-year-old was veering off and righted the steering wheel. So when he found similar features in the cheaper Nissan Serena minivan, it was an easy choice.
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BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2017

With Ginza land prices above bubble-era highs, real estate analysts expect correction

Land prices in Tokyo's central Chuo Ward, home to the famous Ginza shopping district, have jumped by 51 percent in four years. In Osaka, they are up by nearly half.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 4, 2017

Trunk lifts the lid on Tokyo's evolving hospitality industry

There is a long list of reasons to visit Shibuya's latest addition to its cityscape — from the craft cocktails served in its roomy lounge to the outdoor terrace with large white cushions and its architect-designed convenience store. Not to forget the pop-up space, four spacious event rooms, a kushiyaki...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2017

Shinzo Abe and the arrogance of power

Given the whiff of corruption and arrogance already emanating from the Abe adminstration, supporters of liberal democracy should be worried about what the next four years portend.
JAPAN
May 31, 2017

Prime Minister Abe unveils government push to solve day care crunch

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday his government will create 220,000 new day care spots, bringing the number of children on the waiting list for nurseries to zero by 2020.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 31, 2017

Takayasu's rise built on solid family support

When yokozuna Hakuho was interviewed ringside on Sunday, after wrapping up his first title in a year, he congratulated the people of the Philippines on the imminent promotion of Takayasu to ozeki. It was a nice nod to the Taganoura stable man's mother, who hails from an island in the south of the country....
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BUSINESS / Tech
May 25, 2017

China's DJI unveils $499 drone that flies from palm of your hand

China's SZ DJI Technology unveiled a small camera drone starting at $499 that can take off and land from the palm of a hand, seeking to appeal to the broader consumer market.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 20, 2017

Will there be a price to free education?

During a Lower House budget committee debate on May 8, Akira Nagatsuma of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to clarify remarks he had recently made about revising the Constitution. On May 3, which happened to be Constitution Day, Abe had delivered a message via...
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JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2017

Renho takes Abe to task over policies on ‘womenomics,’ Constitution

Renho, leader of the struggling Democratic Party, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies are failing Japan's women and the pacifist charter.
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2017

Fast-tracking the 'conspiracy crime' bill

The government's claim that 'ordinary people' will not be targeted by the conspiracy crime legislation is unconvincing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 15, 2017

Let's discuss cars with automatic braking

The government aims to boost the proportion of cars with automatic braking.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 13, 2017

Designer Yuri Suzuki chases his dreams through sound

As a boy in the 1980s, Yuri Suzuki fell under the spell of video games and his father's record collection. The family home was in bustling Shibuya Ward, near the border with Shinjuku, and the influence of global cultures within its walls was strong.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2017

Gutting the effort to clamp down on passive smoking

The health ministry's efforts to tighten regulations on indoor smoking in public spaces are being undermined by the LDP.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2017

Abe's pitch to amend Article 9

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has many questions to answer before setting a timetable in his quest to amend the Constitution.

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped