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COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2019

Japan's path to war and Trump's Huawei ban

History shows that trade sanctions and military tensions are a combustible combination.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 29, 2019

'Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko Mine's Lie': A classic anime franchise goes back to basics

Last month, Japan lost a cultural giant. April 11 saw the passing of Kazuhiko Kato — better known by the pen name Monkey Punch — the creator of "Lupin the Third." The manga, about a playboy thief descended from fictional French gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, debuted in 1967 and has been a pop-culture...
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 29, 2019

Apple and Nike brace for China's wrath after Huawei ban

U.S. companies counting on China for a major part of their growth have targets on their backs as Beijing and Washington ratchet up trade-war tensions.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2019

Trump, Obama and Congress to blame for Iran problem

Presidents have become adept at waging wars without authorization from Congress.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2019

Japan begins immigration experiment

As the population ages and shrinks, the country is making it easier for foreigners to work and become citizens.
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BUSINESS
May 27, 2019

Failing to hire women, ECB extends supervision board job deadline: sources

The European Central Bank has extended a deadline for filling three top jobs at its bank supervision arm after it failed to hire any women for the roles, two sources said, illustrating the bank's long struggle to attract female talent for senior positions.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
May 27, 2019

Behind the scenes of 24/7 service: The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store

A familiar orange and green signboard glares in the pitch-dark, quiet street in a residential area. There, the owner of a 7-Eleven franchise store located in the suburbs of a small city in the Chubu region works the night shift every day by himself.
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ESG CONSORTIUM
May 26, 2019

Tokyo striving for carbon-free initiative

In the lead-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has engaged in an initiative named Tokyo Zero Carbon 4 Days in 2020, an effort to offset the amount of carbon dioxide estimated to be emitted during the opening and closing days of the events.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2019

Japan's labor shortage and low-wage puzzle

Why does wage growth remain sluggish despite Japan's growing labor shortage?
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2019

China's censors crank up ahead of 30th anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre

It's the most sensitive day of the year for China's internet, the anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square, and with under two weeks to go, China's robot censors are working overtime.
SUMO
May 24, 2019

Sumo 101: Mongolians

Sumo might be Japan's national sport, but for most of the last two decades it has been dominated by Mongolians.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 23, 2019

Dancer Kaiji Moriyama celebrates ninja in his latest work

A creative yet shy child fascinated with origami and crafts, Kaiji Moriyama discovered dance late, at the age of 21 while a university student. He has certainly made up for the lost time, though. Just seven years since first studying the art form, he performed to rave reviews at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival...
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 23, 2019

As new cold war looms, China struggles to grasp Trump's endgame

When Donald Trump first took office in 2017, officials in Beijing saw a pragmatic businessman: All that tough campaign talk, they argued, was merely "Art of the Deal" negotiating tactics rather than deeply held beliefs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2019

Negotiating 'America First' trade with Trump

The current calm in Japan-U.S. trade talks may quickly turn into a small storm.
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2019

What lies behind the GDP growth

It's time that more emphasis was placed on structural reforms and deregulation to explore fresh avenues of the economy's growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2019

Striking a delicate balance, Toyota took care to draw up U.S. investment plan before China research deal

Announcing U.S. investment first was a strategy CEO Akio Toyoda felt the firm needed to pursue in order to avoid Trump's wrath, meeting minutes showed.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2019

Chinese defense chief close to Xi to attend key Asia security forum next month

China's Defense Minister will deliver a "highly anticipated" speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue next month — the first time in eight years that Beijing has sent such a high-level official to the annual security gathering, which will include a speech by the acting U.S. defense secretary.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2019

Sony's cloud gaming deal with Microsoft blindsided its own PlayStation team

When Sony Corp. unveiled a cloud gaming pact with archrival Microsoft Corp., it surprised the industry. Perhaps no one was more shocked than employees of Sony's PlayStation division, who have spent almost two decades fighting the U.S. software giant in the $38 billion video game console market.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2019

U.S. sends warship near South China Sea flash point as Beijing and Washington spar over trade

The U.S. Navy has sailed a warship near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a strategic flash point in the South China Sea claimed by China, in a move expected to stoke anger in Beijing as the world's two biggest economies remain embroiled in a trade war.
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2019

Enabling people to work until 70

Various challenges lie ahead to keep senior citizens motivated to work longer and under decent conditions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 18, 2019

Shifting landscapes: The state of traditional Japanese gardens

My neighbor's garden is a wonder to behold. Where you might expect to find trim box hedges, bamboo fences, subtle rock arrangements, junipers, conifers and pine, there are garden gnomes, an ornamental concrete wheelbarrow, pots of begonia, hanging baskets of pansies and an iron rose trellis. At the end...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 18, 2019

Mari Yamamoto: Staying international on and off camera

Becoming an actress was a way to liberate Mari Yamamoto from a salaryman way of life.
EDITORIALS
May 17, 2019

U.S. lowers the boom on Huawei

The U.S.-China showdown is just beginning and it promises to be a rough ride.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami