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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 22, 2017

CITA 'usher' points to need for a Japan theater shakeup

You won't be alone if you've never heard of the Tokyo-based International Centre for Theatre Arts, because few have seen any plays it has staged and anyway its focus is firmly on building a reputation outside Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 21, 2017

How Trump's plans might deal a blow to Japanese firms

If Trump tries to realign the global structure of manufacturing industries that have become heavily concentrated in Asia, Japanese firms will be hit hard.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017

Where the advent of flying cars might take us

If flying cars become popular, they are likely to ease urban traffic problems by expanding the areas where people are able to live and work.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 18, 2017

Japan's 'Undercover Boss' reinforces stereotypes at work

The government proposal to limit overtime for salaried workers is supposed to reduce the incidence of karōshi (death from overwork), which often takes the form of suicide, and yet the authorities seems squeamish about making demands on employers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 18, 2017

Japan tries to shed its pessimistic image

Japan ailing? Japan suffering? Nonsense. "Japan is the richest country in the world," proclaims Sapio magazine. And the best. And the happiest. The brightest future looms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2017

With Florida rally, Trump looks to bypass media as campaigner-in-chief

After a tumultuous opening month in the White House, President Donald Trump is heading to a friendlier, familiar and potentially rejuvenating place: the campaign trail.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2017

Trump immigration policies deja vu for descendants of WWII internees

Seventy-five years ago an executive order issued by then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt uprooted the families of Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry, or Nikkei, who were removed from Western coastal regions in the U.S. and taken to remote, guarded camps.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2017

'Weiner': America's walking, talking punch line

If you feel like your cinematic diet has been a bit lacking in schadenfreude lately, then look no further than "Weiner," an astounding internet-age documentary of hubris and disgrace, where no stupid behavior, once recorded, ever disappears.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 11, 2017

'Japanese Robot Culture: Performance, Imagination and Modernity': Yuji Sone examines the enduring love of robots

It is an experience many in Japan now know: a visit to a SoftBank mobile phone vendor that ends in an attempt to converse with a small, white machine called Pepper.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2017

Can golf diplomacy help Abe score win-win on trade and defense?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is betting a round of golf with President Donald Trump will help protect Japan's crucial auto industry and strengthen defense ties with the U.S.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2017

Lessons we can learn from an exchange of dolls

The power of exchange — of people, of art, of ideas, of empathy and of hope for a better future — has long proven to be enduring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2017

White House weighs designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering a proposal that could lead to potentially designating Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, according to U.S. officials.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Feb 7, 2017

LeBron risking reputation with his constant whining

Oh boy, here we go again. Looks like LeBron James is once more getting too big for his britches.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2017

Tax-avoidance adoptions

A Supreme Court decision effectively condones the status quo. But it should lead people to think about the practice of adoption as a tax-reduction measure.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2017

Dream of cheap, clean nuclear power is over

Far from the dream technology envisioned in the old science fiction novels, nuclear power has become a huge, risky government-subsidized boondoggle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 1, 2017

Syrian Kurd-dominated militias see more U.S. support for Raqqa fight on Trump's watch

The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has boosted support for its Syrian allies since President Donald Trump took office, supplying armored vehicles for the first time as they prepare to launch a new phase in their campaign for Raqqa, a spokesman for the militia said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 31, 2017

Medvedeva looks invincible a year from Pyeongchang

Collecting her second straight European title with a world-record score last Friday, Evgenia Medvedeva emphatically reinforced that she is a prohibitive favorite for the gold medal in Pyeongchang next year.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2017

Nuclear fuel debris that penetrated reactor pressure vessel possibly found at Fukushima No. 1

Tepco on Monday found what may be melted nuclear fuel debris that penetrated the reactor 2 pressure vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 28, 2017

Media starts to focus on Japan's aging prison population

When it comes to crime and punishment, Japan is a conundrum for progressives. It has low crime rates and small prison populations, but it is also one of the few developed countries that still enforces capital punishment, and its criminal justice system is often criticized for giving too much power to...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jan 28, 2017

Good fortune in the Tokyo suburbs

The Tokyu Setagaya Line, a sweet little tramline, makes stops between Sangenjaya and Shimotakaido stations. A mere 5.1 kilometers long and one of only two trams left in Tokyo (the other being the Toden Arakawa Line), the Setagaya Line boasts a sleek fleet in candy colors. I hop onto a cherry red one...
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2017

Making use of dormant accounts

The new program to funnel money from dormant bank accounts to NPOs will need the utmost transparency.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2017

Abe, Trump and a suddently foggy alliance

Shinzo Abe needs to act with care as the Trump administration will provide confusion instead of serving Washington's traditional role as a stabilizing force.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2017

Rules on handing over a child

A revision of the law governing child custody is imperative to ensure that court decisions on child transfers are enforced.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2017

Trump voter fraud probe called pretext for curbing minority access to polls

President Donald Trump's plans to investigate the possibility of voter fraud in the 2016 election could pave the way for tough voting rules including stringent ID requirements that Democrats and rights groups say would amount to a new assault on voting rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017

Failure and hope in Women's March

Coopted by the Democrats, the Women's March was doomed to join the list of fruitless liberal marches — yet it gave hint at the better country Americans could have.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017

How data geeks could enable mass deportation

Technology companies have databases that document people's ethnicity, religion and other personal information on a massive scale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2017

Davos conferees look to embrace windfalls from populist political shift, for now

Populism isn't necessarily bad for the global economy. It might even be boosting it — at least for now.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2017

Why hacking Trump might not be easy

Donald Trump's quip about using couriers instead of email may not be such a bad idea.
JAPAN / Politics / GAUGING TRUMP
Jan 20, 2017

Echoes of 1980s trade war seen in Trump comments on Japan

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump surprised and angered many in Japan with comments about how unfair Japan's trade policies were.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Japan worries Trump tariffs will push countries toward China
Liberal Democratic Party Policy Chief Itsunori Onodera (center) speaks at a think tank event Monday in Washington.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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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
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