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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2013

The disenchantment of Iraq

Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein, but if economic resconstruction and the establishment of democracy are considered, the Iraq war failed.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 19, 2013

Ginza stage set for Kabukiza's fifth coming

The venerable Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo's Ginza district reopens April 2 after three years of renovations and the addition of a 29-floor attached office tower.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2013

Man who shot '47 Percent' video reveals identity

Until last week, Scott Prouty's only bout with fame came when he dived into a canal in Florida and saved a woman from drowning. Like many Americans, the Boston area native held down working-class jobs, ran into some financial trouble and remained generally anonymous.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2013

Anti-poverty programs show dubious success

Amid enduring poverty, rising inequality and lackluster growth in many developing countries, the success of past antipoverty policies looks dubious.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 17, 2013

Japan's rollercoaster modern history has kept coming off the rails

At the end of this month, Roger Pulvers will be leaving Counterpoint. In his last three columns since his inaugural weekly Counterpoint on April 3, 2005, he will consider in turn Japan in the past, present and future.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2013

New pope faces challenging times

It is hoped that Pope Francis will be successful in restoring and strengthening trust in the Catholic Church by squarely addressing problems plaguing it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2013

Beef, wheat may be sacrificed in talks

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may sacrifice barriers protecting Japan's beef and wheat farmers to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade accord, a former government adviser on farm policy said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2013

The Facebook executive on a self-help mission

Sheryl Sandberg does not do things by half-measures. So when the chief operating officer of Facebook and the most high-profile businesswoman in the world publishes a book she does not sit back, give a few interviews and let the glowing reviews flow in. No, Sandberg tries to start a fully fledged social...
SPORTS / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 16, 2013

Stakes high in Aston Villa-QPR battle

Two in-form teams go head-to-head Saturday in a game that will go a long way to deciding the Premier League fate of Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EMBASSY AVENUE
Mar 16, 2013

Job fair held for Saudi students in Japan

On March 12, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia's Cultural Office hosted a job fair in Tokyo in conjunction with this year's graduation ceremony for Saudi Arabian students studying in Japan supported by the country's scholarship program.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2013

Ozawa aides' convictions upheld

The Tokyo High Court upheld the convictions Wednesday of the three former aides to Ichiro Ozawa who falsified the power broker's political funds reports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2013

F-35's story illustrates challenge of paring U.S. defense budget

With an ear-ringing roar, the matte-gray fighter jet streaked down Runway 12 and sliced into a cloudless afternoon sky over the Florida Panhandle. To those watching on the ground, the sleek, bat-winged fuselage soon shrank into a speck, and then nothing at all, as U.S. Marine Capt. Brendan Walsh arcked...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 13, 2013

Aomori Wat's set to name Munakata first coach

Former Toyota Motors Alvark coach Koju Munakata will be named the first bench boss in Aomori Wat's history, The Japan Times has learned.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2013

The failure of Hong Kong's hollow leadership

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has himself to blame for his popularity plunge as he evades responsibility for major government failings.
BASKETBALL
Mar 11, 2013

Jets soar in win over Lakestars

The Chiba Jets delivered a vivid definition of their team nickname on Sunday afternoon in the second half of their series finale against the visiting Shiga Lakestars.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 10, 2013

A survey of 20th-century thinking

THINKING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder. Penguin, 2013, 432 pp. $18 (paperback)
Japan Times
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 9, 2013

Nuclear safety body touts voluntary measures

Utilities were unwilling to voluntarily improve safety at their nuclear plants before the Fukushima crisis erupted, but the chairman of the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute, an entity aimed at monitoring efforts by power firms to improve atomic safety, is determined to change that mindset.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2013

Nakao nominated to head ADB

Japan announced Thursday that it will nominate its top currency official, Takehiko Nakao, to head the Asian Development Bank as Haruhiko Kuroda prepares to step down to lead the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 8, 2013

Plotting director Sam Raimi's unlikely path to Oz

There's a moment in "Oz the Great and Powerful," Disney's much-anticipated prequel to the 1939 MGM classic "The Wizard of Oz," where a character falls to the floor, in the midst of a witchy transmogrification into something evil. Off-screen she remains until suddenly, with a heart-stopping smack, a huge...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 8, 2013

Aspiring thespians get help in realizing dreams

If you had a son or daughter who announced they wanted to be a stage actor, whatever would you say to them?
EDITORIALS
Mar 8, 2013

Pressing tasks for China's new leaders

Xi Jinping will be elected president of China and Li Keqiang will be named premier during the National People's Congress session that has kicked off.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2013

Mr. Kuroda's high hopes

Bank of Japan presidential nominee Haruhiko Kuroda tells confirmation lawmakers that he will do anything he can to push Japan off its deflation path.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight