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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2014

Vietnamese leader welcomes fresh aid from Japan

Visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, welcomed new official development assistance from Japan totaling ¥120 billion in yen loans.
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SOCCER
Mar 5, 2014

Japan overwhelms New Zealand in National Stadium finale

Japan came out with all guns blazing to beat New Zealand 4-2 and say farewell to National Stadium in style in a friendly on Wednesday night.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 26, 2014

Japan Fencing Federation board to resign en masse

All 20 board members of the Japan Fencing Federation will resign next month for the improper use of money provided by the Japan Sports Council, the JFF announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2014

Making the invisible visible at the Japan Media Arts Festival

In 1965, artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) attached a strong magnet to the top of a television. The crisp image, overpowered by the magnet, folded onto itself in beautiful geometric waves. But it wasn't meant to be beautiful; it was an attack.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2014

SKY Perfect JSAT plans all-Japan channel in Indonesia

SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. announced Thursday it will launch a channel next month in Indonesia that will show Japanese programs around the clock to popularize Japanese content in the growing economy and promote Japan itself.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2014

Alcohol dependency in Japan

A major problem in Japan, where an estimated 6.45 million people have alcohol-related problems, is the lack of social recognition that alcohol dependency is an illness.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2014

Japan's nuclear waste problem

The government plans to step up its efforts to select a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power generation despite having searched for more than a decade, without success, to find a willing host community.
SPORTS / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013

A look back at the year's top 10 Japan sports stories

Japan Times editors selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2013.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2013

Japan hits top in use of apps

Japan may have become the world's top country for generating mobile app revenue, but this brave new world poses dangers to unwary customers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2013

Perseverance an effective weapon for activists in Japan

As in other developed countries, there are many cases of steady and long-enduring social activism in Japan, but they have remained largely unknown until recently.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2013

Eagles move closer to first Japan Series title

It wasn't exactly pretty and it was definitely a little harder than expected.
BASEBALL
Oct 30, 2013

Terauchi, Chono, Giants draw even with Eagles in Japan Series

Takayuki Terauchi and Hisayoshi Chono secured return tickets to Sendai for the Yomiuri Giants and breathed new life into the Japan Series in the process.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?