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EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump's worst week ever ... so far

It's hard to appreciate the sheer magnitude of the dysfunction in the Trump White House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

'Reservoir Dogs' in the White House

The Trump White House of late resembles the final scene in the Tarentino crime thriller 'Reservoir Dogs.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 1, 2017

Belgium's artistic flights of fancy

Diabolic torture inflicted on the ungodly; unspeakable yearnings straight out of the subconscious — the country now known as Belgium has given the world over five centuries' worth of depictions of the unimaginable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 1, 2017

'150th Anniversary: Port of Kobe'

Aug. 5-Sept. 24
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2017

Summer gourmet cuisine; serenity in the sky; new routes to New Zealand

Beginning in July, Michelin-starred chef Francois Adamski has been creating two new dishes each month for the Air France business-class menu on long- and medium-haul flights departing from Paris.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2017

MUFG arms itself with ¥1 trillion war chest for acquisitions

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm is seeking acquisitions abroad and has ¥1 trillion to spend as it seeks to become one of the 15 biggest asset managers worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2017

Defiant Venezuelan President Maduro mocks Trump after U.S. extends sanctions

A defiant Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mocked the sanctions Washington slapped on him Monday, after Sunday's election of a new legislative super-body that prompted the White House to call him a dictator for "seizing absolute power."
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2017

Malta restores forgotten British WWII, Cold War tunnels

In a vast network of tunnels carved into the rocks under the Maltese capital Valletta, faded maps of the Mediterranean hint at the place's role in directing key battles in World War II.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 31, 2017

Japan revels in Asia Cup three-peat

The Japanese women's national basketball team made a triumphal return home on Monday, fresh from winning the Asia Cup for the third straight time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 31, 2017

Be aware of Japanese workplace no-nos

The Japanese workplace has never been known for congeniality, but these days, female employees say 'Working conditions are more comfortable than in the old days.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 31, 2017

Nagoya University team to use aircraft to gauge potency of supertyphoons

In a first for Japanese researchers, a team led by professor Kazuhisa Tsuboki from the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research at Nagoya University will use aircraft to observe supertyphoons directly. Supertyphoons have become a growing problem in recent years due to global warming.
BASKETBALL
Jul 30, 2017

Japan beats Uruguay to hand coach Lamas first win

Slasher Makoto Hiejima racked up a game-high 16 points as the Japanese men's national team cruised past Uruguay 72-57 in the second game of a two-game exhibition series at Aoyama Gakuin University on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jul 30, 2017

Are university teachers in Japan covered by the 'five-year rule'?

Careful reading of laws suggests that a 10-year exception to the new rule that makes irregular workers permanent doesn't apply to college teachers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 29, 2017

Spare a thought for the secretaries

Few recent scandals have been as entertaining as Lower House lawmaker Mayuko Toyota's verbal and physical attack on her secretary as revealed in a recording leaked to the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho. With the recording coming to light in the week before the Tokyo assembly elections, Toyota decided...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Jul 29, 2017

Pikachu Choco Banana McFlurry: Celebrating 'Pokemon Go' with a sugar infusion

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the arrival of "Pokemon Go" in Japan. There is no shortage of ways to celebrate this milestone, ranging from visiting one of the city's Pokemon Centers to pick up some merch to trying out the smartphone app's latest features ... assuming the network doesn't...
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017

Beppu makes splash with bathtub theme park

The mayor of Beppu lives up to his promise by creating a temporary theme park in Oita Prefecture based on the resort city's famed hot springs.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 28, 2017

AIBA chief Wu responds to ongoing rift, crisis

In the midst of an organizational crisis, the president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is fighting back.
Reader Mail
Jul 28, 2017

Scoffing at Trump isn't helping

At the start of the article "Trump's quip on Akie Abe's English skills causes stir" in the July 22 edition, the reporter wrote "U.S. President Donald Trump is a man of controversy and nobody would be surprised if he caused another one." I can't agree more with this sentence. He has provided so many subjects...
Reader Mail
Jul 28, 2017

Japan, Taiwan and Okinotorishima

I applaud The Japan Times' courage in publishing Mark Valencia's opinion piece "Hypocrisy in the South China Sea" in the July 22 edition. Indeed, I dare venture such hypocrisy and thereby lack of moral high ground is why no one has felt able to push for the enforcement of The Hague ruling.
Reader Mail
Jul 28, 2017

Finding comfort in DNA influence

About the Natural Selections column July 22 headlined "Can DNA influence collectivist society?" — Interesting thought. If it's true, it means that we cannot hope to change things much with education, politics and culture. So be it. In a world that sometimes seems to be changing too fast, it feels good...
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2017

Chinese man sentenced to death for killing parents and 17 others

A court in China's southwestern Yunnan province sentenced a man to death for killing his parents and 17 other people in a spat last year over money, state media said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2017

Sources say Russia used Facebook accounts in attempt to spy on Macron campaign

Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas, according to a U.S. congressman and two other people briefed on the effort.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past