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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2016

Scandal, other outrages fuel Upper House race

A widespread growing sense of anger and concern among Japanese voters will be a key factor determining the outcome of the upcoming Upper House election.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

The West is getting Russia wrong

Western governments and publics need to see better through the self-serving rationale of the Kremlin's actions. To do otherwise plays into Putin's hands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2016

City mayors forging alliance over Airbnb and Uber

Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc. have set their sights on global expansion. They are about to face a global response.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 21, 2016

European history hovers close to reverse gear as Britain weighs EU exit

European history may be about to go into reverse.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016

China cracks down foreign-inspired TV shows

China is clamping down on imported television shows and remakes that use formats from abroad in a bid to "promote domestic originality," the country's top media regulator has said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jun 19, 2016

Offering support — and floor space — to Japan's refugees

While the Japanese government continues to give asylum seekers the cold shoulder, one American church worker offers them a helping hand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2016

What Hillary must do to win over Bernie voters

Hillary Clinton faces an uphill battle to convince Sanders supporters to help her defeat Donald Trump.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 18, 2016

Why are Japanese women still bewitched by the Brontes?

Some years ago a sassy Osaka lady asked me to introduce her to the pleasures of Western literature. I duly handed her a variety of classic books, including "The Turn of the Screw," "Heart of Darkness," "Lolita" and "A Study in Scarlet." They were all methodically if unenthusiastically read, but when...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2016

Maradona and Pele are wrong about Messi

Argentina's Lionel Messi proves once again he deserves his reputation as one of the three greatest soccer players of all time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2016

Death and inheritance taxes: Japan's financial advisory firms enter the delicate but bountiful fray

Elderly Japanese, among the world's richest retirees, are flocking to inheritance advisers, tackling historical taboos on discussing death and providing a rare avenue of growth for the country's brokerages and banks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2016

Clinton edge over Trump eases after Florida massacre but more also favor neither: poll

Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed since late last week, according to the results of the first Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted since the Orlando shooting rampage on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2016

Fiery Duterte mistakes media for the enemy

Asia's iron-fisted leaders see media as a threat to nationalism rather than a tool to drive economic reforms.
EDITORIALS
Jun 11, 2016

Scientists and defense research

Japanese scientists should maintain their long and proud tradition of not taking part in any defense-related research.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2016

Don't worry about a robot invasion just yet

Numerous factors argue against the doomsday specter of robots creating mass unemployment.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2016

A U.S.-Japan-Taiwan grand bargain for Senkakus

Japan should recognize Taiwan in exchange for Taipei's acknowledgement of Japan's sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2016

If formed, a Tokyo assembly committee could pry Masuzoe from governorship

Public calls for Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe to step down grow despite his apology a day earlier and a pledge to refund some of the ¥4.4 million he misspent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2016

Russians prefer Trump as president: poll

Russians would overwhelmingly prefer Republican Donald Trump be elected U.S. president over Democrat Hillary Clinton, Russia's Interfax news agency said Tuesday, citing a poll.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2016

Trump snubs Republican critics of his claims of bias against Hispanic judge

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday rejected a barrage of criticism from his own party over his allegations of bias against a Hispanic judge, insisting his concerns were valid.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2016

In ongoing anti-corruption drive, China aims to speed up extradition treaties with foreign countries

China aims to speed up the signing of extradition treaties with countries where corruption suspects have fled to, a senior official wrote in state media, as Beijing steps up its overseas hunt for citizens suspected of graft.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2016

Peru's Kuczynski narrowly leads Fujimori in election

Center-right economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president, as early results came in from Peru's presidential election on Sunday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 5, 2016

Veteran writer Izenberg recalls special moments with Ali

A few months ago, Jerry Izenberg, who has seen it all in his one-of-a-kind newspaper career, told me Muhammad Ali was once "one of my five best friends in the world."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2016

Clinton criticizes election rivals over immigration

Hillary Clinton fought on two fronts in California on Saturday as she sought to wrap up her battle with Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, taking aim at him and at Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with attacks on their immigration stances.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Jun 4, 2016

There's no hiding in Japan's toilets

When it comes to toilets, Japan presents several paradoxes. On the one hand, public toilets are ubiquitous, easy to access and, for the most part, quite clean. On the other hand, they can also be primitive, or at least to a Western sensibility.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 4, 2016

Aviator dazzles Emperor; Poets inaugurate new national association; Beatles face press; Mount Unzen erupts

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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016

Police to step up patrols in Okinawa after woman's murder

The government vows to increase police presence in Okinawa amid fears about crimes by U.S. military personnel.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2016

The July Upper House election

Much will be at stake in the July 10 Upper House election. The nation's youngest voters should make their voices heard.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2016

Peru to vote on returning a Fujimori to presidential palace

Less than a decade after Peru imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, voters will decide on Sunday whether to put his 41-year-old daughter back in the presidential palace, where she once served as his first lady.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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