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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2017

Cockroach longevity linked to female cohabitation

Female cockroaches living in groups with other females are more likely to have their unfertilized eggs hatch, a research team at Hokkaido University has found, providing a possible explanation for the reason the insect has managed to survive for hundreds of millions of years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 14, 2017

'Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum'

March 18-June 18
CULTURE / Art
Mar 14, 2017

'Picasso and Chagall: Imaginary Dialogues'

March 18-Sept. 24
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 14, 2017

Wall has Wizards in chase for Eastern Conference top seed

The NBA's most unexpected and overlooked, if not undeserving, Most Valuable Player candidate this season has had perhaps the most unusual of career arcs.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017

De-escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should play an active role in convincing Pyongyang to take the path of peace.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017

The electric vehicle rush started too early

The modern electric vehicle is conceptually inconsistent with how people want to use cars, and in many countries the environmental effect of switching to EVs is negligible.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2017

Square to supply credit card readers to 1,200-year-old Mount Koya temple in Wakayama Prefecture

Square Inc. has just scored its oldest customer ever — a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple in central Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

Akie Abe's connection with Moritomo Gakuen scandal puts role of Japan's first lady under spotlight

Is the wife of a prime minister a public official who should be subject to legislative rules and bureaucratic regulations on her activities, or a private citizen who shouldn't be held accountable over the political impact of her activities?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

U.S. Vice President Pence to tour Asia next month amid security crises

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit Japan and Indonesia as part of an Asian tour next month, sources said on Monday, amid concerns the Trump administration is rolling back Barack Obama's "pivot to Asia."
WORLD
Mar 14, 2017

Trump gives CIA authority to conduct drone strikes, report says

U.S. President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency new authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing U.S. officials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2017

Vienna again tops list of nicest cities as Baghdad comes in last

Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2017

Kushner family's business set to get over $400 million from Chinese firm

A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company that is investing in the Kushners' marquee Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Ave.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2017

Pressure continues to mount on Moritomo Gakuen chief

Pressure on Yasunori Kagoike, head of scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen, in the Diet and in Osaka Prefecture showed no sign of abating Monday even though he withdrew his application to open a new elementary school and indicated last week he would resign.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 13, 2017

Chinese defense spending stokes concern, debate as military ramps up operations in air and sea near Japan

China's plan to boost defense spending this year by around 7 percent — the slowest pace since 1991 — will raise concerns and stoke debate in Japan and the U.S. over their own capabilities as Beijing ramps up operations in the waters and airspace of the East and South China seas, experts say.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017

Dealing with Pyongyang

Any new U.S. policy approaches or initiatives must await the selection of a new South Korean president, and must then be closely coordinated with Seoul and Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017

China shouldn't treat South Korea as an enemy

Beijing should rethink its self-defeating strategy of trashing Seoul.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 13, 2017

Toto rolls out droll toilet humor with a whiff of class

Sit back and relax as this week's Bilingual column splashes on the results of Toto's 2016 Toilet Senryu Contest.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 13, 2017

Abe stands his ground as Moritomo Gakuen scandal drags on

More than a month has passed since nationalistic school operator Moritomo Gakuen first made headlines over a controversial land deal for its next school.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2017

China lawmakers add defaming Communist Party 'heroes' to civil code offenses

Lawmakers on Sunday introduced amendments to China's nascent civil code to make defaming "heroes and martyrs" of the ruling Communist Party a civil offense, as the leadership moves to strengthen its grasp on the history of the People's Republic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2017

China's Xi pushes advanced technology for military

China's military needs to promote technological innovation as the "key" to its upgrading and modernization, President Xi Jinping told military delegates to the annual meeting of parliament.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2017

Japan's decluttering guru Kondo now has an app for tidying up

The newest tool for internationally acclaimed organizing guru Marie Kondo in her global battle against messy rooms is an app.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 12, 2017

At party convention, DP shies away from plan to phase out atomic power by 2030

The Democratic Party postpones adopting a bold target of slashing the nation's reliance on nuclear power to zero by 2030.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 12, 2017

Who gains from corporate governance in Japan?

Perhaps managers need to channel the spooky kid from 'The Sixth Sense' and start seeing shareholders everywhere, because that is probably closest to social reality in Japan.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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