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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017

The right way for the U.S. to confront China

Recent moves by the Trump administration toward a more traditional China policy are welcome, but not enough to meet the challenge from Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017

Industrial revolution's record brings no comfort

The Industrial Revolution brought significant problems along the way. Automation probably won't be different, and that's exactly why we should be concerned.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017

An idea whose time has come?

An idea that might be the solution to runaway populism has suddenly gone mainstream.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2017

Redefining Japan's 'seniors' to older age may free up still agile workforce

When do you become a senior citizen?
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 20, 2017

Former U.S. officials making plans to bring North Koreans to country for 'Track 1.5 talks'

Preparations are underway to bring senior North Korean officials to the United States for talks with former U.S. officials, the first such meeting in more than five years, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
WORLD
Feb 20, 2017

Islamic State airs video of Cairo church bomber, threatens Egypt's Christians

Islamic State published a video on Sunday threatening Egyptian Christians and showing the last statement of a man it said was responsible for the deadly bombing in December of a Coptic cathedral in Cairo.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 19, 2017

Urawa determined to turn 'moral victory' into real triumph

Urawa Reds manager Mihailo Petrovic has vowed to use the pain of last season's J. League championship collapse to fuel his players' fire in 2017, but still believes his team was last year's "moral winner."
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Feb 19, 2017

Media outside Japan must stop normalizing sumo as an ethno-sport

Foreign correspondents should not pander to stereotypes, passing overt racism off as 'tradition' practiced by those mystical, hidebound, inscrutable Japanese.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2017

China's message to Trump with North Korea coal ban: Let's make a deal

China's move to ban all coal imports from North Korea, effectively slicing the country's exports by about half, came with a message to the U.S. and its allies: It's time to do a deal.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2017

Washington PR offensive fails to quell Europe's anxiety over Trump

One month into the unusual presidency of Donald Trump, his most senior Cabinet members were deployed to Brussels, Bonn and Munich this past week to reassure nervous Europeans that everything would be OK.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Feb 19, 2017

Fukushima peach exports recover in Southeast Asia, sparking hope for other produce

Fukushima peaches are making inroads into Southeast Asian markets in what prefectural officials see as a model case of recovery in its farm produce.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 18, 2017

Wasteland: Tokyo grows on its own trash

Waste management authorities are working constantly to ensure that garbage in the metropolis is put to better use.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 18, 2017

Himakajima: A seafood paradise known for octopus doubles down on a wave of tourism

In a small, open space a few streets from the harbor, rows of octopus flutter in the breeze.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 18, 2017

'Moving Zen' and the modern samurai

"Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 18, 2017

'Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan's Lost Soldiers': Portraits of lives transformed by war

It's staggering to think that, at the end of the Pacific War, almost 7 million Japanese servicemen and civilians were awaiting repatriation in various parts of Asia.
SOCCER
Feb 17, 2017

Inter Milan teams up with SHIN9, Inc. to improve health longevity

Italian soccer club Inter Milan has agreed to finalize a partnership with SHIN9, Inc., which runs acupuncture and moxibustion (traditional Chinese medicine therapy) and osteopathic clinics in Japan, to jointly work to develop a health care program, the two organizations announced on Friday in Tokyo....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2017

Fukushima fuel-removal quest leaves trail of dead robots

The latest robot attempting to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six years ago in the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant met its end in less than a day.
Figure Skating
Feb 17, 2017

Win a free copy of 'Team Brian 300-Point Legend'

The Japan Times is offering several readers the chance to win a copy of the recently released Japanese book "Team Brian 300-Point Legend" about coach Brian Orser's experiences teaching Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and two-time world titlist Javier Fernandez.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 17, 2017

Toshiba memory-chip unit is alluring target but not an easy sell

Toshiba Corp., seeking to make up for a huge write-down in its nuclear-equipment unit, finally took the drastic step of putting its crown jewel — its chip business — up for sale. Finding a buyer might prove to be even more difficult.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2017

Time to repair Tokyo-Seoul ties

Tokyo and Seoul can't afford to let bilateral ties languish given the regional threat posed by North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2017

U.S. media has long wallowed in 'alternative facts'

The U.S. watchdogs of democracy have long been mostly lapdogs, gently licking the blood-soaked hands of those who fed them — America's political and corporate elites.

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