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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 10, 2018

'Love Disease': Online dating can be a brutal game

True crime cinema has always been an easy sell in Japan, with some titles becoming instant classics. Shohei Imamura's "Vengeance is Mine" ("Fukushu Suru wa Ware ni Ari," 1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of that genre. Based on a real-life serial killer case from the 1960s, it combined flashy murder...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2018

Can the 'Indo-Pacific' compete with China?

It seems like everyone in the Pacific and Indian Ocean area has decided to treat the region as a unified strategic theater.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018

Coming of age: 1 in 8 new adults in Tokyo are not Japanese, ward figures show

The foreign community is younger overall than the native population across the 23 wards, figures show.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018

Kansai Electric denies it plans to ship nuclear waste from Fukui plants to Aomori site

Kansai Electric Power Co. has denied reports earlier this week that it was planning to ship nuclear waste from its Fukui Prefecture plants to the town of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, after the idea was opposed by Mutsu Mayor Soichiro Miyashita.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2018

In search of progress in 2018

As the new year begins, it's worth reflecting on the paradoxical and frustrating nature of progress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2018

Malaysia's opposition alliance names 92-year-old ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad as prime ministerial candidate

Malaysia's opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year-old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called by August.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2018

Elite Syrian forces, backed by Russian jets, break siege of base near Damascus

Syria's army has broken the siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, state television and a war monitor reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 7, 2018

Sunflowers see off early challenge to rout Iris in All-Japan Championship final

Star center Maki Takada kept hitting jumpers and the Denso Iris were giving the undisputed best women's team in Japan a challenge early in their contest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 7, 2018

Abenomics should follow Masayoshi Son's lead

Could SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son re-energize the Abe administration's structural reform effort?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 6, 2018

SeaHorses overpower Brave Thunders, await showdown with Jets in Emperor's Cup final

The SeaHorses Mikawa took advantage of their depth and ferocious inside power to return to the Emperor's Cup final for the first time in two years.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 5, 2018

Struggling 89ers fire Toshihiro Goto, hand coaching reins to Daisuke Takaoka

Toshihiro Goto lasted less than one season in charge of the Sendai 89ers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2018

Japan's banks secure access to police agency database to help screen for yakuza and other 'anti-social forces'

Starting Thursday, Japanese Bankers Association members will be able to screen individual loan seekers using the National Police Agency's database of organized crime members.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 4, 2018

Ryan Rossiter's stellar play keeping Tochigi respectable

Ryan Rossiter is having a spectacular season for the Tochigi Brex.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2018

Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani has more to lose than the clerics in nationwide protests

Iranian authorities are concerned that nationwide unrest will undermine the clerical establishment and want to stamp out the protests quickly, senior government officials say. But the person with the most to lose is President Hassan Rouhani.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 3, 2018

Clad in light gray, North Korea's Kim goes for softer image in New Year address

The light-gray suit and matching tie that North Korea's Kim Jong Un donned for his New Year's address was likely carefully calculated to project a softer, more relaxed image to go with his surprise offer for talks with Seoul.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 3, 2018

'We're off to the races once again' as Wall St. begins 2018 with tech-driven gains

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday in the first session of the new year, pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record closing highs, as investors were optimistic that 2018 will bring more gains for the market.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2018

Scrutiny needed on expanding defense spending

Measures must be taken to cope with the changing security environment, but tight fiscal conditions mean defense spending must still be prioritized.
JAPAN / FINDING COMMON GROUND
Dec 31, 2017

Japan's need for foreign labor to get dire as 2050 nears

As the nation struggles with a shortage of workers and an aging population, experts expect Japan to develop a severe labor shortage around mid-century.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Satoyama Consortium Special
Dec 31, 2017

Satoyama offers a chance to narrow economic gaps

Satoyama is an ecological term that comes from Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 29, 2017

Oton Glass CEO looks to help those with reading disabilities and ease their lives

What would you do if you suddenly lost your ability to read, and the text you're reading now became an incomprehensible jumble of letters?
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2017

Abusers caught targeting disabled fell slightly in 2016 as mistreatment cases soared at care facilities

About 2,520 people were cited for abusing disabled people in fiscal 2016, but mistreatment at care facilities soared to a record of 401 cases, the government says.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 29, 2017

Gap between big and small clubs a real issue

You could imagine the Sky Sports executives' expressions as they heard soccer pundit Jamie Carragher at halftime during Manchester City's 1-0 win at Newcastle on Wednesday.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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