Search - world

 
Menu
Search
 
August 27, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
118,665 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2016

Building stronger ties with Iran

Japan should consider more proactive steps to beef up its relations with Tehran, by building on the bilateral investment treaty signed in February to boost economic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Renho, front-runner to lead top opposition party, says Abenomics has stalled

The clear favorite to become the first female leader of Japan's biggest opposition party believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature Abenomics policy has stalled and a change of gear is needed to favor people over corporations.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2016

Icho leads Japan's wrestling sweep with historic fourth straight gold

Grappler Kaori Icho wins a historic fourth consecutive gold medal as Team Japan gets away with a clean sweep of the wrestling mat at the Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Campaign said in 'hospice phase' as Trump taps firebrand to put him back on brash tack

Donald Trump's surprise move to hand the reins of his campaign to a right-wing firebrand was seen Wednesday as a formalized revival of his bare-knuckled, anti-establishment strategy and a rebuke to prominent Republican strategists who doubt its power to win the White House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2016

Indonesian sailor says pirates were about to behead him when he swam out to sea in flight

An Indonesian tugboat crewman escaped from his Islamist militant captors in the Philippines on Wednesday by swimming out to sea after the militants threatened to cut his head off, a Philippine army spokesman said.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2016

China faults North Korean airline over maintenance, training

China will limit the operations of North Korean carrier Air Koryo after one of its aircraft made an emergency landing in a northeastern Chinese city last month, and has told the airline to improve training and maintenance.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2016

'Obama Doctrine' is ravaging the Middle East

Barack Obama ran for president as a peaceful alternative to the warmonger George W. Bush but has continued with unending warfare.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2016

Sex trade a shaky safety net for Japan's working-poor women

For the past six years, 47-year-old single mother Kasumi Endo has lived a double life.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2016

Russian raids from inside Iran reflect bolstered ties in Syria conflict

Russian warplanes flew their first-ever bombing mission from an air base inside Iran on Tuesday, expanding the Kremlin's geopolitical reach and revealing new steel in its ties with Tehran.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2016

'Yell For the Blue Sky': High school drama never really changes

The seishun eiga or "youth film" is one Japanese genre that doesn't travel well abroad. With only a few exceptions, these films assume a familiarity with the insular world of the Japanese high school (or, once in a while, junior high school) that outlanders are unlikely to possess. They also follow certain...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2016

'The Trust': Cage makes a creepy comeback

These days, two things practically never happen with a movie starring Nicolas Cage: 1) we see his real hairline; 2) it's actually a good film. Online movie gossip claims Cage is knee-deep in financial trouble, which is why he's been working like a slave, apparently on anything, for the past decade or...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2016

Honda hoping for 20% industrywide sales jump on Indonesian tax amnesty

Indonesia's tax amnesty could boost industrywide car sales by a fifth as people spend their newly declared wealth on big-ticket items, according to the local unit of Honda Motor Co.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2016

Salvador Dali: a life less ordinary

The early literary surrealists of the mid-1920s were skeptical of any visual possibility. Their aim — to fuse art with life, reality and dreams — was to be realized through the immediacy of writing. Painting, by contrast, was a laborious, indirect expression mediated by style and technique. Andre...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2016

'Thomas Ruff'

Aug. 30-Nov. 13
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016

China satellite to test ‘unhackable’ data links

A Chinese satellite launched Tuesday will test the viability of data links that cannot be eavesdropped on, potentially leading to a revolution in defense communications.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2016

Putin's very good summer

It is not clear if Vladimir Putin understands the limits of Russia's power or Western patience. A miscalculation of either could prove disastrous.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016

Russia fans the flames in Ukraine once again

Vladimir Putin is sending signals that he's getting restless with the current peace deal in Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2016

SEALDs leaves door open for future activities

A day after the breakup of SEALDs, Japan's iconic pro-democracy students' group, members left the door open Tuesday for similar initiatives in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2016

Japan well placed to lead in artificial intelligence, expert says

Japan lags Silicon Valley in conventional internet services but could become a global leader in the deep-learning technology of artificial intelligence, a leading AI expert has said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2016

IMF's radical wage plan for Japan turns Nixon policy on its head

In a sign of how worried it is about Japan's economy, the International Monetary Fund is urging the country to resurrect a radical strategy once employed by former U.S. presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter — only in reverse.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2016

Republican Asia experts say Trump presidency would be 'ruinous'

U.S. Asia experts who served in past Republican administrations said on Monday they would back Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, as a Donald Trump presidency would lead to "ruinous marginalization" for the United States in the region.
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
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.
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.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
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.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Ishii Iron Works remakes self for workers, new energy
Ishii Iron Works remakes self for workers, new energy

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER