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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 2, 2019

Titus the dog is a titan when it comes to personality

Two-year-old Titus is relatively new to ARK. He came to the shelter in February after his owner was hospitalized and then had to give him up.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2019

Japan must exit coal

The government should shake itself free from lobby groups and establish the nation as a world leader in the shift toward renewables
WORLD / Society
Jun 2, 2019

Mexico City to decriminalize sex work and aim to cut trafficking

Mexico City lawmakers have given the green light to decriminalize sex work in the capital, hoping it will be a first step to a crackdown on sex trafficking that traps thousands of Mexican women and children.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Jun 1, 2019

Homebrewing in Japan: Craft beer's creative foundation

Craft beer in Japan is experiencing a second renaissance. However, many of Japan's breweries are still trying to catch up to the innovation and skill level of their overseas counterparts. Could legalizing homebrewing help boost creativity?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 1, 2019

Cibi: A 'little' store bridging the Japan-Australia gap in a big way

From coffee and pastries to discerningly curated Japanese-designed products, Cibi bridges a gap between Australia and Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 1, 2019

Is disgust with the status quo now feeding nostalgia for the past?

Bulgarian scholar Ivan Krastev, in an interview with the Asahi Shimbun published in March, compared the restless discontent of the 1960s with that of today. Fifty years ago, he said, disgust with the status quo fed hope for the future. Today it feeds nostalgia for the past.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2019

Keep the price of new drugs sane

The cost of new and expensive pharmaceuticals need to be reigned in to keep the national health care system solvent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jun 1, 2019

Tariffs test limit of emergency powers

Analysis
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2019

Trump says Boris Johnson would do 'very good job' as U.K. leader ahead of state visit

U.S. President Donald Trump, days before his state visit to the U.K., again weighed in on British politics, saying Boris Johnson "would do a very good job" as prime minister. He also referred to Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, as "nasty."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2019

Elderly man involved in fatal Ikebukuro accident to have driver's license revoked

The Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission will revoke the driver's license of an 87-year-old man whose car hit and killed a 31-year-old woman and her 3-year-old daughter in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district in April.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out bloody purge after collapse of Trump summit, report says

North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for the failed Hanoi summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
EDITORIALS
May 31, 2019

China threatens to play the rare earths card

Beijing should realize that playing the rare earths card in its trade dispute with the U.S. will harm China far more than it helps.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2019

Only time and patience can resolve Brexit

Some great issues in human affairs can never be neatly and swiftly tied up and solved. Brexit is one of them.
Reader Mail
May 31, 2019

Keep preschool kids away from busy streets

Regarding the Big in Japan column titled "Fatal traffic mishaps put drivers in the media spotlight" (May 26), I am losing count of the number of traffic accidents in recent years where the vehicle involved has ridden up onto the sidewalk, injuring and even killing pedestrians.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 31, 2019

Rock gardens, ryokan and rafting in Tokyo's Mitake

From the historic Kajikaen to kimono dyeing studios and the Gyokudo Art Museum, numerous institutions of traditional art and culture line the banks of the Tama River as it runs through Mitake.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 30, 2019

Former New Zealand national team coach Nenad Vucinic hired to lead Kumamoto Volters

Well-traveled coach Nenad Vucinic served an assistant for the New Zealand men's national team during the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2019

Pentagon seeks funds to boost U.S. rare-earth production as fears over China supply mount

The U.S. Defense Department is seeking new federal funds to bolster domestic production of rare earth minerals and reduce dependence on China, the Pentagon has said, amid mounting concern in Washington about Beijing's role as a supplier.
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2019

'Give birth to at least three kids': Japan ex-minister under fire for linking single women to low birthrate

The comments have placed Yoshitaka Sakurada back into the spotlight after he was effectively forced out of his post as the Olympics minister last month.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2019

Swiss court blocks Italy's bid for possible da Vinci portrait

Switzerland's highest court has rejected Italy's request for the return of an oil painting attributed by some to Leonardo Da Vinci, ruling no Swiss laws were broken when the work was brought over the border.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

Podcast

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

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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