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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2016

Japan's CEOs: underpaid and underwhelming

Atsushi Saito says Japanese corporate heads are underpaid and shun bold decisions for fear of missing out on cushy adviser roles after they retire.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2016

Stephen Bosworth, former U.S. envoy to North Korea, dies at 76

Stephen Bosworth, a veteran U.S. diplomat who for many years headed Washington's engagement with North Korea, has died. He was 76.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2016

U.S. cops are too crazy to be trusted with guns

Cop lives shouldn't matter more than civilian lives, and cops shouldn't enjoy the benefit of the doubt more than ordinary citizens.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2016

Shadow of Saddam looms large in Iraq

Saddam Hussein's legacy will continue to haunt Iraq as long as Sunni grievances are unresolved.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2016

Russia's isolationism is official

Russia's latest National Security Strategy provides valuable material for the study of the angst, paranoia and befuddlement now gripping the Kremlin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 5, 2016

The difficulty of being Frank Gehry

The exhibition "Frank Gehry: I Have an Idea," currently at 21_21 Design Sight and curated by fellow architect Tsuyoshi Tane, crams in a lot, but it's not exactly a linear retrospective. Rather, it's an upward look at a man on a tightrope — a man who must balance form and function; rein in creativity...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 5, 2016

On the funny side of the universe

John Wood and Paul Harrison's show "Some Things Are Hard to Explain" is proving to be a big hit at the NTT Intercommunication Center. The artists' wry, tongue-in-cheek videos, drawings and animations are intentionally gormless and genuinely thought-provoking at the same time.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2016

Suga rules out Taiwan talks, says Japan's 'comfort women' deal applies only to South Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicates the government does not intend to launch new negotiations on the 'comfort women' issue with other countries after sealing a deal with South Korea.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 5, 2016

Moses Malone should be remembered as all-time great

Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame center who died Sept. 13 of a heart attack, was a man of few words.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2016

Toyota joins Ford against Apple-Google car screen dominance

Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford Motor Co. in a bid to keep Apple Inc. and Google from dominating control of dashboards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2016

Detroit-Silicon Valley crossover: GM antes up $500 million to forge self-driving car partnership with Lyft

General Motors Inc. and Lyft Inc. on Monday set out plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars as the U.S. No. 1 automaker announced it would put $500 million into the ride-sharing service's latest $1 billion fundraising round.
TENNIS
Jan 4, 2016

Murray opens season with easy victory

World No. 2 Andy Murray was satisfied with the start to his season after romping past France's Kenny de Schepper 6-2, 6-2 at the Hopman Cup on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 4, 2016

2016: the year of looking beyond Japan's Abenomics

After three largely squandered years, Abe must finally get serious about the reforms he's been promising.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016

The Republican Party's policies are killing Middle East Christians

Republican support for promiscuous U.S. military intervention and Islamic dictators did much to bring down disaster upon Middle Eastern Christians.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2016

After winning at Japanese chess, this computer may help decide loans

Having defeated a human shogi (Japanese chess) expert, this computer program's next task is to figure out whether you can make the payments on a new mortgage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2016

Key Chinese drone-maker sees promise in newly regulated Japan market

The outlook for Japan's drone market is promising and a recently enacted law to regulate flights of unmanned aerial vehicles will result in a safer user environment, according to the Japan chief of China-based drone-maker DJI.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 3, 2016

Panasonic prevails in thriller to capture Rice Bowl crown

The Panasonic Impulse came out on top at the end of a thrilling contest to win the Rice Bowl national championship game for the first time in eight years with a 22-19 victory over collegiate champion Ritsumeikan University at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2016

Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who helped defend Clinton against impeachment, dead at 90

Dale Bumpers, the small-town lawyer who served Arkansas as governor and in the U.S. Senate and delivered a stirring speech during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial that helped save his presidency, died at home on Friday at the age of 90, his family said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2016

Skyscraper blaze in Persian Gulf raises questions about safety

A blaze that engulfed a Dubai skyscraper on New Year's Eve — the emirate's third high-rise fire in three years — has raised fresh questions about the safety of materials used on the exteriors of tall buildings across the wealthy region.
EDITORIALS
Jan 3, 2016

2016 opens on a hopeful note

The challenges facing Japan this year will require hard work, patience and creativity.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016

Modi's surprise Christmas Day visit to Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again shows his talent for the spectacular with an impromptu stopover in Pakistan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 3, 2016

Jamie xx: The archaeologist of U.K. rave culture

Sitting in his favorite East London cafe, Jamie Smith is nervous. Tonight, he will headline his biggest ever show as Jamie xx at Brixton Academy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016

In Zika, Brazilians face a modern-day plague

The Zika virus has infected at least half a million Brazilians since May.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 3, 2016

From a rare Florida tree, cuttings are taken to regrow forest of ancient giants

An experiment in regrowing forests of the world's oldest trees led environmentalists last week to climb a nine-story tall, 2,000-year-old cypress in central Florida known as Lady Liberty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 3, 2016

Options available to mitigate dangers of living alone with dementia

At first glance, it's hard to tell what's wrong with Keiko Sawada. As casual exchanges continue, however, it becomes increasingly clear the former bar hostess has serious memory problems.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

Podcast

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

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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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