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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018

The surfing life is no breeze for Olympic hopefuls in Chiba Prefecture

Sixty years since its introduction to the country, Japan will host the world's first Olympic surfing competion. But where did Japan's surf scene begin?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 26, 2018

Trailblazing Nagoya restaurant that accepts XEM cryptocurrency moves to Tokyo

A popular restaurant that accepted NEM, a virtual currency, has relocated to Tokyo from Nagoya, where it operated until last October.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 26, 2018

South Korean newspapers praise speedskaters Nao Kodaira and Lee Sang-hwa

Nao Kodaira beat South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa to win the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics women's 500 meter speedskating event.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 25, 2018

Lessons on life, love and compassionate leave from a silly old bunny

Having just suffered a string of painful losses, this month I will explore compassionate leave (kibiki kyu016bka), the days you take off in Japan after the death of a close family member.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 24, 2018

Japan bobsled makers miss out on Olympic games glory

On Feb. 17, the BBC reported that the Jamaican women's bobsled team would compete in its “preferred sled” at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea “after a beer producer purchased the craft and donated it” to the team. The main concern had been the departure of the team’s German coach,...
Reader Mail
Feb 23, 2018

U.S. should use Japan as model for gun control

The article "Florida school shooter kills 17" in the Feb. 16 edition makes me feel so sad that I can't help crying. Every time some dangerous person kills innocent people indiscriminately with a gun in America, my heart breaks and I think that the U.S. is a terrible country and that the American government,...
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2018

Scenarios abound for Japan getting dragged into a U.S.-China conflict: expert

Could a few tiny islets in the East China Sea help light the fire that sparks a wider conflagration in East Asia? What about preventive strikes on North Korean nuclear and missile sites? A collision near one of Beijing's man-made islands in the South China Sea?
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 21, 2018

The false promise of missile defense

Excessive spending on missile defense could be detrimental to other defense programs, leading to a weakening of the nation's overall defense capabilities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 21, 2018

What Trump's tax reforms mean for Americans in Japan

Changes under the U.S. Republican administration are likely to affect the bottom line for individuals and companies here alike.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 21, 2018

'Herbivore' investor Haruhiro Nakano takes on lions of Japanese finance

In a tiny, windowless meeting room high above the streets of Tokyo, Haruhiro Nakano starts to cry. The rail-thin, 54-year-old fund manager, who looks like a faded former J-pop star, has just shared his investing pitch, which sounds so deceptively simple you may not appreciate just how radical it is:...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 19, 2018

Why Japan's national land preservation policy is useless

The government has a low degree of consciousness with regard to the preservation of national land.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 19, 2018

Tobishima is the next tourism hot spot — it just doesn't know why yet

Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture — a village without a single hotel, ryokan (Japanese-style inn) or souvenir shop — will establish a tourism exchange association in April, in the hope of encouraging local residents to rediscover the area's appeals and become involved in boosting tourism.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 19, 2018

Daichi Hara wins first medal for Japan in men's moguls

On the fourth day of the Pyeongchang Olympics, Daichi Hara took third place in the men's moguls, bringing the first medal for team Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2018

China's Hui Muslims fear Lunar New Year education ban a sign of further restrictions to come

For some in China's ethnic Hui Muslim minority here, a recent ban on young people engaging in religious education in mosques is an unwelcome interference in how they lead their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Feb 18, 2018

Fukushima fruit exports to Southeast Asia peachy as contamination fears dissipate

Among peaches Japan exported to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia last year, those produced in Fukushima Prefecture led the way, retaining their No. 1 status for two years in a row.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 17, 2018

The face of immigration is rapidly changing in Japan

Over the past half decade, major changes have taken place in the demographics of foreign residents in Japan. Weekly Playboy's Dec. 18 issue devoted a four-page article to "Research into Vietnamese." Why Vietnamese? And why now?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2018

Moon's chief of staff takes center stage in inter-Korean detente

In 1989, a 22-year-old South Korean student caused an uproar when she sneaked into North Korea and was filmed advocating for unification and meeting leader Kim Il Sung.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2018

ICC eyed to condemn North's '59-'84 repatriation program

Eiko Kawasaki, an ethnic Korean woman who spent 43 years in North Korea, announced a plan Friday to file a petition with the International Criminal Court to declare Pyongyang's postwar repatriation program a crime against humanity.
Reader Mail
Feb 15, 2018

Gene editing has great potential but also fraught with peril

The extraordinary capabilities of gene therapy technology are well presented in the article "Second man has gene editing in California as therapy raises no safety flags so far on first one" in the Feb. 8 edition.
Reader Mail
Feb 15, 2018

In Japan, drive as fast as you want

Japan has made a new law. Increased speed limits now say we can all drive up to 200 km per hour on any street. Furthermore, if you can afford to buy a Ferrari, there is no speed limit, you can drive as fast as you want, and its legal.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Feb 15, 2018

Pyeongchang's pop takes home gold

Politics hovered over the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The pageantry came against a backdrop of geopolitical intrigue, featuring the presence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Yo Jong, who was on hand to watch a unified Korean team march into the Olympic...
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2018

LDP factions abuzz ahead of party race

The LDP factions and their leaders should make their policy positions clear as they prepare for the party's presidential race.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 12, 2018

Celebrating Coming-of-Age Day a month late in Yokohama

Harenohi of Yokohama suddenly halted all operations last month, leaving many new adults unable to wear formal attire for their Coming-of-Age ceremonies. An event was held on Feb. 4 in Yokohama to bless those who were affected.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 12, 2018

Japan's staff-heavy banks downsize and turn to technology for survival

These are tough times for banks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 12, 2018

Mie and Gifu take delivery of Mobile Pharmacy vehicles to improve medical provision in the wake of natural disasters

Demonstrations were held last week allowing residents in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, to explore new mobile pharmacy vans delivered to the prefecture at the end of 2017.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Feb 11, 2018

With his U.S. scholarships for Japanese students, tycoon Tadashi Yanai could do better

Tycoon's fund is accused of giving help to those who don't need it when it could instead be altering more destinies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Feb 9, 2018

Okinawa tourist numbers top those of Hawaii for first time

While Hawaii has long been one of the most popular go-to destinations for tourists from Japan, Okinawa has finally caught up to outshine the rival resort island chain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018

Gravediggers say Myanmar forces and Buddhist villagers executed Rohingya after torching their homes

Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterward, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the gravediggers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Feb 8, 2018

Korean hibakusha in Hiroshima recalls dual discrimination he secretly endured

For much of his life, Lee Jong Keun felt he had to hide two aspects of his identity: his status as a second-generation Korean in Japan and his history as an A-bomb survivor.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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