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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2015

Ocean output rivals big nations' GDP, but resources eroding

Economic output by the world's oceans is worth $2.5 trillion a year, rivaling nations such as Britain or Brazil, but marine wealth is sinking fast because of overfishing, pollution and climate change, a study said on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 23, 2015

People magazine names Sandra Bullock 2015 most beautiful woman

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock was named the world's most beautiful woman in 2015 by People magazine on Wednesday and laughed when she heard about the honor.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2015

South Korean ambassador says three terms crucial to Abe's WWII statement

South Korea's ambassador to Japan said Wednesday his country is closely watching whether the upcoming statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark 70 years since the end of World War II contains key terms such as "remorse" and "colonial rule."
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Apr 22, 2015

Culture, cost and proximity draw Chinese students to Japan

Who are the Chinese students studying in Japan? How do they get into Japanese universities, why do they come, and where do they hope to go after they graduate?
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2015

N.Y. judge to consider claims that chimpanzees are 'legal persons'

An animal rights group has been granted a court hearing in which it will argue that two chimpanzees who live at a New York state university cannot be held captive because they are autonomous, intelligent creatures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2015

North Korea's solar panel boom brings power to the people

In a country notorious for a lack of electricity, many North Koreans are taking power into their hands by installing cheap household solar panels to charge mobile phones and light up their homes.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2015

Drone with radiation symbol found on roof of prime minister's office

A drone about 50 cm wide equipped with what appeared to be a small camera, a smoke flare and emblazoned with a radiation symbol was found on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office on Wednesday morning, officials and media reports said.
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BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2015

Obama, Abe poised to trumpet TPP deal next week, Japan's ambassador says

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be able to declare next week that the U.S. and Japan have all but completed their part of negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 21, 2015

Decline of NCAA men's hoops result of poor fundamentals

"Speaking as a fan, I think (men's college basketball) is a joke."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2015

JPMorgan's Japan head of equity research resigns

Jesper Koll is leaving JPMorgan Chase & Co. after running the firm's equity-research team in Tokyo for more than five years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2015

A lone voice, Morgan Stanley says BOJ is winning and will taper stimulus in 2016

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has at least one strategist that shares the optimism he is showing in the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015

'Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty'

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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2015

Abe breaking arms taboo with Japan's first defense trade show

Japan will host its first international defense trade show next month as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe elbows the pacifist Constitution aside to tap the lucrative arms industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2015

Sony unveils flagship Xperia Z4 smartphone in Japan

Sony Corp. unveiled the latest version of its flagship smartphone on Monday, with the product set to debut in Japan this summer.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 20, 2015

'Sacred' but aging Tokyo sports district faces major redevelopment

Jingu Gaien, a historic sports venue in Tokyo, will undergo a major transformation in about a decade, in a move driven by the city's plan to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2015

Nissan bets connected car will resonate with young Chinese

Nissan Motor Co. introduced a sedan developed for younger consumers in China as part of plans to lower the average age of its buyers in the world's largest car market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 20, 2015

Traditional dried daikon bound for Milan expo

Kanboshi daikon, radish preserved using a traditional freeze-dried technique from the town of Kamioka in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, will be showcased in Expo Milano 2015, the next Universal Exhibition to be held in Milan, Italy, from May 1 to Oct. 31.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2015

Iran nuclear weapons a U.S. 'myth': Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the "myth" of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Apr 19, 2015

Caregiver trainee program coming up short, but options on table also daunting

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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 19, 2015

Historically, Japan is no stranger to blacks, nor to blackface

I am a black Japanese half. I was bullied because of my skin color in elementary school, so I have a strong complex about my skin color. If Japanese truly adored blacks, it wouldn't bother me. But do Momokuro really adore blacks? I think if you asked them if they wished they had been born black, they...
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2015

The Obama doctrine emerges

A resurgent Barack Obama is defying the conventional wisdom that holds the power and influence of the U.S. president begins to diminish almost from the date of his second inauguration.
LIFE
Apr 18, 2015

State of the reunion: Evaluating the Hague pact's success

As most parents know, there is nothing quite so life changing as having children. Imagine the pain a parent feels, then, if their children are taken from them. Now imagine the shock a parent feels if the person who abducted their children was their own spouse, a trusted partner who fled the country and...

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers