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JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2018

Lawmakers weigh compensation for victims of forced sterilization under Japan's defunct eugenics law

The long-delayed step heralds a move toward redressing victims of the 1948 law, which wasn't scrapped until 1996.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

As holders of cryptocurrencies win and lose on trades, exchanges rake in billions in fees

Digital-asset exchanges are emerging as one of the biggest winners of the cryptocurrency boom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 6, 2018

Aisling Walsh paints a cinematic ode to an artist in 'Maudie'

Filmmaker Aisling Walsh is not a native Canadian — she's a Dubliner who has pursued most of her career in England. But Walsh fell in love with Nova Scotia after learning about Maud Lewis (1903-70), the beloved folk artist who spent her life in and around the province's southern town of Digby.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2018

Trump fires first shots in trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump should know there are no good trade wars and there are no winners.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018

What Trump's trade guru doesn't get about economics

Promoting U.S. trade hawk Peter Navarro to the office of assistant to the president would not be good for growth.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Mar 5, 2018

Environment Ministry revises pet disaster aid policy

The government has released new guidelines on the issue of what to do with pets during a disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 5, 2018

Chubu Electric tests mobile payment app as prelude to blockchain-based energy marketplace

Chubu Electric Power Co. has developed a mobile payment app for virtual currencies, and has started testing it in-house with employees using it to purchase coffee.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 5, 2018

Weakened Merkel tasked with performing delicate balancing act to keep coalition intact

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have bought Chancellor Angela Merkel time with their vote to join her conservatives in another coalition, but she risks losing her long grip on power if she fails to balance the awkward allies' conflicting demands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2018

Four die and 20 hurt in building collapse after explosion in Poland

Four people died and about 20 were injured in an apartment building collapse in Poznan, western Poland, most likely to have been caused by a gas explosion, state-run news agency PAP said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 4, 2018

Innovative sustainability new front line

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JAPAN / Media
Mar 4, 2018

Automation comes to news-gathering in Japan

The news business in Japan has long been notoriously labor-intensive. Reporters assigned to the crime and disaster beats have largely relied on briefings from police officers or firefighters for their initial reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018

Anniversaries loom for gum producer Lotte and the Yoshiwara red-light district

In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the war and, under the name Takeo Shigemitsu, founded Lotte Co. in 1948. The brand's name was inspired by Charlotte, the heroine of Johann Wolfgang von...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 3, 2018

Sowing the seeds of a great Tanizaki biography

Into the world of the familial memoir steps this slim, but fascinating volume titled, 'Remembering Tanizaki Junichiro and Matsuko: Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989.'
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2018

Immigrant labor contradictions

Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2018

Trump sours NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching negotiators into a political maelstrom and heightening fears for the trade deal's future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2018

Snow storms shut Ireland; Britain calls in army for hospitals

Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018

From Fukuoka to Miyazaki, Kyushu offers year-round surf

With 12,000 kilometers of coastline, Japan's island of Kyushu offers some fantastic opportunities for surfing, as Oscar Boyd discovers in this Point Break-inspired journey around southwest Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2018

Is the Quad the new Trump card?

A secure and stable Asia needs to have a good counterbalance to China, which is just what the Quad could deliver.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2018

Japan ties with Singapore to top passport power ranking

Japanese and Singaporean passport holders have the greatest travel freedom worldwide, with visa-free access to a record 180 countries, according to a survey by the law firm Henley & Partners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2018

Demand skyrockets for sweets, masks and sports goods popularized by Japan's Olympic athletes

Products related to Japanese medalists at the Pyeongchang Olympics are seeing an explosion in popularity after Japan won 13 medals — its best-ever performance at the Winter Games.
Reader Mail
Mar 2, 2018

LDP electoral plan reasonable

The editorial "LDP's proposed electoral system amendment" in the Feb. 22 edition was critical of a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing each prefecture at least one representative in the Upper House. The proposal isn't perfect, but neither are objections in the editorial.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2018

North Korea denies cooperating to help Syria produce chemical weapons

North Korea denied reports it had cooperated with Syria on chemical weapons, dismissing them as a fabrication by the United States to pressure the country, state media reported late Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2018

GOP lawmakers say Russians used social media to stir divisions on U.S. energy policy

Russian operatives attempting to discourage U.S. energy production posted thousands of messages on social media supporting environmental activists in their campaign to limit oil and gas projects, a report by Republican lawmakers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 1, 2018

Twitter rides video ads and local innovations to surge in Japan profit

Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter Inc.'s revenue has leaped in Japan, helping lead the company to its first quarterly profit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 1, 2018

Tuck into spring feast with vibrant bento, cocktails

An exclusive Sakura Afternoon Tea Set (¥5,000) will grace Peter's menu this spring. The Peninsula Tokyo's grill restaurant is packing colorful bento with the choicest flavors of the season, such as trout salad, fresh asparagus and prosciutto, crab cakes and mini Peter burgers, rounded out with a lemon...

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