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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 4, 2018

Don't renegotiate 'comfort women' deal

Renegotiation efforts, no matter how well-intentioned, would undermine the agreement of 2015, with no guarantee of success and much risk of failure.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2018

In test, virus injected directly into bloodstream reaches tumors deep inside cancer patients' brains

A trial of a potential new brain cancer treatment has shown that a virus injected directly into the bloodstream can reach tumors deep inside the brain and switch on the body's own defense system to attack them.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 3, 2018

In 2017, Japan woke up to the issue of discrimination

The year saw a landmark human rights survey and action on hate speech and pensions — but conditions remain dire for foreign 'trainees' and other workers alike.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 3, 2018

Clad in light gray, North Korea's Kim goes for softer image in New Year address

The light-gray suit and matching tie that North Korea's Kim Jong Un donned for his New Year's address was likely carefully calculated to project a softer, more relaxed image to go with his surprise offer for talks with Seoul.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2018

Traffickers jailed for enslaving Vietnamese women in U.K. nail salons

Members of a gang who forced Vietnamese girls and women into slavery in nail bars (nail salons) in Britain have been jailed for a total of nine years in what police believe is the first case of its kind.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 2, 2018

Looking at Hanyu's chances of retaining gold in Pyeongchang

It is the $64 million question.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2018

Scrutiny needed on expanding defense spending

Measures must be taken to cope with the changing security environment, but tight fiscal conditions mean defense spending must still be prioritized.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 2, 2018

The zero hour of Kobe's avant-garde

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art's present draw card is the Saint Petersburg collection, "Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum." But on a lower level, at the far end of a long corridor gallery, are photos and grainy videos — the small-scale documentation of one of Japan's little-known postwar...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2018

The verdict is clear: Putin won

Vladimir Putin has done grave harm to the U.S., the legitimacy of the democratic process and U.S. decision-making.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 2, 2018

Can agriculture stem its effects on climate in 2018?

After Rene Castro-Salazar attended the first U.N.-led climate talks in Berlin in 1985 as Costa Rica's environment and energy minister, he tried to talk about agriculture and climate change — but few wanted to join the conversation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2018

Fiery Costa Rica plane crash claims 12, including 10 Americans

A plane crash in Costa Rica on Sunday killed 10 U.S. citizens and two local pilots, the Costa Rican government said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 1, 2018

Libya accord praised as migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017

Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fell by a third in 2017 compared to a year earlier, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, as Libyan authorities helped to slow departures during the second half of the year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 1, 2018

Amid tight security, hundreds of couples ring in new year at mass Jakarta wedding

Hundreds of Indonesian couples celebrated New Year's Eve on Sunday night by tying the knot in a mass wedding in Jakarta.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IN PICTURES
Jan 1, 2018

The annual rites of passage into the new year

On Sunday, people across Japan marked the passing of 2017 and the arrival of the new year at temples and shrines, both big and small.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2018

2018 seen as make-or-break year for Abe's constitutional revision quest

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces what is perhaps the biggest dilemma of his political career: whether to call the nation's first-ever referendum on revising the postwar Constitution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Satoyama Consortium Special
Dec 31, 2017

Cooperation is key to success

It has been 10 years since I quit my job at an electric power company and started Jam's Garden on Suō-Ōshima, an island in Yamaguchi Prefecture, at the age of 35.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ESG Consortium Special
Dec 31, 2017

ESG investing for innovation

I imagine most people know about the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals and, possibly, ESG investment. From working as a strategic advisor on corporate sustainability in Japan since the mid-1990s, I feel these two concepts represent major drivers of innovation for businesses across the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Dec 30, 2017

Bustling Haneda shines as a New Year's traveler hub

Every New Year's, the nation's airports are jammed with travelers heading to their hometowns or overseas to spend the holidays — and Tokyo's Haneda is the busiest one.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NATURE'S PANTRY
Dec 30, 2017

Remembering a stalwart of the mayonnaise world

Masashi Matsuda, who died in September, became a folk hero and media darling for his fight to maintain the integrity of his product.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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