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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2017

International law is under siege in the South China Sea

China is the latest to flout international law, but the United States and Russia paved the way.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 28, 2017

Big in Japan? Artists from abroad may find it more difficult to draw a crowd

There are now just three major record labels left on the planet: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2017

Vague U.S. policies may speed China's buildup

Without clarity on how it intends to prevent China's militarization in the South China Sea, the Trump administration may give Beijing an excuse to do it even faster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2017

Trump and anti-Russia frenzy

Donald Trump is a creature of instinct, and sometimes instinct can be closer to the truth than the dogmas of our allegedly better educated elites.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2017

Political realignment in the era of Trump

With the inauguration of new U.S. President Donald Trump, democratic politics are being confronted with changes of the magnitude that could happen only once in a century.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 24, 2017

Trump's election is bad news for human rights in China

If Donald Trump doesn't care about human rights, why should Beijing?
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 23, 2017

Aoyama Gakuin rules the Hakone ekiden again

Aoyama Gakuin University won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for the third straight year on Jan. 3 after completing the two-day race with a lead of more than seven minutes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 23, 2017

Aichi nursing school teaches students how to feign senility to improve care for dementia patients

The School of Nursing and Health at Aichi Prefectural University has developed a course that trains students how to act like people with dementia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / GAUGING TRUMP
Jan 22, 2017

Tokyo all smiles as it takes stock of Trump's nascent team with a wary eye

After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President-elect Donald Trump following his November election win, Tokyo cautiously assesses the new U.S. leader's policies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2017

How space could trigger an economic crisis

The World Economic Forum's annual assessment of global risks, published this month, rates extreme weather events as the most likely risk to the world.
Reader Mail
Jan 20, 2017

Osprey training belies treaty provisions

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada confirmed in a rubber-stamping fashion that Ospreys' midair refueling drills in Okinawa would be resumed, even though the cause of the Dec. 13 crash had not yet been fully investigated and detailed to the public.
Reader Mail
Jan 20, 2017

The beauty of country living

Regarding the story "Country life holds growing appeal for young people" in the Jan. 4 edition, the author has described an extraordinary community. It's an incredible story, especially that of a Tokyo University graduate who bravely took the less-trodden path by giving up an offer of an advertising...
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2017

Abe to pursue contentious law against criminal conspiracies from outset of Diet session

As this year's ordinary Diet session kicks off Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make waves yet again. His newest goal is to make conspiracies to commit crimes a punishable offense.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 18, 2017

The long goodbye: making sense of Brexit from Japan

What Brexit will mean in practice remains a mystery. Also unknown is what effect — if any — Britain's divorce from the EU will have on 'Brexpats' in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017

Keep human rights a part of U.S.' Asia policy

Human rights must not fall through the cracks among America's efforts in Asia under the Trump regime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2017

Xi, unlikely champion for business elites, takes Davos spotlight

When Xi Jinping addresses business elites at Davos, the Chinese president will find himself an unlikely champion of the trade-based global order Donald Trump has derided. His new role could prove to be one of his biggest tests.
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

UNESCO World Heritage sites in Japan

Japan had its first World Heritage sites registered in 1993 when UNESCO registered Buddhist monuments in the Horyuji Temple area, Himeji Castle, Yakushima Island and the Shirakami-Sanchi beech tree forest.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 16, 2017

'Your Name.' becomes China's No. 1 Japanese film

The Japanese anime film “Your Name.” is now the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time in China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 16, 2017

Renovated Toyota museum puts visitors in driver's seat of automotive history

The Toyota Automobile Museum in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, has fully renovated the permanent exhibition in its main hall for the first time since it opened in 1989.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jan 15, 2017

Fukushima to play direct role in pitching its produce in Tokyo-area supermarkets

To fight harmful rumors about Fukushima farm produce and to revive sales, the prefectural government plans to set up permanent sales spaces for susceptible products in major supermarkets in the Tokyo metropolitan area this summer.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2017

U.S. report reveals cover-up of Osprey mishap in 2014

Details in a report recently obtained via the U.S. Freedom of Information Act suggest the U.S. Marine Corps misled the public about an incident involving an Osprey aircraft in 2014.
Reader Mail
Jan 13, 2017

'Sharing economy' has many pitfalls

The article "Despite barriers, 'sharing economy' picks up speed" in the Dec. 28 edition lacked balance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / OKINAWA BEAT
Jan 13, 2017

Okinawa prepares for new effort to block Henoko base by rallying local opposition

Okinawa Prefecture is scrambling to plot its next move in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling siding with the central government's effort to relocate the operations of a U.S. military base within the prefecture despite fierce local opposition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 10, 2017

From Iceland to Maldives, Chinese seek 'lung-cleansing' trips

Toxic haze that settled over much of China during the last three weeks has triggered a flight reflex among residents, leading to the rising popularity of smog avoidance travel packages to far-flung locations such as Iceland and Antarctica.
LIFE / Language
Jan 9, 2017

Feel young again with the 'yokozuna' products of last year

Back in 1971, a newly launched newspaper covering retailing and distribution, named the 日経流通新聞 (Nikkei Ryūtsū Shimbun, subsequently named Nikkei Marketing Journal), was looking for a promotional idea. It came up with a real winner by mimicking a 相撲番付 (sumō banzuke, a stylized hierarchical...
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jan 9, 2017

Amazon testing cashier-free retail store

Amazon on Dec. 5 unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers. In the concept store in Seattle, customers start by scanning an app on their smartphones when entering the store, and then they can fill their shopping carts and walk out —- with the costs tallied up and billed on their accounts with the U.S. online giant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 9, 2017

Gifu college to restore Nagoya's treasured 1935 Benz fire engine

Nagoya has contracted Nakanihon Automotive College in Sakahogi, Gifu Prefecture, to repair a Mercedes-Benz firetruck from 1935 in its possession.

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