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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 28, 2017

'WannaCry' lesson for the Japan-U.S. alliance

The rapid and destructive spread of ransomware highlights the need for a coordinated international response by Japan and the U.S.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 27, 2017

The British tradition of afternoon tea is alive and evolving in Japan

Although afternoon tea is a British tradition, Japan, too, offers an opportunity to enjoy tea time with all the luxurious trimmings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 27, 2017

Under Abe, are we heading toward a beautiful Japan or an ugly future?

Where is the beauty in downplaying the 'comfort women' issue, muzzling the media, promoting patriotic education, rolling back transparency and restarting nuclear reactors?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2017

Burton Watson, noted translator, remembered

Burton Watson, the foremost translator of Chinese classics and poetry into English, chose to live much of his long life in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2017

Some key players behind Manchester bombing arrested, police say

British police have arrested a "large part of the network" behind this week's Manchester suicide bombing but more arrests are likely, the country's top counterterrorism officer said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2017

Why ex-Goldman trader shunned hedge funds for a Japan broker

As the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan rocked the Roppongi Hills skyscraper in central Tokyo, Makoto Yamada put on his helmet, dropped to his knees, and traded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2017

Renewable energy growth continues, powering jobs especially in Asia

The renewable energy industry employed 9.8 million people last year, up 1.1 percent from 2015, led by the solar photovoltaic business, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency's annual report on the industry.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2017

Trump's 'principled realism' is anything but

Last weekend Donald Trump made the stupidest U.S. foreign policy commitment since the decision 60 years ago to take France's place in fighting the 'communist menace' in Vietnam.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2017

SoftBank said to take $4 billion stake in U.S. chip-maker Nvidia

SoftBank Group has quietly amassed a $4 billion stake in Nvidia, making it the fourth-largest shareholder in the graphics chip-maker, according to people familiar with the situation.
WORLD
May 24, 2017

U.S. appeals court rules in favor of Wikipedia's right to challenge NSA surveillance

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a Wikipedia lawsuit that challenges a U.S. National Security Agency program of mass online surveillance, and claims that the government unconstitutionally invades people's privacy rights.
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 24, 2017

Breakfast at Nobu's: Chef Matsuhisa prepares his first London hotel

When Nobu Matsuhisa opened his first restaurant in London 20 years ago, there were very few places you could get a good meal in town, let alone a fancy breakfast.
EDITORIALS
May 23, 2017

Iran's Rouhani wins a second term

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is no Western-style liberal but he understands that Iran's best hope rests on reintegration into the region and the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2017

South Korean 'swordsman' leads prosecution against impeached ex-leader Park

A high-flying prosecutor, who was demoted under impeached former president Park Geun-hye, is overseeing the case against her as Park made her first appearance in court on Tuesday to face criminal charges over the corruption scandal that ousted her.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2017

U.S. starts 'extreme vetting' at Australia's offshore detention centers

U.S. Homeland Security officials have begun "extreme vetting" interviews at Australia's offshore detention centers, two sources at the camps said Tuesday, as Washington honors a refugee swap U.S. President Donald Trump had called "a dumb deal."
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2017

Newspapers thrive, in India

While print media struggles to survive elsewhere, India's rising literacy rate is keeping its dailies firmly in the black.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2017

Venezuela has 5,000 Russian surface-to-air MANPADS missiles, document shows

Venezuela possesses 5,000 Russian-made surface-to-air weapons, according to a military document, the largest known stockpile in Latin America and a source of concern for U.S. officials amid the country's mounting turmoil.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2017

Big South Korean firms keeping low profile ahead of Moon's reform quest

A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2017

Goodbye globalism, hello mercantilism?

It appears all but certain that the age of globalization, which lasted for a quarter century, will come to an end.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 21, 2017

Pope will add five new cardinals to church ranks next month

Pope Francis said Sunday he will elevate five Roman Catholic prelates to the rank of cardinal, the elite group of churchmen who are his closest advisers and can enter an eventual conclave to choose his successor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 20, 2017

The slippery slope of appeasement in Bangladesh

Unelected religious hard-liners are pressuring Bangladesh's elected government to embrace Islamic values as they define them, resorting to street protests and inciting violence to achieve their aims.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2017

Rouhani leads Iran presidential race, looks set for victory, source says

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has an unassailable lead in the country's presidential election, an Iranian official source said Saturday, citing an early unofficial tally, and is on course to defeat his hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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