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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2015

Tokyo's elderly turned away amid labor crunch, funding cuts

Tokyo's elderly population is ballooning, waiting lists for nursing homes run a mile long, and there's a fierce scramble for free beds. So why are these businesses catering to the city's aging denizens scaling back?
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2015

Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina dies in Pakistan at age 34

Maria Golovnina, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan who was widely loved and admired for her courage, compassion and professionalism, died in Islamabad on Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 23, 2015

Sharla in Japan

Sharla of Sharla in Japan is a 29-year-old, Canadian-born, Tokyo-based “YouTuber” (“That's what they call it here,” she says). With over 200,000 subscribers to her channel, she documents her life.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2015

Poroshenko aims for arms by calling for peacekeepers

It's a shame that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's call for U.N. peacekeepers to help enforce the Minsk ceasefire is so belated and insincere.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2015

Ramen dividends: Holders of some firms' shares fancy 'yutai' gifts

Many stock investors collect dividends. Hiroto Kiritani, however, collects melons. And ramen noodles, McDonald's hamburgers, the clothes on his back, anything, really, that Japanese companies send him, gratis, just for owning their stock.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 21, 2015

Goto's stories put Japan woes in perspective

"More than diamonds, I want peace."
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 21, 2015

Militant monks rabble-rousing in Myanmar

With the people of Myanmar heading to the polls later this year, there are troubling signs that some extremists are intent on stirring up trouble.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 21, 2015

Marguerite Paget: 'Get out, take a deep breath and go for it'

Kyotographie International Photography Festival spokeswoman Marguerite Paget on materialism, hammers and Bobby McFerrin
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 20, 2015

Apps for tourists and kids, plus Sony's most expensive Walkman yet

Mapple goes for coupons
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2015

Japan's constitutional millstone

If there is one factor that could help the Abe administration overcome the constitutional millstone against modernizing Japan's military defense, it would be Obama administration support. Japan is the only power that can block China from gaining ascendancy in the region.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2015

Jeb Bush to deliver speech laying out case for stronger U.S. role in world

The United States needs to regain its leadership role in the world, Republican Jeb Bush will say in a speech on Wednesday, while asserting that President Barack Obama has been inconsistent and indecisive in carrying out American foreign policy.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2015

Takeda told to pay ¥154 million in punitive damages over Actos diabetes drug

A jury ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to pay ¥154 million ($1.3 million) in punitive damages to a former teacher who argued the drugmaker's Actos diabetes medicine caused his bladder cancer, in the company's fifth loss in trials over the drug.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Feb 15, 2015

Spare a thought for the junior-high students going through 'exam hell'

Adolescence has never been easy, but add the pressure of having to pass an important high school exam and you have what's commonly known as 'entrance exam hell.'
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2015

Chinese patients turn to black market for blood

China's rising demand for health care is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 14, 2015

Japanese are quick to embrace robots

"Hello and welcome. I can tell you about money exchange, ATMs, opening a bank account or overseas remittance. Which one would you like?"
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 14, 2015

The Ramen Book

In 1972, Cup Noodles earned their fame during a live television broadcast of a siege in Nagano Prefecture — the Asama-Sanso incident — when the hostage-takers were shown slurping the hot noodles up.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2015

Deprived lives of child brides

The U.N. Population Fund estimates that 14.2 million girls under 18 are married every year, some as young as 8. Ending child marriage is one ways women around the world will achieve greater equality.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Feb 13, 2015

Don't let rainy days stop you going out to play

As wintry weather hovers over Japan, parents are constantly on the lookout for indoor places for their kids to play. I'm not a fan of cold weather, so I prefer outings in January and February to be in the comfy confines of climate-controlled museums and movie theaters. That's good enough for me, but...
WORLD
Feb 13, 2015

Texas winning ticket in $564 million Powerball bought at food mart; buyer still a mystery

A food mart in a small city north of Dallas, Texas, was one of three places where winning tickets were sold in the estimated $564.1 million U.S. Powerball lottery, officials said on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 12, 2015

Kawabuchi outlines bold ideas for new pro basketball league

As the first J. League chairman, Saburo Kawabuchi demonstrated strong leadership and helped its successful launch as a professional league more than two decades ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2015

How art deco stripped nudity of eroticism

When the Teien Museum of Art reopened late last year, after a period of refurbishment and expansion, the exhibition held was no real test for either the main building or the newly added annex. The art of Rei Naito was so minimalist that it seemed as though it was hardly there.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 12, 2015

Young Thais urged to skip sex, see a temple on Valentine's Day

Bangkok city officials are urging young Thais to forgo sex on Valentine's Day this weekend and visit temples instead to mark the day of love.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015

Child murders in Cote d'Ivoire spark fears of pre-election ritual killings, organ trade

Nina rarely ventures outside of her house in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, since her 5-year-old son, Benitier, was kidnapped and mutilated in November. She won't let her oldest son go to school.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Feb 10, 2015

Danish cherry wine leaves no sour taste at Cella Masumi

It's difficult to leave Cella Masumi, the tasting room and specialty shop adjacent to Miyasaka Brewing Company in Nagano Prefecture, without a bag full of treats.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2015

Indian voters allow for an upstart

Perhaps a sense of the increasing lopsidedness of political power in India explains why so many voters around the country are so keenly interested in the results of last weekend's elections in the city-state of New Delhi, involving the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
Economists debate consumption-tax cut as Japanese politicians warm to the idea
A supermarket in Chiba. Politicians in Japan might cut the consumption tax to help households and the economy.
Two men arrested after storming Tokyo elementary school and injuring staff
Tachikawa Municipal 3rd Elementary School, where two men broke in on Thursday
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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