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Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 14, 2019

The swift rise and fall of Japanese anarchism

Sakae Osugi — born 1885, murdered 1923 — fanned the flames of the peasant Rice Riots in Japan's short-lived age of anarchy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2019

John Bolton, the hawk, takes flight

Japan must be ready for more aggressive U.S. attempts to strike a deal with North Korea before the November 2020 ballot, and be prepared for an even more ad hoc decision-making process in Washington.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2019

German auto lobby chief suddenly quits in midst of Frankfurt show

Bernhard Mattes, the head of Germany's auto lobby group VDA, resigned unexpectedly this week in the middle of the Frankfurt motor show, the showcase event the group hosts every two years.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2019

From paternity leave to the environment, Koizumi's words and actions now under more intense spotlight

Newly appointed Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the third-youngest Cabinet minister in the postwar era, has been tapped by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his youth and popularity with the media and the public.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2019

Boris Johnson's horrible week

While most assessments of these horrific events have focused on Brexit's economic impact, there is increasing attention to the damage that has been done to British politics and its democracy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2019

Beijing clamps down on fuel, firework sales ahead of China's 70th anniversary

Beijing will temporarily halt self-service at filling stations and sales of fireworks, part of a series of measures intended to keep the Chinese capital safer and cleaner before celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the country.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2019

With Cabinet reshuffle, Abe confirms intent to seek change to Constitution

With two years left to cement his legacy, Prime Minister Abe carries out a major Cabinet reshuffle that reaffirms his desire to pursue outstanding issues such as constitutional revision.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2019

Nissan finally breaks with the Ghosn era

CEO's departure allows auto giant to focus on making and selling cars.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2019

Political pressures could once again roll back globalization

The U.S.-China trade war will have major consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2019

Britain: Keeping calm amid chaos

Regardless of which side of the political equation of Brexit one stands on, most people in the U.K. have an abiding sense that the time for resolution has arrived.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2019

Cabinet reshuffles provide a window into Japan's policy priorities

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to reshuffle his Cabinet on Wednesday. When this action, combined with the reshuffle of Liberal Democratic Party executives, takes place, there is always huge media coverage on who will be appointed to what post and what it means for the administration.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019

Fashion is a game with a dress code to crack

Fashion can be identified as a game: The rules are not clear, but there are conducts to be observed, codes to be broken, winners, losers and, finally, stylistic exhaustion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2019

U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Jim Mattis

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were "not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2019

Boris Johnson's dismay over whaling

Britain's prime minister shouldn't allow the U.K.-Japan relationship to be unduly defined by a still important but strategically irrelevant issue like whaling.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2019

Robert Mugabe, Rhodesian liberator turned Zimbabwean oppressor, dies at 95

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 6, 2019

11 more women accuse tenor Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct

Eleven more women have accused Spanish opera star Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct, allegations that the leading tenor described on Thursday as "riddled with inconsistencies."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2019

Weathering the storms of judgment

As the competition for the 92nd annual Oscar foreign film shortlist heats up, the rivalry between Japan and South Korea will no doubt intensify in the world of cinema as well.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2019

Wanted: U.S. leadership in Tokyo-Seoul feud

Quelling tensions between Japan and South Korea is critical for the U.S.' broader strategic objectives in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2019

Changes on the Indo-Pacific's geopolitical chessboard

Today, with the specter of Asian power disequilibrium looming, the China factor has gained greater salience in the equations between and among the major Indo-Pacific powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2019

Britain's Brexit breakdown

As each side ups the ante, Brexit is now an all-or-nothing fight to the death among absolutists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2019

All eyes on LDP factions as Abe plots Cabinet shake-up for final term

With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to reshuffle his Cabinet later this month, attention is turning to who might get what posts, and from which Liberal Democratic Party factions any new ministers might be from.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2019

Japan's busy summer of diplomacy

Japan is successfully navigating the moment's geopolitical challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2019

U.S.-China spat is more than just a trade war

US President Donald Trump's trade war with China is driven at least as much by anxiety over China's rise as by economic rationality. That kind of insecurity can have disastrous consequences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 31, 2019

Chaos in Hong Kong as police fire tear gas, protesters hurl gasoline bombs

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday as pro-democracy protesters threw gasoline bombs in the latest in a series of clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2019

Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire in long run

Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers and experts have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2019

The real problem in Hong Kong is inequality

The failure of the government to address the problem stems from the electoral politics to which the protesters are so committed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2019

Thailand may become first in Southeast Asia to allow same-sex unions

In Thailand, the ruling coalition and opposition lawmakers don't agree on much. Yet within both camps there's growing support for legalizing same-sex unions.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2019

Chinese presence in Africa looms over opening of TICAD development conference in Yokohama

Dozens of top African leaders are due to visit, but Tokyo is worried that some may cancel their trip because of pressure from China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2019

Is peace in Afghanistan possible?

A pact with the Taliban is unlikely to bring any respite from the ongoing violence.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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