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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jun 19, 2016

Obama's nuclear deception

A major revolution is taking place in the U.S. nuclear weapons program without being noticed by most Americans, let alone Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jun 19, 2016

Fukushima rice set to make first EU foray with debut in Britain

Fukushima-harvested rice will hit the stores in Britain in July, which might make it the first member of the EU to import the grain, following a sustained effort by a group of Fukushima natives in London fighting rumors about the safety of the crop.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2016

Kepco loses challenge to Takahama nuclear injunction

The Otsu District Court on Friday rejected a bid by Kansai Electric Power Co. to lift an injunction against restarting reactors at a nearby plant, dealing yet another setback to attempts by the utility and the central government to return swiftly to nuclear power.
Reader Mail
Jun 17, 2016

Support for U.S. sailors' Tepco suit

Regarding the story “Koizumi backs U.S. sailors’ Tepco suit” in the May 20 edition, how could the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant make the incredible mistake of providing inaccurate information concerning a mortally dangerous matter of a plant meltdown?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2016

IS an umbrella brand for hate

Islamic State is not an all-powerful octopus of a global terror organization, but it has a talented marketing team.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2016

Bring U.S. military forces home from Okinawa

More than 70 years after World War II, Japan should finally act like a normal country: defending itself, guarding its region, and ending its dependence on America.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 15, 2016

'Citizenfour': Big Brother has always been with us

The tele-screen received and transmitted simultaneously. ... There was of course no way of knowing when you were being watched. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual was guesswork. At any rate they could plug in to your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2016

Renoir's true colors could rescue him from the haters

It's been a few years since the last big Pierre-Auguste Renoir exhibition in town. The last one, if I remember correctly, was "Renoir: Tradition & Innovation" at the National Art Center Tokyo (NACT). That brought over the French impressionist's "Dance at Bougival" (1883), an excellent painting, but padded...
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jun 13, 2016

Healthy aging has little to do with age

When it comes to maintaining health in your older years, age means little and obesity may not be so bad after all.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2016

A challenge to economic orthodoxy

Economists at the International Monetary Fund question are finding that neoliberalism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 13, 2016

Aichi students take cruise ship crews on quick Nagoya tours

University students from Aichi Prefecture are volunteering to show crew members of luxury cruise ships around Nagoya when the vessels visit the port.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 11, 2016

No guarantees: the struggle of being old and alone in Japan

Foreign media have been diligently covering Japan's rocky economic road to an uncertain future, but they seem to have missed the recent bankruptcy of Nihon Life Kyokai, a company that provides guarantor services. Though it's only one failure, the Japanese press has paid particularly close attention,...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2016

Don't worry about a robot invasion just yet

Numerous factors argue against the doomsday specter of robots creating mass unemployment.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2016

A U.S.-Japan-Taiwan grand bargain for Senkakus

Japan should recognize Taiwan in exchange for Taipei's acknowledgement of Japan's sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2016

Former Osaka nightclub owner cleared over 'no dancing' violation

The adult entertainment business law bans men and women from dancing in pairs and in physical contact after midnight.
Reader Mail
Jun 9, 2016

Story on Hanako missed big picture

I was very disappointed at the coverage of Hanako's death in your newspaper ("Hanako, Japan's oldest elephant, dies at age 69," May 27). There was no mention of the international consternation and protest surrounding this female elephant's incarceration in an environment unworthy of any zoo in the 21st...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 8, 2016

The topic of AI always raises HAL and more

An astronaut in deep space finishes up some repairs to the parabolic antenna on his spacecraft's exterior. Through his helmet's microphone, he commands the ship's controlling supercomputer, HAL 9000, "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." A second later he gets a calm, cold response in his helmet: "I'm sorry,...
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jun 6, 2016

Rakuten chief named in Panama Papers

Rakuten Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani is named as a shareholder of a company in an offshore tax haven in the Panama Papers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 6, 2016

Aichi hospital partners with IT firm in first for air ambulance training

Aichi Medical University Hospital has partnered with an IT firm to develop software designed to better train air ambulance crews.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2016

Is China winning the contest for South China Sea control?

China views the U.S. as a declining power that would not be able to sustain a major war in Asia.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 4, 2016

Black Illumination: Haruo Sato's lush, gloomy landscapes

Most of us, when we feel sad, assume there is a cause for our sadness. Often there is, and the feeling can then be addressed, diagnosed, resolved. But what about sadness without a cause? This is the terrain of melancholy and, while melancholy has a rich and varied history in the West, it takes on unique...
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016

Police to step up patrols in Okinawa after woman's murder

The government vows to increase police presence in Okinawa amid fears about crimes by U.S. military personnel.
Reader Mail
Jun 3, 2016

Tread carefully on dual-use research

The article "Science panel rethinks arms R&D ban" in the May 31 edition noted that the "government is pushing for more civilian-military dual-use technology," which is an important and increasingly complex topic and one that requires careful rules and oversight before actions are taken.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2016

Building golden bridges in the South China Sea

Everyone should avoid triumphing at China's expense if a tribunal ruling on a China-Philippines territorial dispute hands Beijing a bitter pill to swallow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 31, 2016

Simmering South China Sea dispute expected to boil after court ruling: experts

The simmering dispute in the contested South China Sea is about to turn to a boil.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past