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EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2013

Education reform over-reaches

It's possible that an Abe administration panel proposal to simplify the board of education system could vest local government leaders with too much influence.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2013

Why making Europe 'German' won't fix crisis

It's now common to hear analysts say Europe must become 'German' to exit from its crisis, adopting Teutonic approaches to policy. This is a wrongheaded idea.
WORLD
Apr 21, 2013

U.S., EU differ on public monitoring

The United States is an on-camera nation, as the efforts to identify suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings showed. In the battle of security versus privacy, many European countries have made a different calculation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2013

Satellite data may change understanding of universe's origin

Possibly the most daring piece of modern science is the attempt to predict the patterns that galaxies make in the sky. The bold starting point is a statement on what the universe was like at a time when the entire visible universe was compressed into something the size of a beach ball.
Reader Mail
Apr 21, 2013

Kudos to Japan and Taiwan

Regarding the April 14 editorial "A positive step in Senkaku dispute": Disputes over sovereignty are never easy to solve. Therefore, the agreement signed between Japan and Taiwan the week before last over fishing rights in the disputed sea near the Senkaku Islands (allowing Taiwanese trawlers to operate...
Reader Mail
Apr 21, 2013

A situation similar to Britain's

The April 12 editorial "A decisive but divisive leader" makes me contemplate a lot of things. For better or worse, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher played an active role in ending the Cold War and was one of the tough advocates of neoliberalism. A lot of people, though, believe this led...
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2013

Modified 787 battery packs OK'd by FAA

Boeing's 787 moves significantly closer to returning to service as the U.S. federal regulator approves modifications to the airliner's malfunctioning battery system.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2013

Abe vows to help women in workforce

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voices new goals to spur growth by tapping the potential of women, including by dramatically increasing the number of day care centers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2013

Young Kim pushing harder than ever

How provocative has the United States been to North Korea?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2013

AsusTek launches PC that doubles as touchscreen tablet

AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled a new 18.4-inch computer Friday that can also be used as a gigantic tablet.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2013

Egypt's fragile democracy needs boost from West

Unless Egypt builds a broad consensus that includes ruling Islamists and the secular opposition, its problems will jeopardize its future democratic prospects.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2013

Why do we cry? A new reading of the old sob story

When it came to solving the riddle of the peacock's tail, Charles Darwin's powers of evolutionary deduction were second to none — the more extravagant their feathered displays, he reasoned, the greater their chances of attracting a peahen. But when he tried to account for the human propensity to weep,...
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2013

Boston in lockdown as police hunt second bombing suspect

A massive manhunt is launched in the Boston suburbs after one suspect in the deadly marathon bombings is killed in a confrontation with police and the second is identified but remains at-large.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2013

Eye-tech firm plans to raise ¥1 billion to pursue stem cell-based treatments

Retina Institute Japan K.K., which employes Nobel Prize-winning stem-cell technology to treat eye diseases, plans to sell a stake in itself to a group of Japanese companies next month, ahead of a possible initial public offering in five years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2013

Goodman Group to jack up rents as land, building costs rise

Goodman Group, the world's second-biggest industrial property manager by market value, plans to increase rents in Japan by about 5 percent amid rising land and construction costs.

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years