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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 18, 2016

Shima pet sector jumps on summit bandwagon with pet-related services

The pet industry is the latest sector to take advantage of growing interest in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, ahead of next month's Group of Seven summit.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Apr 17, 2016

Tohoku prefectures huddle to find ways to woo, cater to foreign tourists

To attract more foreign visitors to Tohoku, governors from the six prefectures in the region have agreed to establish a comprehensive sightseeing route and develop other promotional measures.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2016

Rebooting the stalled 'comfort women' deal

Salvaging the 'comfort women' agreement between Japan and South Korea may require a dramatic and seemingly outlandish decision — moving the Japanese Embassy to a different part of Seoul.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 16, 2016

Can Japan make itself great again by 2050?

The bad news is, Japan is beset by seemingly insoluble problems. The good news is the word "seemingly." No nation whose rise to economic superpowerdom began a bare decade after being bombed to rubble in history's most destructive war will ever find anything truly "insoluble." Japan will astonish us yet....
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 16, 2016

Obama has unfinished business in Hiroshima

Barack Obama will attend the G-7 Ise-Shima summit of leading industrial nations in Mie Prefecture next month, sparking speculation that the U.S. President might venture to Hiroshima to pay respects at the Peace Memorial Park.
EDITORIALS
Apr 16, 2016

Laboring to reduce overtime

The Abe administration needs to find an effective way to reduce Japan's chronically long work hours.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Apr 11, 2016

Google's artificial intelligence program defeats go master

The Google artificial intelligence program AlphaGo has defeated South Korean go grandmaster Lee Se-dol in a historic tournament in Seoul.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2016

It happened before ... it could happen again

Will history repeat itself again?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 11, 2016

Collaboration aims to resolve senior transportation challenges

Toyota Motor Corp. has started a three-year collaboration with Nagoya University, providing ¥360 million through its Toyota Mobility Foundation to facilitate transport for elderly residents.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2016

Contamination: Kadena Air Base's dirty secret

For the first time, documents released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act reveal extensive pollution on an active American base in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2016

Taking stock of the final Nuclear Security Summit

Although the final Nuclear Security Summit has concluded, efforts to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism must continue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Apr 6, 2016

Tokyo violin maker's apprentice fulfills lifetime dream at 81

Japan Times Community article rekindled Tokyo academic's thwarted 70-year ambition to craft a thing of beauty.
LIFE / Language
Apr 4, 2016

Pizza may get listed on UNESCO's menu

Sample newspaper article
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 4, 2016

Friendly employees have visitors flocking to Takeshima Aquarium in Aichi

Visitors to Takeshima Aquarium in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, have increased sharply thanks to a number of innovative ideas and strategies implemented by its staff.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 3, 2016

Seeking Japanese courses for mature students; reconnecting with a lost mother

A British reader is keen to come to Japan and learn the language, and a woman in the U.S. hopes to get in contact with her Japanese birth mother.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2016

Under military rule, Thais turn to social media

As the space for public political debate and opinion shrinks, Thais have moved their political debate to cyberspace.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 2, 2016

The drug problem that keeps getting older

Former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara was released from police custody on ¥5 million bail last month following his arrest and subsequent indictment for alleged possession and use of stimulant drugs.
Reader Mail
Apr 1, 2016

Common laws can't trump Constitution

The article "New laws loom but SDF unready" in the March 23 edition includes the paragraph: "The laws, passed by the Diet six months ago after more than 114 hours of deliberation, will allow Japan to exercise the U.N. right to collective self-defense under limited circumstances when the nation's existence...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 30, 2016

Narcotics flooding into Japan

Japan is becoming a paradise for drug dealers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2016

China considers banning all unapproved Internet domains

China's government is moving to tighten its grip over the Internet as it rolls out draft rules that will effectively ban Web domains not approved by local authorities, including possibly the most widely used .com and .org addresses.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016

Print now, the digital dark ages are coming

If we want to ensure that our civilization lives on, we should probably be printing everything out and putting it in boxes.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2016

Security legislation takes effect

Japan's postwar defense posture underwent a major change this week as new security legislation took effect, but how the government plans to implement the laws remains unclear.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016

Drawing the right lessons from wars and interventions

Multilateralism may have its imperfections and shortcomings, but like old age it is still better than the alternative.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 28, 2016

Farmer fells famed Hokkaido 'Philosophy Tree'

A lone tree in central Hokkaido that served as one of the main photo spots in the area has been cut down due to its worsening condition and the bad manners of tourists to the site.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 28, 2016

Highway operator taps big data to gauge toilet usage

A recent analysis of big data by Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO Central) has revealed that more and more men tend to prefer cubicles over urinals in restrooms.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 26, 2016

Black Illumination: the disqualified life of Osamu Dazai

The author Osamu Dazai committed suicide — several times. The first was on a cold December night in 1929, just before his school exams. But the overdose of sleeping pills he took was not enough; he survived, and graduated. The second was in October, 1930, on the barren sands of a beach in Kamakura...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 26, 2016

Maeda inquiry illustrates challenge of translating baseball's nuances

Something might have gotten lost in translation after Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda was asked by his manager Dave Roberts to demonstrate his warm-up routine in the team clubhouse. Newspaper articles described Maeda's arm-waving motions as a "dance" but, unless he has added some choreography...

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