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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 2, 2019

Preventing issue fatigue on womenomics

The most critical message that needs to be heard in Japan is that gender equality is an economic issue that helps both men and women live better lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2018

Japan's tourism industry looks to LGBT market

Japan's tourism industry is looking for ways to attract LGBT visitors from overseas and take advantage of their tendency to spend more than average tourists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Invest in Italy Roadshow
Dec 28, 2018

Embassy's diplomatic efforts widen relations

Prior to the Invest in Italy Roadshow held on Dec. 13 at the Italian Embassy, Italian Ambassador to Japan Giorgio Starace spoke about the embassy's efforts and expectations in enhancing the relationship between Japan and Italy from various perspectives including business and politics.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2018

Sri Lanka returns to regular order

The Japanese government should hold up Sri Lanka as an example of how its strategy to engage the region offers advantages to all who share it.
Dec 19, 2018

ORIX CarShare to be Expanded Nationwide in FY2020.3

TOKYO, Japan – December 11, 2018 – ORIX Auto Corporation (“ORIX Auto”) announced today that it will roll its car sharing business out into three new regions—Hokkaido, Chugoku, and Kyushu—by spring 2019, and that it will expand its service stations nationwide in the fiscal year ending March...
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2018

Despite pushback and online petition, JR East unwilling to rename new Takanawa Gateway station

A growing number of people say they dislike the name of a new station in Tokyo, set to be called Takanawa Gateway, and are calling for the station's name to be changed after its recent announcement by railway operator East Japan Railway Co.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2018

Tsai and the DPP get shellacked

There's no appetite on Taiwan for a real challenge to China and Japan must adjust its strategic calculations accordingly.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2018

Two Japanese make it onto BBC's '100 Influential Women of the Year' List

Two Japanese women, a 23-year-old astronomer and a 90-year-old English learner, have been included in the world's 100 influential women of the year selected by British broadcaster BBC.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 23, 2018

Tuna, tradition and opportunities for sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism is a hot topic, and in light of Japan's goals to grow the number of inbound tourists to 40 million by 2020 and all the way up to 60 million a decade later, it's one that deserves attention. Fortunately, there are concrete ways to ease the environmental impact of the tourism boom in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2018

Bank of Japan's hoard of assets now bigger than the economy

The Bank of Japan's massive asset purchase program has taken it into uncharted territory, with its ballooning holdings now larger than the country's annual economic output.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 11, 2018

Ryo Kiyuna wins third consecutive karate gold at worlds

Karateka Ryo Kiyuna clinched his third consecutive world crown in the kata division for men at the world championships in Madrid on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2018

Japan opening doors more widely to foreign professionals

The perception of 'closed companies' is fast becoming a thing of the past.
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Nov 8, 2018

Bilingual boarding schooling in Japan

A presentation for Jinseki International School, scheduled to open in April 2020, will be held in the gallery of The Japan Times' Kioicho office in Tokyo from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 23.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2018

As high-rise farms go global, Japan's Spread leads the way

In the hills between Kyoto, Osaka and Nara prefectures, surrounded by technology companies and startups, Spread Co. is preparing to open the world's largest automated leaf-vegetable factory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Internationalization of Japanese Universities
Oct 22, 2018

Foreign graduates bring huge benefits to workforce

As Japan becomes increasingly globalized, so does its workforce.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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