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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 22, 2015

Star actor Mirai Moriyama shares his delight at being 'in a mess'

As the saying goes, "If you chase two hares, you'll catch neither" — but award-winning actor Mirai Moriyama is proving the exception who's broken this rule by adding "top-flight dancer" to his resume.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Australia's pantomime democracy

The Australian public is fed up with the political circus of recent years, and wants adults back in charge of the major parties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Thai military delivers oppression, not happiness

The longer Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cronies rule, the less likely Thailand is going to enjoy stable democracy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 22, 2015

Justice for A-bomb victims overseas

The Supreme Court issues a much-welcomed decisive ruling that atomic-bomb victims living abroad deserve full medical coverage by the Japanese government.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

A parliamentary democracy needs a viable opposition

By entrenching the British Conservative Party in government, Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader of the Labour Party is a threat to the health of parliamentary democracy in Britain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2015

Russia starting air operations over Syria with drone surveillance missions: U.S. officials

Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow's first military air operations inside the country since staging a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 21, 2015

Medical services in Tokyo area in danger of collapsing

Key players in Kanto-area medical services are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet — and the higher consumption tax is the prime culprit.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 21, 2015

Let's discuss the new My Number system

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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Hey Xi, try this on your U.S. trip: visit Detroit

Chinese investment is playing a significant part in protecting Detroit from a return to the crumbling urban disaster of recent headlines.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2015

Does it matter that Japan got downgraded?

The Japanese sovereign downgrade isn't a meaningful development and markets will ignore it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2015

Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for uncertain life in Europe

Some Iraqi soldiers are abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion of the country's Western-backed security forces in the fight against the Islamic State militants.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2015

Railway companies in eastern Japan set to relax rules for cellphones when near priority seats

Since 2003, railways have asked passengers to turn off their mobile phones when near "silver" priority seats, for fear electromagnetic interference from the devices could interact with pacemakers, harming the wearer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Sep 20, 2015

Nearly 70% of Japan Inc. unready to safeguard nation's new ID numbers

Most of the nation's companies are struggling to find a way to securely store My Number — the new 12-digit social security key that will be used to access everyone's income tax and bank account information starting next year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Sep 20, 2015

Simply charming: a dachshund named Rusk

Big for a dachshund, Rusk has a personality that wins respect, and he wants the humans in his life to be worthy of his.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 19, 2015

Yakuza infighting puts nation on edge

Around the start of this year, the weekly magazines — Shukan Taishu, Asahi Geino and Shukan Jitsuwa in particular — were brimming with articles feting the centennial anniversary of the Yamaguchi-gumi, which had gone from being a small group of tough guys on the Kobe waterfront in 1915 to Japan's...
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 19, 2015

Money matters when it comes to security

Media coverage of the Liberal Democratic Party's plans to bolster Japan's military position in the world has largely focused on the constitutionality of the two bills that allow the Self-Defense Forces to come to the aid of allies overseas. Those who oppose these bills have used this constitutional question...
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Sep 19, 2015

Getting cute with gadgetry

Ricoh lets Hello Kitty project herself
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2015

Policy hurdles remain despite passage of new security laws

Ignoring protests from furious voters and opposition lawmakers, the ruling camp led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enacted two divisive security laws, marking a significant departure from Japan's postwar pacifism.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 19, 2015

Muscular Australian shows off Tokyo Game Show's other side

Australian Lee Carmichael stands out from the standard fare of promotional models at this weekend's Tokyo Game Show because, unlike 95 percent of those hired to attract attention, Carmichael is a man.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2015

Mexico's president in no position to judge

The level of corruption in Mexico stands out even in Latin America, a region known for crooked politicians.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2015

Syrian losses spooked Kremlin into hasty military build-up

For Vladimir Putin, Russia's military build-up in Syria is a potential diplomatic trump card and a handy way of diverting attention from Ukraine's frozen conflict. But it was a panicky realization that the Syrian government was being turned over on the battlefield that tipped the Kremlin's hand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2015

VW admits cheating on U.S. pollution tests; criminal charges weighed

Volkswagen AG's admission that it cheated to make its diesel cars appear cleaner-burning leaves it facing billions in fines, its executives risking criminal charges and its U.S. expansion plans in tatters.

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