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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 18, 2015

Abe's historic opportunity to reset regional relations

On Aug. 15, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will give a much-anticipated speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. This presents a golden opportunity to hit the reset button on regional relations and to generate momentum toward overcoming history driven tensions that plague East...
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jul 18, 2015

Propagating Russian Orthodox faith in Japan

As astonishing as its vigor is the fact that Russia's eastward expansion, beginning in the 16th century, went all but unnoticed, by Japan no less than by Europe.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2015

Honda makes English official

Honda is just the latest in a growing number of Japanese firms embracing English as its official language; now the nation's education system needs to respond with more effective ways of teaching the language.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2015

Survivors of Colorado theater rampage want gunman put to death

After all 165 guilty verdicts were read and Colorado's movie massacre gunman was taken back to a cell to await his fate on Thursday, many of his victims smiled and hugged and said James Holmes must be executed for justice to be done.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015

Teddy bear breaks girl's fall from third-floor window

A teddy bear from the hit animated movie "Minions" is credited with breaking the fall of a 5-year-old Colorado girl who suffered only minor injuries after tumbling from a third-story apartment window, police said on Friday.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jul 17, 2015

July 18, 2015

BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 17, 2015

North Korea's economy grew 1 percent in 2014, says South Korea's central bank

North Korea's economy expanded by 1 percent in 2014, the South Korean central bank said Friday, with a drought expected to hobble growth in one of the world's most isolated countries this year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2015

Tennessee Marine slayings by lone gunman will be fully probed: Obama

President Barack Obama promised a full investigation into shootings at military sites in Tennessee that killed four Marines, described as a potential act of terrorism by U.S. officials.
WORLD
Jul 17, 2015

Aircraft over New Jersey, New York increasingly hit by laser beams

A cluster of laser beam strikes on commercial airplanes over New Jersey Wednesday pushed the total number of attacks over the U.S. to more than twice the daily average.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2015

Jury finds Aurora cinema massacre gunman guilty of multiple counts of first-degree murder

Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes was found guilty on Thursday of multiple counts of first degree murder and attempted murder, a verdict that enables prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the former graduate student who killed a dozen people and wounded 70 at a midnight premiere of a Batman...
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015

Government considering changing Olympic stadium construction plan in face of huge cost

The government is considering modifying the construction plan for the new National Stadium, exploring ways to curb the unexpectedly high construction costs of ¥252 billion, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 16, 2015

Lower House passes security bills amid protests

Tens of thousands of angry voters in the streets. Opinion polls recording deep-seated public unease.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2015

BOJ's flawed goal risks upward price spiral: former deputy head

The Bank of Japan's determination to drive inflation to 2 percent risks sparking a damaging upward spiral in the cost of living, according to a former deputy governor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2015

GPIF head says no need to be 'bang on' with asset targets

The world's biggest pension fund, nearing the end of a plan to shift its asset mix and bulk up on equities, need not rush itself to reach new allocation targets, according to its president.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015

Student group's pandemics study wins Japan Times award

A student group addressing the growing threat of pandemic diseases in the age of globalization received the grand prize for this summer's presentations in The Japan Times Youth Project.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2015

Planned Parenthood use of aborted fetus tissue targeted by Congress probe

Republican U.S. congressional leaders on Wednesday launched an investigation of Planned Parenthood after a video implying it sells the organs of aborted fetuses was released on the Internet. The reproductive health group said the video is false.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2015

A decent deal to bring Iran in from the cold

If the Iran deal goes through, the world should have a 15 year respite from the threats of an Iranian nuclear bomb and of Iran being bombed.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2015

Ikata reactor in Ehime wins safety approval as nuclear plants inch closer to restart

Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata No. 3 reactor has become the fifth reactor to obtain regulatory approval for a restart since the 2011 Fukushima crisis began.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2015

Amid angry scenes, ruling parties force security bills through Lower House committee

A special Diet committee has sign off on legislation that would expand the scope of Self-Defense Forces' missions overseas, setting the stage for a vote in the Lower House.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2015

In 'soft power' terms, Japan ranks eighth out of 30 countries in U.K. consultancy report

Japan ranked eighth in the world in "soft power," according to a new annual ranking released by U.K.-based consulting firm Portland.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2015

Nobel Prize for Iran? Many doubts, but date fits Hiroshima anniversary

A nuclear deal clinched between Iran and six major world powers that caps more than a decade of negotiations has stoked talk of a joint Nobel Peace Prize for Tehran and Washington this year, despite the likelihood of strong objections from some quarters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2015

China-backed bid to take over tech firm Micron faces tough U.S. security scrutiny

A China-backed bid for chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. would encounter close scrutiny by American national security officials worried about Chinese control of U.S. technology firms.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

Kitaoji Rosanjin only served the very best

Only a culinary visionary would declare in 1935: "If clothes make the person, dishes make the food."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015

'MOT Collection: Postwar Art in Close-Up'

July 18-Oct. 12

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes