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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2017

The media must embrace a new mission

Trump's much-derided, frequently written off and ultimately successful candidacy has exposed the intellectual inadequacies and political perils of mono-journalism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Koike targets former governor Ishihara in Toyosu probe

The Tokyo governor seeks answers in court as to whether her predecessor caused the Tsukiji fish market relocation fiasco.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Emperor, Empress will not attend 3/11 disaster memorial service

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will not attend the official annual memorial service for the 2011 tsunami-quake disaster on March 11, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2017

Energy pick Perry admits warming is real but says fighting it shouldn't cost jobs, regrets 'oops' moment

Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Energy Department, said during a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday that global warming caused by humans is real, but that efforts to combat it should not cost American jobs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2017

Trump versus Paris accord

Combating climate change isn't high on Donald Trump's to-do list.
WORLD
Jan 18, 2017

Canadian energy firms at bigger risk from cyber, bomb attacks, spy agency says

Canada's main spy agency last year warned energy companies about an increasing risk of cyber espionage and attacks on pipelines, oil storage and shipment facilities and power transmission towers using homemade explosives, according to a classified document obtained by Reuters.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017

Is Davos man ready for a Xi change?

China's president is the star attraction, but selling the Beijing consensus to the Davos elite won't be easy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017

Keep human rights a part of U.S.' Asia policy

Human rights must not fall through the cracks among America's efforts in Asia under the Trump regime.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2017

As Kennedy steps down from ambassador post, observers see a mixed legacy

The first woman in the role. The daughter of a U.S. president. In some ways, Caroline Kennedy was a unique ambassador to Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2017

Tokyo office boom fades with more space, fewer workers

Commercial property prices in Tokyo, a bellwether for the market, look to have peaked as the capital faces a glut of new offices even as the number of workers is set to decline.
WORLD / Society
Jan 17, 2017

Want to learn Arabic, Korean or Swahili? Refugee language tutors can help

As university students mill around a bright and airy study hall in London, Eiad Zinah converses in his native Arabic with a female student from Germany.
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Ancient seat of Japan's warrior culture

The origin of Japan's ruling class extends into the mists of ancient history, far before the country was unified after a period of civil wars and well into the first millennium A.D.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Global cooperation needed in uncertain times

The world in 2016 saw many events signaling the rise of protectionism and populism, ranging from Brexit to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election and people's fear of job loss due to immigrants and artificial intelligence (AI) development.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 16, 2017

Ex-currency chief Yamasaki terms Trump's silence on yen 'amazing'

Donald Trump has repeatedly made waves with emphatic tweets and striking statements, but Japan's former currency chief is more surprised about what the president-elect isn't talking about: the yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jan 15, 2017

Japan gropes for cyberattack solution as victims suffer in silence

Last November, chilling news made headlines nationwide — the internal communications network of the Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces had been hacked in September, possibly by another nation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2017

GOP embarks on Obamacare repeal with no replacement in sight

U.S. congressional Republicans completed the first step Friday toward their long-promised repeal of Obamacare, but now they face the much more difficult task of finding a way to unravel the massive health care law and replace it.
Reader Mail
Jan 13, 2017

Remembering Daniel Inouye

Regarding the story "Obama says war gave way to friendship" in the Dec. 29 edition, President Barack Obama touched on Daniel Inouye in his speech at Pearl Harbor, saying that "it is here that we reflect on how war tests our most enduring values — how, even as Japanese-Americans were deprived of their...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 12, 2017

Former Laker Sacre ready to begin journey in Japan

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre was officially introduced by the B. League's Sunrockers Shibuya on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2017

Misunderstood mesentery gets an upgrade

The mesentery, a structure located in the gastric cavity, is now recognized as an organ.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2017

Swedish archaeologists discover 12 ancient Egyptian cemeteries near Aswan

Swedish archaeologists have unearthed a dozen burial sites near the southern city of Aswan that date back almost 3,500 years to the New Kingdom era of ancient Egypt, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 11, 2017

'A Drop from Tomato': Planting the seeds of reconciliation

For independent filmmakers from elsewhere in Asia with high censorship or distribution hurdles, Japan must look like paradise. Last year, most of the 581 local films released here were low-budget indie titles. Hardly any of their makers got rich, but at least their films saw the theatrical light of day....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 11, 2017

Time ripe for Lions hurler Kikuchi to prove worth on mound

There is a chance that by 2019, pitchers Yusei Kikuchi and Shohei Otani could both be major leaguers. In 2009, MLB scouts flocked to Hanamaki Higashi High School, in Iwate Prefecture, to flirt with Kikuchi, a fire-balling lefty, before returning a few years later to put a full-court press on Otani.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2017

China sends aircraft carrier into Taiwan Strait

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that China's only aircraft carrier had transited the Taiwan Strait amid soaring tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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