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CULTURE / Books
Aug 10, 2019

'The Memory Police': An island where a good memory won't do you any favors

In Yoko Ogawa's 'The Memory Police,' as memories of everyday objects are ripped away from society, one novelist sets out to conceal her editor — a person who cannot forget these missing objects — from a mysterious, state-sanctioned police force.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2019

China paid for positive news coverage, using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island

The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2019

Apple and Goldman Sachs roll out virtual credit card

Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rolled out a virtual credit card on Tuesday, which will help the iPhone-maker diversify from device sales and also build out the Wall Street bank's new consumer business.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2019

Shizuoka throws wrench in the works of Tokyo-Nagoya maglev shinkansen route

The current plan for the Tokyo-Nagoya maglev route, currently under construction, calls for Central Japan Railway Co. to begin operations by around 2027. The route will slash a trip between Nagoya and Shinagawa, which takes about 90 minutes on the fastest bullet trains today, to just 40 minutes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Aug 9, 2019

A Weekend in Yokohama: The instant attraction of Tokyo's neighbor

Get your fill in Yokohama, home to Chinatown and Cup Noodles.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 8, 2019

Top junior Tomoe Kawabata poised for a breakout season

With Japan junior champion Yuhana Yokoi having moved on to the senior ranks, 17-year-old Tomoe Kawabata may represent the Hinomaru's best chance for a medal at the world junior championships this coming season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2019

British Airways resuming services after latest IT meltdown

British Airways said its flights were returning to normal after passengers had to endure cancellations, delays and long lines at London airports as the airline suffered its third major computer failure in a little more than two years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2019

Tourists to Japan are fueling a boom in personal translation devices

Takehiko Fujita wouldn't be able to do his job selling eye drops and pain relievers without his pocket translator.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 7, 2019

Seven lessons from a Japanese morality textbook

The textbooks students in Japan use to learn wrong from right are filled with stories of invoices, citizen committees, petitions and other cool stuff kids like.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2019

Fuji TV apologizes after calling KyoAni arson victim Yasuhiro Takemoto an 'idiot' due to a misquote

Fuji Television Network has apologized to families of the victims of the July 18 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio after misquoting a friend of anime director Yasuhiro Takemoto, who died in the blaze, as saying "there was no idiot like him" during a news program that aired Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2019

Dignity, privacy and the right to know: Mixed feelings on disclosure of Kyoto arson victims' names

The release of the names of 10 of the 35 people who died in last month's arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has prompted mixed responses from the public, including concerns over the privacy of grieving families.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2019

Japan Post Capital fund puts money behind Tokyo-based news startup SmartNews

It's a challenging time in the digital media industry. BuzzFeed Inc. and Vice Media Inc., which defined a generation of news startups, dismissed hundreds of employees this year in cost-cutting maneuvers. But a glimmer of hope is coming from a software company in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 4, 2019

Spectral sightings at Zenshoan Temple

Tokyo's Yanaka district ghosts are back to haunt the public via rakugo storyteller Sanyutei Encho's collection of spooky paintings.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Aug 3, 2019

Jessica 'JJ' Rabone: Dancing on air in the U.S.

A passion for dance led JJ to get into a Californian groove
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 2, 2019

Job security eludes Japan's growing ranks of post-doctorate part-time lecturers

Yosuke Amaike, 39, spends a busy week juggling work at four different schools, where he works as a part-time instructor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2019

Women in male-dominated Japan fight for their identity — starting with their names

The nation's women are going through an identity crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2019

National treasures featured on Japan's 2020 Olympics commemorative coin

Works depicting the famous gods of wind and thunder have been selected as new designs for commemorative ¥500 coins to be made to celebrate the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Finance Ministry announced Monday.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2019

'Legendary Kyoto Painting From Maruyama Okyo to the Modern Era'

Aug. 3-Sept. 29
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2019

Facial recognition push at India airports raises privacy concerns

The launch of facial recognition technology at two Indian airports and plans to place it in police stations have stoked fears over privacy and increased surveillance among human rights groups in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2019

Think the European heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points

"Shall we all just kill ourselves?"
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 28, 2019

Finding time in Tokujin Yoshioka's design

Tokujin Yoshioka's design for Homme Plisse Issey Miyake/Aoyama, Issey Miyake Homme Plisse's first flagship, includes gravity-defying clothing rails, raw concrete minimalism and a showstopping special pleating machine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 28, 2019

Bonnie Jinmon has spent a decade fighting human trafficking: 'I want my work to be bigger'

Human trafficking is just as much a problem in Japan as it is in other countries. One American woman has decided to fight it and she hopes you will, too.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2019

The real policy challenges facing Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must place priority on resolving several major policy challenges confronting Japan before he tries to revise the Constitution.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 23, 2019

'Sandra Binion: Distille'

July 27-Aug. 18

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear