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EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2017

Bleak population prospects

The government needs to focus better on upcoming demographics-related problems.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2017

Trump's Tomahawks won't help

The Trump administration's proposed budget aims to slash U.S. humanitarian spending that helps save countless lives around the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 12, 2017

Resisting Trump's America: why we march in Japan, again

On April 15 we will gather again in Tokyo to peacefully protest in solidarity with over 150 sister marches worldwide to demand the release of President Trump's complete tax returns since 2005.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2017

Aung San Suu Kyi marks her first year in power

Myanmar's defacto leader continues to face daunting challenges.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2017

Abe Cabinet weathers school scandal as Democratic Party's chronic weaknesses provide little alternative

The high-profile scandal involving nationalist Osaka-based school operator Moritomo Gakuen has once again brought to the fore the ability of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is linked to the affair, to maintain high public approval ratings.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 8, 2017

Ken Yokoyama: 'Be selfless and look at the big picture'

Former general manager of Hyatt Regency Kyoto on tourism, hospitality and pink Cadillacs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 8, 2017

'Nekonomics' does its bit to keep Japan's economy purring

In our last column we talked about the economic effectiveness (keizai kōka) of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Keizai kōka is often used as an indication of how much money a given scheme or phenomenon adds to a particular economy. As we pointed out, the number only takes into consideration the positive effects...
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2017

Drawing on Seattle startup revolution, Fukuoka angling to be entrepreneur hub

From the fifth-floor office of his internet startup, Kazz Watabe can see the sea bass jump in the bay as he works on his fishing website to the sound of jazz and the waves washing on the beach below.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2017

Worrying lessons of the Syria chemical attack

The Syrian civil war appears to be reestablishing the precedent that on occasion governments may be able to use chemical weapons against their own people without suffering much in the way of consequences.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Apr 5, 2017

AI will never replace human interaction, forum speakers say

Will there be a time in the not-so-distant future when people won't need to learn a second language — instead relying on machine translation powered by artificial intelligence to interpret real-time conversations?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2017

Tech underestimates demand for privacy

The more intrusive the tech industry becomes, the less users want to be the commodity sold by tech companies to advertisers or other exploiters of behavioral data and the more demand there will be for means of resistance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2017

After Fukushima, battling Tepco and leukemia

Masaru Ikeda felt he had a duty to help at the No. 1 plant after 3/11. Now, in court, he is taking on the utility he says betrayed him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 30, 2017

'Glorious feelings' are in the forecast as 'Singin' in the Rain' returns to a Tokyo stage

When Adam Cooper launched into the first verse of "Singin' in the Rain" on the stage of Tokyu Theatre Orb back in 2014, a palpable ripple of excitement ran through the Tokyo audience — and this writer, who was there, certainly felt it, too.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017

Participation in discussions on global issues essential

The Japan Times had the privilege of welcoming William Hiroyuki Saito, a special advisor to the Cabinet Office on cybersecurity to a lecture held at The Japan Times' Nifco Hall on March 13.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / EMBASSY PRESENTS ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE
Mar 23, 2017

Ceremony celebrates coffee

Ethiopia's own coffee culture has helped people relish slow living in the nation, with a unique ceremony providing people with lively communication, a lecturer versed in the Northeast African country explained to people at a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 23, 2017

Samurai drama to put unique spin on evolution of theater

Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to a theater whose seating area rotates to face a ring of multiple stages.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2017

Notion of moral hazard and Australian politics

The notion of moral hazard could help Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull navigate his way through policy choices.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 18, 2017

Asking the tough questions on Fukushima

In January, regional newspaper Fukushima Minpo interviewed Yosuke Takagi, state minister of economy, trade and industry. While talking about reconstruction plans for areas near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Takagi mentioned resurrecting Dash-mura (Dash Village), a farm created from...
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WORLD / Society
Mar 17, 2017

Somali militants let drought-hit civilians roam for food

Somali Islamists are letting civilians in drought-hit regions under their control move with relative freedom to find food, the group and a U.N. official said on Thursday, but they are continuing to restrict the access of international aid groups.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2017

The unintentional causes of 'abandonment'

Six years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the Tohoku region, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or missing, and triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant that has left a deeply embedded mistrust of nuclear power in the Japanese consciousness....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2017

The best way to ensure aid to Africa is effective

It is critical to help African countries improve governance before providing financial assistance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Mar 12, 2017

Militant approach to collecting fees hurts JASRAC's reputation

At the start of 2017, it was hard to imagine a way that the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) could garner more hate from social media users than its already received. The music copyright management organization has long been one of the most loathed institutions...
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2017

SoftBank to sell 25% stake in Arm to Vision Fund, sources say

SoftBank Group Corp. plans to sell a 25 percent stake in ARM Holdings PLC to a technology fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia after lead investors expressed a desire to include the chip-maker in their portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 3, 2017

Japan's ex-top cop spearheads campaign to boost immigration

When it comes to public safety and terrorism in Japan, nobody probably knows the situation better than Takaji Kunimatsu.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 3, 2017

Bitcoin 'creator' races to patent technology with gambling tycoon

The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive online gambling entrepreneur to file scores of patents relating to the digital currency and its underlying technology, blockchain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2017

Toyota Mirai's fuel cell technology must overcome ghosts of hydrogen's past

Taxi driver Theo Ellis, the first person in Europe to drive Toyota Motor Corp.'s hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan for business, loves telling passengers about the technology that emits nothing but water.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2017

Long reach of 'conspiracy crime' bill

Government legislation that would penalize the acts of plotting and preparing for crimes without carrying them out could impact the human rights of citizens through increased surveillance activities.

Longform

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