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EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2019

Shifting to more diverse hiring practices

Companies that adopt year-round recruiting practices should ensure the practice doesn't impact university students' academic studies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 24, 2019

'Lust in a Karaoke Box': Celebrating the joys of student life

When I taught at colleges here in the 1980s, I marveled at my students' freedom, including freedom from study. They could spend most of their waking hours at part-time jobs or club activities and still, somehow, graduate.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Apr 24, 2019

Malala is only one part of what makes Pakistan great

The textbooks used in English class are starting to look more and more like they should be used in social studies class, focusing increasingly on the cultures of countries where English isn't the first language. These lessons in diversity come in the form of stories about famous people such as Pakistan's...
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2019

NASA's InSight probe detects likely 'marsquake' in interplanetary first

NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported on Tuesday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2019

Jera eyes role as global renewable leader but says coal will still play role in Japan's energy mix

With the integration of existing thermal power plants of its parents Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. completed on April 1, Jera Co. has completed the last step of unifying the full value chain from upstream fuel and power trading to power generation.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 21, 2019

'Busy and exciting' times predicted for EU-Japan ties

Patricia Flor brings new meaning to the phrase 'hit the ground running.' Within two hours of her arrival in Japan last autumn to begin her assignment, she jumped straight into work.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2019

Ichikawa Kagura: Saving the dances of the gods

As performers of Shinto theatrical dance age, the Sanriku International Arts festival hopes to encourage youth to help preserve tradition.
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JAPAN
Apr 21, 2019

Aging Japan to see 25% of breadwinners turn 75 or older by 2040: report

Japan's rapidly-aging society will see a quarter of its breadwinners turn 75 or older by 2040, the Nikkei daily has reported, citing a study from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 20, 2019

Understanding the true ties between health and success

There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything — and you're probably doing it wrong.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2019

Who should decide how algorithms decide?

It is in everyone's interest to consider how technologies such as self-driving cars will navigate life-or-death ethical dilemmas in the real world.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 18, 2019

Kyotographie 2019: It's in the space

The banner image for "Vibe," the seventh edition of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival, is Scotsman Albert Watson's sepia-tinted portrait of Ryuichi Sakamoto, which was used for the musician's 1989 album "Beauty." It's an outrageously self-indulgent image, but so gorgeous, and the album...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2019

Examining Carlos Ghosn and Japan's system of 'hostage justice'

As the Carlos Ghosn saga continues to unfold, domestic and international attention continues to mount on what many are calling a "hostage justice" system.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 17, 2019

'Just Only Love': Looking for romance in all the wrong places

If you believe everything you read in the news, Japanese romance movies should really belong in the science fiction category. Just last week, a new study estimated that a quarter of people aged 18 to 39 in Japan had never had heterosexual intercourse, feeding the popular stereotype of a listless generation,...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2019

Images may show reprocessing activity at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear site, U.S. researchers say

Satellite images from last week show movement at North Korea's main nuclear site that could be associated with the reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, a U.S. think tank said on Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Apr 15, 2019

'Uchi' is where the heart is

The Japanese word 'uchi' can have several meanings depending on the context it's being used in, but one common thread in all of them is an idea of closeness to the speaker.
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LIFE
Apr 15, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era

Over the past year, as we counted down to the end of the Heisei Era, The Japan Times presented a monthly 12-part series that looked back at the leading issues of the past three decades
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 13, 2019

Vaughan Allison: Transforming nonessentials into essentials

Vaughan Allison on why his blood is black, his best concert memory and the most underrated area in Tokyo.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2019

Einstein couldn't believe his own black hole theory

A point of infinite density trapping even light? It's pretty far fetched, but its finally been photographed
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 12, 2019

3D laser imaging shines new light on 'Last Supper' site

The arched stone-built hall in Jerusalem venerated by Christians as the site of Jesus' Last Supper has been digitally re-created by archaeologists using laser scanners and advanced photography.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2019

Japan to draw up plans to support workers stuck in nonregular employment in their 30s and 40s

The government has decided to draw up a program aimed at facilitating stable employment of nonregular workers in their 30s and 40s who were unable to obtain regular positions upon graduation from universities or other educational institutions due to the tough job market at the time.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2019

Falling in love with meat all over again

It's a relief that vegetarian burgers are more and more like the real thing, because the real thing turns out to be nutritious.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2019

No silver bullet for China's plastics problem

The country could make biodegradable products mainstream, but that won't stop its trash from choking the oceans.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 3, 2019

'JK Rock': A rock 'n' roll battle of the sexes

There are many Japanese musical films about aspiring rock and pop stars (though not Hollywood-style musicals, which are seldom made here.) Among the best-loved is "Linda, Linda, Linda," Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2005 film about four teenage girls who hastily form a band and wow the kids at a school cultural...
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 2, 2019

Rafael Arutunian says he never felt Yuzuru Hanyu was unbeatable

In the days following the world championships it is always interesting to hear the various takeaways that those in the skating community have. One of note came from Rafael Arutunian, the coach of world champion Nathan Chen.
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BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2019

U.S. airlines back up after second system glitch in a week

Major U.S. airlines were back up and running on Monday after a system-wide outage delayed hundreds of flights and fired-up customer complaints on social media, the second such disruption in a week.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 31, 2019

Baku Sakashita: In light of good design

Designer and artisan Baku Sakashita sheds light on his striking Suki series of lamps and the history of design in Japan.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2019

Before mosque attacks, New Zealand failed to record hate crimes for over a decade

Weeks before a gunman killed 50 Muslims in Christchurch, a man had threatened to burn copies of the Quran outside New Zealand mosques, in what community leaders said was the latest in a long list of threatening behavior against religious minorities.
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Mar 30, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era: Japan deals with death, disasters and a feeling of insecurity

Post-disaster Tohoku has been rife with supernatural sightings.
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JAPAN / Society
Mar 29, 2019

Vietnamese nun in Tokyo prays for compatriots who lost lives at work in Japan, fearing more to come

Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names line an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo — silent testimony to Vietnamese people who died after coming to Japan to work or study.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
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