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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2017

Spain blocks Catalan independence vote, threatens charges against regional lawmakers

Spain's central authorities moved Thursday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2017

Eagles take small step in right direction with back-to-back victories over Fighters

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are officially on a winning streak. It's only two games, but it's a start, and with the way the last few weeks have gone, the Eagles will gladly take it.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2017

Unauthorized cord blood treatments

The recent arrests over alleged unauthorized stem cell therapies using blood collected from umbilical cords and placentas has shed light on the shady aspects of these expensive treatments.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2017

Lions' Yamakawa named Pacific League MVP for August

What a month it was for Hotaka Yamakawa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 7, 2017

McDonald's Japan adding restaurants as turnaround gains momentum

McDonald's Japan is adding to its restaurant count in the second half of the year, underscoring a turnaround that has seen same-store sales climb for 21 straight months.
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2017

Fine words from the BRICS

The BRICS have yet to take the steps necessary to demonstrate real leadership on the international stage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 6, 2017

With U.S. distracted by North Korea, China expands control in South China Sea

As Kim Jong Un's nuclear efforts in North Korea capture global attention, China is quietly moving to bolster its grip on disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 5, 2017

A somber prelude to riots of color

Koji Kinutani's entire career — from his student work to his metaphysical portraiture, which inaugurated a manga trend in contemporary art; his Styrofoam sculptures; the "Goddess of the Silvery Peak" (the basis for the official 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games poster); and his sometimes frightening...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2017

Arson blamed for Kenya girls school inferno deadly to nine, seen as part of a trend

Kenya's education minister said on Monday that arson was to blame for a weekend blaze that killed nine pupils at a girls' boarding school, part of a rising trend of deliberate school fires.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2017

Kakao counting on Japan's love of manga to crack overseas market

Asia's messaging apps have a history of becoming huge in their home market before struggling to gain traction overseas. South Korea's Kakao Corp. is counting on the Japanese love of manga to break that trend.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2017

Hong Kong broadcaster scraps 24-hour BBC World Service radio channel

Hong Kong's main public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), dropped a 24-hour BBC World Service channel from its airwaves Monday, replacing it with state radio from China in what critics say is a sign of encroaching Chinese control in the former British colony.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2017

Cryptocurrencies threaten central banks' control over money supply — and officials study using their technology

The boom in cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology is becoming too big for central banks, long the guardian of official money, to ignore.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2017

BOJ 'normalization' rides on consolidation

As central banks prepare to start unwinding balance sheets later this year, there is growing concern about the financial soundness of the Bank of Japan.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2017

Defense spending requests need close scrutiny

The threat of North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs should not be an excuse for an unchecked expansion in defense spending.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2017

Study links climate change to record U.S. road deaths

Climate change — not increased use of cell phones — might be to blame for an unusual spike in road deaths that hit the United States two years ago, said a study published on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2017

Convoy of Islamic State fighters, families resumes journey after being blocked by U.S.-led airstrikes

A convoy of Islamic State fighters began a new attempt to reach territory held by the militant group in eastern Syria on Thursday after being blocked by U.S.-led airstrikes, despite warnings of more military action.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2017

In Tokyo, British Prime Minister stresses solidarity on defense, Brexit

Abe and May vow to jointly deal with the North Korean military threat and to maintain smooth trade relations as Britain prepares to exit the EU.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2017

If not for yakuza laws, Japan could be cleaning up in e-sports ring

Spectators packed a Seattle arena and 5 million more went online to watch a video game tournament this summer in which winners each earned $2.2 million, about as much as tennis pro Rafael Nadal won at this year's French Open. Players came from all over the world but, as usual at these events, none was...
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2017

As Houston eyes immigrant labor to rebuild, Texas prepares to implement Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities

In the coming weeks, as Houston turns its attention to rebuilding areas devastated by Tropical Storm Harvey, people like Jay De Leon are likely to play an outsized role — if they stay around.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2017

Italy denies paying Libyan traffickers to block migrants as flow across Mediterranean slows

Italy denied on Wednesday that it supported a deal to pay armed groups implicated in human trafficking to prevent migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

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

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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