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Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2013

Filling up time to fend off evil

Regarding the Sept. 15 article "Japanese media declare 'dark times' are on us": Whenever there is a murder in Japan, especially of a young girl, there is always some kind of fear-mongering and citation of whatever other kinds of crimes and skewing of whatever statistics that happen to be happening/available...
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2013

Fujiwara breaks TV taboo, slams secrets bill

Norika Fujiwara has broken an unwritten rule of the television business: sharing her political views. The popular model and actress has come out against a bill that stiffens penalties against civil servants who leak classified information.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2013

Change Japan's energy policy

The Abe administration should heed public opinion and set a clear timeline for ending Japan's reliance on nuclear power.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2013

Beijing sees a victory as UNSC role gets a boost

China has every right to be pleased with the U.S.-Russia agreement on Syria, which has returned the United Nations to center stage.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2013

Why the West misread Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin's end goal in his Syrian diplomatic initiative is to put the U.S. back into the U.N. Security Council box.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 16, 2013

Oversized trash

Dear Alice,
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 16, 2013

Activist Chinese billionaire detained

Last month, Chinese police invited Wang Gongquan in for a "cup of tea," often a prelude to detention. He had launched a public petition calling for the release of arrested dissident Xu Zhiyong, and the authorities were not amused. But Wang effectively told the police to forget it — he had no time...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 16, 2013

TEAP stresses pragmatic approach

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party forges ahead with its strategy of nurturing "internationally minded" talent to aid economic growth, the prospect that students' scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) will be used as criteria for entering university looms increasingly...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 16, 2013

Lack of liberal arts education is sapping Japan's creativity

The plight of the Japanese manufacturing industry today is in part caused by its engineers' lack of a liberal arts education.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 15, 2013

Nadeshiko — adorable till they die

"France for food, Japan for wives." That was basically the conclusion made by French journalist/novelist Pierre Loti, who dropped by our shores in 1885 and wrote a book about his stay called "Madame Chrysantheme." Loti hadn't exactly caught the Japan bug — he was critical of many facets of Japanese...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 15, 2013

N.Z. opposition party elects leader

New Zealand's main opposition Labor Party elected David Cunliffe as its new leader to contest next year's general election and try to prevent Prime Minister John Key from winning a third term.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2013

Shooting down five myths about cruise missiles

U.S. cruise missiles are no magical solution to the horror taking place in Syria.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 14, 2013

A swim with turtles (maybe)

For snorkelers, there's perhaps nothing better than hanging out underwater with a hawksbill sea turtle. Safer than sharks, they are graceful and beautiful, ancient and wise. But sightings are rare. Of my hundreds of snorkeling adventures, I've only seen turtles, from a distance, in Palau and Koh Tao...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 14, 2013

Free rent for cat lovers, Yangtze towns fall, JFK supports South Vietnam, Union sells nuclear power

Anyone who is not afraid of cats or knows how to drive away a great plague of feline roughs and toughs is offered the use of a house in Shibuya for a year free of rent. In so doing the landlord is losing u00a5300, as the house is good for a monthly rent of 25.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2013

The desperate search for online privacy is over

Privacy in the traditional sense is most certainly dead. But the killer isn't the NSA. It's the Internet itself — or, more to the point, our entire reliance on it
Reader Mail
Sep 14, 2013

Make use of chemical conventions

Regarding the Sept. 12 article "Obama gives Syria diplomatic option to avoid U.S. strike": In a plan jointly developed just over a week ago with Dr. Gordon Thompson, who directs the Institute for Resource and Security Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts (before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's door-opening...
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2013

Idling of Oi No. 4 unit to again halt all atomic power

With Sunday's shutdown of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi No. 4 reactor for regular safety inspections, Japan will be without nuclear power for the first time since July 2012.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 13, 2013

Carriers start taking iPhone pre-orders

Competition for mobile phone vendors spikes as Japan's three top players begin taking pre-orders for Apple's latest iPhone, including NTT DoCoMo.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

Podcast

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

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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