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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 16, 2016

Hakata, Nagahama, Kurume: A guide to Fukuoka's best ramen styles

Fukuoka was named the world's seventh most-livable city by Monocle magazine this year for its eco- and business friendly initiatives — but its status as a ramen mecca couldn't have hurt. Within Japan, Fukuoka is known, perhaps more than anything else, for tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen, thanks in part...
EDITORIALS
Sep 15, 2016

DP's challenges under new leader

Despite the controversy surrounding Renho's candidacy, the Democratic Party can hardly afford not to unite its new president.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 15, 2016

Enthusiastic players unite to promote new league

Players were upbeat and enthusiastic, and a positive vibe filled the room.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 14, 2016

Japan's dual citizens get a tacit nod but keep their status in the shadows

Is the 'don't ask, don't tell' status quo the ideal situation for a country that tends to be reflexively conservative on issues of race and nationality yet benefits from the dual-citizen population?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2016

80% of Japanese fear military clash around Senkakus, poll finds

A Pew Research Center poll finds 80 percent of Japanese respondents are concerned the territorial row could erupt into conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2016

South Korea's biggest recorded earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns

Two earthquakes that jolted South Korea on Monday night, including the largest ever recorded in the country, prompted concerns about the safety of nuclear plants clustered in the quake-prone southeast.
OLYMPICS
Sep 13, 2016

Decorated wrestler Icho to receive People's Honor Award

The government said Tuesday it will bestow the People's Honor Award on Kaori Icho who became the first female wrestler to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals at last month's Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2016

Southeast Asia has a 'Brexit' risk of its own

ASEAN could end up a toothless tiger unless it addresses economic integration and regional security.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2016

Joint China-Russia naval drills in South China Sea focus on anti-submarine, 'island-seizing' operations

China and Russia kicked off eight days of naval drills Monday in the South China Sea off southern Guangdong province — a move likely to further stir tensions in the disputed waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 12, 2016

Aichi firm mining used gadgets to make Tokyo Olympic medals

Renet Japan Group Inc., a major dealer in second-hand goods based in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, is stepping up efforts to collect and recycle mobile phones and computers so it can forge Olympic medals out of recycled goods.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2016

U.S. should stay out of the China-Philippines spat

If Manila wants to defend its interest against the region's most important power, it should create a military capable of doing so.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016

Uzbeks paid dearly for U.S. support of Karimov regime

U.S. interest in their country has made Uzbeks' lives unspeakably miserable. And unless something radically unexpectedly takes place, that's likely to continue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016

Obama's Syria policy stokes smoldering conflicts

The Kurds and Turks who were meeting in 2012 are now in each other's crosshairs, and the Obama administration is stuck in yet another Middle Eastern quagmire.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan