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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2015

A pay wall has no place in democratic politics

Putting politics behind a paywall serves as an unintentional signifier — that the system is not of, by or for you, the people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Nov 1, 2015

Entrepreneurial lawyer takes legal services into Internet age

Becoming a lawyer used to be the ultimate status symbol in Japan. Bar exams were extremely hard to pass, so hard that once they obtained the license, lawyers were pretty much guaranteed a successful life afterward.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 31, 2015

Tsukiji countdown: clock ticking on famed fish market

With a year to go until the wholesale fish market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward closes its doors for good, operators in the market prepare to say their last goodbyes to the landmark attraction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2015

Experts say China's move to abandon one-child policy is 'too little, too late'

For all the historical significance of China's decision to abandon its one-child policy, the move risks falling well short of reversing a trend that threatens to throttle economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015

Serious challenges hamper ambitious Russia

Russia has daunting domestic problems that must be effectively addressed if the country aims to develop at the rate that its considerable resources allow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2015

Japan's largest bank said to enter fray for Bank Panin stake

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. has entered the running for a 39 percent stake in PT Bank Pan Indonesia, people with knowledge of the matter said, potentially setting up a battle between two of Japan's largest banks.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2015

Inequality debate looks in the wrong direction

What's truly terrible in America isn't that a few people have so much. It's that so many people have so little.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 24, 2015

Abe raises eyebrows when he's off script

On Oct. 1, the Sankei Shimbun reported that during a regularly scheduled press conference, NHK President Katsuto Momii addressed statements made by "former NHK employees" who told media outlets that the public broadcaster had "received phone calls from the prime minister's office" regarding passage of...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2015

Philippine storm weakens after killing at least nine

A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and floodwaters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2015

As winter looms, Germany struggles to find warm homes for refugees

At a sprawling camp in the German town of Celle, refugees wearing thick sweaters sit around a heater smoking cigarettes as rain beats down on the cramped white tent that has become their home. Some of them are ill and worried it will snow.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2015

Voter ed for high school students

The government's guidelines for teachers educating high school students on the political process are too restrictive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 16, 2015

What a nightmare: Sleep no more plentiful in primitive cultures

Maybe we cannot blame late-night TV, endless Internet surfing, midnight snacks, good books, bothersome work deadlines and other distractions of modern life for encroaching on our sleep.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 15, 2015

The Abe government versus the Emperor on history issues

Shinzo Abe and the Foreign Ministry have been mincing words when it comes to Japan's war responsibility, in stark contrast with Emperor Akihito's forthright statements of remorse and apology.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 14, 2015

Brave Blossoms determined to capitalize on rugby boom

Around 500 fans were waiting for the Brave Blossoms at Haneda airport on Tuesday, dousing them in a flood of camera flashlights.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 11, 2015

Hoodie Monks mix beats with their Buddhism

The Hoodie Monks bring together two cultures that might at first seem like unlikely partners: Buddhism and hip-hop.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2015

Facebook is following you around the Internet

Social media platforms like Facebook may be pretty intrusive in how they follow your Internet activity, but that's the price of using these 'free' services.
WORLD / Society
Oct 5, 2015

World's 'extremely poor' to fall below 10% of global population for first time in 2015: World Bank

The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world's population in 2015, the World Bank said Sunday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 4, 2015

Japan rightists' patient wait is over as conveyor belt of death shudders back to life

He's done it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2015

Hillside collapses on Guatemalan town, killing 25; hundreds missing

The collapse of a hillside onto a town on the edge of Guatemala City killed at least 25 people and left hundreds missing on Friday, as rescue crews searched for survivors in homes buried by dirt and sludge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2015

Difficult to buy a gun in China, but not explosives

A series of deadly bomb blasts in China this week has shown how easy it is to acquire explosives in the country, revealing a major gap in its huge security apparatus as the economy slows and anger grows over issues like graft and poor public services.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 28, 2015

Home-sharing services on the rise in Japan as owners cash in on tourist boom

For foreign tourists to Japan, staying at traditional ryokan inns is a popular way to enjoy their trips, but home-sharing services are growing as an alternative form of accommodation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015

'Pope-onomics': Francis' keys to a better economy

Pope Francis is a strong and eloquent advocate of people sharing and governing their enterprises together.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2015

Nation's youth are attempting to establish a new political norm

"Tell me what democracy looks like!"
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2015

Japan far from confronting hereditary breast cancer, but Jolie effect is helping

For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister's death from ovarian cancer in 2008.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 23, 2015

As Malaysian leader struggles in graft scandal, his party plays the race card

When thousands of Malay Muslims marched through Kuala Lumpur last week to support his scandal-racked government, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak kept his distance.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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