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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 24, 2019

Disney cuts lesbian kiss from 'Star Wars' in Singapore

Disney has cut a lesbian kiss from the latest "Star Wars" movie, Singapore's media regulator said on Tuesday, so that more children can watch it.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2019

Land reclamation for U.S. base at Henoko in Okinawa to take five years longer

The government has concluded that the period for landfill work must be extended to about 10 years from the initially planned five years for a project to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, informed sources said Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 23, 2019

Japan's unviable whaling nationalism

The cultural nationalist project to re-imagine whaling as a national culinary culture will likely fail since it appears unlikely that whaling can become a viable commercial enterprise.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Dec 22, 2019

Christmas on Happy Road: Green inferno

Chapter 3
Japan Times
CULTURE
Dec 21, 2019

Jomon revival: Interest in Japan's indigenous hunter-gathers grows

From his hilltop studio in the suburbs of Tokyo, Taku Oshima is reviving an ancient form of body art tradition he believes was practiced by the indigenous hunter-gatherers that inhabited Japan thousands of years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2019

Behind the rise of Japan's recluses

A lack of economic ambition is increasing the trend of 'hikikomori.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 20, 2019

Sweden ends five years of negative rates with hike to zero

Sweden's central bank ended five years of negative interest rates on Thursday when it raised benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter point to zero, defying an economic slowdown and global uncertainty.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Dec 20, 2019

Takashi Miike shows his softer side at Macao film festival

Japan's master of the ultra-violent, darkly comedic and low-budge yakuza flick, Takashi Miike, discusses the ideas of love and boxing which are prevelant in his latest film, 'First Love.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2019

Britain: One nation but many voices

In the latest British election, people expressed this own free opinions and rejected old party allegiances as never before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2019

Airbus sees strong sales haul this year on Asia demand and long-range A321

Airbus is on course to end 2019 with a rise in its order backlog after netting more sales than deliveries across its major products, a senior executive said on Wednesday, thanks partly to strong demand in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2019

Top U.S. general says North Korean 'Christmas gift' likely long-range missile test

A top U.S. Air Force general on Tuesday said he expects North Korea's "Christmas gift" to the United States to be a long-range missile test, after Pyongyang delivered an ominous threat ahead of a unilateral year-end deadline for progress in nuclear talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2019

India is abandoning its founding principles

The country's embrace of religious nationalism is trampling on a tradition of secular liberalism that has served its people well
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2019

Labour's defeat offers the left hard lessons

Some serious rethinking needs to happen if the Labour Party is not planning to be a spent, past force in British politics.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Dec 14, 2019

'Zen in Japanese Culture': An astute explainer of Japan's spiritual aesthetics

With 'Zen in Japanese Culture,' Gavin Blair deftly sidesteps superficial how-tos and Orientalism to deliver a in-depth explainer that leaves readers wanting to dig even deeper.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2019

Looking at the lives you can still save

Living ethically involves helping people suffering in ways we could easily prevent. Many people seem to have taken that message to heart.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2019

Winding back the years in Yokohama’s Yamate district

One of Japan's '100 Cityscapes,' Yokohama's Yamate district — also known as 'The Bluff' — preserves some of the city's elegant European structures and international heritage.
Reader Mail
Dec 13, 2019

Tradition and discrimination

Hiyori Kon, or Little Miss Sumo, is a new, powerful force behind a centuries-long debate about sumo and its men-only rule ("Little Miss Sumo wrestles with sexism in Japan's ancient sport" in the Nov. 5 edition).
Reader Mail
Dec 13, 2019

Japan needs to get on green path

Japan has put on a good face in front of the international community as a "green country"— without actually addressing its people about the problems of climate change. The voices of the Japanese people can change this.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2019

Scientists home in on potential treatments for deadly Nipah virus

Scientists working on how to combat a highly infectious and deadly virus called Nipah, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, say they have found around a dozen potential drugs that might be developed to block the disease.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2019

Shifting into the era of the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific era should not and must not be defined by the U.S.-China strategic competition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2019

One year on, China hints at espionage trials for two detained Canadians

China said Tuesday that its investigative process has wrapped up for two Canadians detained in the communist country over vague espionage-related charges, hinting at the possibility of trials, exactly one year since they were first arrested.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 11, 2019

Music historian Kato David Hopkins and a life spent discovering the obscure in Kansai

Music historian Kato David Hopkins is using his Happy Hour event in Kyoto to educate people about some of the lesser-known bands of the Kansai underground scene of years gone by
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 10, 2019

The language involved with a gluten-free diet in Japan

Some restaurants in Japan are beginning to offer gluten-free options, but if you want to be certain then it's better to know the words that will help you avoid a dietary disaster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2019

Amazon cites Trump bias at 'enemy' Jeff Bezos in Pentagon cloud deal loss

Amazon.com Inc. claims the Pentagon failed to fairly judge its bid for a cloud contract worth up to $10 billion because President Donald Trump viewed company founder Jeffrey Bezos as his "political enemy."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2019

As election nears, U.K.'s Johnson is criticized for response to photo of sick child

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under fire on Monday for his response to being shown a photo of a sick child lying on a hospital floor ahead of the Dec. 12 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2019

Johnson pledges 'transformative' Brexit as nerves are rattled by U.K. polls and his lead narrows

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was nervous about his narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's election but pledged to deliver a "transformative" Brexit that will allow lower immigration.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 6, 2019

Tony Parker reflects on great career in Tokyo visit

The San Antonio Spurs were synonymous with winning during Tony Parker's illustrious NBA career, appearing in five NBA Finals and capturing four titles.
Reader Mail
Dec 6, 2019

Using education for social stratification

Roger Dahl, for his editorial cartoon in the Nov. 17 cartoon, drew a Rube Goldberg contraption to demonstrate how English-language education is being reformed. No doubt the reform of English-language testing in Japan is moving forward at the sloth-like pace of a turtle. The education ministry moves slowly,...

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