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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2018

It's when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 2, 2018

B. League boosts Kumamoto recovery

Sometimes, the combined efforts of government officials, volunteers, local residents and sports leagues team up to produce a certifiable winner.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 26, 2018

With EVO Japan 2018, Japanese gamers finally get the home advantage

The video game tournament known as Evolution Championship Series had humble beginnings. Starting in California as a 40-person tournament between friends in 1996, it has since grown into arguably the world’s most celebrated fighting game tournament, complete with large cash prizes and major corporate...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2018

A year ago, Davos thought Trump would be a normal president

If there was one message that echoed through the mountains ringing Davos a year ago, it was that the business world could ignore tweets from U.S. leader Donald Trump.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 21, 2018

Redesigning and refining the perception of luxury

For the past 23 years Guido Tarchi has weaved among Tokyo's crowds, surrounded by the city's architectural jumble where the everyday harmonizes with the extravagant.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2018

Facebook's new mission may be impossible

Mark Zuckerberg's company is imitating Snap in trying to focus on interactions with 'friends and family.' But can the media genie be bottled up again?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 15, 2018

End of a chip boom? Memory chip price drop spooks investors

After a blistering year-and-a-half long surge, a sudden drop in some memory chip prices followed by Samsung Electronics Co.'s disappointing profit estimate is causing jitters among investors who had bet the chip boom would last at least another year.
Figure Skating
Jan 14, 2018

Uno eager to escape Hanyu's shadow

Shoma Uno first stepped on the ice at five, but it was the rough-and-tumble of hockey he had his eyes on — until a chance meeting with a figure skater changed everything.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2018

Shōtengai: Examining the evolution of Tokyo's venerable shopping districts

Jesse McFaddin strolls around Togoshi Ginza shōtengai (shopping district) on a recent chilly December afternoon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2018

Bain says the record year for Japan private equity is no one-off

Japan's banner year for buyouts is just the start of a bigger boom in the market, says the fund responsible for more than four-fifths of private equity deals in the country by value in 2017.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018

Coming of age: 1 in 8 new adults in Tokyo are not Japanese, ward figures show

The foreign community is younger overall than the native population across the 23 wards, figures show.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 8, 2018

Lions no strangers to posting system

While some NPB teams, such as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, may scoff at the posting system, don't count the Seibu Lions among them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 7, 2018

Abenomics should follow Masayoshi Son's lead

Could SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son re-energize the Abe administration's structural reform effort?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2018

What to watch in 2018

Here are some of the key themes — and questions — that look set to shape global events this year.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 27, 2017

Teachers and schools in Japan brace for icebergs in 2018

After a year of scandals and promises, the 'five-year rule' and demographic woes cast a shadow over education in 2018.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Dec 24, 2017

Foreign anime artists still face a long haul

In an interview with Buzzfeed two years ago, American animator Henry Thurlow, who had moved to Tokyo from New York six years earlier, summed up his dilemma. "When I was working as an animator in New York, I could afford an apartment, buy stuff and had time to 'live a life,'" he said. "Now (in Japan)...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 24, 2017

Exceptional skills, passion needed to sell luxury goods

A 2017 report released by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. on luxury consumers identified two major interrelated trends for the year. The first shows how the essence of luxury is moving to an experiential focus, with the second seeing changing luxury shopper behavior demanding a more individualized response.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 4, 2017

Survey: Reading comprehension of secondary students insufficient

A professor is concerned that 'insufficient reading comprehension skills will largely affect social lives.'
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Dec 3, 2017

Uuum CEO thrives helping YouTubers focus on what they do best

Kazuki Kamada lives the life he loves — just like the over 4,000 fellow YouTube creators he works with.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 1, 2017

Everton turns to Sam Allardyce in bid to stay up

"Sam Allardyce has resigned as manager of Crystal Palace and says he has 'no ambition to take another job' in football."
Oct 31, 2017

TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), Inc. Acquires ISO 9001 / 14001: 2015 Certification

TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), Inc. (Abbr.: THI; Location: Balamban, Cebu, Philippines; President and CEO: Akihiko Mishima) acquired ISO 9001 / 14001: 2015 Certification on September 21, 2017.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2017

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano named Sawamura Award winner

Tomoyuki Sugano was the No. 1 pitcher in Japan in 2017.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 28, 2017

Hawks believe quick-strike offense a big key to Japan Series success

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will try to strike first, scoring runs early, so they can play their own brand of ball in the 2017 Japan Series.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2017

Hurricanes' unnatural toll

The world spends far more on post-disaster aid and reconstruction than it does on mitigation even though the latter would save many lives and is far more cost-effective.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Oct 16, 2017

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature

The Swedish Academy is awarding this year's Nobel Prize in literature to Nagasaki-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
Japan Times
Oct 11, 2017

KAMBARA KISEN inaugurates three container carriers for Japan-China regular service
—Vessels named with wishes for flourishing business—

KAMBARA KISEN Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima; Representative Director and President: Hirotatsu Kambara) has completed the construction of three owned container carriers for its Japan-China regular service and inaugurated ORIENTAL ARROW, the third vessel, on 17th...
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017

Yukio Edano's liberal party rides wave of Twitter support, nearly catching up to Abe's LDP

A liberal-minded political party founded by ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has been sweeping its way through Japan’s Twitter community, amassing more than 100,000 followers in just a few days since its official launch on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 21, 2017

Storks, Magic looking to make instant impact

Will it be a bigger adjustment for the promoted Nishinomiya Storks and Shimane Susanoo Magic as they acclimate themselves to the first division this season, or for their opponents?
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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