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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2019

Japan's decade of 'closed country' cinema

As Japanese box office figures hit record highs in the 2010s, the country's film industry became increasingly insular
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2019

'i: Documentary of the Journalist': Japanese press freedom laid bare

Tatsuya Mori follows Tokyo Shimbun journalist Isoko Mochizuki as she attempts to get answers from government officials in this bleak look at press freedom and integrity in Japan
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 13, 2019

Tokyo confirms it will hold vote for governor and assembly by-elections on July 5

Tokyo will hold a gubernatorial election on July 5 next year, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 24, the capital's election committee announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2019

Bolivian Senate head becomes interim president as supporters of Evo Morales object

The head of Bolivia's Senate, Jeanine Anez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former President Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico after resigning in what he has alleged was a coup.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson to declare Britain can 'end the groundhoggery of Brexit' if he wins election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday declare that the U.K. can "end the groundhoggery of Brexit" if he wins next month's election, saying the rest of the world was wondering why so much time has been spent agonizing over whether to leave the European Union.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 12, 2019

Satoko Miyahara still formidable, but can she win in future?

Satoko Miyahara earned the silver medal in her Grand Prix season debut at the Cup of China on Saturday, finishing behind Russian teen Anna Shcherbakova.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2019

Trump fumes over impeachment probe as public hearings loom

President Donald Trump seethed on Monday as Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to enter a crucial new phase — the first public hearings — in their impeachment inquiry centered on his request that Ukraine investigate political rival Joe Biden.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2019

Why Japan's English education is a fiasco

The first step toward improving Japanese student's English-speaking ability is to ensure their English teachers can speak the language.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2019

Resignation of Bolivia's Evo Morales, last of 'pink tide,' polarizes Latin America

The resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales, the last serving member of the 'pink tide' of leftist leaders that swept Latin America two decades ago, polarized governments across the region Sunday, with presidents from Venezuela to Argentina denouncing a "coup" and others cheering his exit.
BASEBALL
Nov 10, 2019

Final six Premier12 teams ready to make push for title

With Olympic berths hanging in the balance, the final six teams in the WBSC Premier12 are preparing to return to field for the tournament's Super Round, which begins in Japan on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 9, 2019

Back to 'The Factory' in a new era of meaningless work

Hiroko Oyamada's award-winning debut novel, "The Factory," measures out in terse detail an indictment of contemporary work culture. Set in modern Japan where the norms of underpay and overwork are well-known, the novella evokes the worst of the Silicon Valley-type tech campuses and asks the question:...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 9, 2019

Taiwan warns of possible attack if China's slowdown 'becomes serious'

Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world's second largest economy amid a trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island's foreign minister has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 8, 2019

Global bond sell-off persuades some investors to buy the dip as U.S.-China talks whipsaw market

Recent losses in Treasuries, which crescendoed Thursday into one of the worst days since Donald Trump was elected president, look like a buying opportunity for many investors who have a grim view of the economy's prospects.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2019

Japan's rugby, disasters and social change generate buzzwords in 2019

The 2019 Rugby World Cup, natural disasters and cashless payment inspired a large portion of the nominations for the annual buzzword of the year awards.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Nov 8, 2019

India's top court to rule on Ayodhya land at center of bitter Hindu-Muslim dispute

The most contested plot of land in India has unleashed deadly riots and set Hindu against Muslim. Now the nation's top court will decide who owns it.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 7, 2019

Tomoki Hiwatashi shines in senior Grand Prix debut in France

Tomoki Hiwatashi had a very respectable showing in his senior Grand Prix debut last weekend with a fifth-place finish at the Internationaux de France in Grenoble.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2019

Japan, by Japanese and for Japanese

Japanese markets for the Japanese and by the Japanese is poised to become the next big megatrend in Tokyo financial markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 6, 2019

FCC wants to know if Huawei gear is near U.S. military bases

U.S. officials plan to assess where equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. has been installed, and would be concerned if it's found near domestic military bases, the head of the Federal Communications Commission has said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2019

The power of cultural and economic capital

Compared to exhibitions in which art objects are meant to seduce us into epiphanic transcendence, the works in "Surface and Custom," a group show at Shiseido Gallery organized by Berlin-based artists Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, are more akin to frank expositions about the exchange of cultural and economic...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2019

Is hope really on the horizon in Japan?

A series of external and internal challenges await the nation, and the years ahead looking anything but hopeful.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2019

Will Japan be a loser in U.S.-China trade war?

Preconceptions and wishful thinking are always the biggest obstacles for understanding reality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

U.S. baseball fans are too old, too white and too few

One thrilling World Series can't make the sport's viewership problems go away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

Beijing is determined to reshape the globe

The Belt and Road initiative seeks to remake Eurasia in China's image.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 3, 2019

Despite what you see online, strive to be 'anti-yappari'

A video of an altercation in a Starbucks involving a black man, Japanese staff and a non-Japanese bystander will likely further nasty stereotypes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2019

Trump's push for Seoul to pay more for U.S. troops throws alliance into question and puts Tokyo on notice

Despite faltering denuclearization talks, U.S. President Donald Trump has been heaping praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, brushing away concerns by top Asian allies over recent missile launches and boasting of his "very good" relationship with the dictator of the nuclear-armed pariah state.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 3, 2019

England left heartbroken after coming up short in another Rugby World Cup final

England competed in the exact number of matches it entered the Rugby World Cup hoping to play.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
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.
‘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.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

Podcast

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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