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EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2016

Pushing abolition of nuclear arms

Hopefully, the Hiroshima Declaration on disarmament will provide much-needed momentum to ridding the globe of nuclear weapons.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2016

Okinawa, Tokyo begin working-level talks over future of Futenma base

Okinawa and central government officials began working-level talks Thursday under a court-mediated settlement deal that calls for both sides to find a solution to the long-stalled issue of relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
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BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2016

In Iowa corn fields, Chinese national's seed theft exposes vulnerability

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 13, 2016

'Youth': Sorrentino gets extra sentimental

"I don't want to read any more of it, write any more of it, I don't even want to talk about it anymore," said the novelist Philip Roth in 2012, as he announced his retirement from literature. "I'm tired of all that work. I'm in a different stage of my life."
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 12, 2016

Success of G-7 Hiroshima summit could fuel Kishida's LDP leadership bid

A Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting is usually an opportunity for Japan's top diplomat to step into the global spotlight. For Fumio Kishida, the foreign minister who often stands in the shadow of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the meeting that wrapped up Monday in Hiroshima means so much more.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016

An exhibition of things that make you go 'hmm'

The subtitle of the Mori Art Museum's triennial "Roppongi Crossing" exhibition three years ago was "Out of Doubt." This year it's "My Body, Your Voice." In 2013, the group show was inflected by the destruction caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and scepticism about the handling...
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016

'Sion Sono: The Whispering Star'

April 3-July 10
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2016

English skills gap between jurisdictions not new

What is lost in the debate on English skills in both Japan and the U.S. are the reasons why scores progress, decline or remain flat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 12, 2016

Cathay bonus miles; Chubu-Manila route opens; Air France meal service

Cathay bonus miles
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BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Apr 11, 2016

Japan pins tech hopes on game-changing nanofiber

Carbon fiber may often be dubbed the next-generation material, but it's another product — cellulose nanofiber — that is increasingly attracting attention among manufacturers.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 11, 2016

Abenomics rebuked as major foreign investors join $46 billion Japan pullout

For global equity investors and Shinzo Abe, it's splitsville.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2016

China Internet regulator says Web censorship not a trade barrier

China's online censorship system protects national security and does not discriminate against foreign companies, the country's Internet regulator said, after the United States labeled the blocking of websites by Beijing a trade barrier.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 10, 2016

Kitajima makes retirement official, ending illustrious career

For more than a decade, Kosuke Kitajima competed at the highest levels of the swimming world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2016

Contamination: Kadena Air Base's dirty secret

For the first time, documents released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act reveal extensive pollution on an active American base in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Apr 9, 2016

New places to shop and an all-inclusive way to approach fashion

Diesel adds to the family
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2016

Diet oversight of state secrets

The Diet boards trying to oversee the designation of state secrets under Shinzo Abe's new laws are running into significant problems — as expected.
Reader Mail
Apr 9, 2016

Obama should visit Hiroshima

The story headlined "Kerry to visit Hiroshima for G-7 ministerial talks" in the April 3 edition pointed out that Group of Seven ministers will visit Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima to pay tribute to the atomic bomb victims. That means hundreds of government officials and reporters from overseas will...
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WORLD
Apr 9, 2016

Archbishop of Canterbury learns his father was secretary to Churchill

Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has discovered his biological father was the former private secretary to Britain's war-time leader Winston Churchill, he said in a statement Friday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016

Disgraced Japanese badminton duo apologize for illegal gambling

Japan's top badminton players apologize after being caught up in a gambling scandal that threatens their chances of going to the Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016

A tricky Edward Snowden moment for China

The Panama Papers have cast an unwelcome spotlight on the financial affairs of China's elite.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2016

G-7 foreign ministers to call for peaceful resolution to territorial disputes

In a statement to be issued after the two-day meeting, the ministers are expected to say stakeholders should abide by international court decisions.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years