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EDITORIALS
Jan 6, 1999

Paying for our technology fetish

Most people must have heard about the so-called "Year 2000 problem," or Y2K, as the turn-of-the-millennium computer glitch is known in techno-speak. Newspaper columns are filled with warnings of pandemonium in banking systems, airport control towers and other vital public facilities, just because computers,...
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

Anniversary of subway nerve gas attack observed

Memorial events were held March 20 to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, which key members of Aum Shinrikyo have been accused of carrying out.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1998

St. Ignatius Church reveals initial phase of facelift

The first phase of construction of a new building for St. Ignatius Church, near Yotsuya Station in Tokyo, is finished and was unveiled to the press Friday.The building, a Catholic church well known in the Japanese and foreign community alike, is oval-shaped and has a floor space of 1,450 sq. meters,...
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1997

Aqualine opens to traffic under, above Tokyo Bay

KAWASAKI -- More than three decades after the idea was first put forward, an expressway beneath Tokyo Bay opened Thursday with simultaneous ceremonies in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1997

Kobe gets quake-safe hotel

KOBE -- A 218-room business hotel fully constructed with quake safety in mind will open Mar. 18 in the Sannomiya district here, becoming the first major hotel to open in Kobe after 1995's Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2023

Ukraine preparing 'biggest blow' after reclaiming villages, Kyiv says

A Ukrainian deputy minister said forces had retaken Piatykhatky, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the front line near the most direct route to the country's Azov Sea coast.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2023

Russia, learning from costly mistakes, shifts battlefield tactics

Moscow’s forces remain uneven. But while bracing for a counteroffensive, they have improved discipline, coordination and air support, foreshadowing a changing war.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 15, 2023

Making a case for Japan’s right to brag about its four seasons

Sure, there are four seasons everywhere in the world. However, Japanese culture tends to treat them with a reverence that isn't observed elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 10, 2023

Brexit to 'Partygate': The rise and fall of Boris Johnson

The former British leader was once likened by a member of his party to a 'greased piglet' for his ability to bounce back from a succession of setbacks and scandals. Not anymore.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2023

The SVB debacle and a bank 'murder mystery'

As long as there are banks, there will always have bank failures, which is why regulators are needed to draw the right lessons from the SVB debacle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine war plans leak prompts Pentagon investigation

The documents do not provide specific battle plans, but to the trained eye of a Russian war analyst, the documents no doubt offer many tantalizing clues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2023

How the AI 'revolution' is shaking up journalism

Many commentators believe that journalism is on the cusp of a revolution where mastery of algorithms and AI tools that generate content will be a key battleground.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2023

Russia, Ukraine and the West vow to fight on, in a war with no end in sight

Declaring the resolve to fight on, however, is much easier than mustering the resources and support to do so.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 19, 2023

Families seek closure for mine disaster as Japan-South Korea relations thaw

136 Koreans and 47 Japanese were killed when the Chosei mine beneath the seabed on the Yamaguchi Prefecture coast collapsed and flooded in 1942.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2023

Turkey earthquake evokes questions over building standards

As Turkey's death toll rises, so has fury over why, in a country with multiple fault lines and a history of major jolts, building quality is so poor that buildings fall apart like paper.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2023

North Korea unveils apparent new ICBM in nighttime military parade

The new missiles would not need to be fueled up, making them easier to deploy quickly and more difficult to spot and shoot down.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023

Silent phones, freezing rain and anguish in Turkey quake

The disaster toppled nearly 3,500 buildings across 10 provinces, killing more than 3,000 people and injuring more than 11,000, while leaving an unknown number trapped under debris.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2023

Concrete traps carbon dioxide soaked from air in climate-friendly test

The joint effort was the first time that carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere using such Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology had been secured in concrete.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 10, 2023

A top U.K. newspaper explores its ties to slavery — and Britain’s

The Guardian’s 'Cotton Capital” series provoked glee among the paper’s ideological opponents, and had its share of critics too.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 26, 2023

Russia tries to portray return to order after Wagner mutiny

The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi by phone and had received Tehran's 'full support' in connection with the mutiny.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2023

Rebel Russian mercenaries turn back short of Moscow 'to avoid bloodshed'

The move, which de-escalated a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin's grip on power, will see the Wagner Group fighters move to Belarus.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 23, 2023

Why are Hollywood films falling out of favor in Japan?

American films used to dominate the box office in Japan, but over the past 20 years Hollywood's share has slowly shrunk.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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