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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 29, 2020

Amateur traders pile into Asian stocks, making pros nervous

When the coronavirus pandemic sent shares plunging, you didn’t have to be a professional investor to spot a buying opportunity. In fact, it might be better if you weren’t.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 19, 2020

Japan's re-entry ban threatens scholarships, admission and graduation for foreign students

Many students from developing countries heavily depend on financial aid, and it is often the only way they can pursue higher education.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2020

Children of nurses in Japan excluded from day care over virus fears

The Education Ministry earlier this month urged schools to battle such prejudice, saying it could weaken the health care system.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Apr 20, 2020

Coronavirus crisis offers chance to update Japanese schools

The current coronavirus pandemic has caused school closures around the world. While some have been able to make the jump to digital ways of learning, others have fallen short.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Apr 18, 2020

A weekend inside: Toy art, 'Tiger King' and a candle-lit bubble bath

Ideas to keep you entertained over a weekend indoors.
Reader Mail
Jan 31, 2020

Japan's disaster prep is leaving a gaping hole

It's good to see that the Japanese emergency responders are practicing their rescue skills in case of a disaster during the upcoming Olympics ("Preparing for the worst: How Tokyo will respond to an Olympic quake" in the Jan. 24 edition).
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 9, 2019

Episode 25: The start of an extraordinary Diet

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set the tone for this year's extraordinary Diet session with a pledge to overhaul the nation's social welfare system to create one beneficial for all generations.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 30, 2019

Say bad thing, read boilerplate apology: Japan, we can do better

A joke about her skin hasn't bothered Naomi Osaka, but there are broader ramifications from such kind of comedy.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2019

Giants' Hayato Sakamoto sets personal record with 32nd homer in triumph over Tigers

Just like the weather outside of the relatively comfortable and cool confines of Tokyo Dome, the Yomiuri Giants are starting to heat up again.
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 10, 2019

Episode 19: Why is Japan whaling again?

Whalers are delighted by the policy shift, but many around the world have been left outraged and confused as to why Japan is so keen to continue its hunts. Staff writer Sakura Murakami joins Oscar Boyd to discuss.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

School widens its role in connecting students with the global community

Waseda University's beginnings hark back to 1882, when samurai turned politician-cum-educator Shigenobu Okuma founded Tokyo Senmon Gakko (Tokyo College). The institution acquired university status in 1902 and was renamed Waseda University.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 31, 2019

Moves are afoot to push media to switch Japanese name order in English, but will it work?

Some laugh it off as a First World problem. But others say the topic touches upon issues of identity, sovereignty and press freedom.
Dec 7, 2018

TSUNEISHI GROUP Announces the Appointment of Executives, Dated as of January 1st, 2019

TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Hirotatsu Kambara) hereby announces the appointment of executives of TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. and KAMBARA KISEN Co., Ltd., and the appointment of presidents...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Nov 12, 2018

To totally understand 'zenbu,' you have to learn all of its usages

u5168u90e8 and u5168u90e8u3067 have similar meanings but are not interchangeable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 8, 2018

The Japanese films that made a splash at TIFF

Every year people from the film industry — buyers, programmers and critics — descend on the Tokyo International Film Festival to see what this country has to offer, and every year they usually find at least one gem among the selections in the Japanese Cinema Splash section for indie films.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 3, 2018

What does the future hold for Naomi Osaka and Japanese dual nationals?: Readers' views

Some readers' letters in response to the recent Community articles about Japan's first tennis singles Grand Slam champion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Sep 17, 2018

When stumped in Japanese, go where stumped Japanese go

Reading Japanese explanations of Japanese grammar patterns is a surefire way to improve your reading ability and to make sure you're getting unadulterated content.
CULTURE / Books / WORKS BY JAPANESE WOMEN
Sep 15, 2018

Mieko Kawakami: A writer's writer who is at once highly readable and immensely popular

From her distinctive style to her choice of topics, Mieko Kawakami is both a writer's writer and an entertainer, a thinker and constantly evolving stylist who manages to be highly readable and immensely popular.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 11, 2018

Kenzaburo Oe's 'Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids' condemns wartime cruelty

Oe's first novel, published in 1958 when he was only 23, tells of a group of school children evacuated to a remote village to escape wartime bombing raids, only to be cut off and abandoned when plague breaks out.
Jun 28, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING celebrates its centennial by publishing Archipelago Travelogue

Illuminating the charm and value of Setouchi culture through stunning visuals and profound observations of intellectuals
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 27, 2018

On the changing face of Japanese styling

Lifestyles and desires change and fashion has always adapted with the times, but with easier access to global influences, it has become more eclectic than ever. From casual looks to match a lifestyle, to fanciful art collaborations — Japan aims to please all.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 23, 2018

A world of art on display at Tokyo International Art Fair

This year's edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair will feature paintings, sculpture, photographic illustrations, jewelry and a "sumo-size" book, with the work coming courtesy of hundreds of artists from 30 different countries, fair organizer Joelle Dinnage tells The Japan Times.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 28, 2018

Clarissa Goenawan's 'Rainbirds': A murder, a cram school, a mystery

Indonesian-born Clarissa Goenawan's debut novel, 'Rainbirds,' is set in Japan, was written in Singapore, and was first published in the U.S. making it something of a transnational literary tour de force.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 25, 2017

Ensuring women are not lost in translation

The literary arts are mainly solitary activities. Wordsmiths are, however, social animals and — the odd Pynchon aside — seek out the company of the rest of the species.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 13, 2017

Blue Sky Books is a literary treasure trove

Aozora Bunko is an electric internet library that contains works of literature in the public domain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 26, 2017

Reconnecting with our nature: teamLab's digital revolution

An interactive art collective wants us all to connect and experience a world without boundaries.

Longform

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped