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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2015

EU leaders agree to fast-track new border force

European Union leaders pledged to fast-track the establishment of an EU border and coast guard force at a summit where they again urged each other to implement measures agreed this year to curb migration across the Mediterranean.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 17, 2015

Japanese 'Star Wars' fans get ready for a new adventure

It's become a bit of trivia among "Star Wars" fans that creator George Lucas allegedly took inspiration from both the term jidai geki (historical drama) when creating the word "jedi" and Akira Kurosawa's film "The Hidden Fortress." Those aren't the only Japanese references in the series; from Darth Vader's...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2015

Leafy designs for new National Stadium seen as posing security headaches

The greenery-rich design proposals for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could pose security headaches, an expert said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / INVEST IN ITALY 2015
Dec 15, 2015

Reforms create many new opportunities

Italian Trade Agency (ITA) President Ricardo Monti is actively working to get more companies and individuals to invest in his country.
EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2015

A new day dawns for Venezuela

Venezuela's political opposition camp scored a major electoral victory, and now poses a direct threat to the power of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2015

Forget 'smart' new cities; India needs old ones to be less dumb

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grand designs to build 100 futuristic "smart" cities in India, but as this week's devastating flooding in Chennai shows, fixing today's accident-prone metropolises appears to be the more pressing task.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2015

Decades after Nigeria's war, new Biafra movement grows

Nearly half a century after a civil war in which a million people died, 27-year-old Okoli Ikedi is part of a new protest movement in southeastern Nigeria calling for an independent state of Biafra.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2015

Kuroda swaying Japan bond market on inflation without new stimulus

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is starting to convince bond investors he can revive inflation without extra monetary easing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2015

Tut tomb may conceal Egypt’s lost queen; new evidence headed to Japan for analysis

Chances are high that the tomb of ancient Egypt's boy-king Tutankhamun has passages to a hidden chamber, which may be the lost last resting place of Queen Nefertiti, experts said on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2015

Climate — the new danger to our well-being

The world needs much stronger emission cuts than whatever comes out of the upcoming Paris talks on climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2015

New Islamic State video threatens White House bombings, more France attacks

Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015

Alarming new 'superbug' gene found in animals and people in China

A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China — including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2015

'Nissan Art Award 2015: Exhibition of New Works by Seven Finalists'

Nov. 7-Jan. 31
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 7, 2015

South Korea's new state textbook 'corrects' history

South Korea recently announced plans for a revisionist textbook that will whitewash that country's history and has the academic community outraged over political meddling. At least the move gives South Korean President Park Geun-hye something in common with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2015

Volkswagen faces new €2 billion hit as 800,000 more cars are tied to emissions woes

Volkswagen AG said an internal probe in the wake of the diesel scandal that has engulfed the company for the past six weeks showed irregularities on an additional 800,000 cars, deepening a crisis that has already cost long-time Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn his job, depressed the stock price...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2015

Anticipating more muscular missions, MSDF launches new minesweeper

Amid the national debate over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proactive security policy and newly enacted laws, a state-of-the-art minesweeper built for the Maritime Self-Defense Force was launched Tuesday in a ceremony in Yokohama.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Oct 23, 2015

Pepsi Japan creates a new 'mystery flavor' cola for Halloween

To coincide with Halloween, Pepsi has rolled out the classic "mystery flavor" trick to promote its new limited-edition Pepsi Ghost cola (¥151).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 21, 2015

Jumpin' Jiminy: YoYo the cat finds a new home in Tokyo

The handsome Blanco, first featured here in May 2014, has found a home in the capital with a Canadian resident.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2015

Key Manhattan eatery group to drop time-honored U.S. tipping tradition

A restaurant group that includes some of Manhattan's most well-regarded dining spots said on Wednesday it will take the potentially revolutionary step in the United States of eliminating tipping.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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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
By Yukana Inoue

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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