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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2015

Putin has misjudged his erstwhile ally Erdogan

Having already underestimated him once with deadly results, the best way for Putin to figure out how Erdogan will respond to any further Russian moves is probably to imagine how he himself would react. The two men have a lot in common.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015

Sweden, Norway toughen border controls, demand EU action on asylum seeking throngs

Sweden will introduce tighter border controls and asylum rules, in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching the country and force other EU states to take in more refugees, the government said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015

It's time to call Islamic terrorism what it is

The U.S. is at war with people who believe that Islam justifies mass murder. It's time for Democratic politicians and U.S. government officials to stop pretending otherwise.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 24, 2015

Asia's $89 billion sexism issue

Japan is one of the worst offenders when it comes to sexism. Shinzo Abe needs to prove 'womenomics' is more than tokenism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015

How China can prevent the antibiotic apocalypse

China's millions of farmers are notorious for pumping their livestock full of antibiotics, a practice that is fueling the rise of bacteria resistant to some of the world's most powerful 'last resort' antibiotics.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2015

Britain's Prince Charles: climate change root cause of Syrian war

Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 23, 2015

Abe's growing China problem

Abe talks big on reform but hasn't delivered the radical change needed to adapt to 6 percent growth in China.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015

United with Putin against terror?

Putin sees the Paris terrorist attacks as an opening for Russia to improve its ties with the West, and he wants to take advantage of it. The West should not shut him out.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 23, 2015

Japan's future is an OISTer

Japan's best-kept educational secret is the world-class Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2015

The reason American landlords love to rent properties to refugees: reliability

One week a refugee family is fleeing the brutality of civil war and living in a shipping container near the Syrian border, and the next they might be moving into a furnished apartment in Cleveland.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2015

Islamic State main foe and Russia must realize Assad must go, Obama says

U.S. President Barack Obama said Russia must make a strategic decision about Syria and the next several weeks will show whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will give up backing the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad to join in a broad campaign against Islamic State.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2015

Fearing Syrian terrorist 'Trojan horse' among refugees, Trump OK with return to waterboarding

Donald Trump, the leading Republican contender for U.S. president, says he would return to strong interrogation techniques such as waterboarding if he were elected because their severity pales against Islamic State practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2015

LDP submits proposals to help farmers cope with impact of TPP

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday compiled a set of proposals to help Japanese farmers and businesses cope with the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2015

Tokyo criticized after advertises for part-time anti-terrorism analyst

Experts voiced doubt Wednesday at just how serious Tokyo is in trying to collect intelligence on terrorism after the Foreign Ministry posted a job offer on its website in September seeking a part-time security analyst on global terrorism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2015

A long and winding road for Myanmar's NLD

Forging a relationship with the military while edging it aside will require extraordinary sensitivity on the part of the NLD government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2015

Prime suspect apparently cleared three French checkpoints on drive back to Brussels hotbed

A Belgian fugitive suspected of taking part in the Paris attacks was stopped three times by French police as he was driven back to Brussels the following morning but allowed to carry on his way, a defense lawyer said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2015

Yohei Kono calls suit against Okinawa governor's base-blocking move 'denial of local autonomy'

Former House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono called Tuesday's move by the central government to sue Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga over his rejection of the approval to start work on a base in the prefecture to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma "a denial of local autonomy," according to...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2015

Bush differs with GOP cohorts on Syria refugee entry, qualifies Christian-only comment

Jeb Bush said he wouldn't ban Syrian refugees from entering the United States, separating himself from most Republican governors and his party's presidential field as he pitched himself as the most experienced candidate running for the nomination.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 16, 2015

Suu Kyi landslide dashes minorities' hopes for role in government

A landslide victory by Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's historic election has raised questions over whether the Nobel laureate can overcome distrust from leaders of ethnic minorities and solve long-simmering conflicts along Myanmar's borders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

Myanmar's democratization deserves support

While ownership of the democratization process belongs to the government and the people of Myanmar, the international community, including Japan, should continue to support Myanmar's democratization process to ensure genuine democracy takes root.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2015

Wrong way for China's airline industry to take off

China's first indigenously designed passenger jet should serve as a lesson that bottomless funding, a will to succeed and a large domestic market are not enough to create innovative products.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2015

Myanmar's historic election

The NLD's triumph in Myanmar's election is an important victory for democracy, but amid the celebration it's important to remember this is only a beginning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

Putin's daughter and Russia's second-generation elite

Since Vladimir Putin began cementing his grip on Russia in the 1990s, many of his friends have grown famously rich.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015

Big science now faces big problems in China

Under the government's heavy hand, the Chinese scientific establishment has long suffered from cronyism, corruption and pervasive fraud.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 10, 2015

With handshake, China's Xi seeks influence in Taiwan ahead of January vote

The scene is March of 2000: Taiwan appears set to elect an opposition leader as president in a move that is sure to upset its relationship with Beijing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 9, 2015

Kind of dead as Trump hosts Saturday Night Live

There's a certain look a cast member gets that longtime viewers of comedy show "Saturday Night Live" can instantly recognize. In many ways, it's this look, and the performer's mastery of it, that separates the truly great "SNL" performers from your run-of-the-mill hacks. You know this look: It's the...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2015

Why the Takata air bag crisis threatens 'Abenomics'

A symbol of all that's wrong with Japan Inc., Shinzo Abe must make an example of the scandal-hit company.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 7, 2015

TV Asahi gets 'The Scoop' on false convictions

Last week the Tokyo Shimbun ran an article about Keiko Aoki and Tatsuhiro Boku, the couple convicted of murdering Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in 1995 and sentenced to life in prison. The upcoming retrial, which will likely reverse the guilty verdict, may reveal that the Osaka pair were coerced into making...
WORLD / Society
Nov 6, 2015

Irish women tweet details of menstrual cycle to PM in abortion row

Irish women are tweeting details of their periods to Prime Minister Enda Kenny to help publicize a campaign to repeal restrictive abortion laws.
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
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
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.

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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