Search - 2014

 
 
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2016

MGM Resorts ready to bet up to $10 billion on Japan casino

Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International could plow almost $10 billion into a Japanese casino via a publicly traded real estate investment trust, its chief executive has said, as Tokyo inches closer to legalizing the industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2016

Trump is not the only one casting political risk cloud over Southeast Asia

Donald Trump's protectionist policies aside, rising political risk in Southeast Asia is casting a shadow over economies that have been a driver of global growth in recent years.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 3, 2016

Hatakeyama's hustle helps Niigata

It's early and the order will be shuffled and some players near the top will drop down, while others will rise.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 3, 2016

Latest watch offers powerful, refined appeal

Astron GPS Solar: The perfect watch for the best player in the world. Since the beginning of 2014, when he selected Seiko as his watch partner, Novak Djokovic has traveled the globe in pursuit of ever-greater tennis glory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 3, 2016

Solitary confinement in Tokyo not silencing Nigerian asylum activist, or her advocates

A prominent Nigerian asylum seeker and activist is being held in solitary confinement at a Tokyo detention center, a case that has highlighted a growing crackdown on foreign nationals living in Japan without visas, prompting demands for her release.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2016

IS leader al-Baghdadi urges Mosul jihadis to fight to the end

Gogjali Iraq
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 2, 2016

A portrait of the tattooist as a nice young man

'Otattoo' artist Hori Benny overcame prejudice, poverty and punishing training to blaze an inky trail through Osaka.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2016

Documents detail Islamic State guidelines for beards, concubines

After the Islamic State group conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to guidelines for taking women as sex slaves.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 2, 2016

Raising university rankings

The quality of an educational institution is determined by the skills and abilities of the teachers and their educational philosophy.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2016

What Duterte's 'separation' teaches America

The next U.S. president will need to commit to a decades-long 'surge' of new strategic thinking, diplomacy as well as military and commercial presence in the Asia-Pacific if it is to maintain its stabilizing influence in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2016

Start of a new era of intolerance in Thailand?

Rising nationalism after the king's death could signal worrying days ahead for the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2016

Government lobbies wary firms to invest in Russia in bid to resolve territorial dispute

The government is lobbying Japanese firms to invest in Russian projects to help secure a breakthrough in a festering territorial row with Moscow when President Vladimir Putin visits Japan in December, sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2016

China debuts J-20 stealth fighter in show of military clout

China showed its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time on Tuesday, opening the country's biggest meeting of aircraft makers and buyers with a show of its military clout.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2016

Thailand 'making preparations' for Dec. 1 succession

Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne Dec. 1, two senior military sources with knowledge of the matter said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 31, 2016

Abenomic's secret success

Japan's economy may be doing significantly better lately than the national statistics seem to suggest.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2016

Former president of El Salvador arrested on corruption charges

El Salvador's former President Antonio Saca was arrested Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds, the attorney general's office said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 31, 2016

Led by Shabani, gorillas challenge koalas for popularity title at Nagoya zoo

Expectations are running high that Shabani, a male gorilla famed for his "good looks," may win the prize for most popular animal at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 30, 2016

Long-term foreign Japan residents must declare overseas assets — and could be taxed on them

Foreign residents who have been in Japan for more five years are required to report any assets held abroad and may have to pay tax on them if their combined value tops ¥50 million.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 30, 2016

Porter Robinson seeks 'Shelter' inside a fantasy world for his anime debut

At 10:15 p.m. on Oct. 18, Porter Robinson stood on a street corner in Shibuya and watched his lifelong dream become reality.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami