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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

This is the year we must act

Without a new paradigm for managing globalization, fragmentation and political despair will become the new normal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

Stop 2019 from being a year of increased state control

The predictions of democratic failure in the face of authoritarian power will come true only if publics allow it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2018

Studies show Russia used internet to perfect its dark arts

The West's open, democratic culture makes it an easy online target for Moscow.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2018

Google's China problem is America's China problem

How Beijing pressures and deploys Chinese citizens abroad to expand its power and influence is an issue of grave concern.
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018

Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

Alphabet Inc.'s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out "I love" and Gmail might propose "you" or "it."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 3, 2018

Little buzz in Japan over Canada's move to legalize marijuana

Japan's media coverage of Canada's Oct. 17 announcement that possession and use of marijuana would be legalized — subject to certain restrictions — has been mostly brief and low-key.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2018

Amazon pitched facial recognition to ICE to monitor immigrants amid misgivings of workers, rights groups

Amazon.com Inc. in June pitched its facial recognition technology — which can identify people from surveillance footage using image databases — as a tool for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing that Amazon continued to push the software to law enforcement agencies as criticism swirled...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2018

Women live in fear as spycam epidemic takes hold in South Korea

South Korea is in the grip of a spycam epidemic, with covert footage of sex, nudity and urination posted online in what amounts to a "social death penalty" for thousands of women forced to live with a pornographic shadow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2018

NTT Docomo to launch world's 'thinnest and lightest' phone in November

For years, electronics giants have been developing smartphones with increasingly larger screens. Bucking the trend for phones to be bigger and flashier is a handset set to debut next month from NTT Docomo Inc. that can fit in your business card case.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2018

China crack down on luxury goods at customs alarms investors, makers of high-end goods

Social media reports that China is cracking down on travelers returning home with suitcases full of luxury goods have alarmed investors in companies ranging from Shiseido Co. to France's LVMH and Kering SA.
Japan Times
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Sep 27, 2018

Kyushu set to play key role in RWC buildup

A sense of familiarity, long-standing historical ties, and a look to the future have ensured the southern island of Kyushu will resemble Little Britain in the buildup to next year's Rugby World Cup.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2018

Father of injured Kwansei Gakuin player speaks out in wake of illegal tackle scandal

Yasutoshi Okuno, the father of the Kwansei Gakuin University quarterback who was illegally hit from behind by a Nihon University defensive end during their exhibition game on May 6 in Tokyo, hopes the defender can begin playing football again.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 28, 2018

Aum executions fail to end debate over cult's motives

The execution of 13 members of the religious group Aum Shinrikyo in two rounds on July 6 and 26, including the group’s 63-year-old leader, Shoko Asahara (whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto), for the 1995 subway sarin attack and other crimes, was hardly a shock. Several months ago, after exhausting...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 21, 2018

Plight of 'Mizuho refugees' stirs debate on banking services in Japan

Imagine wrapping up a tough work week and jumping into a three-day weekend. Maybe you just plan on lounging around at home with the air conditioner on at full blast. Or perhaps you’ll hit the road and head out of the city to get a welcome break from urban life. At some point you’ll probably need...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2018

SoftBank to buy ¥221 billion of Yahoo Japan shares from Altaba

Yahoo Japan Corp. is blunting the impact of a large stock sale by a big shareholder, buying back about ¥221 billion ($2 billion) worth of its shares in a complicated deal with SoftBank Group Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2018

Next-generation technology tipped to reboot Asian economies after smartphones peak

The technology boom powering Asia's economies is about to get a reboot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2018

The Commonwealth — mother of all networks

The web of former British colonies fits like a glove with the new wave of globalization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2018

EPA gives giant refiner Andeavor a 'hardship' pass from biofuels regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency has exempted one of the nation's largest oil refining companies, Andeavor, from complying with U.S. biofuels regulations — a waiver historically reserved for tiny operations in danger of going belly up, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Mar 22, 2018

Just let Johnny's Jr. be Johnny's Jr.

Around 60 people gathered at YouTube Space Tokyo on Tuesday to welcome Johnny & Associates to the 21st century. It was a day before the launch of the talent agency's first official YouTube channel, devoted to its Johnny's Jr. acts. It's a huge development for a company that has viewed the web as one...
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2018

Tightening cryptocurrency regulations

Tighter market regulations on cryptocurrencies may be unavoidable, but rules that could restrict their potential to enhance financial service convenience should be avoided.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 15, 2018

Yonkoma manga: Lives told, lessons learned in four frames

The internet has provided would-be manga artists with an easy way to publish their own yonkoma (four-frame manga), resulting in a wide variety of different stories that are easily accessible and free.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2017

Bitcoin's surge little comfort for burned Mt. Gox clients in international legal limbo

When Mt. Gox, the world's largest bitcoin trading exchange, collapsed in early 2014, more than 24,000 customers around the world lost access to hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency and cash.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 26, 2017

Throwback time for fashion leads to innovation

As regular followers of Japanese fashion can attest, the industry can be seen as somewhat flirtatious, dallying with new debutantes, another sister brand, another collaboration, another short-term "limited shop" or another retail concept that makes the news but doesn't really change the game.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 10, 2017

Bitcoin no bubble, says investor with $213 million stake

Tim Draper was walking through a pavilion at a tech conference in Lisbon on Tuesday when he was cornered by an entrepreneur touting a new digital currency. No sooner had the venture capitalist heard the pitch than he was approached by another guy hawking his own initial coin offering. Another followed,...
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2017

U.S. travel site TripAdvisor to show which hotels had sexual attacks

Women's anti-violence groups on Thursday welcomed a new warning system on the online travel site TripAdvisor Inc that shows which hotels are believed to have been sites of sexual assault.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 4, 2017

Fatal road-rage cases highlight Japan's rise in aggressive driving

Whatever you call it, road rage can be deadly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2017

Happy history in China, the land of the politically repressed

Talk about negative nation branding! With the Cambridge University Press affair, Chinese authorities have really outdone themselves in drawing attention to their fear of history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2017

U.S. indicts suspected Russian mastermind of $4 billion bitcoin laundering scheme

A U.S. jury indicted a Russian man on Wednesday as the operator of a digital currency exchange he allegedly used to launder more than $4 billion for people involved in crimes ranging from computer hacking to drug trafficking.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 20, 2017

Five young dancers hope to steal the spotlight in Japan-made version of 'Billy Elliot'

When the call for auditions went out in November 2015, 1,346 boys sent in their head shots and resumes hoping to land what could be a life-changing role as the titular lead in a Japanese production of "Billy Elliot."
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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