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Reader Mail
Nov 28, 2015

Real climate crisis: misdirected funds

Regarding the story "Global warming may impoverish 100 million: World Bank" in the Nov. 10 issue, it is inaccurate to say that "extreme weather (is) tied to warming."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2015

Court acquits Kikuchi of 1995 Aum bombing, deeming she was unaware of plot

The Tokyo High Court acquits former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi of attempted murder in a 1995 bomb attack.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 27, 2015

Research faces a dire future

Thanks to poor funding and a lack of creative administration, Japan's recent success in winning Nobel Prizes will likely be followed by a long dry spell.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015

China unveils biggest army overhaul in decades

President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China's military to make the world's largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country's borders.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 26, 2015

Battle-hardened Hannaryz looking to contend for title

For the Kyoto Hannaryz, last season's 44-8 record — the best in bj-league history — was no fluke.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2015

Smartphones may have role in rise of U.S. traffic deaths

The number of deaths from traffic accidents in the United States jumped 8.1 percent in the first half of 2015, suggesting smartphones and other driving distractions could be making America's roadways more dangerous, officials said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2015

Canada's murder rate in 2014 falls to 50-year low

Canada's murder rate in 2014 edged down to a near 50-year low, but aboriginals accounted for a disproportionately high number of victims, official data showed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2015

Florida 'Facebook killer' guilty of second-degree murder

A jury on Wednesday found a Florida man guilty of second-degree murder after he killed his wife and posted a photo of her blood-spattered body on Facebook.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 25, 2015

Welsh filmmaker John Williams has made it in Japan against all odds

It's not easy for anyone to make indie films in Japan. Audiences, venues and funds are all shrinking. And if you are not Japanese, you face additional barriers of language, culture and credibility. Even if your name is the only foreign one on the credits, many will consider your film not "really" Japanese,...
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 25, 2015

Kitanoumi’s death overshadows Harumafuji’s triumph

On Sunday, when yokozuna Harumafuji was presented with the Emperor's Cup for the seventh time, the world of sumo was still reeling from the news that Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi had died 48 hours earlier from complications related to rectal cancer aged only 62.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2015

Supreme Court says December election 'in state of unconstitutionality,' but won't nullify results

The top court decides that the last Lower House election was borderline unconstitutional due to the high level of vote-value disparities among constituencies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 24, 2015

Minimum wage to go up 3 percent to boost consumption

The Abe administration will raise the minimum wage by 3 percent each year starting next fiscal year as part of a package of policies aimed at strengthening consumer spending and stoking economic growth.
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.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2015

Can privatization turn KIA around?

The sale of the rights to run Kansai International Airport to a private consortium could serve as a role model for other money-losing public-infrastructure operations if efficiency and profitability improves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 24, 2015

'No-future' Brussels youth believed lured to jihad by Rambo appeal, not religion

Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he and three of the suspected Paris attackers grew up in Brussels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2015

Low-polling candidate Kasich hopes, with super-PAC aid, to derail fast-talking Trump in Ohio

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is heading to the backyard of rival John Kasich Monday night after a tumultuous week of dubious claims about Muslims and fisticuffs at an Alabama rally. The Ohio governor wants to use the event to derail him.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 23, 2015

Fate of troubled Monju reactor hangs in the balance

The prototype fast-breeder reactor's future sits under a cloud after 20 years of misfires.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015

China warning Taiwan voters on independence

As China expands its regional military influence, its interest in keeping Taiwan from straying toward independence is greater than ever.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2015

Before Paris terrorist attacks, authorities across Europe missed many red flags

In hindsight, there were multiple chances to stop the terrorists who attacked Paris.
WORLD / Society
Nov 23, 2015

Indonesia may offer islet to process Australia-bound refugees if Canberra funds effort

Indonesia is considering offering a small island to process refugees captured en route to Australia, its security ministry said on Friday, in what would make it the third country this year to offer help with Australia's tough immigration policy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 22, 2015

Following uproar, Germany withdraws '16 Eurovision contest pick Naidoo

Germany on Saturday withdrew its contender for next year's Eurovision song contest following a backlash from critics who accuse the R&B artist of using anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs in his songs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2015

'Brotherhood of crime' to stand trial for Vatican leaks

The Vatican said Saturday it has charged five people over a damning leaks scandal at the heart of the Catholic Church, accusing the alleged ringleaders of forming a "brotherhood of crime."
EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2015

Young people with 'old eyes'

It's starting to become clear that overuse of electronic gadgets like smartphones and computers is having a dramatic impact on the health of young people's eyes.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan