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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2019

Is Beijing's patience wearing thin on Taiwan?

China may be reaching for the moon, but Xi's latest speach is a reminder that its top territorial ambition lies much closer to home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019

Angry, abusive protests bring Britain's Brexit divide to Parliament's doorstep

Some protesters wrap themselves in the flag of the European Union and noisily interrupt politicians' television appearances. Others yell "Nazi" and "traitor."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2019

For Japan, the fear is real that May's Brexit deal will get shot down

Prime Minister Abe will tell Theresa May that Japan has a lot riding on Brexit when he meets with her mere days before Parliament votes on her EU divorce plan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2019

Last year was fourth-warmest and man-made greenhouse gases rose, says EU's Copernicus

Last year was the fourth warmest on record, extending a scorching streak driven by a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 8, 2019

The toxic influence of Japan's rural political interest groups

It's time to reduce the political power of Japan's dwindling rural, primary-sector interests.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2019

Think small to denuclearize North Korea

New Year's traditions differ across the Pacific. Americans break out bottles of champagne and wake up with headaches and fuzzy memories. Koreans try to maintain sobriety in order to bow to family elders on Jan. 1 and receive blessings for the peace, prosperity and health of their entire clan. Such cultural...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2019

'I am innocent' and 'unfairly detained': Carlos Ghosn in first court appearance

Wearing a navy suit, a haggard-looking Ghosn — handcuffed and with a rope tied around his waist — told his side of the story in a Tokyo courtroom Tuesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 8, 2019

Kei Nishikori poised to have deep run in Melbourne after ending title drought

Joy, elation, exuberance.
WORLD
Jan 8, 2019

U.S. top court rules Exxon must hand over papers to aid probe into what it knew about climate change

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Massachusetts' attorney general to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp. to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2019

Ministry earmarks subsidies totaling ¥20 million to set up translation systems for foreign students at schools

The education ministry plans to set up a new subsidy system for prefectures and large cities that offer detailed support to foreign students attending public elementary and junior high schools and their parents through the use of multilingual translation systems.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2019

Poll of over 25,000 Britons finds more would now vote to stay in EU, want second referendum

More Britons want to their country to remain a member of the European Union than leave, according to a survey published Sunday which also showed voters want to make the final decision themselves.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 6, 2019

Leading BMW Japan into new, sustaining directions

Standing in the BMW Group's Tokyo Bay flagship showroom, Peter Kronschnabl is in his element.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 5, 2019

Examining Japan's traditional paper trail

As temperatures drop across the country, washi makers nationwide enter their peak production season.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 5, 2019

Examining the strange synergy of Heisei Era crimes in Japan

There's a tendency in some societies to associate a period of history with the crimes that occurred therein. This is why we use expressions such as "crime of the century."
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 5, 2019

China's population set to peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before 'unstoppable' decline starts in 2030, report predicts

China's population is set to reach a peak of 1.44 billion in 2029 and start a long period of "unstoppable" decline in 2030, government scholars said in a research report published Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 5, 2019

Taiwan Strait division reinforced

Despite the high stakes and risk of a military clash, the two governments continue to talk past each other.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 5, 2019

North defector Thae Yong Ho urges colleague Jo Song Gil to go to Seoul

A former North Korean diplomat who staged a high-profile defection in 2016 has urged an old colleague who has gone missing in Italy to defect to Seoul, following a report that he was seeking asylum in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2019

As U.S. shutdown talks falter, Trump threatens emergency powers to build wall

U.S. President Donald Trump and senior Democrats failed to strike a deal in talks on Friday to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. government as they again fought over Trump's request for over $5 billion to fund his signature wall on the Mexican border.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2019

Dapper new Kim Jong Un is playing an old game

The best U.S. approach to North Korea can be summed up in two words: strategic patience.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2019

Germany wants looser rules on shooting wolves

Germany's agriculture minister wants to loosen restrictions on shooting wolves to reduce a growing population that threatens sheep and goats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Jan 4, 2019

With plan to show women more respect, South Korea tries to fix its demographic crisis

In just over a decade, South Korea has spent the equivalent of a small European economy trying to fix its demographic crisis, yet birthrates have dropped to the lowest in the world.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2019

Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda via shell firm in 2017, filing shows

Google moved €19.9 billion ($22.7 billion) through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, as part of an arrangement that allows it to reduce its foreign tax bill, according to documents filed at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2019

Michael Flynn's ex-business partner seeks trial delay in Turkey lobbying case

Lawyers for Bijan Rafiekian, the ex-business partner of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn, said Thursday they want to delay the upcoming February criminal trial into whether their client covertly lobbied for Turkey.
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 3, 2019

Comedian Akira Ohashi 100% reveals his naked ambition

His naked tray act may not be to everyone's liking, but Akira Ohashi is too focused on the positives to worry about that. The Saitama-born, 44-year-old comedian, who is better known by his stage name Akira 100%, clearly loves being in the public eye, and after more than two decades struggling to make...

Longform

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.