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COMMENTARY
Nov 11, 2013

Discredited theory grips EU

Last week the notorious "troika" representing the three major lenders to severely indebted European Union nations — officials from the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank — once again descended upon Athens to consider new Greek proposals for dealing...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2013

Treasury and Krugman wrong about Germany

Germany's economic success is not due to some neomercantilist policy of using export subsidies and unfair trade interventions, so in what way can it be described as unfair
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2013

FCCJ slams 'vague' state secrets bill as direct threat to journalists

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan plans to lodge an official protest with the ruling LDP on Monday over a bill to protect state secrets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 9, 2013

The 47 Ronin

Among recent re-tellings of one of Japan's most famous historical moments, this manga version of "The 47 Ronin" tells the true tale of 47 samurai, who after becoming leaderless, enact a plan of revenge against their late master's adversary. In stark contrast to the upcoming Keanu Reeves film of the same...
EDITORIALS
Nov 9, 2013

Winds of energy independence

Amid the prime minister's push to sell nuclear technology abroad and restart nuclear power plants at home, the Environment Ministry has moved to develop Japan's capacity for wind power.
Reader Mail
Nov 9, 2013

Pioneers turning in their graves

Regarding the Nov. 3 editorial "Women's plight getting worse": Poet and feminist Akiko Yosano (d. 1942), novelist Fumiko Hayashi (d. 1951) and novelist Sawako Ariyoshi (d. 1984) are just some of the great female voices that Japan has had in the modern era. There are more who yet live — all evidence...
Reader Mail
Nov 9, 2013

104 countries outclass Japan

It's hard to believe that life for women in Japan could get any worse, but the news released by the World Economic Forum last month (as cited in the Nov. 3 editorial) won't be happy reading for anyone in Japan.
Reader Mail
Nov 9, 2013

Some choosing work over sex

Regarding Jake Adelstein's Nov. 3 article, "Can Japanese really be such cold sushi in the sack?": I don't feel that long working hours are the real cause of sexlessness. Rather, some people perhaps are choosing to spend longer hours at work because they have lost interest in intimacy, sex, family, dating...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2013

Pakistan enacts own 'Patriot Act' to deal with growing terrorist threat

After a decade of terrorist attacks, Pakistan is implementing a new legal framework to deal with its growing militant threat — what some are calling a local version of the USA Patriot Act.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 7, 2013

Popular Goya nearing return

Guard Takanori Goya is one of the bj-league's most well-known players, even though his career has been saddled by injuries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2013

Franz Ferdinand gets it right on latest album

When I speak to Paul Thomson, drummer with Scottish art-poppers Franz Ferdinand, it is just over 36 hours since James Blake's second album, "Overgrown," was announced as the surprise winner of this year's Mercury Prize, the award for the best record to come out of the U.K. and Ireland in the past year....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2013

'Seven Psychopaths'

If you think the post-Tarantino hardboiled gangster movie has been done to death, well, wait till you see "Seven Psychopaths." This does to the gangster flick what Dali did to clocks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 6, 2013

Wrestling with Verdi's 'foul truth'

Women wearing flashy East-meets-West dresses and men in dark suits frolic drunkenly in a hotel lounge. Behind them can be seen the ends of the hallways for each floor of guest rooms. Couples slip away from the group from time to time, disappear down a hallway and into a room. The whole set is a cylindrical...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2013

Living costs drift relatively lower

Regarding William Pesek's Oct. 29 article, "The lust beneath Japan's sex drought": I agree with Pesek's myth-busting analysis that Japan's low birthrate is the result of the economy — not the lack of sexual desire. That said, I would like Pesek to reconsider another myth: that the cost of living in...
LIFE / Digital
Nov 5, 2013

Why the Obamacare website was doomed

One of the most dispiriting spectacles of the last month has been the botched launch of HealthCare.gov, the website created to implement President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reforms. Obamacare had a desperately turbulent passage through Congress and survived various wrecking attempts by the Tea...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 4, 2013

Getting creative in the home

Let's take the tube
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2013

Babies know songs they hear in the womb: study

Babies who have a lullaby played to them regularly while still in the womb can recognize the song months after birth, a study has found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2013

U.S. judge mulls video of paralyzed man's murder suspect ID through blinks

Five days after Melvin Nathaniel Pate was shot in the face, he was immobile in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator with a tube down his throat, wires emanating from his body and a brace restraining movement of his head.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 2, 2013

At a loss for words to explain Tanaka's loss

For awhile it was a joke even to ask the question.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2013

Tatsuya Ichihashi: Killer on the run

Tatsuya Ichihashi went on the lam for more than 2½ years after strangling 22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker in March 2007. On the eve of a new film based on the convicted killer's account of his time on the road, Jun Hongo looks into the factors that allowed the fugitive to stay one step ahead of the police...
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2013

Perma-deficit, underclass in Japan's future

When I came to Japan 35 years ago, this country seemed the most equitable and egalitarian place in the world. Unemployment was negligible, illiteracy was zero, everybody was entitled to health insurance, the gap between the rich and poor was not so big, and most people believed they were happy with their...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 2, 2013

Trick or treat?; Unclear on the concept

Trick or treat?
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 2, 2013

The last of the shoguns; fighting widens; Yokohama train crash kills 129; Emperor's health slips

The proposal of providing a large public park at Inokashira for the benefit of the people of Tokyo has been approved by the Municipal Council. The Emperor has graciously offered the use of an extensive lot in that locality for that purpose.
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2013

Denial indicates Big Brother's here

I can’t believe Japan, America’s strongest ally in the Asia-Pacific region, turned down the offer and isn’t already spying on China, North Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2013

Decent record in guarding privacy

Regarding the Oct. 27 Kyodo article "NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011": This is not the first time that the Japanese government has backed away from creating a surveillance state.
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2013

History defines China and Japan

Regarding the Oct. 27 Kyodo article "Abe issues fresh warning to China on isle [Senkaku Islands]row": I think the Japanese understand the virtues of peace very well — unlike the Chinese imperialists who think they can go back to the days of being the Middle Kingdom and East Asian countries being their...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Nov 2, 2013

Can Japanese really be such cold sushi in the sack?

Sex in Japan is a knotty issue — even if you're not a fan of tying up your lover with rope, also known as shibari. No matter how you write about it, it raises ire. If you point out that Japan has a vibrant sex industry in which every sexual act other than vaginal penetration can be legally bought and...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2013

A Chinese version of 'responsible protection'

The 'responsibility to protect' principle is a challenge for China, which seems to view humanitarianism as good, interventionism as bad, and 'humanitarian intervention' as marrying good to evil.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Oct 31, 2013

Sweet new fad pops up in Omohara

Want to know what's new and hot in the sweets world? Just head to "Omohara," the district where the youth fashion of Harajuku intersects with the high-end consumer culture of Omotesando. You can spot the trends from a block away: Just look for the lines.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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