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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 23, 2018

Naoya Inoue ready to make instant impact at new weight class in title fight against Jamie McDonnell

Naoya Inoue was a little surprised to get a title shot in his first fight in a new weight class, against someone he describes as the toughest boxer he has ever had to face in his professional career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2018

Taxi! Tokyo prepares for Olympic tourism boom with accessible cabs and international drivers

Tokyo's taxi industry is undergoing some radical changes as Japan, already dealing with unprecedented levels of tourism, gears up to host two major sporting events in the next 26 months.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 23, 2018

A world of art on display at Tokyo International Art Fair

This year's edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair will feature paintings, sculpture, photographic illustrations, jewelry and a "sumo-size" book, with the work coming courtesy of hundreds of artists from 30 different countries, fair organizer Joelle Dinnage tells The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2018

'Give me back my life': Victims of Japan's forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence

One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anaesthetic.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2018

Review problems in science and technology policy

The state of science and technology research today could negatively impact Japan's future presence in the field.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2018

Sony buys EMI Music Publishing in $1.9 billion deal to beef up music catalog

Sony announced it will acquire a majority stake in EMI, which holds rights to about 2.1 million songs, including from artists such as Pink and Kanye West.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2018

Abe denies 2015 meeting with Kotaro Kake as opposition pressure mounts over cronyism claims

The prime minister again denied having met with his longtime confidant in February 2015, challenging an account revealed in a newly surfaced document.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2018

Donald Trump Jr. draws Robert Mueller's scrutiny anew over more foreign campaign contacts

Donald Trump Jr. stayed out of his father's Washington to run the family business, but he keeps getting drawn back into special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2018

Amazon helps Shenzhen entrepreneur turn mom's money into a billion dollars

After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture capital money to fund his business idea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 21, 2018

Japan's refugee-screening system sets high bar

Last year, Japan granted refugee status to just 20 out of a record-high 19,629 applicants. After the figure was released in February, global and domestic coverage was noticeably polarized.
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2018

Japan's Finance Ministry mulls punishments for Sagawa, other civil servants in Moritomo document-tampering scandal

The Finance Ministry is preparing to punish several former and current civil servants over the document falsification in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal.
BUSINESS / Tech / Deep Dive
May 20, 2018

Drone deliveries ready to soar in Japan but lingering issues likely to keep post office in business

A drone carrying a package sails through the air, touching down to make a delivery right on a customer's doorstep.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2018

One year into the Mueller probe

While Robert Mueller has already produced results, the investigation continues and appears to be picking up steam.
JAPAN
May 20, 2018

Royal wedding seen as impetus for change in Japan's rigid Imperial system

Saturday's wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle represents a sign of shifting royal traditions, given the bride's unprecedented profile: The former actress is American, biracial and once divorced.
JAPAN
May 19, 2018

Shogi whiz Fujii becomes youngest promoted to seventh dan

The young genius continues his meteoric climb by earning the Japanese chess game's third-highest rank at the age of 15 years and 9 months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2018

Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps toward the WTO

President Donald Trump has the World Trade Organization in a chokehold, and the United States has made clear what he wants: No more judicial rulings that interpret WTO rules to Washington's disadvantage.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018

Japan snaps up China-bound sorghum amid Beijing-Washington trade spat

Japanese buyers have purchased between 150,000 and 180,000 tons of U.S. sorghum carried by three vessels that were previously bound for China amid a trade spat between Beijing and Washington, according to five industry sources with knowledge of the deals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 18, 2018

YouTube to launch music streaming service on May 22

YouTube will launch a music streaming service next week, it said Thursday, as it looks to use its popular internet video brand to tap the growing market for paid music streaming.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 18, 2018

Scuba diving in Japan: Beneath the sea, a paradise of color and life

A carpet of sand stretches into the distance below me. As clear and still as the water, the light seems muted, creating a peaceful, subdued scene.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

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

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
By Megha Wadhwa

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