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JAPAN
Jan 15, 2019

Cherry blossoms in Japan are predicted to arrive earlier than usual again in 2019

Although some parts of Japan have yet to see this year's first snowfall, experts say they already know when spring will come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2019

Maduro offers few fresh ideas as Venezuela's economy circles the drain amid seven-digit inflation

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro kicked off his new term with a state-of-the-nation speech on Monday but offered little in the way of fresh proposals to help the increasingly isolated country escape hyperinflationary collapse or a further downward spiral in 2019.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2019

Take steps to restore trust in official statistics

To regain the public's trust in the government's statistics, how officials erred needs to be exposed and measures taken to ensure such problems are not repeated.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2019

Disrupting multilateral climate finance

For the world to avert climate calamity, multilateral finance institutions must look to large institutional investors as their partners and clients
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2019

Why China clings to state capitalism

For Beijing to abandon its policies would mean scrapping its whole economic model, and politically, this would be hard to swallow.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 13, 2019

Noble youths of 2019

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MULTIMEDIA
Jan 13, 2019

January 14, 2019

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Jan 12, 2019

35Coffee: An inspired partnership between coffee and coral

35Coffee is using the profits from its coffee sales to plant new coral across Okinawa Prefecture
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 12, 2019

Japan's vernacular press coverage tiptoes around tattoo controversy

Before the Olympic Games come to Tokyo in the summer of 2020, Japan will get a chance to prove its mettle as an international sporting events host with the Rugby World Cup this fall. The games will be spread out among 12 stadiums nationwide, which means the whole country will be the focus rather than...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 12, 2019

Aki Fujita Taguchi on life behind the camera

Rock photographer Aki Fujita Taguchi reveals how to snap the essence of a band in just three songs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 12, 2019

Eagles announce plans to make Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi world's first cashless stadium

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles want you to leave your cash at home.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2019

Brexit: A cultural morphology

How the deep forces of British history, from royalism and classism to nationalism and imperialism, combined to trigger the Brexit moment.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 11, 2019

Naomi Osaka's poise key for success at Australian Open

It's often said that getting to the upper echelon of tennis is the easy part.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 11, 2019

In 2019, how hungry is Japan for whale meat?

Japan is currently the object of criticism for its decision to leave the International Whaling Commission, and resume commercial whaling in territorial waters and its own exclusive economic zone. People who support the move cite either cultural reasons — Japan traditionally, they assert, is a whale-eating...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 11, 2019

Japan's 'hostage justice' system

If Japan wants to live up to its reputation as one of the world's most advanced democracies, it needs to modernize its criminal justice system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2019

Can the social security system be sustained?

Due to demographic changes, the welfare state that many developed countries aimed to create in the mid-20th century is now out of reach.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 10, 2019

January 11, 2019

BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 10, 2019

Oracle pays more than $200 million to rename Giants' ballpark

Oracle Corp. has bought the naming rights to the San Francisco Giants' stadium for more than $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter — a second deal to boost its brand image by sponsoring a hometown sports facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 10, 2019

Pro basketball has taken Alvark forward Milko Bjelica around the globe

Milko Bjelica grew up watching a who's who of great players from the former Yugoslavia.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 10, 2019

Defensively woeful Japan unconvincing in tight win over Turkmenistan

From the moment Japan and Turkmenistan stepped onto the Al Nahyan Stadium pitch wearing their respective first uniforms of blue and green, fans watching on TV and online complained of a color clash making for difficult viewing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 10, 2019

Perfume goes back to dance basics ahead of Coachella debut

Perfume keeps finding new opportunities more than 15 years into its career. This spring, the electro-pop trio embarks on its latest international tour, with stops in Asia and North America, but the real development comes at the very end of that jaunt when the group plays the Coachella Valley Music and...
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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 / Politics
Jan 9, 2019

New Year's party skipped as tensions run high between Osaka's ruling coalition partners

As Osaka enters 2019 with a full political schedule, including local and national elections and the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit, relations between ruling coalition partners Komeito and Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), a local political party, remain tense, creating potential political problems in both...
JAPAN / Society
Jan 9, 2019

Colleges named in Japan tabloid's list of schools with 'easy girls' condemn article as misogynistic

The fallout over an article in a tabloid magazine ranking colleges according to the promiscuity of their female students after drinking intensified Wednesday, with all institutions named in the article accusing the publication of sexism.
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.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
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.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
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
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