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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 14, 2019

'World Class': What a world class education looks like, and what it doesn't

'World Class,' by Teru Clavel is an examination of what a top-tier education system — and its opposite — looks like.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 14, 2019

The swift rise and fall of Japanese anarchism

Sakae Osugi — born 1885, murdered 1923 — fanned the flames of the peasant Rice Riots in Japan's short-lived age of anarchy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Sep 13, 2019

Ep. 15 'A Man's Worth is Determined by His Job'

Now that we have said arrivederci to Kenny and Risako, it's time to say buongiorno to two new members of "Terrace House," an Italian manga artist and a young romantic with a leather cap.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 12, 2019

Purgatory in paradise: Bahamas tent cities to house Dorian survivors

For some Bahamians who escaped death but lost their homes in Hurricane Dorian's hellish rampage over the island communities of Freeport and Great Abaco, life in the tent shelters erected this week seems like purgatory.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2019

'Hit Me Anyone One More Time': A return to form for comedy stalwart

Koki Mitani's latest comedy feature follows the life of a Japanese prime minister trying to make good as he deals with memory loss
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Sep 11, 2019

Full tilt: Setamaru has energy to burn

Full tilt: Need a pickup? A break from the hum-drum? If so, then this ginger ball of energy is for you. He's called Setamaru, a name coined from the Tokyo Ward where he was found. Born sometime this spring, he's still new to life and he's taken it by the horns. And he wants more of it. He wants to get...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2019

Kyoto again secures No. 1 spot for best city outside of Tokyo

The former capital retained its spot as the metropolis with the greatest strengths thanks to its allure as a tourism destination, a think tank said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Sep 9, 2019

No mountain high enough: Hideyuki Sugita overcomes a massive barrier to climb Mount Fuji

Hideyuki Sugita was exhausted as he scaled the rocky mountain pass in total darkness early one Friday late last month.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 7, 2019

Steve Sakanashi has the heart of a coach

Student startup incubator Sekai Creator founder Steve Sakanashi on the most creative pitch he's ever heard, what sets Japanese youth apart from their American counterparts and how he kicks off his mornings.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 6, 2019

DNA hints the Loch Ness 'monster' might be giant eel

Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster could possibly be a giant eel, scientists said on Thursday after an intensive analysis of traces of DNA in the Loch's icy waters.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2019

How to stop deadly outbreaks of diseases like Ebola — before they occur

Five years ago, an Ebola outbreak ripped through West Africa, killing over 11,000 people. During the 2014 outbreak, no effective vaccines or treatments were available while the international community's response was often perceived as too reactive.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 4, 2019

AFWJ celebrates 50 years of uniting women

Members of the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese reflect on the group's achievements and progress.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2019

Julian Opie: A fascinating view of the mundane

Julian Opie's schematic reductions of people, animals and landscapes to planes of color may be fun and casual, but it's not just eye-candy — he gets us to see much more than he shows us.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2019

Hong Kong leader says she would 'quit' if she could, fears ability to resolve crisis 'very limited'

Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has caused "unforgivable havoc" by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit if she had a choice, according to an audio recording of remarks she made last week to a group of businesspeople.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 1, 2019

Making sense of the oppressiveness of summer in Japan

Japan has a venerable tradition of quirky and inventive means of escape from the oppression of summer, as well as from rigid social constraints and conventions. Some of them take distinctly weird forms. In Edogawa Ranpo's classic story, "The Stalker in the Attic" (1925), for example, the eccentric protagonist...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2019

Regenerated forests are not 'green deserts,' scientists say

Replanted forests and those left to recover after logging activities can preserve vital insect and plant life in a similar way to old-growth forests, scientists have found, as interest grows in expanding the world's forests to curb climate change.
Japan Times
South Africa report 2019
Aug 30, 2019

Fujifilm South Africa expands health care products and solutions in Africa

Celebrating 85 years this year, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is recognized as one of the world’s leading photographic and innovation-driven technology companies.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Aug 25, 2019

Extensive career entwined with industry innovations

Alitalia's Regional General Manager for East Europe and Asia Massimo Allegri had much to share during his recent interview with The Japan Times, but he wanted to start off on the right note.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 25, 2019

Determined to 'adopt, not shop,' a young woman meets the cat of her dreams

Sarah, who had been found abandoned in a box as a tiny kitten in April 2017, was first featured in Adopt Me! last year. From being dumped, then rescued, then featured in The Japan Times, the dreamy-white glam girl caught the eye of Emmy van Gemert, a native of the Netherlands and Tokyo resident.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 24, 2019

Iwami-kagura: The changing face of a Shimane theatrical tradition

Kneeling on the floor of his atelier in the Nagahama district of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, master craftsman Katsuro Ka-kita applies the finishing touches to one of his colorful, striking and sometimes terrifying creations.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 24, 2019

Yuta Kato: Following his photo instincts

Photographer Yuta Kato on his 'Hazime-Mashite' project, his experience in Vancouver and his go-to karaoke song.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 22, 2019

'Dance With Me': A homegrown Japanese musical has landed

Genres never really die, but they often mutate into something different on foreign soil. John Ford's cowboys became Akira Kurosawa's samurai, and Kurosawa's samurai became Sergio Leone's serape-clad, cigarillo-chewing "The Man With No Name." And the list goes on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 21, 2019

'It Feels So Good': An explicit escapade, artfully told

The average bride-to-be spends the final days before her wedding fretting about seating plans and whether she'll be able to squeeze into her dress, but Naoko (Kumi Takiuchi) decides it's a good time to hook up with an old flame instead.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 20, 2019

The spirit of Satchmo survives in Tokyo

Yoshio Toyama and his wife, Keiko, have spent most of their lives as unofficial musical ambassadors between Japan and the American city of New Orleans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2019

Learning for empathy: A world effort to build peace through education

Education can help to prepare learners to be active and responsible contributors to sustainable development and world peace.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 18, 2019

Dealing with the death of a friend while in Japan

When you live in Japan your friends are often your main system of support. If they happen to pass while they're here, you can sometimes be asked to step in for a relative.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Aug 17, 2019

In the anarchy of Japan's industrial revolution

Japan's Meiji Era (1868-1921) industrial revolution set a scene of chaos for the nation's advocates of political and social change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019

Why normal times will not return

The tiny silicon chip has placed power in mass hands to an unprecedented degree, and drastically weakened old political hierarchies in both democracies and autocracies alike.
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2019

Missing the point of spoken English

Regarding "Test results show students' poor English skills" in the Aug. 2 edition, while it may seem a good thing that Japan's accountable authorities recognize the need to do something about Japanese students' English-speaking inability, perhaps they are the wrong people to succeed.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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