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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2018

The case against counting calories

Forces beyond our control affect how much energy we burn each day.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 27, 2018

ESPN playing it for laughs with list

It's beyond comprehension how ESPN The Magazine could omit Michael Phelps from its new list dubbed the "Dominant 20" athletes of the past 20 years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 27, 2018

As Vatican and China talk, Taiwan looks on nervously

Five blocks from the Vatican, on the bustling, tourist-packed street leading to St. Peter's Basilica, a Taiwanese flag flutters from the window of a third-story suite of offices that house Taipei's embassy to the Holy See.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 26, 2018

Mattis holds firm as chaos engulfs Trump national security team

U.S. President Donald Trump's shake-up of his national security team adds to the burden on one man at the center of any decision about war and peace: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2018

Abe attempts to rally from scandal, repeating Article 9 vows at LDP's annual convention

In a speech at his LDP's annual convention, the prime minister acknowledged the damage from the Moritomo Gakuen scandal and repeated his plans to revise the pacifist Constitution.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 24, 2018

Good libations: Examining the evolution of Japan's rich cocktail culture

The art of the cocktail is indisputably non-Japanese. The word itself is old American slang for a pick-me-up, referring in modern parlance to any mixed drink containing liquor and at least one other ingredient. Even if you aren't a drinker, chances are you can name quite a few: the martini, the Manhattan,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 24, 2018

World debates what action to take over North Korea

Nine years after then-U.S President Barack Obama committed America to the pursuit of "a world without nuclear weapons," nine months after the U.N. adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and five months after the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred one of the world's highest honors...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2018

Losing control with Uber and Facebook

We're learning that this technological age, which seemed to start with the pretty innocuous act of emailing, has evolved to play into our more primal fears about feeling out of control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2018

U.S. metal-tariffs showdown at WTO to shake world trade order

Move over Russia, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. looks set to join the group of countries embroiled in disputes at the World Trade Organization involving curbs imposed on national security grounds.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2018

Kagoike certain Akie Abe spoke favorably to him about Moritomo land deal, lawmakers say after detention visit

Politicians pay a visit to the former head of Moritomo Gakuen to ascertain what Akie Abe knew and said about his school's nifty land deal with the government.
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2018

Bidding troubles and the maglev

The practice of bid-rigging, why it does not disappear and what should be done about it needs a thorough discussion.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2018

No laughing matter: China regulator bans TV parodies amid content crackdown

China's media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping.
Reader Mail
Mar 23, 2018

Getting the full Moritomo story

After reading the story "Pressure from above possibly behind Moritomo alterations" in the March 14 edition, I have several comments to make on the Moritomo scandal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2018

Ask voters if they want more driverless cars

The ugly optics of the Uber self-driving car accident in Tempe highlight bigger ethical problems with the technology.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2018

Fewer new coal plants being built, but too many to meet Paris target, study says

The number of coal-fired power plants built worldwide fell steeply over the past two years, but emissions are too high to keep global warming within relatively safe levels, campaigners said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2018

Robert Mueller and FBI probed U.S. top cop Jeff Sessions for perjury on Russia statements

Special counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI investigated Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year for misleading lawmakers about his contacts with Russians before eventually closing that part of the case, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2018

Scholar in Facebook storm worked on Russian study of narcissism, other 'dark triad' traits

The psychologist at the center of a scandal over the misuse of millions of Facebook users' personal data worked with Russian researchers on a study of pathological personality traits.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2018

Putin won the election, a victory he may later regret

If one scratches beneath the surface, it's clear that Putin faces a growing number of complex challenges that are likely to deepen in the coming months and gradually erode his political momentum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2018

Industries scramble for exemptions amid looming Trump one-two punch tariffs

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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018

Trump faces prospect of deposition as 'Apprentice' ex-contestant's groping suit proceeds in New York

President Donald Trump can't avoid a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit and may be forced to respond under oath to allegations of sexual assault and his treatment of women.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2018

Moritomo scandal: Ruling bloc yields to opposition calls for Diet testimony by former tax agency head

The much-anticipated Diet appearance of Nobuhisa Sagawa, who resigned earlier this month to take responsibility for the scandal, was arranged to take place next Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2018

U.K. bags Brexit transition deal to avoid 2019 'cliff edge' in return for Irish vow

Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday to a transition period to avoid a "cliff edge" Brexit next year — though only after London accepted a potential solution for the border with the Irish Republic that may face stiff opposition at home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 20, 2018

Release of detained Americans should not be precondition for Kim-Trump summit: Sweden

The release of three U.S. citizens held in North Korea should not be a condition for the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Sweden's foreign minister said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Emboldened by Abe's dive in polls, opposition bolsters calls for key figures to testify over Moritomo scandal

The Cabinet's plunge in the opinion polls prompts the opposition camp to bolster its calls for Akie Abe and others to testify in the Diet on the Moritomo scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2018

GOP lawmakers suspect privacy breach over Trump campaign consultancy's access to Facebook data on 50 million

Several U.S. Republican lawmakers expressed concern over privacy violations on Sunday after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to 50 million Facebook users' data.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Trump popularity ticks up amid appeal to white men but 50% of pollees want Democrats to retake Congress, 40% favor GOP

U.S. voters by a growing margin prefer that Democrats control Congress after November's midterm elections, even as President Donald Trump's job approval rating is rising, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan marks highest-ever temperature of 41.2 C in Hyogo
Japan's temperature soared to a record 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 41.1 C.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

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