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EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2017

Kenya buckles under pressure

A political standoff in Kenya increasingly appears to be a genuine political crisis. What once was proclaimed as a victory for the rule of law now looks to have been only a moment of hope for democrats. The consequences for Kenya could be severe; some even speak of the breakup of the state. Such ambitions...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2017

At New York conference, donors pledge over $2 billion to help hurricane-hit Caribbean nations recover

With thousands left homeless by recent hurricanes in Caribbean island farming and fishing communities, international donors have pledged more than $2 billion to support rebuilding efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 23, 2017

Nuclear strategists call for bold move: scrap ICBM arsenal

Imagine it is 3 a.m., and the president of the United States is asleep in the White House master bedroom. A military officer stationed in an office nearby retrieves an aluminum suitcase — the "football" containing the launch codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal — and rushes to wake the commander in...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2017

Trump lost sight of his promising Asia vision

U.S. President Donald Trump's recent Asia trip shows the administration's approach remains self-defeating.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2017

Tesla scares the rest of the auto industry

Most all of the major auto manufacturers have been frightened by Tesla into embracing hybrid and/or electric vehicles. Now Tesla has claimed the all-important speed crown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2017

Airbus faces high hurdles over stalled A380 Emirates deal, including call to keep program going 10 years

A preliminary deal to sell 36 A380s to Emirates blew up in an Airbus hospitality chalet moments before the Gulf carrier was expected to shower $30 billion on the plane maker and its U.S. rival Boeing at the start of last week's Dubai Airshow.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2017

New rules for managing official documents

Draft guidelines for managing official documents mark a step forward.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2017

German telecom agency bans children's transmitting smartwatches over spying concerns

Germany's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was banning the sale of smartwatches that can be used by parents to check on their children, saying the devices violate Germany's strict surveillance laws.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2017

Samurai Japan southpaw Shota Imanaga baffles Taiwan batters in dazzling 12-strikeout performance

The way Shota Imanaga was pitching with a one-run lead took almost all the mystery out of Samurai Japan's game against Taiwan. Well, all of the mystery except the question of whether the next batter would strike out swinging or looking.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 18, 2017

Ad money makes the news world go round

In a Nov. 8 press release, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that Katsuya Takasu, the most famous plastic surgeon in Japan, was no longer a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS). Previously, the center had been urging the AACS to expel Takasu because of his public...
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Nov 18, 2017

Japan's shifting attitudes toward prostitution

Sex is a necessity and a pleasure; it's also a problem. It exalts some, degrades others. It generates offspring. It's dynamite. Taboos concerning it are as old as humanity. Laws regulating it predate civilization. Nowhere is the human libido absolutely unfettered. Incest is nowhere tolerated, marriage...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2017

A standard approach to fiscal reconstruction

If it's really serious about rehabilitating its fiscal conditions, Japan should first get over deflation, even by expanding fiscal spending — and it still has room for fiscal expansion.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2017

In key policy speech, Abe sounds alarm over Japan's 'most severe security environment ever'

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warns in a policy speech that Japan is facing its most severe postwar security environment ever, condemning nuclear-armed North Korea.
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JAPAN
Nov 16, 2017

Three North Koreans sent home after boat capsizes in Sea of Japan, as search for 12 missing crew continues

Three surviving crew members from a capsized North Korean fishing boat, found in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, were handed over to another North Korean vessel on Thursday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2017

Abe propels a potential constellation of democracies

Japan, the U.S., India and Australia should lead the effort to ensure liberalism prevails over illiberalism in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 16, 2017

Steven Soderbergh looks to get 'Lucky' with a new distribution model for films

He's been away for such a short time, you may not have noticed Steven Soderbergh had even stopped making movies. In 2013, the director — who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes with his 1989 debut, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," when he was just 26 years old — announced his retirement from filmmaking, citing...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2017

Evoking diverse heritage, Pakistan unveils 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha

Pakistan unveiled the remains of a 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha image on Wednesday, part of an initiative to encourage tourism and project religious harmony in a region roiled by Islamist militancy.
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Nov 15, 2017

Japanese doctor who exposed a drug too good to be true calls for morality and reforms

It was a gut feeling and common sense that made Dr. Iwao Kuwajima question a drug for high blood pressure that just about every other doctor in his field was excited about in the 2000s.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 14, 2017

Good defense has Celtics on 12-game win streak

It wasn't a great start for them — OK, the Warriors aren't going 80-2 — but Golden State is back at the top of the Western Conference, as expected.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2017

North Korea, caught in a 'time warp,' must send signs of change, Seoul top diplomat says

North Korea, an impoverished country in a "time warp" that feeds paranoia at home with propaganda about a hostile world, should secure its future by laying the groundwork for talks on its nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's foreign minister.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2017

Japan's cash-rich companies ready to spend reserves on M&As, but not wages: poll

Japanese companies are warming to mobilizing their mountains of accumulated cash for mergers and acquisitions but remain stubbornly resistant to wage increases, a poll showed on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2017

Taiwan tells U.S. it does not want to stir up trouble in Taiwan Strait

Taiwan has assured the United States it has no intention of causing trouble in the Taiwan Strait, the self-ruled island's envoy to a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders said on Monday.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Nov 13, 2017

Introducing adverbs 'atarimae' and 'tozen'

How do you say 'It's only natural that she got angry' in Japanese?

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan