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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2016

California legislature passes climate change bills

California lawmakers voted to extend the state's climate change fighting efforts to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2016

As Abenomics loses shine, Japan's shoppers seek bargains

Three years of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2016

Infant deaths underscore accountability gaps in Japan's nurseries

When Yuki Kai went to pick up her 14-month-old son, Kento, from a nursery in Tokyo after his nap time, she found him dead.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016

Obama declares Maine forest new monument ahead of National Park Service centennial, draws GOP flak

President Barack Obama on Wednesday designated 87,500 acres in Maine's North Woods as a national monument, as the administration prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 24, 2016

Beyond silence: lessons learned from a Japanese spouse

You see it often in Tokyo: the attentive Japanese woman and the Western man filling silence. In fact, a lot of them end up married, sharing a house and 1,000 meals, albeit hardly a life of the mind.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2016

Roads blocked, press barred as tempers flare over landing pads in Okinawa

Public anger is rising on Okinawa at a proposed site for new U.S. military landing pads, with residents and reporters criticizing what they say are heavy-handed tactics by the Japanese authorities to push the project through.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2016

Akie Abe prays at Pearl Harbor, fueling speculation Japan's prime minister will follow suit

Known for making free-thinking comments and actions that are politically awkward for her husband, Akie Abe has done it again.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2016

Government to loosen rules on using maiden names for My Number, residence cards

The government tackles another social problem as it attempts to create a more female-friendly work environment.
OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2016

Rio passes Olympic flag to Tokyo, 'Super Abe' during closing ceremony

Tokyo took center stage as Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic flag to the 2020 host city at a rain-lashed but joyous closing ceremony for the Rio Games on Sunday.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2016

Sukiyaki Meets the World music festival thinks global and acts local

In his classic polemic against modern Japan, "Dogs and Demons," Alex Kerr described how a system of government loans and subsidies in the 1980s spurred a nationwide outbreak of grandiose construction projects. Today, the Japanese countryside is littered with oversized, underused cultural centers, many...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2016

Deadly fish parasite forces closures on Yellowstone River and other waterways

Closures on a 183-mile (295-km) stretch of the Yellowstone River and hundreds of miles of other waterways could continue for months while biologists try to prevent the spread of a parasite believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2016

Koike, Tokyo 2020 chiefs promise not to leave 'white elephants'

New Tokyo governor, 2020 Olympic organizers vow not to saddle taxpayers with venues that cannot be reused following games.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2016

Philippine government agrees new truce with Maoist-led rebels

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to a new cease-fire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday.
Reader Mail
Aug 19, 2016

Stop building new Okinawa heliports

The U.S. 3rd Marine Division's Northern Training Area, also known as the Jungle Warfare Training Center, is a vast training base area straddling the villages of Kunigami and Higashi in Yanbaru, Okinawa's northern highlands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Renho, front-runner to lead top opposition party, says Abenomics has stalled

The clear favorite to become the first female leader of Japan's biggest opposition party believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature Abenomics policy has stalled and a change of gear is needed to favor people over corporations.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2016

'Obama Doctrine' is ravaging the Middle East

Barack Obama ran for president as a peaceful alternative to the warmonger George W. Bush but has continued with unending warfare.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2016

South Koreans shave heads to protest U.S. THAAD missile defense system

About 900 South Koreans shaved their heads Monday to protest a government decision to place a missile defense system designed to counter North Korean missile threats in the southeastern county of Seongju.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 15, 2016

If Japan slow to ban ivory trade, online shops even slower

Elephant ivory has long been used worldwide to make a host of items from jewelry, piano keys and billiard balls to art and personal seals.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2016

Forgoing visit, Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe avoids visiting the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and instead dispatches a proxy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2016

Record heat in 2016 nudges Earth toward Paris ceiling

The Earth is so hot this year that a limit for global warming agreed upon by world leaders at a climate summit in Paris just a few months ago is in danger of being breached.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 13, 2016

A world gone mad? That's quite absurd!

Real life is getting too absurd for absurd theater — or so reckons one absurdist playwright. Does he have a point?
OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2016

Marukawa says Tokyo must solve traffic issue before 2020 Games

Tamayo Marukawa, Japan's newly-appointed Olympic minister, told the media on Friday one of the biggest concerns she has about hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo is the heavy traffic in the capital, which could cause transportation issues for athletes and fans.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2016

New satellite 'will help protect' China's maritime interests: report

A newly launched satellite will help China protect its maritime interests, the official China Daily newspaper said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2016

Chinese testing virtual reality classrooms and computer-based adaptive teaching

Deep within a building shaped like the starship Enterprise, a little-known company is working on the future of education in Fuzhou, China. Vast banks of servers are amassing a database that will be used to build intimate profiles of millions of kids by recording them at work and play, tracking their...
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to freeze eggs for her future
Tomomi Bitoh, seen crossing the finish line in Antarctica, on the first stop of the World Marathon Challenge, is one of the very few Japanese athletes to speak publicly about her experience with egg freezing.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
Flaunt your seasonal greens with Japan’s traditional pureed soup
With the weather warming up, there's no better time to make a bowl of chilled "surinagashi-jiru" (pureed soup).
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
For Formula E, ‘sustainability is at the heart’
Founded with a mission of promoting electric vehicles, Formula E has always placed sustainability at the forefront of its raison d’etre.

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

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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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