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EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2017

Respect the will of Taiwanese

The Chinese government should respect the will of Taiwan's voters on the unification issue.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 7, 2017

Let's discuss Japan's life expectancy records

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EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2017

Work-hour deregulation

The government's proposed scheme to exempt certain employees from legal work-hour regulations needs to be scrutinized from the viewpoint of protecting workers' interests from labor abuse.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2017

Japan's medical support system falls short amid influx of foreign tourists, residents

A high number of surveyed medical facilities noted language and communication issues, which they said could lead to inappropriate diagnoses or mistreatment.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2017

Preventing accidents by elderly drivers

The National Police Agency must consider how to build a network among the police, local governments and health care professionals to reduce the number of accidents caused by elderly drivers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017

Trump is more secure than he looks

The U.S. president's approval ratings are dismal, but he remains popular with his base and Republican leaders don't see him as a liability yet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017

The Democrats are a lost cause

As long as the Democratic Party's leadership is owned by big-monied special interests, it will never give the people what they want and need.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 24, 2017

Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's cetenarian doctor, dies at 105

What is the term that Shigeaki Hinohara advocated?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2017

Warner seeks deeper probe into Trump campaign's digital activities, false stories about Clinton

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee called for more investigation into the digital activities of Donald Trump's campaign, amid concerns about Russian-directed misinformation efforts to influence the election, even as the president's lawyer vigorously defended his client.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 16, 2017

House sitting in Japan — still mostly an expatriate affair

A reader writes in about the possibility of coming to Japan as a house sitter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2017

Learning from South Korea's energy breakthrough

Events in South Korea demonstrate how public pressure can play a key role in changing a country's energy policy.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017

Abe’s hotel spa and gym visits inflame media speculation

Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weekly "workouts" masking something more ominous?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jun 28, 2017

Hokkaido cancer survivor's hand-sewn breast pads offer a softer path to recovery

Following her experience losing a breast to cancer and the need for a comfortable way to cover the area of her body, a Hokkaido seamstress developed a cotton breast pad that is now sold across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2017

British lawmakers hit by sustained cyberattack

Britain's Parliament was hit by a "sustained and determined" cyberattack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month after a ransomware worm crippled parts of the country's health service.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 24, 2017

Japan's shelters provide little comfort to abused children

Japan's shelters for neglected children are known for their suffocating discipline, but no one has come up with a good way to reform them in the past 70 years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2017

North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death

North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 21, 2017

U.S. military under fire for gun safety breaches on Okinawa

A series of incidents over the past few years have raised concerns the U.S. military on Okinawa is failing to securely manage its weapons in the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 19, 2017

At Aichi pharmacy chain, seniors get to work at their own pace

Starting this fall, Sugi Pharmacy Co., headquartered in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, will offer seniors a new type of job contract in order to help its older employees keep fitter for longer as well as address the company's manpower shortage.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 17, 2017

Does Japan really need more veterinarians?

The ongoing scandal involving the private educational corporation Kake Gakuen hinges on whether or not Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indirectly pushed the Cabinet to approve a new veterinary department for Okayama University of Science, a school run by Kake, whose chairman, Kotaro Kake, is a close friend...
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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