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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015

A dangerous time for Russia-NATO relations

It is the early stages of a standoff between nuclear powers that are the most dangerous.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015

In major victory for nuclear industry, first reactor goes online under post-Fukushima regime

Four years and five months to the day after the crisis began at the Fukushima No. 1 power station, Japan formally returned to nuclear power Tuesday with the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai No. 1 reactor in Kagoshima Prefecture.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2015

U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine

Two women fired guns at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 10, 2015

Waseda's first-year sensation Kiyomiya takes center stage

Any baseball fan, from the casual to the hardcore, who didn't know Waseda Jitsugyo first-year player Kotaro Kiyomiya had an RBI hit in his Summer Koshien debut on Saturday, probably spent the day off the grid.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2015

Analysts baffled by shame index reshuffle as Tepco sinks

It turns out numbers aren't the only things that matter for companies trying to gain entry into the index of Japan's best companies.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2015

Reducing military jet noise

The government should pay heed to the plight of local residents and explore negotiations with the U.S. for measures to reduce noise from its military aircraft using Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 8, 2015

Robbie Deans: 'Keep learning regardless of the outcome'

New Zealand rugby coach on the difference between a winning team and a losing team
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 7, 2015

Detective mystery in Tokyo; child soldiers of World War II; CM of the Week: Toyota

Actor Sho Aikawa used to be the king of straight-to-video movies. He's now all over the place, and stars as officer Ken Kobayashi in the occasional mystery series, "Setagaya Chuzai Keiji" ("Setagaya Police Substation Detective"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 7, 2015

Wagyu: Processing pampered cows at Tokyo's last major slaughterhouse

Wagyu literally translates as "Japanese beef," but that translation doesn't quite do it justice. It's a word that calls to mind images of rural Japanese cows being fed beer and massaged daily, and richly marbled ruby-red steaks, shot through with fine ribbons of glistening white fat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 6, 2015

How China is winning S.E. Asia

If push comes to shove in the South China Sea, will the U.S. find allies in its corner, or will they just be holding Uncle Sam's coat?
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2015

U.S. stands by Henoko plan despite move by Tokyo to suspend construction

The United States will continue to back plans to relocate the U.S. Marine base at Futenma to Henoko, both in Okinawa, despite the surprise decision by Tokyo to suspend construction for a month due to opposition in the prefecture over the project, a U.S. official in Washington said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2015

In surprise move, government to suspend Nago construction for one month

In a surprise move, the central government will suspend for one month all ongoing construction work related to building a replacement facility for U.S. Marines Air Station Futenma.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2015

Putin would eat President Trump for lunch

Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't make deals with brash, showy businessmen like Donald Trump. He crushes them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 1, 2015

Arita fires up a love of pottery, both historical and contemporary

The streets of Arita's Uchiyama porcelain district are mostly deserted this overcast Sunday, a boon for me as I am looking anywhere but at the sidewalk in front of me. My eyes are drawn instead to the parade of restored buildings that front the street, a veritable "name that era" of architectural styles....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 1, 2015

Going for gold in the stadium blame game

Yoshiro Mori, former rugby player and prime minister, and current head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics' organizing committee, is not a man of few words. When the current prime minister, Shinzo Abe, took it upon himself to discard the design for the new National Stadium because cost estimates had gotten out...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2015

Never mind the lineup: Fuji Rock is more than music

It has only been three years since Fuji Rock Festival posted its highest-ever attendance figures, with a little help from Radiohead and The Stone Roses, but you wouldn't have known it from the steady drumbeat of glumness that heralded this year's edition. Following a lackluster showing in 2014, when...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 31, 2015

Motenashi Kuroki: Chilling with summer specials at one of Akihabara's best ramen shops

Any season is ramen season. But when the heat builds and energy levels start to sag, is it really worth trekking across town and waiting in line for noodles that will only make you sweat even more? In the case of Motenashi Kuroki, most definitely yes.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 31, 2015

Fukushima-tainted Tepco to join JPX-Nikkei Index 400 'shame gauge'

A stock index showcasing Japan's best companies is about to include one of its most controversial: the utility behind the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2015

Kyoto bids to host Cultural Affairs Agency

The city of Kyoto is stepping up efforts to become the new home of the Cultural Affairs Agency, which works to protect Japan's officially designated cultural treasures.
WORLD
Jul 30, 2015

Smoke in cabin prompts H.K.-LA Cathay flight to make emergency landing at Aleutian base

A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles with nearly 300 people on board diverted to a remote U.S. military airport in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Wednesday due to smoke in the aircraft, airline officials said.

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