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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 25, 2015

George Washington basketball team planning 2016 tour of Japan

The George Washington University men's basketball team is planning to tour Japan next summer, the school's athletic director, Patrick Nero, said in an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 24, 2015

Piketty boom fading too fast

Income inequality is high in Japan, and under the Abe administration it appears to be getting worse.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2015

Rohingya refugees deserve better

More must be done to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis, which has drawn a woefully meager response from the governments of Southeast Asia.
BASKETBALL
May 24, 2015

Murry named MVP after fourth-quarter heroics

Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix guard Nile Murry carried his team in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s bj-league championship game.
JAPAN
May 24, 2015

Curtain falls on atomic feud with Kepco

They're nothing but a bunch of overpaid, arrogant jerks who should have been fired long ago for their managerial incompetence, while he's a just another crude loudmouth who has no idea what he's talking about.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2015

Lions' Akiyama staying grounded amid good start

Shogo Akiyama isn't quite ready to say he's better than he was last year. There's evidence Akiyama has taken his game up a level — the Seibu Lions outfielder is playing pretty well for a team that's also off to a decent start — but so far he's been content to look at his early results with little...
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2015

Shifting the scales of juvenile justice

In light of 13-year-old Ryota Uemura's recent murder in Kawasaki, the country is once again split over whether or not to revise the law governing crimes committed by minors.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2015

Silver Star join trend by welcoming in foreign players

Reaping the benefits of having a former NCAA quarterback is becoming a trend in the X League.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 22, 2015

Hashimoto likely to continue political career, but in what role?

In the fall of 2007, Osaka's political leaders faced a problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2015

Head of Todai is an advocate for collaboration and diversity

Collaboration from East and West is key to spurring innovation, and the University of Tokyo should become an academic hub for that purpose, its president says.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2015

'Boat people' likely posing as Rohingya for aid, says Myanmar general

Myanmar's military commander has said some "boat people" landing in Malaysia and Indonesia this month are likely pretending to be Rohingya Muslims to receive U.N. aid and that many had fled neighboring Bangladesh, state media reported on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 22, 2015

SpaceX capsule splashes down with cargo after five-week ISS stay

A Space Exploration Technologies Dragon cargo capsule made a parachute splashdown into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, wrapping up a five-week stay at the International Space Station.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 21, 2015

Title aspirations collide for Final Four teams

This time, there's a new look on the grand stage.
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2015

Stay out of Taiwan presidential race

Both the United States and China should refrain from trying to influence the upcoming Taiwan presidential race.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2015

Rohingya refugee crisis shames Southeast Asia

ASEAN members are failing to adequately address the humanitarian crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim boat people.
CULTURE / Film
May 21, 2015

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia searches for that 1-in-5,000 movie

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia director Seigo Tono has been with the event since its second edition in 2000, when it was called the American Short Shorts Film Festival and showed only U.S. films. Since then it has evolved into what Tono describes as "a global event, featuring cutting-edge shorts from...
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2015

Too much emphasis on coal power

The Abe administration is placing far too much weight on coal in formulating the national energy policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2015

City that makes Sharp TVs to subsidize purchases by residents

For decades, the city of Yaita in Tochigi Prefecture has served as a production hub for Sharp Corp. Now it's pitching in to boost the struggling company's fortunes by helping residents buy its higher-end products.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2015

North Korea 'modified' submarine missile launch photos, top Pentagon official says

Photos showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists, and the isolated country may still be years away from developing the technology, a top U.S. military official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2015

Judge: Clinton's State Department emails must be released on rolling basis

Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department emails must be made public on a rolling basis instead of waiting for a mass release in January, a federal judge ruled, rejecting a government proposal for releasing about 55,000 pages of the correspondence early next year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 19, 2015

Bring Japan's talents to bear

The Japanese government should strive to stem the growth of irregular jobs, which deprive people of the opportunity to grow and prosper.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2015

Hillary Clinton's lucrative life of crime

Corporations and banks bribe the Clintons to buy political favors. The speaking racket that has earned them at least $30 million over the past 16 months is a (flimsy) cover.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2015

Islamic State's war on art

The Islamic State's destruction and sales of ancient artifacts is a crucial piece of its recruitment and financing strategies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 19, 2015

'Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari'

May 26-Aug. 9
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2015

Yosemite parachute jump claims noted extreme BASE athlete Dean Potter

Rock climber Dean Potter and another man died while attempting parachute jumps from a 3,000-foot-high (900-meter) cliff in California's Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of deaths nationwide in the extreme sport of BASE jumping.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 19, 2015

U.S. court: YouTube can show 'Innocence of Muslims' film despite complaint by actress, outrage

Google Inc. should not have to remove an anti-Islamic film from its YouTube website because a woman complained that she was duped into performing in the film that depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a pedophile, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.
EDITORIALS
May 18, 2015

What now for Osaka, Hashimoto?

The failure of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's effort to reorganize Japan's second largest city will have major repercussions that extend to national politics.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

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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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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