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COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2014

A new cold war or a cool power calculation?

Americans understand that if they go too far too fast in pushing sanctions against Russia in the Ukraine crisis, Europe will publicly break with the U.S. approach, because the Europeans have a lot more at stake economically.
JAPAN
May 15, 2014

Hosokawa to ease off anti-nuclear schedule

A week after announcing the launch of a group to abolish nuclear power, former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa has decided to slow the pace of his efforts due to poor health, the group said Thursday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 15, 2014

Fun ways to teach kids eco-friendly concepts

Global warming, nuclear energy, deforestation, pollution, toxic waste — the list of environmental issues that play on our minds is long, but teaching future generations not to repeat the mistakes we made needs a soft touch. In the run-up to the June 5 World Environment Day, the Kitakyushu Environment...
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2014

Staffing agency Recruit plans IPO

Staffing services provider Recruit Holdings Co. plans an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as soon as October, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 14, 2014

Haitian orphan gets 3-D printed prosthesis

A 12-year-old orphan boy handicapped from birth became the first recipient of a prosthesis made with a 3-D printer in Haiti last month, thanks to a British software engineer in California and a South African amputee.
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2014

Riken's actions are inadequate

Riken should not place the blame for the STAP cell research controversy on Obokata alone.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 12, 2014

Know your rights when faced with 'stop and frisk' situation

U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Japan last month triggered a barrage of security measures in Tokyo. Lockers and garbage cans at major train stations were taped shut and throngs of solemn-faced police officers appeared to be everywhere.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 9, 2014

Asia's myriad film genres celebrated at Udine festival

Why go to a film festival that specializes in the sort of popular Asian genres — from Hong Kong actioners to South Korean comedies — that the other "better" sort of festivals have traditionally sniffed at?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2014

Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay self-rule vote

Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine ignored a public call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone a referendum on self-rule, declaring they would go ahead on Sunday with a vote that could lead to war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2014

Republicans dredge up Benghazi controversy in bid for election-year ammo

Benghazi is back.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 5, 2014

Silk mill took Japan to global level

The historic Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture and its related facilities are expected to become UNESCO World Heritage sites next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2014

Food labs fight organized crime

At first glance the sprawling campus amid glorious countryside looks an unlikely base from which to wage war against Italy's most feared crime organization, the 'ndrangheta.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 4, 2014

A cut-out-and-keep guide to getting legal advice in Japan

With the new school and fiscal year bringing plenty of new arrivals to Japan, here are some basic tips on how to use various legal services in Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2014

Ukraine crisis has Japan on horns of a dilemma

As the crisis in Ukraine drags on, Japan faces the difficult task of striking a balance between standing by the U.S. and maintaining good relations with Russia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Apr 30, 2014

World Cup squad shaping up as Zaccheroni weighs options

With national team manager Alberto Zaccheroni set to name his World Cup squad on May 12, Soccer Scene takes a look at the candidates. Names in bold are those predicted to make the final 23-man roster:
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2014

Japan denies visas to 23 Russians over Ukraine

23 Russians lose visas over Ukraine: Japan will deny visas to 23 Russians, including government officials, as part of additional sanctions for letting tensions in Ukraine fester. Moscow vows to respond.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2014

Reverberations of the Ukraine crisis

Having annexed Crimea, Russia has lost Ukraine, turning it from friend to foe. There can be no return to business as usual anytime soon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NATURE'S PANTRY
Apr 29, 2014

A natural miso and soy factory that is always full of beans

Although rice is certainly the king of Japanese food, soybeans are the queen. Small makers of miso, soy sauce and tofu dot the landscape of Japan, but blink once and you will notice that the local shops are closing up as supermarket culture takes over daily life.
JAPAN / Media / NET NEWS WATCH
Apr 28, 2014

AKB48 may be the pop the economy needs: ex-chief cabinet secretary Edano

In Yukio Edano's essay “Popular Songs Change with the Times; Yasushi Akimoto, the AKB strategy and the Japanese Economy,” the Democratic Party of Japan Lower House member of Japan argued that AKB48's business strategy “could be effective for the economy in general.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2014

Money trail leads to Putin's circle

Outside a Moscow stadium one night in 2006, deputy central banker Andrei Kozlov was walking to his car after playing soccer when two men opened fire, pumping bullets into his head and neck and also killing his driver.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2014

Tradable gains in Spain rain hope for recovery

Though domestic investment is constrained by credit availability, major European and Latin American multinationals have begun investing in the Spanish economy, attracted by its enhanced competitive posture, structural flexibility and recovery in domestic demand.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 27, 2014

Family's firstborn most likely to excel: study

What do Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyonce have in common? Other than riding high in Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, they are also all firstborn children in their families.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 27, 2014

Tokyo: what not to do and when not to do it

Here it is: Tokyo — all the must-miss spots that might ruin your day, if not your entire visit.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2014

Watch out for colleges with 'free speech zones'

Designating a limited 'free speech zone' is one way in which American colleges try to squelch spontaneous action or immediate responses to controversial news.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 26, 2014

Mini-revolutions may add up to a change

1949. The war was over. Slowly, a numbed populace rose from the dead. That year, 2.7 million babies were born — a record high, never surpassed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2014

Boy who raised alarm on doomed ferry had no time to call parents

The frightened boy who first raised the alarm that a South Korean ferry with hundreds on board was sinking did not have time to call his parents, his father said, and was found dead not wearing a life jacket.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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