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JAPAN
Dec 26, 2013

Abe visits Yasukuni, angering Beijing and Seoul

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's unannounced visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine triggers immediate censure from China and South Korea.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2013

Abe's second strike against freedoms

On the heels of the enactment of the state secrets protection law, the Abe administration is preparing a bill that would criminalize the act of 'conspiracy' for the first time.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2013

Is wife Abe's main opposition rival?

Akie Abe is Japan's first lady of conviction and action, describing herself as an 'opposition force at home' who doesn't shy away from speaking out in public against the policies of her husband, Shinzo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 1, 2013

Crusader for social activism brings Change.org to Japan

The woman who brought Change.org to Japan says the online petition platform is just the ticket to get the normally reticent Japanese to become more active in achieving social change.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2013

Thai amnesty bill stirs a new round of unrest

The possibility of political violence will compel the Thai government to shelve an amnesty bill that would allow former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home.
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2013

Mentor Koizumi shows protege Abe how to reboot

By lending his popularity to the anti-nuclear chorus and exciting the public about a pro-growth energy future, Junichiro Koizumi isn't just counseling a better way. He's offering his protege Shinzo Abe an invitation into the pantheon of true Japanese reformers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2013

Thailand opts for stability

Thailand's Senate has rejected an amnesty bill that threatened the country's hard-won stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2013

Thailand must overcome obsession with Thaksin

It's frustrating to think where Thailand — Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy — might be today had the nation not squandered the last seven years on all things Thaksin.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2013

Arming the Indian elephant

The long-term sustainability of the 'defense cooperation' relationship, in which India is more a client of the U.S. than a partner, remains a deep concern for Indians.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2013

Tehran's nuclear quandary

There are many obstacles to an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Particularly troubling for the U.S. and its allies, though, is how much Iran has mimicked the regime in Pyongyang.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 7, 2013

Popular Goya nearing return

Guard Takanori Goya is one of the bj-league's most well-known players, even though his career has been saddled by injuries.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2013

Murry leads Niigata past previously unbeaten Toyama

Since playing his first game for the then-expansion Toyama Grouses in 2006, Nile Murry has been one of the bj-league's best all-around players.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 2, 2013

Hankyu Hanshin scandal is a by-product of the media's food fetishization

As with every food mislabeling furor, the point in the Hankyu Hanshin scandal isn't necessarily that people are eating bad-tasting or unsafe food, but that their pretensions have been exposed.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2013

The sectarian war at hand: redrawing the Mideast again

Groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a powerful component of Syria's savage war, could not have moved with such ease if it had not been for the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 28, 2013

Al-Qaida affiliate shakes Iraq with surge of violence

Nearly two years after the U.S. troop withdrawal, Iraq is in the midst of a deepening security crisis as an al-Qaida affiliate wages a relentless campaign of attacks, sending the death toll soaring to its highest level since 2008.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 23, 2013

Versatile Bozeman making impact for Toshiba Brave Thunders

For sure, there are countless basketball players who can compete at multiple positions. But it's hard to find someone that's as exceptionally versatile as Cedric Bozeman, who basically plays all positions but center.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 20, 2013

Wildlife victory: shark fin falls from favor in China

Once a rare delicacy served to honored guests, shark fin soup had become so popular among China's fast-growing elite in recent years that it was pushing some shark species close to extinction.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2013

Defenders of Thai monarchy busy politicizing

You would think that Thailand's state agencies would be trying to de-politicize issues related to the monarchy in light of the country's deep polarization in recent years. You would be wrong.
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Oct 15, 2013

Japan's social-networking pioneer turns matchmaker

There was a time when the only social network that mattered in Japan was Mixi, but these days, after years of stagnation, it is hardly heard of in daily conversation — being replaced in popularity by rivals such as Gree, Mobage, Twitter, Facebook and most recently Line.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Oct 11, 2013

Strays become woman's calling

It's a typical evening in the Mercer-Tojo household. Susan Mercer, 37, has just settled down their 2-year-old for the night, tucking him in as he cuddles with five or six cats. Several dogs prowl restlessly, eager for a pat or a kind word. Scooping a kitten off the floor, Mercer settles down to wait...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2013

Ginsburg's tough decision: to stay or go?

Who dreamed up this bit of kismet? How did the stars align to make this spot of New Mexico desert the best place in the world on a late summer evening to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 5, 2013

Online drug bazaar's alleged boss paired eBay-style site with heroin, murder plot

The Silk Road website, before being shut this week by the U.S., was a cyber-bazaar of the criminal underworld that connected buyers and sellers of heroin, cocaine and hacking services. It combined eBay-style customer reviews and shipping tips with an open disregard for the law.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2013

Best, brightest and least productive?

Financial traders and speculators help to allocate society's resources to the most promising businesses. But these people's activities also impose costs on the rest of us.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2013

Launch of the Epsilon rocket

JAXA's successful Sept. 14 launch of the Epsilon, Japan's first new rocket in 12 years, represents the culmination of Japan's solid-fuel rocket technology.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2013

After the Snowden leaks, why trust a U.S. cloud?

"It's an ill bird," runs the adage, "that fouls its own nest." Cue the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which, we now know, has been busily doing this for quite a while. As the revelations by Edward Snowden tumbled out, the scale of the fouling slowly began to dawn on us.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2013

Conservative Club for Growth targets 'Obamacare'

The first sign that Republican leaders could not control their new majority came on a vote to help Americans who lose their jobs to foreign workers. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor considered the measure routine and in February 2011 put it on a list of bills that were expected to pass without objection....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013

Photographer 'faces future' with portraits of centenarians

The idea of getting old scares most of us. We don't want to think about getting wrinkles, becoming bedridden or succumbing to Alzheimer's disease. Still, we must come to terms with the fact that growing old is a reality for all of us lucky enough to live long lives.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2013

The changing international mood on migration

Despite persistent and even rising anti-immigrant sentiment in much of the world, promising signs of a more enlightened approach to migration are emerging.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 2, 2013

Tin Man's throne: the rise and fall of a Roppongi royal

Gilbert Otaigbe is the current owner of Black Horse bar and nightclub in Roppongi. At the height of his success in the mid-2000s, he owned at least seven bars, clubs and restaurants.

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