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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 15, 2017

Japan should abandon nuclear umbrella

Japan should propose a nuclear weapons-free zone for Northeast Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2017

The North Korean missile crisis

Will today's leaders show the same degree of strategic thinking that enabled the Kennedy administration to defuse the Cuban missile crisis?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2017

Trump associates frustrated and concerned by latest crisis, after Donald Jr. tweets emails

Fresh off one foreign trip and preparing for another, Donald Trump was enjoying a period of relative calm — until the White House was rocked by a fresh controversy over contacts between the president's campaign and Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2017

Top GOP Sen. McConnell vows to unveil revised health care plan for vote next week, mum on specifics

The top U.S. Senate Republican said on Tuesday he would unveil a revised version of major health care legislation sought by President Donald Trump on Thursday but deep divisions within the party left the stalled bill's prospects uncertain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 11, 2017

Rock act Boris marks 25 years with an album inspired by fans

Halfway through my conversation with Atsuo, drummer and spokesman for drone metal trio Boris, I bring out an original CD copy of the group's 1996 release, "Absolutego."
EDITORIALS
Jul 10, 2017

A remarkable G-20 minus one

Disdain for multilateralism continues to be a core component of the Trump presidency.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 10, 2017

Introducing the pattern Xぶり

How do you say, 'It's been three years since we last met, hasn't it?' in Japanese?
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2017

Poor handling of government documents

The government must come up with a better way to maintain official documents and make them available to the public.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 9, 2017

Thank you, Jean Pearce, for helping us get things done in Japan

If the U.S. had Ann Landers and Dear Abby, and Britain had Marge Proops, then Japan had Jean Pearce — someone who transcended the title of 'columnist' and became a media icon for generations of readers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 7, 2017

Lower tariffs on EU cheese imports may not translate to reduced prices for 'fromage' lovers

Japan and the European Union just announced a deal on free trade and will seek to reach a final agreement by the end of this year. The EU has already promised to phase out its 10 percent levy on Japanese automobiles, while Japan says it will eliminate taxes on a raft of food items.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2017

Can U.S. defend itself against North Korean missile tests? Not everyone agrees

Not everybody asserts as confidently as the Pentagon that the U.S. military can defend the United States from the growing threat posed by North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile capability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 5, 2017

Can Abe show global vision?

Japan's way forward is to be the prophet of a new global order, not the hegemony of Washington or Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 5, 2017

Unorthodox acupuncturist's point is to make sure you never have to come back

'It is my job to ensure that patients do not need to see me' is written in large letters on the web page of Thomas Blasejewicz, an acupuncturist from Germany who practices in Hayama.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 5, 2017

We need to talk about sex, robot experts say

Move over blow-up dolls, the sex robots are here.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2017

Asia's colossus threatens a tiny state

By waging stealth wars to accomplish political and military objectives, China is turning into a principle source of strategic instability in Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2017

To comprehend Trump, read this

Three books and two magazine articles shed a lot of light on the U.S. president's baffling behavior.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 4, 2017

Widodo upholds Indonesia as a model of moderate Islam despite extremist undercurrents

Indonesia's president said on Monday his country remains a model of moderate Islam, countering critics who point to mass rallies by radical Muslims and the jailing of a Christian politician for blasphemy as evidence its reputation is crumbling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2017

Tokyo election loss places Abe in jeopardy

It wasn't so long ago that Shinzo Abe appeared on course to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2017

Why Koike matters to Abenomics

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should take the hint delivered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, roll up his sleeves and reclaim the mantle of economic progress.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017

Koike's camp clobbers Abe's LDP in historic Tokyo assembly election

Gov. Yuriko Koike's upstart Tomin First party scored a sweeping victory Sunday in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, dethroning the Liberal Democratic Party and damaging Shinzo Abe's prospects for winning another term as prime minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017

Despite vague platform, Tomin First outshining status quo in Tokyo

Many voters queried about the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election Sunday said they cast ballots for Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), the upstart party led by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, because they did not want the scandal-plagued Liberal Democratic Party to take control of the legislature.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2017

Woman's retrial points anew to judicial problems

Once again a conviction comes into doubt because of a lack of hard evidence and questionable confessions and testimony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2017

80 years on, mystery of U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific remains unresolved

On June 28, 1933, Nellie Simmons Meier sat at her desk and cast an expert eye over the imprint before her, searching for telltale signs much as she had done since she first started such readings as a young girl.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan