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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2017

Step aside, Siri: A new AI-powered assistant is in town, and she's kawaii

When Siri is asked whether she has a boyfriend, the iPhone's digital assistant is usually quick to deflect the question with a quip about drones always trying to pick her up.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2017

France's 'can't lose' candidate pays a price

Depressed turnout and record support for the National Front suggest that something real has happened in French politics, something that should worry the establishment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2017

France's new president banks on de Gaulle's 'majority amplifier' to govern

Unknown just three years ago, and with a party only 12 months old, Emmanuel Macron has seized the French presidency against all the odds. His challenge now is to govern.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 6, 2017

Japanese tradition denies surrogacy

Most major media covered the March 22 Tokyo news conference where Sachiko Kishimoto of the nonprofit organization Oocyte Donation Network (OD-Net) explained how a woman in her 40s had recently given birth to a daughter who had been conceived using the woman's husband's sperm and an egg from a third party....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2017

U.N. expert keen to probe Philippines killings, but won't debate Duterte

A United Nations expert who irked the Philippines with a surprise visit said Saturday that she was keen to return and investigate alleged summary killings, but only if President Rodrigo Duterte drops his condition that she must hold a debate with him.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
May 6, 2017

Brazen heists suggest that crime syndicates may be back in business

Last month, three masked robbers grabbed a suitcase stuffed with cash from a businessman who had just withdrawn the money from a bank in Fukuoka. The businessman is believed to have been planning to use the ¥380 million ($3.5 million) to buy gold.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 5, 2017

As Trump cozies up to China's Xi, Dalai Lama has to wait on the sidelines

When Donald Trump was elected in November, the Dalai Lama said he was keen to meet the incoming U.S. president, but since then Trump has cozied up to China's leader Xi Jinping, making it less likely the man Beijing deems a separatist will get an invite to the White House anytime soon.
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2017

The future of Imperial succession

By offering legislation that would only apply to the current emperor's abdication and not facing other problems with the Imperial family, the Abe administration is merely kicking the can down the road.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2017

Reprieve or reform in Europe?

Unless Europe addresses flaws in growth patterns and pursues urgent reforms, the longer-term risks to its survival will continue to mount.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Majority of Asian economies are expected to see short-term gains

The Asian Development Bank on April 6 released the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017. The ADB's flagship annual report analyzes economic performance in the past year and offers forecasts for the next two years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia. The following...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 3, 2017

Views from Tokyo: Which candidate would you vote for in the French election and why?

As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2017

A grand strategy for Trump?

Accommodating aggressive behavior by 'defectors' from international cooperation like North Korea will never bring peace, but establishing cooperation as the only viable option might.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 1, 2017

Pessimists' grammar: No way around 'no'

Words can be like people. Some will always look on the bright side, while others take a more pessimistic view of things.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 1, 2017

Why are Japanese teens so glum?

Young people in Japan score distressingly low in OECD measurements of well-being.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

Trump suffering a diplomatic deficit

Only by connecting the strategic dots between Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea can the world find a somewhat coherent, but misguided, approach to U.S. foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

Will France elect a Gallic Obama?

Emmanual Macron is a virtuoso of vagueness who calls to mind a certain freshman senator in 2008.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2017

Trump warms to Xi, but risks leaving allies out to dry

U.S. President Donald Trump's warm words for Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "good man" will reassure Beijing that he finally understands the importance of good ties but risk leaving America's allies in the region puzzling over where they fit into the new order.
JAPAN / History
Apr 29, 2017

Power politics: Japan's most popular political platforms

Looking back at some of the political platforms that have been heavily endorsed by voters over the past century in a bid to predict where the country might be headed under the 'third generation' of postwar Japanese.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 29, 2017

Voter apathy can threaten democracy

On April 17 the Asahi Shimbun reviewed the results of various local elections that had taken place the day before. The main story was not who got voted in or out, but whether or not anyone cared.
CULTURE / Books
Apr 29, 2017

'Yoshida's Dilemma: One Man's Struggle to Avert Nuclear Catastrophe': But for him, Fukushima could have been much worse

But for this man and his team, the Fukushima disaster would likely have been much worse.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 28, 2017

Barton banned while gambling sponsors permeate game

It has not been a good week for the beautiful game.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2017

Mystery deepens over Moritomo land deal as recording with Finance Ministry emerges

The shadowy Moritomo Gakuen scandal takes a new twist after a recording of the land negotiations between its former chief and the Finance Ministry emerges.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2017

EU hurries to fill Trump trade void with Pacific partners Japan, Mercosur

Europe's claim to be the global champion of open trade and a counterweight to the threatened protectionism of U.S. President Donald Trump risks ringing hollow if it cannot sign a new Pacific free trade deal by the end of 2017.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2017

The Democratic Party in disarray

The DP leadership needs to take the revolt and defection of its members seriously and rebuild the party before it's too late.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 25, 2017

Hanyu looks at raising bar going into Olympic season

Yuzuru Hanyu's greatness is unquestioned.
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan marks highest-ever temperature of 41.2 C in Hyogo
Japan's temperature soared to a record 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 41.1 C.
Japan should take all possible measures to raise wages, white paper says
Prolonged high prices for food and other goods have pushed down consumer sentiment and real wages, according to the Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance for fiscal 2025.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.

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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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