Search - online

 
Menu
Search
 
August 07, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
18,028 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2018

Amazon cutting hundreds of Seattle jobs in rare cutback as it shifts focus

Amazon.com Inc. is cutting hundreds of jobs at its headquarters in Seattle, paring back older departments focused on selling goods online. The move is part of a broader reorganization at the company that's also hiring in newer lines of business like cloud computing and its Alexa platform.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2018

NBC boots Ramo over insensitive comment on Japanese-Korean ties at Pyeongchang Games

NBC commentator Joshua Cooper Ramo, who offended residents during coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony, has been taken off the air.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 12, 2018

Japan's staff-heavy banks downsize and turn to technology for survival

These are tough times for banks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Feb 11, 2018

With his U.S. scholarships for Japanese students, tycoon Tadashi Yanai could do better

Tycoon's fund is accused of giving help to those who don't need it when it could instead be altering more destinies.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2018

Iranian-Canadian environmental activist imprisoned by Tehran dies

An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 10, 2018

Gift-giving etiquette in Japan is driving some recipients crazy

With spring looming, perhaps it’s time to re-think the national obsession with seasonal gifts and souvenirs.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 10, 2018

Early learner

'Hurry up. We're going to be late for school.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 9, 2018

Japanese consumers increasingly face stealth price hikes via 'shrinkflation'

In Japan, a phenomenon known as "shrinkflation" — an important economic countermeasure against inflation for businesses — has been catching the attention of consumers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2018

Full flavor in little packages: More rice is being sold in reduced quantities for smaller households

The marketing strategy of selling rice in small volumes has recently seen success in Japan on the back of a rise in the number of one-person households and small families.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2018

Japan to survey mercury use in batteries and other products, in line with Minamata Convention and domestic law

Environment Ministry will start investigating possible uses of mercury in commercial products, such as button cells and fluorescent lights, from April, sources with knowledge of the matter have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 7, 2018

Challenges to the Japanese style of work

Will the goverment's effort to implement labor reforms be enough to put an end to the notorious phenomenon of 'karoshi'?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2018

Masayoshi Son plans measures to reduce discount on SoftBank stock

SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son became technology's biggest investor over the past year, taking major stakes in ride-hailing, e-commerce and semiconductors. But he doesn't get much credit for his investment acumen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018

Will China 'weaponize' social media?

Now that Russia has shown how cybertactics and informational subterfuge can upend established democracies, China will surely be taking some pages from the Kremlin's playbook.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018

Young operators turn to social media to revive Tokyo's sento neighborhood bathhouses

Younger operators of sento (public bathhouses) in Tokyo are breathing new life into the facilities, which have long helped residents in communities feel refreshed and relaxed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018

Most Republicans feel FBI and Justice Department trying to 'delegitimize' Trump: survey

Nearly 3 out of 4 Republicans believe the FBI and Justice Department are trying to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, a sharp turn for a party that has historically backed law enforcement agencies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2018

China could seize the lead in self-driving cars

Alibaba is building systems that will link vehicles to the roads they drive on.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 5, 2018

Put some extra nuance into your verbs with 'komu'

Today we'll introduce some meanings and usages of the verb u8fbcuff08u3053uff09u3080, which means to be crowded/to include, as in u3053u306eu96fbu8ecauff08u3067u3093u3057u3083uff09u306fu8fbcu3093u3067u3044u308bu304bu3089u6b21uff08u3064u304euff09u306eu306bu3057u3088u3046u3002(This train is crowded so we should wait for the next one.) u8fbcu3080 can be attached to an action verb (X) to create the compound verb Xu8fbcu3080, which adds the idea of entering, going inside or putting something inside.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Feb 3, 2018

Setting up shop needn't be an expensive task

Professional level kitchen equipment is incredibly expensive, and without the resources available to a large chain or restaurant corporation, buying equipment new is a reckless gamble. Stores like Tenpos Holdings, Inc. are a godsend, as they are large warehouses selling everything from professional level gas ranges and refrigerators to plates and silverware sets.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 3, 2018

When your eyes are too big for your stomach

'What do you want for dinner?'
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Feb 2, 2018

On the hunt for Gaien Nishi-dori's taste-makers

In Tokyo, people set up funky cafes with all kinds of sideshows — curry, cats, goats, hedgehogs and maids come to mind — so when I catch a whiff of a good cup of joe escaping from a huge glass and concrete box near Gaienmae Station on Gaien Nishi-dori avenue, I wonder what the gig is.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2018

Japan's digital camera shipments post first increase in seven years thanks to social media surge

Japan's digital camera industry, which has been hit hard by the explosive growth of the camera-equipped smartphone market, may have finally found a ray of hope — thanks to Instagram users showing off their private lives online.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2018

Instant cameras growing popular with Japanese photo-sharing fans hungry for 'instagenic' shots

Instant cameras are making a comeback in Japan as the colorful, boxy film-based devices capture the hearts of young women.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2018

Rare 'lunar trifecta' battles cloud cover to make appearance in night skies over Japan

Many of the nation's stargazers were treated to a celestial show Wednesday night with the appearance of a "super blue blood moon," a phenomenon caused by the rare confluence of three lunar events.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 31, 2018

'Country of cowards': Comedy duo's political satire stands out in gun-shy Japan

In what was perhaps a make-or-break moment for their careers, comedy duo Woman Rush Hour did something on prime-time television in December that most of their fellow comedians try their best to eschew: They talked about politics.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 31, 2018

The Japan vlogger's gospel, not according to Logan Paul

In the wake of the Logan Paul 'suicide forest' fiasco, YouTubers offer their tips on filming in Japan without infuriating the locals.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
By Elizabeth Beattie

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Muji has been sustainable from the beginning
Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER