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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2015

Japan to ground hobbyist drones in urban areas, impose sweeping restrictions elsewhere

New regulations on the flights of drones and other unmanned aircraft will take effect on Thursday, despite concerns over the impact on hobbyists and fears that restrictions may hamper innovation in the emerging sector.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 8, 2015

Politicians launch support group for new men's basketball circuit

A group of nearly two dozen Diet members launched a basketball-supporting parliamentarians' association and held its kickoff meeting on Tuesday at the members' office buildings of the House of Councilors in Tokyo's Nagatacho district.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 8, 2015

Japan Times reader cherishes WWII news dispatch from Dutch East Indies

Rumiko Endo's childhood odyssey is captured in a 1942 newspaper photograph showing her mother as a young woman and her as a baby.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2015

Yuan move good for China's politics

President Xi Jinping will now have to demonstrate that China's unique system of governance can produce the degree of stability and predictability in transition that characterizes the other regimes in the elite currency reserve group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2015

In wake of Paris attack, India risks missing lessons from Mumbai massacre

Last month, during an exercise to test India's readiness for a militant attack, teams of coast guards approached Mumbai and surrounding areas by sea, just as assailants did before deadly strikes in 2008. Several teams slipped through undetected.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2015

Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats

‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 5, 2015

Push for balance can lead to a skewed view

In September, public broadcaster NHK aired a documentary that recounted the news events from the capital this summer. One of the segments focused on the continuing protests led by college students in central Tokyo against the controversial security bills the ruling Liberal Democratic Party had yet to...
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 4, 2015

Stimson's love of Kyoto saved it from A-bomb

The glories of Kyoto impressed Henry Stimson, and the decisions he made decades later as the U.S. secretary of war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2015

Cold front clears Beijing's smog and saves the mayor's neck — for now

A cold front that swept choking smog from northern China couldn't have come sooner for Beijing's mayor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2015

NATO to keep Afghanistan troop level intact, seek funds amid 'sobering' realities on ground

The NATO allies decided on Tuesday to hold alliance troop levels in Afghanistan steady at about 12,000 next year and launched a campaign to fund the 350,000 Afghan forces it hopes can some day secure the country against Taliban militants.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2015

India must up its game in S.E. Asia

Smaller states in Southeast Asia are looking to India to act as a counterweight to China's growing influence. It remains to be seen if New Delhi can live up to its full potential as well as the region's expectations.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2015

Memo to Moscow: Syria is Turkey's Ukraine

Ankara is determined to make it clear that no solution for Syria can be reached unless Turkish interests are fully taken into account.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2015

Hundreds of thousands across the globe join 'No Planet B' climate protests on eve of key summit

More than half a million people from Australia to Paraguay joined the biggest day of climate change activism in history on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / LEXUS: AMAZING IN MOTION
Nov 30, 2015

LEXUS spaces help inspire lifestyles and designs

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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2015

Can the Islamic State threat unify Europe?

If recent events have taught us anything, it is that threats to the EU stem not from inadequate fiscal risk-sharing, but from insufficient coordination on foreign-policy and security challenges.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Nov 29, 2015

Lessons in Japan's labor laws from striking NPB baseball stars and English teachers

What do Nichibei Eigo Gakuin teachers in 2000, pro baseball players in 2004 and Berlitz language instructors in 2007 have in common?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2015

No-sweat risk-taker Arora lets ¥60 billion ride on SoftBank's future

It's a fall evening in Tokyo, and Nikesh Arora is supposed to be in two places at once.
Figure Skating
Nov 27, 2015

Hanyu shatters own world record with 106.33 points in short program

Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu grabbed the lead in the short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday night with a world-record score of 106.33 points.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Nov 27, 2015

The complexities of living too close to Tokyo

While traveling in the northeastern part of Japan last month, I was struck by the way quirky, alternative and avant-garde music carves out a space for itself in parts of the country that are isolated from the major cultural centers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2015

Brussels ratchets alert level down notch; raids turn up nil; white powder at mosque just flour

Belgium lowered the security threat level in Brussels on Thursday, ending six days on maximum alert, but the prime minister warned that the risk of a Paris-style attack remained serious.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 26, 2015

Pope shrugs off terror fears, starts Africa tour in bid to bridge Christian-Muslim divide

Pope Francis called on Wednesday for ethnic and religious reconcilation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he will address a fast-growing Catholic population and seek to heal Christian-Muslim divisions.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
U.S. and China agree to lower tariffs in 90-day cooling-off period
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva on Monday.
'Treasure hunt': Tourists boost sales at Japan's Don Quijote stores
The entrance to the discount retailer Don Quijote in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, known as Don Don Donki outside the country
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his grandparents at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
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