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Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2018

Israeli forces kill 55 protesters on Gaza border as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem

Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday when the high-profile opening of the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem raised tension to boiling point after weeks of demonstrations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018

A return to hard-liners' heaven?

Trump's appointment of such senior neocons as John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as well as his withdrawal from the JCPOA ensures the return of Iran's hard-liners.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
May 12, 2018

Put the sake down, warm weather means craft beer

Although Yona Yona Beer Works is a staple for great craft beer in Tokyo, there are plenty of other hidden gems. Global beer-drinking afficionados share some of their favorites.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 12, 2018

Iona McIntosh: Keep calm about volcanoes

Volcanologist on what would happen to Kanto if Mount Fuji actually erupted.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2018

Hawaii braces for worse lava flows from erupting volcano

More destructive lava flows could soon hit Hawaii's Big Island as the Kilauea volcano erupts, posing a greater threat than oozing magma that has so far destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, scientists said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2018

Trump welcomes three Americans freed by North Korea in diplomatic win for U.S. president

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed home three Americans who had been detained by North Korea, greeting the trio at an air base outside Washington early Thursday after they were released hours earlier by Pyongyang. The release gives Trump a key diplomatic victory ahead of a highly anticipated summit...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2018

Trump is master of the art of making America grate

The U.S. president's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal will worsen ties with Europe, destabilize the Mideast and complicate efforts to reverse North Korea's nuclearization.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 10, 2018

Mount Kilauea's violent new eruptions in Hawaii puzzle scientists

The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Mount Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever-changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have been at work for hundreds of thousands of years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2018

Decertifying the Iran deal is dangerous

Donald Trump's unilateral move could have dire regional and international implications.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2018

Europe and Iran pledge to uphold nuclear pact without United States

Both Washington's European allies and Tehran pledged on Tuesday to uphold the 2015 Iran nuclear deal despite President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out and reimpose sanctions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2018

The politics of machine-learning algorithms

If we do not take the reins of the new technologies that are starting to dominate decision-making in business, politics and society, they could lead us toward a political system we did not choose.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2018

Rebels evacuate Syria's last besieged enclave as civilian deaths surge

Hundreds of rebels left the last major besieged opposition enclave in Syria on Monday, with thousands more expected to follow, responding to months of pressure by a Russian-backed government offensive, the army, rebels and residents said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2018

How bullying Iran could backfire for Trump

The end state to the U.S. president's approach on Iran could be war.
JAPAN / Politics
May 7, 2018

China's presence at trilateral summit likely to limit Japan's say in Korean affairs

Wednesday's trilateral summit with China and South Korea will afford Japan something it has craved for weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2018

Place your bets: Local governments in Japan weigh the benefits of applying for a casino license

As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped over the border of the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom for a historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27, a group of local politicians and international business leaders meeting in Osaka hailed another milestone moment reached that same...
WORLD
May 5, 2018

Spy agency NSA triples collection of U.S. phone records, official report shows

The U.S. National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a U.S. intelligence agency report released on Friday said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 2, 2018

Views from Tokyo: What progress, if any, do you expect to see from a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump?

Kanon Sudoh
BUSINESS
May 1, 2018

Japan's retailers hope to boost sales by capitalizing on Cool Biz

With temperatures soaring higher than average this year, retailers are hoping to boost sales of apparel by capitalizing on the government's annual Cool Biz campaign, which started Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2018

May names new interior minister to try to end immigration fiasco as she negotiates Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2018

Mike Pompeo says he spoke with North Korea's Kim about denuclearization 'mechanism'

Newly minted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he has spoken with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about how the isolated country might relinquish its nuclear arsenal and what a "complete, verifiable, irreversible mechanism might look like."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Apr 29, 2018

Abe walks a tightrope on Japan's foreign worker policy

The foreign proportion of Japan's population remains tiny compared to that in European countries or North America, yet the impact of the growing ranks of foreign workers is considerable.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 29, 2018

Chichibu: Steeped in tradition, but challenged by industry

The city of Chichibu, about 90 minutes by train from Ikebukuro, Tokyo, has a population of approximately 60,000. The region, which sits in the shadow of Mount Buko and alongside the Arakawa river is steeped in tradition with more than 300 festivals taking place each year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2018

Australia plans monument to mark anniversary of 1770 landing by British explorer James Cook

The Australian government is planning a new monument to commemorate the April 29 anniversary of the day that British explorer Lt. James Cook made landfall on the continent for the first time in 1770.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2018

North Korea's Kim vows transparency in nuclear site closure, says foreign experts and journalists can view dismantling

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to shutter his country's nuclear test site next month and will invite foreign experts and journalists to view the dismantling, as planning ramps up for a landmark meeting between him and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Western businesses will not return to Russia
A McDonald's restaurant sits shuttered in Moscow in May 2022 as a result of Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Japanese customers brave the rain to line up for cheap stockpiled rice
Iris Ohyama began sales of government-stockpiled rice at a home center location in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Hegseth to prioritize China and more allied spending in Asia — but questions remain
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a trilateral meeting between Japan, the U.S. and Australia at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Saturday.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
Former Japanese princess Mako gives birth to first child
Mako Komuro (right), the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, left the Imperial Family after marrying Kei Komuro, a former schoolmate at International Christian University in Tokyo, in October 2021.
Atsuko Okatsuka brings big 'dad' energy to new special
Atsuko Okatsuka tries out some of the jokes from her new special, “Father,” at the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya in January.
How ‘hikikomori’ shut-ins ‘start to have dreams for the future’
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Samurai Gakuen tries to help young and old individuals who have withdrawn from society rediscover their places out in the world.
Halt of U.S. visa process puts Japanese students' futures in question
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
Anime's big night out is getting bigger — and more surreal
Anime director Shunsuke Nakashige accepts the anime of the year award for “Solo Leveling” at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
Mateusz Urbanowicz: ‘Miyazaki inspired me to put the audience first’
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s recent book “Imaginary Storefronts” collects his illustrations of the mundane Japanese street scenes that have given him immense inspiration.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis

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