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LIFE / Travel
Jun 14, 2014

Ghostly footprints of the 'modern girl' along Kamakura's coastline

There's a scene in Junichiro Tanizaki's serialized novel "Naomi" (originally titled "A Fool's Love") from 1924 where the besotted protagonist, Joji, watches his wife, Naomi — part Lolita, part Madame Bovary, all trouble — through the pine trees. Having just emerged from a seaside villa, she is sashaying...
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2014

Phones may not have the right to remain silent

The U.S. Supreme Court has just heard arguments over whether police should be allowed to search a person's smartphone without a warrant to find evidence relevant to the crime for which he or she is being arrested.
Oct 16, 2013

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LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 11, 2013

For David Bowie, Japanese style was more than just fashion

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has scored a victory with its exhibition "David Bowie is..." for elucidating what many have probably always suspected: David Bowie is a bit of a Japanophile.
COMMENTARY
Jan 16, 2011

Political biases trash lauded Ph.D. research

SEATTLE — Deepak Tripathi's most recent book, "Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism" (Potomac Books) raises several issues, both within and outside of its content. It is based on research for a doctoral dissertation that did not qualify.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2003

Shedding light on Kissinger's dark legacy

NEW YORK -- Recently released documents from the U.S. National Security Archive shed important light on former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's role in Argentina. These documents indicate that Kissinger approved of the Argentinian military junta's ruthless tactics to eliminate any opposition to its...
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2023

Cyclone Freddy record claim in the eye of the storm

Freddy's journey will be reviewed in minute detail to verify whether its deadly track counts as the longest-lasting tropical storm, the world extreme weather records chief said.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 1, 2023

Japan Times 1948: Tojo's stock rises but he is not likely to become a martyr

News at the start of the new year often focuses on holiday celebrations and feel-good stories as the front pages of 1923 and 1948 show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 4, 2022

Japan Times 1997: 160 nations adopt Kyoto Protocol

Environmental concerns hit the front pages of newspapers in 1997, with the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, and 1922, when residents tried to appease an 'angry tree.'
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 7, 2022

Japan Times 1997: 15 Japanese wives arrive on visit from North Korea

Twenty-five years ago, the Japanese media became fascinated by the women who left Japan for North Korea with their husbands 40 years prior.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 18, 2022

Japan Times 1922: Japan women accuse men of tyranny

A women's magazine challenges the authority of Japanese men and a Japan Times writer takes issue. The exchange is an insight into the challenges Japanese women faced a century ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard, daring director who shaped the French New Wave, dies at 91

Eventually becoming of the world's most revered directors, Godard helped kickstart a new way of filmmaking, complete with handheld camera work, jump cuts and existential dialogue.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 1, 2022

Japan Times 1997: Japan shocked by news of Princess Diana's death

Twenty-five years ago, news of Princess Diana's death spread to Japan. Comparisons are drawn to media coverage of the Japanese royal family, and editors explain what made her popular here.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 7, 2022

Japan Times 1922: Heat wave still grips capital city

A heat wave brings trouble to Tokyo a century ago, while 25 years ago the city of Kyoto tries an initiative to slow down global warming.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 2, 2022

Japan Times 1947: National Diet holds first ‘free debate’

An economic white paper was discussed in the Lower House in July 1947 when a “free debate” was held for the first time in Japan's parliamentary history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 1, 2022

Japan Times 1972: 3 Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv

Tragedy strikes in 1972 when three Japanese gunmen terrorize Israel, and police take into custody the criminal that would become known to the country as 'Boy A.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 1, 2022

Japan Times 1947: Japan hails new Constitution

A meeting of female political speakers meets with heckling from men 100 years ago, while Japan marks the arrival of a new Constitution, welcomes back Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 3, 2022

Japan Times 1972: Paper tells story behind secrets leak

A British royal visits Japan in a flurry of celebration in 1922, while 50 years ago the Japanese press followed a story involving the Mainichi newspaper and press freedom.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 5, 2022

Japan Times 1922: Mrs. Sanger lands after investigation

Margaret Sanger, an American proponent for birth control, causes controversy as she arrives in Japan in 1922.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 27, 2022

The designer bringing a new kind of cool to Kenzo

Nigo, the Japanese street wear king, is joining the luxury world and taking on “the greatest challenge” of his career.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 2, 2022

Japan Times 1972: Japanese soldier captured in Guam

A soldier who was under orders to 'never surrender' is captured in Guam after 28 years of hiding in the jungle.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 5, 2021

Japan Times 1996: Japan envoy's residence seized

Safety was on the minds of the Japanese 100 and 75 years ago, while 25 years ago saw a hostage crisis develop in Peru.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 7, 2021

Japan Times 1921: Premier dies from assassin's blow

The prime minister of Japan was assassinated 100 years ago on Nov. 4, 1921. Reports say the assassin was a 19-year-old railway employee who was 'mentally unbalanced.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 3, 2021

Japan Times 1971: Five men storm the Diet and hurl fire bombs

October 1971 saw many busy news days as the Emperor and Empress returned from a historic trip and there was a massive train crash. Meanwhile, Marxists were involved in a dangerous campaign.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 5, 2021

Japan Times 1971: Emperor, Nixon meet in Alaska

In 1921, Crown Prince Hirohito returns from Europe, making history as the first member of the ruling family to travel overseas. As Emperor, he makes history again 50 years later.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 8, 2021

Japan Times 1946: 'Perfect occupation' is MacArthur's goal

In 1946, Japan was still rebuilding after the war. Those steps would continue until 1971 when the country first attempted to float its currency on the global stage.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 4, 2021

Japan Times 1946: Parliamentary Japan ushers in new era as five women mount Lower House rostrum

History takes place in the Diet as five women politicians address the Lower House. Hisako Yoneyama, a Social Democrat, has the distinction of being the first woman to speak.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2021

In a scarred Hong Kong, 'beautiful things are gone'

People who want a democratic future are regrouping behind an invisible front line: The memory of what happened in 2019.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021

What else has Hong Kong lost, readers ask, as a paper is silenced

To many, Apple Daily was a symbol of the civil liberties that have been lost as Beijing has tightened its grip over the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 6, 2021

Japan Times 1971: Japanese believe they are 'superior'

As witnesses took to the stand at the 1946 Tokyo trials, they addressed the propaganda campaign that led the Japanese to think they were superior. Attitudes hadn't changed 25 years later.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight