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COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2017

The technology policy debate

With governments and citizens already struggling with the consequences of recent innovations — from job displacement to security risks — technology policy is likely to take center stage in the coming decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2017

Software tycoon Ahn invokes France's Macron in bid for South Korean presidency

South Korean software tycoon Ahn Cheol-soo, who once led opinion polls in the presidential race, is finding his centrist approach and platform of championing markets drowned out by public demands for a clampdown on the country's scandal-hit elite.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 2, 2017

Giants not getting full value from new faces

The Yomiuri Giants, stung perhaps by pennant-less seasons in 2015 and 2016 or their inability to stay within 17½ games of the Hiroshima Carp last year, spent much of the offseason wheeling and dealing. Now one month into the 2017 season, their fans might be wondering what it was all for.
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

History uprooted in Thailand

The theft of a historic plaque in Bangkok may have given new life to pro-democracy forces.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

The bumpy road to adulthood is getting longer

If adulthood in America ever equated with marrying and settling down, it doesn't now.
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.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

Meet the real Marine Le Pen

Thinner, better dressed and more soft-spoken then when she started out, Marine Le Pen has developed a charisma that enables her to appeal to a wider variety of supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017

U.S. lawmakers seal deal on $1 trillion spending bill that jettisons Trump priorities

U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative bipartisan deal Sunday night on a $1.1 trillion bill that largely tracks with Democratic spending priorities and jettisons most of President Donald Trump's top priorities, including money to begin building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2017

French voters are skeptical that Macron, Le Pen have answers about key issues

A week before the decisive second round in France's presidential election, many voters are skeptical that either of the two candidates can solve chronic unemployment or tackle security concerns, a poll published Sunday found.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2017

Asia's American menace

The need for constant adjustment to Trump's policy flip-flops will only stoke greater anxiety among America's allies and partners, who now run the risk that their core interests will be used as bargaining chips.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 30, 2017

First Japan House opens in Brazil

London, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo. There is little at first sight that seems to unite these three cities, which are diverse in geography and climate as well as architecture, cuisine and atmosphere.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 30, 2017

Japan fares well at Salone del Mobile

Once again, Salone del Mobile Milano, the world's largest furniture and interiors trade fair, provides a platform for some of Japan's most innovative ideas on both practical and conceptual design.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2017

Political risk scares away Japanese investors in French bonds

Japanese investors, traditionally among France's most loyal lenders, are not yet convinced that French political risks have faded and are staying away from buying the country's bonds.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 29, 2017

Civil society across Asia is flowering but fragile

The proliferation of civil society organizations throughout Asia is having a significant impact on relations between the state and citizens, on the institutions of the state and on prevailing norms and values.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Apr 29, 2017

April 29, 2017

EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2017

Searching for consensus in global economic governance

It's no longer business as usual for the global economic order.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 27, 2017

Welcome the summer with cold craft beer

A craft beer event, "Hop & Eats," with live music will be held on May 14 at Tennoz Central Tower, Canal Garden, near the Tennoz Isle waterfront.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 27, 2017

All Shizuoka's a stage for SPAC's theater festival

At a recent news conference, Satoshi Miyagi, the artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC), gave notice of an imminent invasion — by girigirijin.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 27, 2017

Quality coaches competing for top accolade

Who's the leading candidate to be named the B. League's coach of the year for the first time in the 18-team top division?
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2017

Japan stays 72nd on press freedom list but falls to last in G-7

Japan ranked 72nd on a 2017 list of press freedom around the world — its same overall position from a year earlier — but fell to last among its Group of Seven peers as Italy climbed to 52nd, according to the 180-nation World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2017

McDonald's shelves plans to sell Japan unit stake after rebound

McDonald's Corp. said it's shelving plans to sell a stake in its Japan unit that has seen a turnaround since the company announced it was looking for a buyer more than a year ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2017

Trump's dangerous blank check

One should welcome America's re-engagement with the world, but not if diplomacy takes a backseat to bombs and tweets.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 24, 2017

Messenger staying ahead of Japanese baseball learning curve

There aren't many pitchers in Japan who cut a more imposing figure on the mound than the Hanshin Tigers' Randy Messenger. There might not be any actually.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2017

Ahead of next iPhone, Idemitsu Kosan leads way after developing OLED screen

The iPhone's success has transformed the fortunes of dozens of suppliers, from glass manufacturers to the maker of robots that cut metal cases.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2017

Modi's push to make Indian kitchens safer sees nation overtake Japan for LPG imports

India toppled Japan as the world's second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge to provide cooking gas cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels drove up consumption.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Delta routes new Airbus plane to Tokyo to sidestep Trump tariffs
Delta Air Lines signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 9. The airline is flying a new Airbus SE plane through Japan to skirt U.S. import tariffs.
High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers
The levels of a type of "forever chemical" found in seven current and former employees at Daikin Industries' Yodogawa plant in Osaka Prefecture were about 38 times those for nearby residents, according to a survey conducted by a team including Kyoto University.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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