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WORLD
Jan 6, 2015

Growing number of foreigners signing up to fight Islamic State in Mideast

While illegally crossing the border between Iraq and Syria, Peter Douglas, a Canadian, was adamant that his incursion was for humanitarian reasons — to help the people of Syria.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 6, 2015

Stand-up desks get office workers on their feet

Advocates of workplace wellness initiatives are hoping 2015 will be the year that stand-up desks, historically favored by great minds from Leonardo da Vinci to Virginia Woolf, will reconfigure the modern cubicle.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2015

Nixon's respect for a Democratic intellectual exemplified how to handle domestic debate

For all its faults, America's Nixon administration provided a model for professional domestic debate when the stakes are huge, exemplified by the appointment of a Democratic intellectual as urban affairs adviser.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 2, 2015

Drug firms sway vets on antibiotics in food animals

In 2016, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that infect humans. For the first time, the agency will require veterinarians, not farmers, to decide whenever antibiotics used by people are given to animals....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 1, 2015

The Vancouver Asahi: Angels are not in the outfield for immigrants

Of making baseball films there is no end. The sport provides an endless supply of ready-made narratives: from a fight to win the pennant ("Damn Yankees") or to simply win ("Major League"), to a player's struggle with illness ("Pride of the Yankees"), or an oversized ego ("Mr. Baseball").
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CULTURE / Stage
Jan 1, 2015

Japan's artists aim to foster intra-Asia links

The subject of Japan's position in the world of Asian performing arts has been widely addressed over the past decade, and the new leadership of last year's Festival/Tokyo — its largest annual performing-arts event — vowed to step up efforts to develop collaborations and exchanges within Asia.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2014

Ebola wrecks years of aid work in worst-hit countries

Ebola is wrecking years of health and education work in Sierra Leone and Liberia following their civil wars, forcing many charity groups to suspend operations or re-direct them to fighting the epidemic.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2014

Komeito backtracks on Osaka merger referendum

In a surprise move, the Osaka chapter of Komeito will cooperate with Mayor Toru Hashimoto to hold a referendum on whether to integrate the Osaka city and prefecture.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014

Hacking of low brow movie raises high stakes issues

The movie 'The Interview,' featuring the supposed blowing up of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, is a sad commentary on the idiocies of our troubled times. It should not have been made.
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JAPAN
Dec 28, 2014

'Plant hunter' on quest to shake up horticulture with rare trees, flowers

From the isolated Socotra Islands off Yemen in the Arabian Sea to the dry forests of Argentina, Seijun Nishihata has traveled to 33 countries over the past 13 years to track down unique plant species for clients all over the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 27, 2014

Learning to love robots

With half the decade complete, we examine an industry that has significantly changed the way we think about ourselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 27, 2014

Abe isn't impressed with media criticism

The most talked-about media moment from the Lower House election on Dec. 14 was the victory interview Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave to Nippon TV.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 27, 2014

The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami's "The Strange Library" is a short story, not a novel. So why, one might wonder, has it been published as a single volume? Reading the story, two answers suggest themselves. The first is that, though it is short — 58 loosely printed pages of text — Murakami manages to endow those...
CULTURE / Books
Dec 27, 2014

Man'yo Luster

Man'yo Luster, by Susumu Nakanishi, Translated by Ian Hideo Levy, Photos by Hakudo Inoue.Pie Books, Poetry.
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WORLD
Dec 27, 2014

U.S. high-speed rail plans may ride in Texas

With high-speed rail in the United States long on plans and short on construction, a Texas company is aiming to fast-track service between Dallas and Houston.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2014

End of the Facebook Revolution

When Facebook has already blocked an announcement inviting Muscovites to attend a January rally in support of an anti-corruption activist, imagine what it would do — or, for all we know, has already done — for the U.S. government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2014

Work begins in Japan to shield infrastructure against cyberattacks

Japan, fearing it could be a soft target for possible North Korean cyberattacks in the escalating row over the Sony Pictures hack, has begun working to ensure its basic infrastructure will remain safe and to formulate its diplomatic response, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2014

Japan's space goals

Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2, launched by Japan Space Exploration Agency on Dec. 5, is flying without a hitch so far. Regardless of whether this mission is successful, Japan needs to continue advancing its space exploration capabilities.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2014

'A Genealogy of Snowscape'

The changing seasons have long been an important theme in Japanese art, especially after the Muromachi Period (1392-1573) when the style became an established genre of painting.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2014

Top domestic news of 2014

The Japan Times editors selected these domestic stories as the most important of 2014.
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 24, 2014

Our critics in the crossfire

The Japan Times' three film writers got together before Christmas to discuss their top picks of movies released this year. Unusually, this year both Giovanni Fazio and Kaori Shoji agreed on their No. 1, choosing "The Broken Circle Breakdown." Mark Schilling picked Mipo Oh's "Soko Nomi Nite Hikari Kagayaku"...
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BUSINESS / SYMPOSIUM ON EUROZONE
Dec 24, 2014

Experts examine eurozone economy

The European economy is in a complicated situation as deflationary risks loom and the effects of quantitative easing are questioned. Other factors add to the risk as Russia, a resurgent power that wields strong influence on the eurozone, is suffering from economic sanctions over its actions in Ukraine....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Dec 24, 2014

Early morning sushi in Osaka that's a cut above the rest

If someone were to ask me where the best place in Osaka to go for sushi at 5 a.m. is, I would answer — immediately and unequivocally — that it's Endo's. Of course, it might also be the only place open at such an ungodly hour, owing to its location at the Osaka central market.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear