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JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2015

Arrest of student for drug possession shines light on narcotics use among the young

A high school student held on suspicion of drug possession leads an expert to call for better anti-drug education in schools.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Assad represents nothing more than a dead end

Syrian President Bashar Assad created the very monster that he is now pretending to fight, and he has no interest in winning.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 11, 2015

Mr. Cherry, Japan's No. 1 record-breaker, is 'officially amazing'

Cherry Yoshitake has broken more world records than any other Japanese person, but there's every chance you've never heard of him.
WORLD / Society
Nov 11, 2015

Finland readies tents, containers to house asylum seekers, refuses Afghans

Finland is preparing to house asylum seekers in tents and shipping containers as the inflow of refugees has accelerated after slowing down last month, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 10, 2015

Pressure on Donovan from outset in Oklahoma City

Billy Donovan qualifies as the luckiest, unluckiest rookie coach in the NBA. He also, by the way, has to save a franchise.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015

Big science now faces big problems in China

Under the government's heavy hand, the Chinese scientific establishment has long suffered from cronyism, corruption and pervasive fraud.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2015

Coordinated European raids target Iran's 'Rocket Kitten' cyberspy group

European authorities have taken action to take down a cyberespionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2015

Why the Takata air bag crisis threatens 'Abenomics'

A symbol of all that's wrong with Japan Inc., Shinzo Abe must make an example of the scandal-hit company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

Navigating the energy revolution

The energy sector is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years as dramatic technological, economic and geopolitical changes reshape commercial relationships worldwide.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Cheers to Hirosaki's latest use of its apples

If you ask someone about Aomori Prefecture, it is likely that the subject of apples would pop up in conversation sooner or later. The city of Hirosaki boasts the title of holding the highest apple crop yields in Japan, producing 160,000 tons of apples per year, and being home to more than 6,000 orchards...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Sewing the seeds of new craft ideas

'I never thought I'd be taking over my father's position. At first, I wasn't even interested in the tradition of the stitching," says Sadaharu Narita, president of crafts company Hirosaki Kogin Kenkyujo. "But now that I'm in that position, I feel grateful that I can seek out and produce new values...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 7, 2015

A guide to disaster survival and good design

'The medium is the message" — with that famous 1964 phrase, communication theorist Marshall McLuhan emphasized that societies are influenced just as much by a medium as the content it carries. Three years later, McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore teamed up to create the book "The Medium is...
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2015

Child porn law remains too lax

Despite revisions last year, Japan's child pornography laws remain weak and their enforcement lax.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Nov 6, 2015

Maruyama Coffee lets the beans explain themselves

From the hip barista conjuring latte art to the kissaten (traditional Japanese coffee shop) owner working an archaic siphon machine, there's a lot of fuss and theater involved in preparing coffee. So it can be hard to get excited about the French press sometimes. It's the saxophone of brewing methods:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015

Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner

She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Revolution in space technology evolution awaits launch in New Zealand paddock

The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's remote South Island.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 5, 2015

Former athletics chief Diack placed under investigation

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics, has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money laundering following a complaint from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015

Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract

Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 4, 2015

'Unbroken' finally gets a break in Japan

For the better part of a year, "Unbroken" has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters.
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.
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.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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