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EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2013

Kanebo's costly scandal

Only by fixing the flaws in its corporate culture that caused the skin-blotch scandal can Kanebo hope to regain the public's trust.
Japan Times
JAPAN / INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION
Sep 2, 2013

Focusing on people, not just words

English interpreters in Japan may often be regarded as those who convert English into Japanese or vice versa. However, Mutsumi Katayama, who has worked for more than 20 years as a freelance professional interpreter, focuses more attention on interpersonal communication.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2013

Nevada brothels shriveling as Net disrupts oldest trade

In a dim parlor furnished with red velvet couches and a stripper pole, Brooke Taylor is having a sale on herself. "I offer a lot more specials and discounts and incentives for people to come in to see me," said Taylor, 32, a brunette prostitute in a short, green dress at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch outside...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 1, 2013

Power spots of famous shrines; dinosaur drama in Fukui; CM of the week: Fuji-Q Highland

TV personalities with psychic powers used to be all the rage and then they suddenly disappeared because of a few scandals. Who could have foreseen that they'd now be making a comeback? One of the new psychic stars is a young woman named Chie, who suddenly lost her memory when she was 14 and during a...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2013

Top challenger detained as Moscow's race for mayor heats up

Mayoral Candidate A raises questions about Candidate B's campaign literature. The police, who report to the incumbent, Candidate C, respond by raiding the print shop where the literature is produced. Candidate D raises a stink, because he was using the same printing firm.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 25, 2013

The making of 'Kaze Tachinu'; Japanese 'Up Series' continues; CM of the week: Boss

Nippon TV has the sole broadcast rights for the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which means whenever you watch his movies on TV you have to endure commercial breaks.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2013

Yahoo gets more traffic than Google for first time since '11

There is some good news for Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer: Yahoo has topped Google in Web traffic for the first time since May 2011. Research firm comScore reported Yahoo logged 196.6 million unique visitors in July, compared with its rival's 192.3 million.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2013

Frugal German election contrasts sharply with U.S.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's calendar this past week looked like this: unpack from an Italian vacation, catch up with advisers and kick off a campaign with a small-town rally for an election that will be held in just five weeks.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 18, 2013

¥100 store recipes; the 33 steps to Freemasonry; CM of the week: Nihon Seimei Hoken

The government continues to chip away at the welfare state, reducing benefits for poor families and forcing them to find new ways of saving what little money they have. Luckily the variety show "Ikinari! Ogon Densetsu" ("Suddenly! The Legend of Money"; TV Asahi, Thurs., 7 p.m.) is always there to help....
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 17, 2013

Seibu Dome gives fans a fun game-viewing experience

Have you been to a Lions game lately at Seibu Dome?
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2013

How Russia's 'science of sex' threatens gays

Whatever is done to help sexual minorities in Russia, it must be done with an understanding that sex in Russia has a very different history than it does in the West.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2013

Online firearms loophole 'bigger than gun shows'

The marketplace for firearms on the Internet, where buyers are not required to undergo background checks, is so vast that advocates for stricter regulations now consider online sales a greater threat than the gun show loophole.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 5, 2013

U.S.-style class action? Unlikely for Tepco suits

About 1,700 people from various prefectures filed four separate lawsuits against Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government last March 11, exactly two years after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 2, 2013

The yellow flag outside the door — life or death

One thing is as sure as death: You will receive mail long after you die. My mother, who passed away three years ago, still gets direct mail ads and catalogs in the mail even though I'm pretty sure she's not going to buy anything.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 28, 2013

Recovery in Rwanda; the mysterious side of Kinkakuji; CM of the week: Dandy House

One million people were killed in Rwanda 20 years ago during a period of civil terror. On Monday, TV Tokyo visits the African country for the documentary series "Mirai Seiki Jipangu" ("Future Century Japan"; 10 p.m.) to look at its "miracle recovery."
Reader Mail
Jul 27, 2013

Letting the younger crowd vote

Regarding the July 22 front-page article "Ruling bloc takes control of Upper House": It is said that the votes this time came primarily from the younger crowd. It is also true that the victorious Liberal Democratic Party's inflationary policies benefit Japan's younger generation especially, paving the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2013

Food costs on rise, says British supermarket giant's chief

The chief executive of Tesco, the British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, could be forgiven for being less than delighted to see me. For the last few months I have been Philip Clarke's baiter-in-chief. It's not just that I have been shamelessly promoting a book about food security,...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2013

Obama's toughest campaign yet: selling health care reform

Deep inside the White House, in a bare room that the chief of staff uses for meetings, David Simas is still thinking about turnout.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2013

Kochs use Web to slam critical reports

When environmental journalist David Sassoon began reporting about the billionaire Koch brothers' interests in the Canadian oil industry last year, he sought information from their privately held conglomerate, Koch Industries. The brothers, who have gained prominence in recent years as supporters of and...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 13, 2013

Water issues around Asia; the world of solo karaoke; CM of the Week: Recruit

Monday is Marine Day, a national holiday, and as has been its tradition for a decade, Nippon TV will air a 90-minute afternoon special about sustainability hosted by Osaka-based announcer Seiji Miyane. "Nippon no Shoku no Mirai" ("The Future of Food in Japan," 2:55 p.m.) attempts to project the future...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2013

Leaks play a critical role in health of democracies

How can a democracy determine whether there should be government surveillance of the kind that the NSA is conducting if it has no idea that such programs exist
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2013

Giffords tries gentler touch on guns

It was day two of Gabrielle Giffords' whirlwind nationwide tour to revive the push for tougher gun laws. The former congresswoman's husband, Mark Kelly, woke up early, placed his black case of firearms into the car trunk and raced across a vast stretch of Alaskan highway to practice target shooting....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 6, 2013

Koizumi Jr. lands a mystery; Yuji Oda is a happy "loser"; CM of the Week: Xylish

Kotaro Koizumi, the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, plays against type in the new mystery series "Namonaki Doku" ("Unnamed Poison"; TBS, Mon., 8 p.m.), based on a story by Miyuki Miyabe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2013

Girl-group fans help push Japan music sales past U.S.

Ritsuhiko Tajima has about 100 CDs by his favorite band, girl group AKB48, many of them copies of the same disc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 3, 2013

The best albums of 2013 (so far)

The year in music so far has been filled with comeback albums that "hype" their way to the top. After the Twitter hashtags subside, though, such artists also seem to leave the minds of the public. (Is anyone still talking about David Bowie? Justin Timberlake? ... Daft Punk?) The fast-paced industry of...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2013

Why Rand Paul won't be GOP savior

The more people see of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, the more they're drawn to his talent, but his libertarian narrative won't be enough to save the Republican Party.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 25, 2013

Unpaid overtime excesses hit young

Some companies are compelling their younger employees to work more than 100 hours of uncompensated overtime a month to maximize their profits.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 25, 2013

Tweak the Constitution now, think later?

Whether it happens or not depends heavily on the results of the upcoming House of Councilors elections, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has clearly announced his intention to make amending the Constitution a campaign issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2013

Shift to mobile services to up ad growth: Yahoo Japan

Yahoo Japan Corp. expects economic growth and a consumer shift to mobile services to spur revenue gains as it targets advertising growth of at least 10 percent.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 16, 2013

Indonesia 15 years after the New Order

In May 1998 President Suharto resigned, ending three decades in power in Indonesia and what was known as the New Order. As an army general, he had intervened against a coup attempt in 1965 that ended with the sidelining of President Sukarno and months of massacres all over the archipelago as Suharto...
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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