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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 3, 2018

Left-behind dad's last resort: Impeach Japan's Supreme Court judges

Dogged father in Hague Convention case shines a light on a check-and-balance on the judiciary that barely functions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 8, 2018

Keishi Nagatsuka navigates cultural differences in bringing play about capital punishment to Japan

For casual fans of film, the name Martin McDonagh only became familiar after the movie he wrote, directed and produced, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," became the talk of this year's awards season.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 21, 2018

'Chikan,' the Japanese term for groping, is increasingly being recognized abroad

Over the past six months, media organizations at home and abroad have published articles that have examined whether or not Japan has embraced the Me Too movement.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 1, 2018

Tokyo Cowboys shoot for more diversity on Japanese screens

'We can't all be lost, drunk, rude gaijin (foreigners) on television and movies forever,' says Christopher McCombs of Tokyo Cowboys.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 28, 2018

Casting director Ko Iwagami plays matchmaker in Hollywood

It was Ko Iwagami's love for American cinema, and "Indiana Jones" in particular, that took him to the United States. Now a successful casting director, he understands that Hollywood isn't always so kind.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 24, 2018

Once falsely convicted in Japan, rarely exonerated

A lot of eating goes on in the new documentary "Gokutomo" ("Friends in Prison"), which is about five men, all convicted of murder, who spent many years in prison. Watching one of them casually buy a sweet bean bun at a convenience store, you realize that, as an indulgence, food can be the most obvious...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 18, 2018

Could 'Black Panther' change how Japanese view people of color?

While the film may mean one small step for attitudes here, it represents a big-cat leap for black people's view of ourselves.
Reader Mail
Feb 15, 2018

In Japan, drive as fast as you want

Japan has made a new law. Increased speed limits now say we can all drive up to 200 km per hour on any street. Furthermore, if you can afford to buy a Ferrari, there is no speed limit, you can drive as fast as you want, and its legal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2018

The four mottainai in Okinawan affairs

Opportunities to defuse tensions surrounding the U.S. military presence on Okinawa have been wasted.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 28, 2018

Court cases shine a light on Japan's problem with paternity leave

Two cases currently before the courts show how the reality of Japanese workplaces can clash with government attempts to encourage fathers to help raise their children.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2018

Residents and expats in Kansai mark Trump inauguration anniversary with protest march

One year after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, nearly 70 Kansai residents, mostly Americans and Japanese, staged a protest march over the weekend against a leader whose policies, statements and treatment of women and minorities has been internationally condemned as racist and sexist....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018

About 40 percent of foreign workers feel discriminated against at Japanese firms, survey finds

Around 40 percent of white-collar foreign workers in Japan feel discriminated against in their offices due to their nationality or gender, according to a survey by private human resources company Adecco Ltd.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2017

In Tokyo, Ivanka Trump praises Abe’s ‘womenomics’ efforts

Ivanka Trump gets a $50 million pledge from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for her women's entrepreneur initiative ahead of her father's visit to Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 13, 2017

Memories of war have had profound effect on Meschery

Third in a three-part series
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 8, 2017

A mission to capture the full range of half-Japanese experience — in 192 photos

Tetsuro Miyazaki has the ambitious plan of photographing half-Japanese individuals with one parent from every nation in the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 17, 2017

Japanese professor studies U.S. 'birth of a nation' and finds common humanity

Understanding racial issues is key to knowing America's history and, through that, modern Japan's, says Keiko Shirakawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2017

Despite Japan’s declining suicide rate, prevention measures still critical for people at high risk: expert

The government should plan prevention measures to help people deemed at high risk for suicide, including young people, pregnant women, mothers with newborns and overworked employees, an expert on preventive efforts said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Aug 10, 2017

New justice minister has no plans to boost Japan's refugee intake

Newly appointed Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa says she has no specific plan to increase Japan's intake of refugees despite the number of applicants hitting a record high last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 15, 2017

Tying the knot is unraveling in Japan

Love, marriage; marriage, love. It was so simple, once upon a time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 5, 2017

60% of sexual minorities bullied at school, survey finds

Nearly 60 percent of sexual minorities have been bullied at school, according to a recent online survey that also found teachers did not help end the intimidation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 1, 2017

What conspires to make Japanese seem so unhappy?

Could it be that Japanese take many of the wonderful things about their country for granted?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 18, 2017

Re-entry to U.S. can be tough for a Tokyo Man drunk on white privilege

There is a price this former Tokyoite pays for being home. Because in America, being white can be less than a privilege — it is part of a complicated history.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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