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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2017

Putin's dance with the Taliban

One of the Kremlin's latest geostrategic targets is Afghanistan, where the U.S. remains embroiled in the longest war in its history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2017

New guidelines tackle misuse of antibiotics amid rise of superbugs

Public health officials have begun tackling the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as the prevalence of superbugs, or bacteria resistant to antibiotics, reaches alarming levels worldwide.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

Leader Aoki proves worth in Samurai Japan's opening win

Norichika Aoki definitely made a big contribution to Japan's 11-6 win over Cuba in their World Baseball Classic Pool B opener at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night.
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

China aims for incremental improvements on global baseball stage

China manager John McLaren starts each day by having his players remember their team motto: "Get better every day." He'll then pick out a player, who will then belt out a tune of his choice for the room, "they're lacking there a little bit," McLaren said with a grin.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

Matsuda, Tsutsugo carry Japan past Cuba in WBC opener

The fans waited as Nobuhiro Matsuda rounded the bases and exchanged high-fives with his teammates. They knew what was coming, and when Matsuda pumped his fist and let out a guttural yell, as is his custom after home runs, the Japanese fans packed in Tokyo Dome exploded with enough force to knock the...
CULTURE / Art
Mar 7, 2017

'10th Anniversary of the National Art Center, Tokyo: The Year of Czech Culture 2017 — Alfons Mucha'

March 8-June 5
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2017

MLB players for 2020 Games unlikely

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the league remains committed to the World Baseball Classic, and later watched Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki compete for Samurai Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2017

Versatile Meng does it all for China

Meng Weiqiang may patrol left field at some point for China during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He's also going to pitch and might even strap on a catcher's mask. There's a chance he'll do at least two of those things, maybe even all three, during the same game.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

The geopolitics of environmental challenges

Allowing environmental issues to fall by the wayside at this time of geopolitical and social instability is a mistake.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

What liberal world order?

As global power has shifted from the West to the 'rest,' the liberal world order has become an increasingly contested idea, with rising powers like Russia, China and India increasingly challenging Western perspectives.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

Kim assassination a wake-up call

North Korea is not a curiosity to ignore, it is a danger to be confronted.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

American politics in the new age of disbelief

Millions of Americans no longer believe what they once believed. There is a loss of faith in old orthodoxies and the established 'experts' who championed them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017

Liberal democracy in retreat?

Having already come under siege in many of its outposts around the world, is liberal democracy now at risk of losing its citadel, too?
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2017

Demands for return of land block German effort to atone for African genocide

Namibia's Herero people are heartened that Germany is keen to atone for the genocide of their ancestors, but they expect something that Berlin says it cannot give.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2017

Macron cements lead in French presidential race; Fillon crisis deepens

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron cemented his status as favorite to win the French presidency on Friday as pressure mounted on his conservative rival, Francois Fillon, to pull out because of a deepening financial scandal.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 4, 2017

Reds bounce back against Cerezo

Urawa Reds picked up their first points of the new J. League season with a 3-1 win over Cerezo Osaka on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2017

Yellen points to March rate hike as Fed signals end of easy money

The U.S. Federal Reserve's long-stalled "liftoff" of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2017

China to boost defense spending by 'about 7%' in 2017 amid 'outside meddling' in maritime disputes

China will boost its defense budget by "around 7 percent" this year, a top official said Saturday, as Beijing seeks to inject more cash into its increasingly modern military amid "outside meddling" in territorial disputes in the East and South China seas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2017

Why it matters when artists criticize Trump

It is often the arts, serious or satirical, that expose the tragic absurdity of repressive leadership. And the worse Trump behaves, the more demand there will be for artists who oppose him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 3, 2017

Asia's top pastry chef Kazutoshi Narita on what inspires his creations

Over the past three decades, master patissier Kazutoshi Narita has worked in half a dozen countries alongside some of the world's most acclaimed chefs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2017

The 'Gettysburg in the Pacific' and Japan-U.S. reconciliation

Iwo Jima is the invisible symbol of reconciliation between Japan and the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2017

Asia's flashpoints a trigger for market chaos

The South China Sea and North Korea loom as black swan events amid rising tensions in Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2017

Don't count out a GOP impeachment of Trump

Whoever takes credit for bringing down a feared and reviled leader will rid themselves of a rival and reap rewards up to and including the highest office in the land.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017

How Donald Trump is testing U.S. democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump's testing of the foundations of U.S democracy may transform existing assumptions about America and its global role.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017

A feeling of dread descends on Baltics again

The people of Estonia and the other Baltic states fear being consigned to Russia's sphere of influence yet again.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 28, 2017

Time for a treaty to bring an end to nuclear danger

Japan should play an active role in building consensus in the negotiations toward the conclusion of a nuclear weapons treaty starting in late March.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 28, 2017

Magic will need luck, guile to help drama-filled Lakers return to glory

Magic Johnson learned a painful lesson as an NBA coach for 16 games, his Lakers went 5-11 at the end of the 1993-94 season. It was once most eloquently stated by Johnny Kerr, a star center from the 1950s and 1960s who coached the expansion Chicago Bulls: That's five guys running around with my paycheck....
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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