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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2019

An economic policy agenda for the Reiwa Era

The Reiwa Era is poised to become a great one for Japan.
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2019

Ensure the elderly are driving safe

Traffic accidents involving senior drivers are a serious problem that must be addressed as elderly license holders will continue to increase alongside Japan's rapid aging.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

No-deal Brexit fears rise as Parliament sinks May's deal

Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April, U.S. attorney general says

U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2019

Trump adviser Jared Kushner meets Senate intelligence panel for second time in closed session, say sources

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, on Thursday appeared at a closed door meeting of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee for the second time, four congressional sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2019

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement deal, panel says

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement package, an outside corporate-governance panel said, which could intensify scrutiny of his role in alleged financial improprieties by the former chairman of Nissan and Renault SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2019

China's Huawei sees little impact on sales from U.S. broadside

The U.S. campaign against China's Huawei is having little impact on the company's sales and it is unlikely many countries will follow the United States in banning Huawei from building next-generation mobile networks, its rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2019

Trump tells Russia to get troops out of Venezuela, warning 'all options' are on table

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and warned that "all options" were open to make that happen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2019

Japan shouldn't act like China in Cambodia

Tokyo is fighting a losing battle for Hun Sen's support and selling out its own legacy in the democratization of Cambodia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2019

Russian military deployment in Venezuela includes cybersecurity personnel, says U.S. official

The Russian military contingent that arrived in Venezuela over the weekend, drawing U.S. condemnation, is believed to be made up of special forces, including "cybersecurity personnel," a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2019

The reckoning finally arrives for Trump's critics

Democrats, the news media and the national security state have a lot to answer for.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 26, 2019

Michiyo Yagi pushes the boundaries of traditional music with her koto playing

I'm sitting in Koen-Dori Classics, a darkened club in the basement of a church on Koen-dori, in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The audience is small, seated in a few rows facing the performers at the front. Silence, then the performance begins. Textured sounds emanate from the guitar, keyboard, laptop. Then...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2019

Felix Sater eyed Trump Moscow tower to launder stolen cash, BTA Bank says

This week, New York developer Felix Sater is set to testify before Congress about his role in Donald Trump's attempt to build a tower in Moscow. A lawsuit filed Monday may provide new fodder for his inquisitors, with its claim that Sater, a longtime associate of Trump's, sought to use money stolen from...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2019

Born to be airborne: Japanese firm aims to sell flying motorbikes by 2022

Tokyo-based venture company A.L.I. Technologies Inc. aims to release a mass-market flying motorcycle by 2022, Chief Executive Officer Shuhei Komatsu said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019

North Korean diplomacy after the Hanoi impasse

Look for Kim to play the Russia card to ratchet up pressure on U.S. and South Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019

Trump's collusion nightmare is finally over

The summary of the Mueller report shows the president's campaign didn't close the loop as Russians tried to manipulate the election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2019

Pyongyang officials return to inter-Korean liaison office just days after unilateral pullout

North Korea sent back its officials to an inter-Korean liaison office in the North's border city of Kaesong on Monday, reversing a decision two days ago to withdraw the officials, South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Halal grows ahead of 2020 Games
Mar 25, 2019

Food options expanding for Japan-bound Muslims

There was a bit of a scrum outside Ajiran ramen house on Feb. 27, when around 30 media representatives and food buffs waited to sample the fare on offer at the newest noodle shop on the block in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Halal grows ahead of 2020 Games
Mar 25, 2019

Mutual gains in Japan-Malaysia investment

Japanese companies can greatly benefit from investing in Malaysia to expand into the Muslim market as providers of halal products.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 25, 2019

Russia probe findings offer re-election weapon for Trump

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's conclusion that Donald Trump did not collude with Russia to win the presidency in 2016 gives the president a powerful weapon to use against his Democratic opponents and a potential boost to what is shaping up to be a tough bid for re-election in 2020.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 25, 2019

Agon Shu offers prayers for victims of disaster and world peace

People attending the Agon Shu Buddhist Association's Fire Rites Festival on Feb. 11 saw something unusual as they made their way up the winding road to the site of the annual ritual in the hills east of Kyoto. Fallen trees lay everywhere on the mountain slopes, testimony to the tremendous force of Typhoon...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 24, 2019

Japan is ready for Milan Salone 2019

As Salone del Mobile (April 9-14) in Milan, Italy, approaches, some of Japan's top designers are now releasing teasers for their contributions to the world's largest interior and furniture fair. This month On: Design previews a few installations that look set to promote Japan's industries in a show-stopping way.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 23, 2019

Flower power: A Tokyo florist's decision to close his shop amid a shrinking market affects a wider community

It's 2:30 a.m. and dark outside. Tsuyoshi Hirasawa can see his breath in the February chill as he turns the key in the ignition of his white Honda minivan. The large hands gripping the steering wheel are rough and leathery from years of working with water, soil and the stems and branches of plants he...
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2019

Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner cooperating with U.S. House probe, source says

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is cooperating with a wide-ranging probe by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into Trump and possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power, a person knowledgeable about the matter said on Friday.
BASEBALL
Mar 22, 2019

Chronology of Ichiro's baseball career

Ichiro Suzuki's baseball career was the stuff of legends. He excelled in NPB as chronicled below, then burst onto the scene in the major leagues and earned the respect of his peers and fans on the other side of the Pacific.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (fourth from left) visits a driver's license center in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday to see how foreign driver's licenses are converted into Japanese ones.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
‘Rice minister’ Koizumi faces urgent task to bring prices down quickly
New farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no country can go it alone
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine Coast Guard at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on April 30.
Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upper House election
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consumer watchdog warns
Questionable websites appear to be taking advantage of consumers looking for cheaper rice online amid the high prices of the staple grain in the nation.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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