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EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2016

Human genome editing

Given the potential benefits and risks of genome editing, the government should develop strict rules to regulate the technique.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 26, 2016

Plan to fix day care crunch belies decades of pent-up demand

The shortage of day care facilities is a long-standing issue in Japan, where the ranks of working mothers keep swelling, both out of choice and necessity.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2016

Japan scrambles jets as China warplanes fly through Okinawa strait

The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft on Sunday as at least eight Chinese fighters and bombers — and possibly more than 40 — passed through a critical international entryway into the Western Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 24, 2016

Troika of female politicians under scrutiny

The media has been abuzz about the emergence of three prominent Japanese female politicians: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and Renho, the head of the Democratic Party. However, the significance of this development is limited. Overall, politics in Japan remains a man's world —...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2016

As rivals circle, Japan boosts firepower to buy global energy assets

Japan plans to rush through a bill to provide more financial muscle for its companies to compete for global energy assets, just as other resource-hungry Asian economies such as China and India are also looking to snap up depressed oil assets.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2016

The LDP's presidential term limit

The LDP has every right to weaken or even end the term limits on its presidents, but should it do so now just to keep Shinzo Abe in power?
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2016

Fresh warning against excessive yen rises issued

Authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government's top spokesman said Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could hurt the country's export-reliant economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 17, 2016

There must be a sense of deja vu in Osaka after Yuriko Koike's election

Wasteful bureaucratic spending. Local politicians who smell money as they make Olympics-related plans. An assembly dominated by a clique of good ol' boys in the Liberal Democratic Party who run local government as their fiefdom. All challenged by a hawkish outsider of a governor who is media-savvy and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2016

Abe to seek Cuba's help over North Korea and boost trade during trip

In the first ever visit to Cuba by a Japanese prime minister, Abe hopes to gain Havana's support in dealing with its ally Pyongyang over its nuclear provocations.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2016

Brexit and the pound in your pocket

The early returns on Brexit are in and the data are not good, regardless of claims to the contrary by 'leave' supporters.
EDITORIALS
Sep 15, 2016

DP's challenges under new leader

Despite the controversy surrounding Renho's candidacy, the Democratic Party can hardly afford not to unite its new president.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2016

Indonesia to resume work on 'Giant Sea Wall' to save sinking Jakarta

Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2016

Central bank's policies impeding recovery

Central bankers' 'central planning' of the financial sector with controlled prices for credit are failing for the same reason as central planners of communist economies failed. It's time to allow financial markets to determine interest rates.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2016

Japan braces for possibility of another North Korean nuclear test

The Abe administration is still weighing the timing of fresh sanctions over the latest detonation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2016

Japan warns of growing North Korea threat after fifth nuclear test

North Korea conducted its fifth and most powerful nuclear test to date around 9:30 a.m. Friday, prompting Tokyo to immediately file a protest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2016

Colombian's memoir reveals deceptions that pulled her into Japan's sex trade in 1990s

Mother Marcela Loaiza tells tale of how she was lured to Tokyo for dance work only to wind up in the hands of the yakuza.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2016

Australia's gulag of shame

It's sometimes horrifyingly easy for decent people to allow inhumanity to be inflicted by refusing to see what is before their eyes.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
U.S. and Japan remain far apart on tariffs
Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport on April 18. He has said that all tariffs need to be reconsidered by the United States.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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