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JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Apr 18, 2016

Child welfare centers overworked but efforts afoot to ease the strain

Whenever a fatal child abuse case makes headlines, child consultation centers often come under fire for failing to take steps to prevent the death.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2016

Al-Qaida seen cozying up to Taliban, upping threat against U.S., NATO in Afghanistan

Leadership turmoil within the Taliban since the death of the militant group's founder has fueled closer links with foreign groups like al-Qaida, the new commander of international forces in Afghanistan said, complicating counterterrorism efforts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 17, 2016

Japan gets little G-20 support for potential yen intervention

Japan wins little sympathy from its Group of 20 counterparts for the pain being caused by its strengthening yen.
WORLD
Apr 15, 2016

U.S. government worse than private sector on cyber security, report says

U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cybersecurity when compared against 17 major private industries, including transportation, retail and health care, according to a new report released Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2016

Mori Building Co. unveils plans to transform Tokyo's Toranomon area into global business hub

Mori Building Co. on Wednesday unveiled plans for three new high-rise buildings in the Toranomon area of Tokyo's Minato Ward under a ¥400 billion redevelopment aimed at transforming the area into a world-class business hub.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016

'Marimekko: Design, Fabric, Lifestyle'

April 23-July 11
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 8, 2016

Beware 'naked nationalism'

The G-7 is a waste of time given the zero-sum game of geopolitics places self-interest over global recovery.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 7, 2016

Sailor Shiraishi prepares for prestigious global odyssey

Sailor Kojiro Shiraishi is in high spirits as he is set to realize his 30-year dream.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2016

Japan is fast approaching the limits of quantitative easing

The Bank of Japan is running out of government bonds to buy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 7, 2016

Toshiba to build railway parts factory in India

Toshiba Corp. will build a factory in India to make parts for trains following plans by General Electric Co. and Alstom SA to set up manufacturing facilities in the country after winning deals to build locomotives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2016

Abe meets with Ukraine president, vows to raise Crimea issue at G-7 summit

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Tokyo on Wednesday and reaffirmed that Japan is committed to resolving the crisis in Crimea, adding that it will bring the issue to the Group of Seven summit next month.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2016

The BOJ's maneuver three years on

The performance of the past three years points to the limitations of relying on central bank actions alone in fighting deflation.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2016

'Trumpanomics' amounts to fantasy over fact

Donald Trump's math-challenged budget is awash in glaring contradictions.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2016

Enhancing nuclear security

The Nuclear Security Summit plays an important role in securing the world's stockpile of vulnerable nuclear materials.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 4, 2016

Abenomics failure explained

It's taken two Nobel laureates to point out how Abe has squandered a rare opportunity to shake up Japan Inc.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2016

Film depicting China's shadow over Hong Kong wins top Asian movie award

A Hong Kong film portraying a dystopian future under Chinese Communist Party rule won one of Asia's top film awards Sunday at a time when Beijing's attempts to rein in the city's democratic development have stoked growing political tensions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2016

Japan firms begin challenge of boosting women in the workplace

As Japan on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of a law to ban discrimination against women in the workplace, a new law went into effect forcing companies for the first time to create concrete plans and publicly document their efforts on the issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 31, 2016

Japan's professional video game sector advances to next level

The Japan eSports Association, which promotes the competitive playing of video games, is nudging the sector toward professional status.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016

A slow-growing China brokers little dissent

It is no longer only pollution from China that Hong Kong citizens have to worry about.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2016

Missile-maker adapts guidance systems for self-driving cars

Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a supplier of air-to-air missiles to Japan's armed forces, is looking to adapt the technologies it originally developed for military use to help autonomous driving cars detect obstacles and avoid collisions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 30, 2016

Nuclear issues involving North Korea, Japan on table at Washington summit

The North's nuclear weapons program is thought to top a list of topics that world leaders, including Japan's prime minister, will discuss in Washington.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2016

Honda and Takata's stealth air bag fix

In August 2009, after ruptured air bag inflators in Honda vehicles were linked to least four injuries and a death, the automaker quietly requested a design change and did not notify U.S. regulators, Honda confirmed in response to inquiries from Reuters.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 26, 2016

The right way to teach patriotism at school

No country is without its faults, and acknowleding them is the first step toward creating meaningful patriotism rather than blind nationalism.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past