Search - question

 
 
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2015

Low-cost retailer Shimamura pulls pendant bearing Nazi symbol

Low-cost apparel retailer Shimamura Co., has removed necklaces that resemble a swastika, which was the notorious symbol of the Nazi Party, amid a growing online backlash over the design.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2015

Effort afoot to freeze animal reproductive cells at Yokohama zoo

From humboldt penguins to black jaguars, sperm and eggs from dozens of zoo animals are being frozen and stored at the Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens until they can be used for artificial insemination.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Aug 20, 2015

Fitness proving a continuing challenge for Nishikori

Kei Nishikori finally broke through against Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of last week's Rogers Cup in Montreal. Nishikori routed the 14-time Grand Slam champion 6-2, 6-4 with an overpowering show to record his first win over Nadal in eight career meetings.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 20, 2015

Limits of Abe's leadership

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has been and continues to be a thorn in Shinzo Abe's side, as evidenced by the National Stadium brouhaha.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 20, 2015

Poll finds Americans back federal funds Planned Parenthood, despite bad press

Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women's health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans criticizing Planned Parenthood as part of the 2016 campaigns.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2015

Ashley Madison's hacked data dump spreads global havoc, elates noted divorce lawyer

Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison on Tuesday, a dramatic move likely to rattle users' attitude toward the Internet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 19, 2015

Norway's 'Ballet Boys' dive deep into the world of dance

The road to becoming a professional athlete is paved with thorns, but there's more trouble than that awaiting three aspiring male ballet dancers in the Norwegian documentary "Ballet Boys." Directed by Kenneth Elvebakk, the film examines the lives of teens Lukas, Syvert and Torgeir, which involve practice,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2015

Facing down secular stagnation in China

With President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive chipping away at the culture of personal gain among Chinese officials, now is the time to press ahead with structural reforms, not back away from them.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 18, 2015

Shinzo Abe's sorry apology

Critics of Shinzo Abe have to concede that he used the right buzzwords in his address marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. But did he really mean them?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2015

Fist-bumping Trump arrives in limo for NYC jury duty

Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reported for jury duty in New York on Monday in a black limo, signing autographs and giving a fist-bump to a supporter as he took a break from the campaign trail.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2015

Criminal justice system reform

Bills to reform the nation's criminal justice system may not accomplish the original goal of preventing false charges.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 15, 2015

Add looming poverty to list of seniors' woes

What a sad country this is. Granted, Spa! magazine paints in primary colors. Maybe it's missing a nuance or two? Maybe things aren't really so bad? Maybe. Hopefully.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 14, 2015

Conte thinks WADA testing system a complete joke

Fourth in a four-part series
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 14, 2015

Wagyu: More at stake than craftsmanship for marginalized slaughterhouse workers

When it comes to cuts of meat, there are few sights that raise expectations like the marbling of a prime cut of wagyu beef. Brands like Kobe and Matsuzaka are already household names in Japan, and increasingly consumers and chefs the world over are buying into the luxury meat, with import bans lifted...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2015

Mullah Omar: more trouble dead than alive

The Taliban's lies over two years that the notorious Mullah Muhammad Omar Mansoor was still alive will have widespread ramifications.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2015

Fear of a currency war grows

The Chinese central bank's major devaluation of the yuan this week has large parts of Asia now worried about the prospects of a currency war.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2015

Thailand and China build ties of convenience

The Thai military regime, isolated by the West, finds that China is more than willing to fill the void.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2015

Who's behind the 96 million 'shade balls' rolled into LA's reservoirs?

Shade balls?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 12, 2015

Surai Sasai: a Buddhist monk battling the caste dragon

Japan-born monk's lifelong mission to convert millions of India's Dalits has won him legions of followers, but also led to threats to his life.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015

Give Beijing's currency devaluation a chance

By devaluating the yuan, Beiing might be buying some economic stability so it can accelerate its reform process.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015

In major victory for nuclear industry, first reactor goes online under post-Fukushima regime

Four years and five months to the day after the crisis began at the Fukushima No. 1 power station, Japan formally returned to nuclear power Tuesday with the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai No. 1 reactor in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 12, 2015

China's 2% yuan devaluation clobbers stocks, stokes dollar, fuels currency war fears

China's 2 percent devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday pushed the dollar higher and hit Wall Street and other global equity markets as it raised fears of a new round of currency wars and fed worries about slowing Chinese economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2015

Curbing global warming: mission impossible?

There is a 'mission impossible' quality to curbing global warming, though few say it so openly. The dependence of economic growth on fossil fules seems to strong to overcome.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2015

Link nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation efforts

Given the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty's failure to make progress toward nuclear disarmament, a convention to ban the use of nuclear weapons is needed.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / THE DOPING EPIDEMIC
Aug 11, 2015

Conte says coverup protected big stars at Seoul Games

Years before he made the decision to 'go down the slippery slope,' and provide performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes, BALCO founder Victor Conte, a standout triple jumper in high school, made a name for himself as a self-made expert.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2015

Mitsubishi UFJ to boost Taiwan staff as cross-strait trade grows

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is seeking to expand its workforce in Taiwan as it pursues business from companies benefiting from increasing trade between the island and mainland China.
JAPAN / History / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 10, 2015

A legacy of WWII, Korean residents test nation's ability to accommodate non-Japanese

World War II had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the Korean community in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2015

Analysts baffled by shame index reshuffle as Tepco sinks

It turns out numbers aren't the only things that matter for companies trying to gain entry into the index of Japan's best companies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2015

Republicans pile on Trump following controversial debate comments

Rival Republican presidential candidates piled on Donald Trump Saturday for his caustic remarks about a female debate moderator, and the billionaire celebrity candidate backpedaled in an effort to keep his campaign from unraveling.

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan