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MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2016

Woods set to make return during December's Hero World Challenge

Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf at next month's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, an event which he hosts, after being sidelined for more than a year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2016

Japan may be too scared of failure to succeed

Unless inventive, aggressive companies are around to do something productive with the cheap cash the BOJ is generating, policymakers will never be able to jump-start the economy.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2016

Frequent visitors can now use automated immigration gates at airports

The Justice Ministry launched a new program Tuesday to allow repeat visitors to Japan to complete the immigration entry process at unmanned gates, a move aimed at cutting wait times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2016

Billionaire Huang and his rehab centers strengthen Philippines and Chinese ties

At the end of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's landmark visit to China last month, he held a brief, private meeting with a businessman who may have played a crucial role in improving ties between the two nations.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2016

Record 5,803 foreign trainees went missing in Japan last year

Observers say this is another sign that the technical intern program — long criticized by rights groups at home and abroad as akin to slavery — is seriously flawed.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 31, 2016

Abenomic's secret success

Japan's economy may be doing significantly better lately than the national statistics seem to suggest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 31, 2016

Bank of Japan confronts the Wall of Shame

Haruhiko Kuroda's fight against deflation has been hampered by a legacy of policy ineptitude.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2016

Girl group's Nazi-like costume draws online backlash

The idol group Keyakizaka46, a branch of Japan's top-selling girl band AKB48, has sparked outrage on social media over their Halloween costume, which resembled the uniform worn by Nazi SS officers before and during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 31, 2016

The bright side, and dark, of Japan's university beauty contests

On Oct. 4, Keio University in Tokyo announced that a student group responsible for organizing its annual beauty pageant had been ordered to disband for conducting "dangerous acts," including forcing minors to drink.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2016

Shabab fighters wrest town from Somali forces

The Islamist group al-Shabab seized a town northwest of Somalia's capital from government forces on Sunday, the latest small center taken by the militant group trying to topple the country's Western-backed government.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2016

Judge rejects bid by top four U.S. airlines to dismiss price-fixing suit filed by passengers

A federal judge rejected a bid by the four largest U.S. airlines to dismiss nationwide antitrust litigation by passengers who accused them of conspiring to raise fares by keeping seating capacity artificially low.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2016

Probing unexpected patient death

The system for investigating unexpected patient deaths needs major improvement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2016

U.S. challenges China's imports of North Korean coal amid U.N. sanctions

China's imports of North Korean coal run counter to global sanctions, a senior U.S. official said Saturday, adding that a U.S. missile system deployed in South Korea should "motivate" Beijing to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2016

Reform of agricultural cooperatives

Reform of the agricultural cooperative system must address the shrinking farmer population and ways to improve earnings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2016

In battle for Mosul, Syria could be the real loser

When it is eventually forced out of the Iraqi city of Mosul, Islamic State will want to prove its resiliency in neighboring Syria.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 27, 2016

Hiking Japan's autumn trails provides a great escape

Picture your workday, and then your week. Imagine the discomfort of the morning train or the slow crawl of traffic. Think about your place of work.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 27, 2016

Black is the new black; shaking up the burger scene; dining with Hansel and Gretel

Black is the new black
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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
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.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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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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