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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 30, 2020

Strong defense, rebounding help Evessa build solid foundation in pursuit of playoff appearance

After splitting a pair of away games last weekend with the Utsunomiya Brex, the Osaka Evessa passed the midway point of the season with a realistic shot at capturing the West Division title.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 30, 2020

Parents in Japan use YouTube to teach bilingual baby talk that's good for any age

Mothers raising their kids in Japan head to YouTube to create a community that goes beyond basic parenting tips.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2020

Why Sony has developed an electric vehicle

Sony's Vision-S electric car project may be a harbinger of its true comeback.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 28, 2020

Going green with your Japanese vocabulary

Everyone seems to be talking about the environment and if you're going to get people to step up and help then we'll have to know what language to use.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020

Closing Japan's gender gap: The role of women in media

Women in media are discriminated against first by being women, and then in the way they work once they have children.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020

America is safer when Trump alone can't start a war

No matter who is president, Congress needs to re-establish its role in the use of force.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020

Japan's population will grow again — if it keeps on falling

If Japan's population decline continues at the current pace, a large-scale influx of people from outside the country could take place.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 27, 2020

Kobe Bryant: His legacy in Japan

What does Kobe Bryant mean to Japan's basketball culture?
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2020

North Korea urges citizens to 'break through barriers' as nuclear standoff continues

While a North Korean deadline for the United States to soften its stand on denuclearization talks passed uneventfully over the New Year, state media and propaganda efforts have been focusing on the prospect of a long confrontation with the United States.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020

Tracking the Wuhan virus outbreak's impact on business and travel

A rapidly spreading viral outbreak is disrupting travel and business in China, which has taken unprecedented steps to lock down cities with a combined 40 million people around the epicenter in Wuhan to try to slow its progress.
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JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020

Ghosn's escape exposes business jet industry's security loopholes

Beside the prominent entrance to Kansai International Airport's Terminal 2, which serves several budget airlines, is a nondescript door to which a sign saying Premium Gate Tamayura has been affixed.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2020

The warp and weft of sustainable weaving

Jin Shirai has mastered each of the traditionally separate roles of Japan's handicraft textile industry — from growing cotton, spinning it and dyeing the yarn, to weaving and designing fabrics.
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Special Supplements / Career Development 2020
Jan 26, 2020

Taking the next step mid-career

Every businessperson keen on climbing the corporate ladder or switching to a higher-paying job wants to brush up their business skills — and returning to school may help one acquire those specific skills.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2020

Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo accuses reporter of 'shameful' lying after testy interview

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused a National Public Radio reporter of lying to him and violating "the basic rules of journalism and decency" after she said Pompeo repeatedly cursed at her following a testy interview.
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 25, 2020

Japan 2030: Tackling climate issues is key to the next decade

The new decade kicked off with images of Australia in flames.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2020

BayStars unveil Keita Sano as team's new captain

Keita Sano modeled the Yokohama BayStars' new visitors' uniform on a slightly windy Saturday night at Osanbashi Pier in Yokohama. While all the BayStars will be wearing the new "Yokohama Blue" threads this year, Sano's will have an extra touch the others won't.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 25, 2020

Top 5: The best gyoza restaurants in Tokyo

In the past, gyu014dza dumplings were a simple side dish — now, they're the star of the plate. Here are five of The Japan Times' favorite gyu014dza spots, some old-school, some new and innovative.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2020

Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?

The case for Yes
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CULTURE / Stage
Jan 25, 2020

The art of condensing Shakespeare's oeuvre

Shuntaro Fujita brings 'Tempo 12-nen no Shakespeare' to Tokyo, modernising a story that encompases elements from each of the Bard's 37 plays.
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BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020

French investigators to move ahead with Ghosn prosecution over Versailles party

The prosecutor's office will assign one or more judges to probe the party ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn threw for his wife at the Palace of Versailles.
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BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020

Wuhan virus lockdown casts economic cloud over Chinese manufacturing hub

Wuhan's status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fueled its economic rise and drawn comparisons with Chicago's role as a pivotal city in the center of a giant economy.
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Special Supplements
Jan 24, 2020

Making headway in vintage fashion retail

Japanese fashion retailer Hedy is shaking up the market for vintage items, winning customers at home and abroad. Hedy uniquely procures and presents authentic, attractive and high-quality high-end designer brand products at low prices, all without sacrificing the luxury shopping experience.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2020

China failed to meet U.N. deadline for repatriating North Koreans, U.S. says

China failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, adding that this was why Washington had blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyang's labor exports.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2020

Komeito, the 20-year-old security watchdog

Komeito wields influence in major security policy decisions, especially the one that has most Japan-watchers intrigued: constitutional amendment.
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CULTURE / Film
Jan 23, 2020

Actor Hio Miyazawa gives a voice to Japan's LGBTQ community in the new film 'his'

Actor Hio Miyazawa gives a voice to sexual minorities in his latest role in Rikiya Imaizumi's latest film, 'his.'
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 23, 2020

Hoping for a Japanese society in which all of its members can shine

Black Eye columnist Baye McNeil opens the new year with an email from a reader that illustrates the importance of language in dealing with multiracial individuals.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2020

North Korea confirms new defense chief amid leadership shake-up

North Korea confirmed Wednesday that an official who has overseen leader Kim Jong Un's pet construction projects has been named the nuclear-armed country's new defense minister.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jan 22, 2020

Australian way of life going up in smoke in new normal of bush fires

The fabric of Australian life — the sun-licked, outdoor way of healthy living that has drawn people to the continent for decades — is under assault.

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