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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 17, 2020

Japan role equal parts coincidence and destiny

Stefan Linde Jakobsen's path to becoming president of Coloplast Japan and chairperson of the Danish Chamber of Commerce Japan is a journey spanning multiple countries, languages and interests.
Japan Times
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.
Reader Mail
Jul 12, 2019

Abortion's impact was overstated

Regarding Robert Austenfeld's letter in the July 7 edition, "Abortion's role in depopulation," I think he has overstated the proportional effect of abortion on the falling birthrate. Every abortion does not necessarily affect the fertility rate, but you would not have thought that after reading his sermon-like...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2017

When the world turns Japanese

Tokyo and the West alike are failing to heed Japan's economic lessons.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 23, 2016

A dark age dawns for politics in Japan

"Historic," that much-overused word, seems almost acceptable as a description of the Upper House elections earlier this month that gave Japan — for the first time in its postwar history — a government strong enough to get serious about rewriting the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 25, 2016

A confused, senile future awaits Japan

Confucius said: "When your parents are alive, serve them according to ritual. When they die, bury them according to ritual, make sacrifices to them according to ritual."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2015

Japan's so-called visa overstayers tell of life in legal limbo

Eight children petition the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau for clemency to allow their families to stay in the country so they can continue their lives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 26, 2014

Afghan-born doctor keeps adopted Japan city healthy while still helping his native land

Since his first year of medical training at the Kyoto University-affiliated Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Afghanistan-born Khaled Reshad has worked harder than others to gain Japanese patients' trust.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2013

Abe gets Toyota, Hitachi help in push for wage gains

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged companies to increase wages faster than gains in the cost of living to break the legacy of 15 years of deflation, and praised Toyota Motor Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. for pledging to help.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 6, 2012

Japan's women are increasingly taking the future into their own hands

Sara Blakely's story is inspirational. The 41-year-old Floridian began her working life as a door-to-door fax-machine salesperson. Then one day she looked in the mirror — but not at her face.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2010

Kan, Ozawa kick off DPJ poll race

Campaigning officially kicked off Wednesday for the Sept. 14 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, with Prime Minister Naoto Kan trying to keep the helm and DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa seeking to wrest it from him.
JAPAN
May 19, 2010

NPOs' social roles still in stage of infancy

When he set up a nonprofit organization 35 years ago to sell organic vegetables, Kazuyoshi Fujita never expected his pursuit would grow into a big business.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2008

Families blossom under feminine mystique

OLYMPIA, Wash. — This year marks the 45th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." Today, many social conservatives still blame Friedan and feminism for inducing women to abandon the home for the workplace, thus destabilizing families and placing their children at...
Japan Times
Features
Nov 27, 2005

Is it so hard to see the forest for the trees?

By C.W. NICOL
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2004

Parents deny medical care for children

Nearly 20 percent of hospitals with pediatric departments responding to a survey said that parents had refused last year to allow their children to receive medical treatment recommended by doctors, it was learned Sunday.
Dec 20, 2004

Parents deny medical care for children

Nearly 20 percent of hospitals with pediatric departments responding to a survey said that parents had refused last year to allow their children to receive medical treatment recommended by doctors, it was learned Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 28, 2004

Women on the verge of adoption

Casa de los babys Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: John Sayles Running time: 95 minutes Language: English/Spanish Opens July 31 [See Japan Times movie listings] Gender roles are becoming increasingly fuzzy, even in Hollywood. As women go all out for traditionally male stuff (murderous...
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2004

Letting foreign workers past the gate

One aspect of globalization is freer employment across national borders, including Japan's borders. Although foreigners are increasingly becoming important members of the nation's labor force, by and large, the job market here remains effectively closed to them. Yet foreign employment looks set for a...
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2003

LDP panel OKs deregulation plans

An LDP deregulation committee on Thursday approved a set of 48 proposals tied to the third series of special economic zones introduced as part of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's deregulation drive.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 12, 2003

Marina Gruenhage

Marina Gruenhage quotes Mother Teresa: "Each of us has a mission to fulfill, a mission of love."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 1, 2023

‘The Dry Spell’: Realistic drama tackles child poverty

Masaya Takahashi’s film centers on the struggle of Japanese children living below the poverty line.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2022

Japan set to drop archaic paternity rule for divorced women

The bill will also end a ban on pregnant women remarrying within 100 days of divorce, ostensibly imposed to avoid disputes over paternity.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan