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Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Global housing giant takes on environmental leadership role

As the world faces numerous sustainability and environmental issues, governments and businesses are tasked with coming together to find solutions to the problems that most affect our global community.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 13, 2019

CVN: The sound of the Japanese underground

A change in address altered the way Nobuyuki Sakuma approaches his songs. "I think of the music I used to make in Tokyo as a fantasy. It was completely inspired by my own image, what I thought up. It didn't have much to do with what was happening around me or in society," he says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 7, 2019

Japan facing increased pressure to hike minimum wage, but business leaders give mixed response

Last month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2019

Japan needs to prioritize a 'population health' approach

A new approach can help rein in graying Japan's soaring health care costs.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2019

The Senkaku paradox

The U.S. and its allies must prevent local military crises from escalating into great power wars.
Japan Times
Malaysia report 2019
May 10, 2019

Look East Policy 2.0 brings Malaysia and Japan together

Last year, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was reinstated as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Malaysian government is implementing policies to drive economic growth and encouraging investors to look at the country with a renewed sense of confidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2019

Eye-opener: Japanese doctor's work with iPS cells puts macular degeneration on notice

Science has Dr. Masayo Takahashi's mother to thank, in a way, for some of the most notable developments in regenerative medicine using stem cells.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2019

Start up, burn out: Services support Japan entrepreneurs' mental health in ultracompetitive culture

Rising entrepreneurs are often treated like heroes, with the media lionizing the way their startups lure sizable investments and how their innovative products might change the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2019

G20 in Osaka offers chance for health and financial policymakers to stop fighting and join hands

To effectively tackle global health issues it's crucial that the Group of 20 nations use their June summit to overcome the barriers that have traditionally separated health experts and policymakers from financial and economic leaders.
Japan Times
Events
Mar 16, 2019

Irish eyes are smiling in Japan

The first ever St. Patrick's Day parade in Tokyo made history for a number of reasons — least of all for the fact that it was the first such parade in Asia, and it unfolded on a sidewalk in Roppongi.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 1, 2019

Kim says North Korea could take 'new path' if U.S. maintains sanctions

In a seemingly Oval Office-esque setting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday delivered a much-anticipated annual New Year's speech, saying his country remained firmly committed to denuclearization and that he was ready to meet again with U.S. President Donald Trump at any time, while also warning...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 1, 2018

Developing a coffee break for the Philippines

Katuhisa Ota's drive for social development led to a grassroots coffee venture in Mindanao that aims to help locals and promote fair trade.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2018

Rights advocates urge Japan to step up LGBT-inclusive efforts and legalize same-sex marriage

Until a few years ago, Rin Okabe, then the general affairs department manager at a subsidiary of ad agency Dentsu Inc., would say goodbye to his wife and son, and commute to work wearing a conventional suit and tie.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 7, 2018

Views from Hamamatsu: How do you feel about Gaijin Day and the G-word?

Residents of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, the city that hosted Gaijin Day on Sept. 1, were asked what they thought of the name of the event.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 3, 2018

Japan's diverse bunch of disaster volunteers are primed for a warming world

In these polarized times, crises bring together people from a range of backgrounds to spread the word about perils linked to climate change.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 16, 2018

To black up or not to black up for 'Othello,' that is the question

As a Tokyo theater offers another Othello in blackface, Baye McNeil argues that breaking out the shoe polish is the laziest yet most problematic option.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2018

Detente revives North Korean leader's bullet train dreams

North Korea's ruling family has long dreamed of a state-of-the-art rail system linking its major cities with each other and the wider world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 11, 2018

'Asian August' comes to Hollywood, but will it last?

Phil Yu is excited. The Los Angeles-based blogger saw an advance screening months ago of "Crazy Rich Asians," and now the first Hollywood movie with an all-Asian cast in 25 years is about to arrive in theaters, along with two other predominantly Asian films.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2018

Charlottesville confronts identity one year after violent clashes over white nationalist rally

For many residents of Charlottesville, last year's white nationalist rally shattered the city's carefully curated reputation as a progressive, idyllic place to live.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jul 30, 2018

Japan's courts don't share Mio Sugita's views on supporting LGBT people, precedents show

The country's courts are drawing a line in the sand over discrimination against LGBT people, even as far-right LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita slams support for 'unproductive' members of society.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2018

Facebook suspends U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech and is close to having pages tied to him and his Infowars website removed from the platform, the social media network said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2018

Hiroshima's foreign residents detail rain disaster, call for support in multiple languages

Miho Ariadny Izumi, 19, risked her life to help save a couple whose house was destroyed by a massive landslide on July 6 just outside the city of Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2018

Foreign residents extend helping hand to Hiroshima amid ongoing disaster-relief efforts

Foreign residents braved scorching temperatures and joined hundreds of volunteers in Hiroshima Prefecture over the weekend to help deal with the aftermath of the recent rain disaster, an effort they said was meant to show gratitude for the hospitality they have received living in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2018

Tokyo blockchain conference looks to uses of technology beyond headline-grabbing cryptocurrencies

The rise of cryptocurrencies has shone the spotlight on their underlying technology, which is known as the blockchain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 20, 2018

Bill Hersey, man about Tokyo, 1930-2018: some tributes

Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jun 17, 2018

Turning Japanese: Newly naturalized African ex-American has skin in the game

What motivated Henry Moreland Seals to decide that he'd sooner salute the Hinomaru than the Stars and Stripes?
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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