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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2016

'Humanistanbul': World Humanitarian Summit

Something has to be done about the world's humanitarian crises and Turkey is leading the way.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2016

American School in Japan launches scholarship to 'promote healing' in wake of sex-abuse scandal

The American School in Japan on Monday presented a student with a scholarship created as part of the Tokyo school's efforts to honor survivors of former teacher Jack Moyer's sex abuse and "promote healing and reconciliation" in its community.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 3, 2016

Seeking Japanese courses for mature students; reconnecting with a lost mother

A British reader is keen to come to Japan and learn the language, and a woman in the U.S. hopes to get in contact with her Japanese birth mother.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 3, 2016

An open letter to Japanese womankind

Some advice on how to take the best parts of the stereotypes without becoming one yourself.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2016

Under military rule, Thais turn to social media

As the space for public political debate and opinion shrinks, Thais have moved their political debate to cyberspace.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2016

Excessive dieting can be dangerous to teens

Although dieting can be good for people's health, unsupervised efforts — particularly by adolescents who want to be excessively slim — can be dangerous.
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2016

Sponsor complaints prompt Canada to accept 10,000 more Syrian refugees

Canada will take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees, adding to the more than 25,000 already received in the last few months, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday in Germany, where an influx of refugees has sparked a backlash.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 31, 2016

'I became temporarily blind, deaf and paralyzed'

Michi Kobi's acting career reflected the way the U.S.-Japanese relations changed over the years.
WORLD
Mar 31, 2016

Britain to ship record amount of nuclear waste to U.S.

Britain will ship 700 kilograms of nuclear waste to the United States under a deal to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron at a nuclear security summit in Washington on Thursday, a British government source said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2016

Obama's last atomic summit finds nuclear fears high, momentum against proliferation low

Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further.
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2016

The Butcher of Bosnia, convicted

Justice has finally been served to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been found guilty of genocide by a U.N. tribunal.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2016

Security legislation takes effect

Japan's postwar defense posture underwent a major change this week as new security legislation took effect, but how the government plans to implement the laws remains unclear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2016

Abe offers ¥600 million grant to Zimbabwe in bid to counter Chinese economic offensive

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a ¥600 million welcome to Japan in the form of an aid pledge intended to lure more Japanese companies back to the former agricultural powerhouse and counter an aggressive foray by China. But the move could also raise eyebrows in the West....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016

Saudi Arabia versus Iran

When dealing with Iran and Saudi Arabia, Western governments should be mindful of their appalling human rights records.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016

Happiness is serious business in the UAE

Happiness is neither a transitory moment of delight nor a constant condition. It is a state of being beyond satisfaction, a flourishing and ambient joy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016

Iraqi Christians fear extinction in wake of Islamic State onslaught

Iraqi Christians gathered in Baghdad over the weekend to mark Easter, but celebrations were tempered by fears the Islamic State group would eradicate their shrinking community, even as the army launched a U.S.-backed offensive to retake Mosul, their ancestral homeland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2016

Research park offers high-tech surrounded by nature

Birds chirp under blue skies as luscious greenery stretches beyond. Researchers in white lab coats walk to and from the uncluttered chic and modern buildings. This is the natural and clean environment the Yokosuka Research Park (YRP) offers its tenants conducting business there.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2016

Americans on all sides united in opposition to free trade

A poll shows opposition to free trade is a unifying concept even in the deeply divided U.S. electorate, with almost two-thirds of Americans favoring more restrictions on imported goods.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2016

South Carolina governor wants U.S. to divert shipload of arms-grade plutonium from Japan

The demand by Nikki Haley has the potential to embarrass the Obama administration a week before it hosts an important summit on nuclear nonproliferation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016

Belgium, my country, has been living in denial

Belgium's failures as a state over the past 30 years have also helped produce the perpetrators of jihadist atrocities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016

Keep terrorism in perspective

People should be reminded that they are in much greater danger of dying from a fall in the bath than of dying in a terrorist attack.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 22, 2016

Former Olympian Hopkins, long jumper at 1964 Tokyo Games, dies at 74

Gayle Hopkins, who advanced to the final round in the men’s long jump at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, died in his sleep on Sunday night or early Monday morning in Tucson, Arizona, according to sources close to the matter.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 22, 2016

Honda joins select group with win at world juniors

The depth of Japan's skating prowess was on full display at the world junior championships in Debrecen, Hungary, over the weekend, where Marin Honda, Wakaba Higuchi and Yuna Shiraiwa took three of top four places in the women's competition.
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.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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