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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2016

South Korean lawmakers call for nuclear subs in face of growing missile threat from North

Lawmakers from South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party have said the country should weigh building nuclear-powered submarines as Pyongyang makes progress in its atomic weapons program.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2016

MRJ back in hangar after test flights to U.S. thwarted by air conditioner

After two aborted test flights in as many days tied to a problematic air-conditioning system, Japan's first locally built passenger jet was back for checks and fixes amid delays to a program aimed at challenging the dominance of Brazil's Embraer SA and Canada's Bombardier Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TICAD VI SPECIAL
Aug 26, 2016

Improved infrastructure key to success moving forward

The Yokohama Plan of Action adopted under fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) in 2013 has centered its priorities on the development of African infrastructure, the growth of its economy and capacity building. To this end, many projects are being implemented on the ground....
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 25, 2016

Blatter makes appearance at CAS to appeal six-year ban

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before sport's highest tribunal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), on Thursday to appeal against his six-year ban from soccer.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016

Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation

Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2016

California legislature passes climate change bills

California lawmakers voted to extend the state's climate change fighting efforts to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2016

Fukushima floating wind farm is Japan's entry into contested sector

Japan's ambition to lead in the development of floating wind turbines is facing stiff competition from rivals in Europe — most notably from France — as companies and governments press to lower costs and prove that the technology can rival other sources of clean energy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2016

Japan needs ¥10 trillion in fiscal stimulus in each of next two years, says Abe adviser

Japan should spend ¥10 trillion ($99.83 billion) on fiscal stimulus both in fiscal 2017 and 2018 to offset the economy's lack of demand and eliminate the risk of deflation, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 23, 2016

Why Abe's diplomacy with Putin will come up short

Prime Minister Abe should realize that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no position to make concessions on the disputed Northern Territories.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2016

Risking political suicide, LDP veteran Funada challenges Abe over Constitution

Like other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, Hajime Funada is a strong proponent of amending the postwar Constitution, but not the way Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 20, 2016

How to teach moral education in a relative age?

The wartime moral ideal was blind obedience and self-sacrificing devotion to the nation. Could the upgrading of moral education be a first step on the road back to that?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Renho, front-runner to lead top opposition party, says Abenomics has stalled

The clear favorite to become the first female leader of Japan's biggest opposition party believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature Abenomics policy has stalled and a change of gear is needed to favor people over corporations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 16, 2016

Low pay haunts Tokyo's nurseries despite massive demand for places

After 6½ years as a nursery school teacher in Tokyo, Saki Sasamoto had had enough.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2016

More airline travel disruptions likely as carriers grapple with aging technology

Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights last week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts have said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Aug 13, 2016

'Peanuts' can be a treat for adults, too

There is one precise moment when I question the wisdom of taking my two young daughters to visit the Snoopy Museum in Tokyo's Roppongi district.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Aug 9, 2016

Alvark Tokyo transform operations for B. League's inaugural season

The team has changed its name from the Toyota Alvark to the Alvark Tokyo as Japan's men's pro basketball enters a new era with the launch of the B. League this fall.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2016

Is Abe a true nationalist?

Prime Minister Abe should focus on reviving the economy, not revising the Constitution.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2016

Japan plans to search for, mine metals deep beneath the ocean

As deep as 1,600 meters under water and 1,500 km from Tokyo, work has begun on the new hunting ground for metals in Japan, a country so devoid of natural resources that most of what it needs has to be imported.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2016

Ensure medical needs are met

The system for training doctors is worsening the disparity between medical care in urban and rural areas.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2016

Jennings predicts jail time for Blatter

For decades, British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings has exposed corruption at the highest levels in global sports.
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2016

Abe's unrivaled position of power

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political power is unrivaled — does he have the wherewithal to make the most of it?
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2016

Energy rout fells Japan's venerated 'Big Three' trading giants

The energy price collapse is doing in Japan what the Great Depression and two world wars couldn't: put an end to a century of dominance by its three most prestigious companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2016

Putin struggles to kick-start Russia's flagging economy

Vladimir Putin's economy has been shrinking for 18 months but he still doesn't have a plan to get it going again.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016

Experience valued over youth in Abe's reshuffle of LDP executive

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, but gravitated heavily toward old veterans in an apparent bid to stabilize his power base.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2016

Extravagant gamble of Rio's mayor

The Olympic Games could make or break the career of Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes.
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
Drinks produced by Asahi at a liquor store in Tokyo. Retailers in Japan are warning customers of possible Asahi Super Dry beer shortages after a cyberattack paralyzed production and distribution at the major brewer.
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Den-en-toshi Line trains collide, halting service
A not-in-service train is seen derailed early Monday morning after colliding with a passenger train late Sunday at Kajigaya Station on Tokyu Railways' Den-en-toshi Line in Kawasaki.
North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

Podcast

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

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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