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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2017

Trump, now president, pledges to put America first in nationalist speech

Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry he pledged to end an "American carnage" of rusted factories and crime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2017

Global salary gaps hindering automakers' efforts to lure IT workers

Headhunter Casey Abel spent four months trying to hire a data center architect for a Japanese automaker, including five meetings with the client — one with the top executive. In the end, the IT specialist joined an e-commerce company abroad for significantly more money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2017

Alibaba dives into mass marketing with reported $800 million Olympic sponsorship deal

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s deal to sponsor the Olympic Games through 2028 is said to be worth $800 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Record 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka in 2016

Over 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka last year, the largest number ever, Osaka tourism authorities announced earlier this week.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Emperor, Empress will not attend 3/11 disaster memorial service

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will not attend the official annual memorial service for the 2011 tsunami-quake disaster on March 11, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2017

From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a global show of unity for women's rights

More than a million people are expected to attend women's marches around the world on Saturday to demonstrate against sexism and sexual violence and call for women's rights following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th American president.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2017

Varied agenda in wage talks

Overwork and pay raises are major issues in this year's union-management wage negotiations.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2017

China's growth obsession leaves toxic legacy

China's addiction to stop-go economic policies is leaving a legacy of environmental destruction.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 19, 2017

Sion Sono swan dives into Shinjuku's chaos

Celebrated abroad for films that mash up everything from extreme sex and gore to Christian imagery and classical music, Sion Sono has emerged as one of the most distinctive directors in Japanese cinema this century.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 18, 2017

The truth is still out there

"The truth is out there." This tagline to the sci-fi TV series "The X-Files" used to give me chills when it was first aired on Fox in 1993. The series touted an intriguing minimalist elegance — from its set designs to FBI agent Dana Scully's pristine white shirts and smart suits, contrasted with the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 18, 2017

Your expat vote can make a difference to those back home with skin in the game

Voting from abroad invites us to ask what our citizenship means to us and how best to engage with a home country still familiar in concept but grown foreign in being.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2017

What Obama deserves credit for — and doesn't

Did the departing U.S. president create national dysfunction, or was he just its victim?
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2017

Trump's options for weakening dollar extend far beyond tweeting

Donald Trump may have a point: the dollar is indeed strong. Judging from the Federal Reserve's own trade-weighted dollar index, the U.S. currency is now around 7 percent above its four-decade average.
Rugby
Jan 18, 2017

All Blacks lose Cruden to French club

All Blacks flyhalf Aaron Cruden will leave New Zealand at the end of this year's Super Rugby season after signing a three-year contract with French side Montpellier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 18, 2017

Xi takes on Trump over protectionism, makes case for Chinese economic leadership

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defense of globalization Tuesday, pushing back against the "America first" rhetoric of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and signaling Beijing's desire to play a bigger role on the global stage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017

Thousands of Fukushima evacuees face hardship as slash of housing subsidies nears

Nearly six years after Noriko Matsumoto and her children fled Fukushima Prefecture, fearing for their health from the nuclear disaster, they are confronted by a new potential hardship — the slashing of vital housing subsidies.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2017

Easing Asia-Pacific tensions

Improved Japan-China relations will be all the more important given the shadow of uncertainty over the international political landscape cast by the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017

The fortunate few and the forgotten many

The message for the super rich gathered in Davos should be clear: Building a more inclusive economy requires redistribution of wealth.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017

China's latest innovation? The ballpoint pen

China's $9 million drive to make high quality ballpoint pens illustrates what's wrong with its economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2017

Tokyo office boom fades with more space, fewer workers

Commercial property prices in Tokyo, a bellwether for the market, look to have peaked as the capital faces a glut of new offices even as the number of workers is set to decline.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Shaping the future via collaborative efforts

Global events in 2016 have reminded decision-makers that the more complex a system, the greater a community's concern about its future. The weakening of multiple systems has eroded confidence at the national, regional and global levels. And, in the absence of innovative and credible steps toward their...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Global cooperation needed in uncertain times

The world in 2016 saw many events signaling the rise of protectionism and populism, ranging from Brexit to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election and people's fear of job loss due to immigrants and artificial intelligence (AI) development.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
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.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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