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JAPAN / The Argument
Jul 16, 2019

Female ascension? Imperial institution thrives due to change

One of the reasons for the imperial institution's remarkable longevity and continuity is that it has changed over time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2019

Haruno Yoshida, leading businesswoman and adviser to Keidanren, dies at 55

She was a longtime proponent of improving workplace diversity and was featured regularly in international forums as a role model for working women.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 30, 2019

Japan's return to commercial whaling brings criticism from conservationists and praise from industry players

Following its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission, Japan will resume commercial whaling within the country's exclusive economic zone.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2019

Abe and Trump reaffirm military alliance despite dangerous dual nature of U.S. leader

Glowing exchanges between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump gloss over Trump's overt bashing of the Japan-U.S. security alliance before the summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2019

Women Political Leaders summit opens ahead of G20 as Abe pushes to improve gender parity

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his commitment to empower women and improve gender parity around the globe at the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit 2019 in Tokyo on Wednesday, ahead of the Group of 20 summit due to start Friday in Osaka.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 25, 2019

Agricultural sustainability for a growing population

On a sunny weekend during rice-planting season, the people of Japan's largest rice-producing prefecture, Niigata, welcomed ministers and delegates from the 20 major economies of the world as well as six invited countries and eight organizations, as the G20 Niigata Agriculture Ministers' Meeting was held...
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2019

In symbolic first, Abe and Trump jointly address military personnel aboard Japan's Kaga carrier

Peppered with pomp and decorum, Trump's four-day visit to Japan ended with a gesture highlighting the long-standing military ties between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 27, 2019

Trump stays on script in Tokyo summit with Abe covering trade and North Korea

Instead, it appears Tokyo was able to avoid the embarrassments that Trump is famous for.
JAPAN
May 24, 2019

Meet, greet, but don't talk politics: How foreign dignitaries should act when visiting a Japanese emperor

What should you do when you meet the emperor?
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 23, 2019

Double Japanese general election looks more realistic as unpopular tax hike approaches

For the ruling coalition, a snap election would be a major gamble because it would put its current supermajority in both chambers at risk.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 10, 2019

Japan struggles to ditch 'vaccine backwater' image due to policy gaps

Earlier this year, a quiet outbreak of rubella began to sweep Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2019

Miwa Komatsu: An artist's vision of Shinto and its divine beings

'When I was in elementary school, I was taking a nap under a tree in my garden. Then I had a dream, that would later come true, of having an exhibition as a painter and being an artist. That felt very real, and I realized this was foreshadowing my future. I felt that if I continued on the same path,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 4, 2019

'The Forest of Wool and Steel': Music and nature intertwine to paint a portrait of growth — review

Natsu Miyashita's 'The Forest of Wool and Steel' is a mesmerizing reading experience, a slow journey in how one young person renders an occupation into a vocation.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2019

Katsuya Kakunaka, Seiya Inoue deliver clutch hits as Marines top Fighters

There was sun, rain, a little hail, sun again and finally a blanket of gray clouds at Zozo Marine Stadium on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2019

On Constitution Day, Abe again vows to revise Japan's top law, aiming for enactment in 2020

The prime minister's lifelong drive to rewrite pacifist Article 9 will hinge on the Upper House election in July, political observers say.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019

Emperor Akihito: A unifying figure who carved out a role as Japan's 'symbol of the state'

He and Empress Michiko have spent the last three decades comforting disaster victims and mourning the war dead, Japanese and non-Japanese alike.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2019

Cosplaying eccentric Mac Akasaka of the Smile Party snags seat in Tokyo ward assembly

He clambers out from under the table, wearing a pink Hooter's tank top while sporting fluffy angel wings and a halo, before bowing deeply toward the camera and taking a seat.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Apr 19, 2019

Culture, industry before a backdrop of scenic rice field

On Jan. 1, Niigata Port celebrated its 150th anniversary since opening. One of the first five ports in Japan open to foreign trade, business was active and Niigata's Kitamaebune ships transported a variety of both international and domestic goods and supplies to and from the area to be distributed throughout...
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 17, 2019

Episode 12: Out with the old Emperor, in with the new

With Emperor Akihito's son, Crown Prince Naruhito, set to become the country's 126th emperor, Deep Dive asks: What does it mean to be emperor, and what can we expect from the next one?
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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