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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 22, 2017

Inside Kim Jong Un's inner circle, top aides' fates shift

When Kim Jong Un sat down in September to order the sixth and largest of North Korea's nuclear tests, Hwang Pyong So sat by his side, his khaki military uniform conspicuous among the suits at the table, photos released by state media at the time showed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2017

North Korean defector's dramatic escape to the South caught on video

North Korean border guards were only steps behind a fellow North Korean soldier when they opened fire and one briefly crossed the border pursuing the wounded defector as he dashed to the South Korean side, a video released Wednesday by the U.N. Command (UNC) in Seoul showed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017

China doesn't want to go to war with America

By exhausting the whole city's resources to charm Trump and his wife, Xi has sent a clear message to the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 21, 2017

Junpei Mizobata plunges headfirst into the absurdist world of Harold Pinter

As the saying goes, "You can't judge a book by its cover." In the same way, if you thought the 28-year-old ikemen (drop-dead gorgeous) actor Junpei Mizobata had just been cast to fill seats for the upcoming staging of one of the world's most well-known but challenging modern plays, you'd be doing a great...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 21, 2017

The maven of Japanese sword fittings

The special exhibition "Pinnacle of Elegance: Sword Fittings of the Mitsumura Collection" at the Nezu Museum offers a fascinating look at the collection that Toshimo Mitsumura (1877-1955), a wealthy businessman, amassed at the end of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Mitsumura's passion for swords is reflected...
Japan Times
PRESS / Services
Nov 21, 2017

Trial of The Japan Times on Sony’s Digital Paper

Tokyo, November 21, 2017 - The Japan Times (Minato Ward, Tokyo; representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will conduct a trial of a new digital newspaper delivery service with the Sony’s Digital Paper (DPT-RP1).
Nov 21, 2017

Trial of The Japan Times on Sony’s Digital Paper

The Japan Times (Minato Ward, Tokyo; representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will conduct a trial of a new digital newspaper delivery service with the Sony’s Digital Paper (DPT-RP1).
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 20, 2017

The Japanese love to play number games

How would you read the name of a person whose kanji is written u4e00 u4e09u516bu5b50?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2017

Ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon hails Japan's 'natural evolution' toward rearming

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon hails as a “natural evolution” Japan's push to play a more active role in global defense and security issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2017

The upgrade myth

The latest isn't always the greatest when it comes to technology.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 18, 2017

Evessa overpower NeoPhoenix, end five-game slide

The Osaka Evessa dominated on both sides of the ball in Saturday's series opener against the San-en NeoPhoenix, ending a five-game losing streak
Nov 17, 2017

Pubcen Inc. Unveils its Lifelog / Content Curation Service

Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan – November 17, 2017 – Today Pubcen Inc. (CEO & Co-Founder: Takao Sato) launched its flagship cloud service, “Pubcen.” People throughout the world perpetually create digital content for their online lives via SNS and cloud services. Pubcen gathers the digital...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2017

Senators seek more info from Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner in probe of Russia 'backdoor overture'

Jared Kushner's lawyer failed to give the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee documents President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser received about a "Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite," the committee's leaders said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2017

Mixed reviews for Trump's Asia tour

Reviews of Donald Trump's five-country trip to Asia were glowing — at least if the reviewer was the U.S. president himself.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2017

Abe propels a potential constellation of democracies

Japan, the U.S., India and Australia should lead the effort to ensure liberalism prevails over illiberalism in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2017

The truth behind the U.S. show of force in Asia

America's global commitments have left its military overstretched.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Nov 16, 2017

The new head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra takes a bow in Japan

An orchestra is a lot like a perfect society: the instruments all have different roles and personalities, and when they come together beautiful music is created. Every society needs a leader, though, and last week the Boston Symphony Orchestra introduced its new leader to audiences in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2017

Encouraging climate science, discouraging climate politics

The U.S. failure to lead on the issue of climate change gives other governments the chance to do so.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2017

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike quits as head of opposition Kibo no To

Surprise move following October election defeat likely to deal a fresh blow to a party facing tepid support.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2017

North Korea's winter training means fewer missile launches

North Korea hasn't fired a missile for 60 days, but that may have more to do with its own winter training cycle than with Pyongyang easing off on provocations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2017

North Korea, caught in a 'time warp,' must send signs of change, Seoul top diplomat says

North Korea, an impoverished country in a "time warp" that feeds paranoia at home with propaganda about a hostile world, should secure its future by laying the groundwork for talks on its nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's foreign minister.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2017

Tokyo pushes back on 'bizarre' death tax that deters expats

Considering a work stint in Japan? You'd better make it short, and you'd better stay alive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Nov 13, 2017

Aki Higuchi's mission: Giving Japan's young minds a global outlook and confidence to speak out

Aki Higuchi, 28, grew up in a multicultural home, where university students from different countries came five days a week to look after her and her younger sister up until she turned 18.

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?