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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2013

Hopes ride on Mazda3, soft yen to keep stock up

The slide in the yen has turned Mazda Motor Corp.'s biggest weakness into its biggest strength. All Japan's most export-dependent automaker has to do now is sell more cars.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2013

America's love-hate relationship with foreign trade

While Americans cheer foreign trade as consumers, scarfing up imports at the right prices, politically they are skeptics, fretting about jobs and wages.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2013

When freedom to make laws is license to restrict freedom

Since the presumably rigged elections of December 2011, Russia's Parliament/president machine has been stamping human-rights-restricting and authorities-power-enhancing laws one after another.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2013

Working around others who work works better

Yahoo!'s new CEO recently created a fuss when she no longer let employees work from home. Is her edict a step backward or a boon for creativity?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2013

Israeli apology begins reset of ties with Turkey

Israel's formal apology to Turkey for killing nine Turkish citizens aboard the ship Mavi Marmara three years ago is a start to resetting bilateral ties.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2013

Sugano makes impressive debut for Giants

Tomoyuki Sugano was as good as advertised in his long-anticipated professional debut for the Yomiuri Giants, but he still went home without a win.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 31, 2013

Bewildering tale of fresh start in life

THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS, by J.M. Coetzee. Harvill Secker, 2013, 288 pp., ￡16.99 (hardcover)
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2013

Appliance makers get serious about beauty products

'Beauty' may not be the first thing that pops into people's heads when they think about electronics, but struggling Japanese home electronics manufacturers see a great deal of promise in a range of beauty gadgets targeting women, from high-tech hair dryers to steam skin moisturizers.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Mar 30, 2013

Kyoto's Zuishin-in hosting dance performance

Children in pale pink traditional costumes will dance and sing in a Hanezu Odori performance in Kyoto's Zuishin-in Temple on Sunday.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Mar 29, 2013

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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2013

A post-Assad Syria can't grab the attention of Capitol Hill

As Capitol Hill fields calls for U.S. military intervention in Syria, it fails to consider whether a post-Assad Syria would pose tougher problems than Iraq.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 28, 2013

Unearthing the Seto Inland Sea's social landscapes

Whenever traveling directly from one island in the Seto Inland Sea to another, I sense threads holding each one to the other. Perhaps this is a vestige of the trade routes that traversed the 700-plus islands in this scenic region between Hiroshima and Osaka. As sea trade waned in postwar Japan, these...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 28, 2013

April: Karl Hyde to headline SonarSound

The next month features a great mix of concerts for all sorts of live-music fans. Several long-running bands visit Japan in April, as do some of the most hyped-up young outfits in the world today. Whether you like apocalyptic postrock or Swedish indie rock, the next 30 days have you covered.
WORLD / Society
Mar 28, 2013

How Proposition 8 passed in California, and why it wouldn't today

Lost amid the day's Supreme Court oral arguments on California's Proposition 8 is a simple question: How did a gay marriage ban pass in one of the most liberal states in the country just four years ago?
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2013

More rulings against vote disparity

Six courts declare apportionment for the Dec. 16 Lower House election unconstitutional, signaling more judicial irritation with vote-value disparity.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2013

Asian pivot key to rebooting nuclear disarmament efforts

To break the deadlock over nuclear disarmament, the U.S. must transform negotiations with Russia into a trilateral framework that includes China.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2013

New panel for pension ID task

Health and welfare minister Norihisa Tamura will establish a new panel to continue identifying records for millions of public pension account holders.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2013

India's five thoughts on China's new leadership

Only the fifth of five principles that China's new leaders have offered for Sino-Indian relations seems tricky: the accommodation of 'core concerns.'
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013

ECB head Mario Draghi's opiate of the markets

From the standpoint of EU economic stability, the division of Italy's parliament into three mutually incompatible political forces is a terrible outcome.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013

Signs indicate the U.S. economy is strengthening

Traditional economic labels lose their meaning for many Americans when they're told that the U.S. economy has been in a recovery since mid-2009.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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