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JAPAN
May 29, 2013

Education panel touts more global approach

A government education panel submitted a report Tuesday to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urging the nation's universities to be outward-looking in order to foster global talent among Japanese.
BASKETBALL
May 29, 2013

Niigata dumps Coach of Year

Matt Garrison, the 2012-13 bj-league Coach of the Year, has not been retained for next season.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2013

Abenomics stumbling over sexism

No one needs a Sheryl Sandberg-esque 'lean-in' movement like Japan's women. Lack of women in the nation's workforce is impeding economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2013

The Sino-American decade

Beyond the bilateral benefits, the rest of the global economy depends on Chinese and U.S. leadership — in terms of growth and global economic coordination.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 28, 2013

281_Anti Nuke's anger at authority is at a critical mass

More than two years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hundreds of thousands of residents of the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu remain displaced, the power station teeters on the brink of further disaster and large swaths of northern Japan are so irradiated...
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 28, 2013

Carp offense not doing Bullington any favors

One of the more memorable marketing campaigns of the 1990s was a Nike ad centered around Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, at the time a pair of Cy Young winners pitching for the Atlanta Braves, who, jealous of the attention St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire was receiving for his home run exploits,...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2013

Sibling spy case spotlights North Korean defectors

Earlier this year, one of the most prominent North Korean defectors, Yoo Woo Sung, walked out of his apartment building in Seoul and found four South Korean government vehicles waiting for him.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2013

Firebombing victims waved off

Japan's top court waves off allegations by civilian victims of the 1945 Tokyo firebombing raids that state relief to them was inferior to what military victims got.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2013

Hold the false prophets of doom accountable

Apocalyptic prophecies and the raucous festivities accompanying them are indisputably alluring. But imaginary cataclysms have real-world consequences.
MORE SPORTS
May 26, 2013

Sato aiming to return Japan spikers to glory

The Japan Volleyball Association appointed 58-year-old Gary Sato as the men's national team head coach in February. Sato is a fourth-generation Japanese-American and is the first foreign volleyball coach for Japan, men or women.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2013

Inaction during 'scandal' will undo a presidency

Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 26, 2013

A big 'F-ck yeah' from 26-year-old Tumblr CEO on $1.1 billion Yahoo deal

Tumblr Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Karp, a 26-year-old who started the company in 2007, signed a note announcing Yahoo! Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition with the closing, "F-ck yeah."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 26, 2013

Women's writings provide window on Tokugawa life

The Edo Period in Japan seems pretty much a feminist's nightmare. Samurai rule and strict societal boundaries confined women within the neo-Confucianistic bonds of a deeply patriarchal society.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 25, 2013

Secrets deciphered as ancient Maya script meets the modern Internet

Researchers began decoding the glyphic language of the ancient Maya long ago, but the Internet is helping them finish the job and write the history of the enigmatic Mesoamerican civilization.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 24, 2013

Fighting for their lives, local governments shell out for matchmaking services

In Itoigawa, Niigata, the government has begun subsidizing online dating service membership in an effort to pair up more locals.
JAPAN
May 24, 2013

600 students lose loans for poor performance

About 600 university students are deemed no longer eligible for student loans because of their poor academic performance last year.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 24, 2013

Miyazaki's departure means 21 teams again next season

Another offseason of major change is already in full swing. As a wizened comic might blurt out, "There no end to the chaos."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 24, 2013

JGB yields hit 1% first time in year

Japanese government bonds fell Thursday, with 10-year rates touching 1 percent for the first time in a year, on speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will curb stimulus and the Bank of Japan will tolerate an increase in yields.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 24, 2013

Kyoto Bank eyes buying more J-REITs as peers retain holdings

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. is one of a few regional lenders weighing additional investments in real estate investment trusts as low interest rates limit returns on government bonds.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2013

No heroes in AP news leak

Whoever provided the initial leak to the Associated Press in April 2012 not only broke the law but caused the abrupt end to a secret, joint U.S./Saudi/British operation in Yemen that offered valuable intelligence against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 23, 2013

FBI kill man linked to Boston suspects

A Chechen man linked to one of the Boston bombing suspects is shot and killed in an unusual encounter with the FBI inside his apartment in Orlando.
JAPAN
May 23, 2013

Education panel urges Japanese colleges to reach outside

The nation's universities should try to rejuvenate themselves by collaborating with overseas institutions to offer joint degrees and attracting more foreign teachers and students to nurture global talent among Japanese, a government panel said in proposals released Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 23, 2013

Cesium levels in water, plankton baffle scientists

Plankton and seawater samples taken less than a year after the Fukushima meltdowns show high concentrations of radioactive cesium at different locations, puzzling scientists.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2013

There are billions of reasons why Japan Inc. should reflect

The flood of cash the Bank of Japan has made available to Japan Inc. has not opened executives to new ways of thinking or ushered more women into the workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2013

Sony to mull selling stake in show biz

Sony Corp. said Wednesday that its board of directors will consider a proposal by a U.S. hedge fund to put on the stock market a minority stake in Sony's entertainment division, retracting an earlier statement that they won't be put up for sale.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami