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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2015

Behind Japanese parochialism

Japan's parochialism is embedded in history and the economic, educational and social structure. We should not expect to see more than a slow change — and it might be toward more rather than less isolation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2015

On U.S. campuses, a freedom from speech

Some U.S. campuses are so saturated with progressivism that they celebrate diversity in everything but thought.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2015

Few clues about radicalization in hunt for 'ghostlike' alleged mastermind of Paris attacks

French investigators think they know who masterminded the deadliest terrorist assault in peacetime France: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 20-something Belgian who joined the ranks of the Islamic State group a few years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

South China Sea: the far-reaching consequences of island-building

China's campaign of dredging and construction in the South China Sea has both security and environmental ramifications, but the interconnectivity of these two fields is rarely noted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

The time has come for happiness by design

Until recently, it seemed sensible to assume that our happiness was determined by factors, such as luck or genes, beyond our control. New discoveries, however, point to a fresh way of thinking.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

China's masses stubbornly refuse to consume

A Chinese economic 'rebalancing' — replacing investment and exports with services and domestic consumption — remains a distant prospect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2015

Recession ignored by Japan investors as profits drive rally

If Japan's economy is in trouble, you wouldn't know it from the stock market.
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2015

Tsutsugo quietly playing vital role for Samurai Japan

Overshadowed by the home runs hit by Sho Nakata and Nobuhiro Matsuda, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo was something of an unsung hero in Japan's 10-2 victory over the United States on Saturday night in the Premier 12.
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2015

Japan hammers U.S. to book spot in quarterfinals

Samurai Japan clobbered the United States and clinched a quarterfinal berth at the Premier 12 in the process.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2015

For father of slain Yukawa, closure remains elusive after killing of 'Jihadi John'

The apparent death of the man known as "Jihadi John," the public face of the self-styled Islamic State, may represent a kind of karma but it doesn't bring closure for the father of one Japanese hostage beheaded nearly a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 15, 2015

Syrian passport found near Paris gunman held by man who arrived in Greece among refugees

The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 14, 2015

But is it art? Anime in the 'post-cinematic' age

The past 15 years have seen a boom in academic studies of anime, ranging from thematic and cultural analysis such as Susan J. Napier's "Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle" to formal theory based on technical processes and the nature of two-dimensional images such as Thomas Lamarre's "The Anime...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2015

WHO says 25,000 wounded a month in Syria; medicines lacking and cholera feared

About 25,000 people are wounded each month in the escalating warfare in Syria and it getting harder to deliver medical supplies for civilians trapped in areas held by Islamic State insurgents, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 14, 2015

[VIDEO] Omotesando Hills Christmas 2015

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2015

Fate of the Earth is on the line at Paris meeting

The lives of billions of people, for centuries to come, will be at stake at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris at the end of the month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 12, 2015

London producer Visionist comes to Japan amid a wave of grime-oriented events

Even within Britain, grime has long been considered a niche genre. Pioneered by east London artist Wiley in the early 2000s, whose dark, stripped-down 140-beats-per-minute rhythms drew on U.K. garage and two-step influences and updated them, the sound then evolved on the rooftops of inner-city council...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2015

U.S. cops and their unions are out of control

Every police department in America should be disbanded and replaced with civilian-run organizations designed to protect citizens instead of abuse them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

Putin's daughter and Russia's second-generation elite

Since Vladimir Putin began cementing his grip on Russia in the 1990s, many of his friends have grown famously rich.
PRESS / Publications
Nov 12, 2015

映画『リトルプリンス 星の王子さまと私』英語ストーリーブック発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役：堤丈晴）は、11月21日公開のアニメーション映画『リトルプリンス 星の王子さまと私』の内容をやさしい英語で書き直した英語ストーリーブックを発売しました。...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Assad represents nothing more than a dead end

Syrian President Bashar Assad created the very monster that he is now pretending to fight, and he has no interest in winning.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2015

Director Koji Fukada explores nuanced human-robot divide in 'Sayonara'

Whether it's the anthropomorphic cyborg cat Doraemon, Sony's artificially intelligent canine pet Aibo or even baby harp seals created to assist dementia patients, robots have long been recognized in Japan as capable of providing therapeutic and emotional assistance for their human owners.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Nov 11, 2015

Japan keen to work off frustration in World Cup qualifiers

Japan heads into this week's World Cup qualifiers only in second place in Group E, but Vahid Halilhodzic's side will be hungry to set the record straight against opponents Singapore and Cambodia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2015

Japan's lost decade has lesson for those dreading China slowdown

When Japan's economy downshifted dramatically in the 1990s, the rest of the world managed to do just fine. Now, as China suffers a sustained slowdown, there's a group of economists who say the same may well happen again.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2015

Chinese, Thai to hold first joint air force exercise as ties warm

The Chinese and Thai air forces will this month hold their first joint exercises, China's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, in another sign of army-led Thailand's increased engagement with Beijing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2015

Maeda, Fukudome among Golden Glove recipients

Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda added another accolade to his already lengthy list when he was revealed as one of this year's Mitsui Golden Glove recipients on Tuesday afternoon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2015

'Nissan Art Award 2015: Exhibition of New Works by Seven Finalists'

Nov. 7-Jan. 31
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2015

The 'postwar period' isn't over

The 'history war' between Japan and China will continue as long as the two countries are unable to resolve the gap in their interests in international political terms and address the contradictions between their national interests and strategies.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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