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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015

Big science now faces big problems in China

Under the government's heavy hand, the Chinese scientific establishment has long suffered from cronyism, corruption and pervasive fraud.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2015

Otani lives up to top billing in Premier 12 opener

That's what you call dominance.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

The new Trudeau's new Canada: what to expect

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to bring Canada back to multilateral engagement, offering a stark contrast from his predecessor's divisive foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

Navigating the energy revolution

The energy sector is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years as dramatic technological, economic and geopolitical changes reshape commercial relationships worldwide.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

Putin's Fortress Russia takes an economic toll

Hit by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin has adopted an isolationist policy that is crippling the Russian economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 9, 2015

Aichi NPO goes extra mile with language support for non-Japanese kids

Aichi Prefecture, where manufacturing businesses are heavily concentrated, currently has the largest number of young non-Japanese students in the country. There are 6,300 such students in the prefecture and the number of students requiring Japanese language support is increasing every year.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 9, 2015

Surging Djokovic beats Murray in Paris Masters final

Novak Djokovic's relentless desire for tennis perfection is pushing him to a consistently brilliant level, one which proved far too high for Andy Murray on Sunday.
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 8, 2015

[VIDEO] Tokyo Motor Show 2015 Projection Mapping

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015

Aomori's moving castle and other architectural tales

Once every century, Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture experiences an unusual event — the Hirosaki Moving Castle Project — when the city relocates an entire castle using manpower only.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 7, 2015

Premier 12 begins with Japan-South Korea clash

One day before the inaugural Premier 12 debuts, Japan national baseball team manager Hiroki Kokubo and South Korea skipper Kim In-sik addressed the media at a Sapporo hotel on Saturday evening.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. to open new screening centers for Syrian refugees

The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials told Reuters on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 7, 2015

Confusion over U.S. patrol in South China Sea may undermine Washington's goal

The U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during a patrol last week near islands China has built in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 7, 2015

[VIDEO] Hebocon at Tokyo Design Week 2015

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 6, 2015

November 7, 2015

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015

China's one-child calamity

The abolition of China's 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country's history.
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 6, 2015

[VIDEO] Good Design Exhibition 2015

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015

Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner

She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2015

Turkey's ruling party gets a second chance

The lesson of the Turkey's last two elections is clear: Voters want a strong, stable government, but not one that runs roughshod over its opponents.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2015

A pay wall has no place in democratic politics

Putting politics behind a paywall serves as an unintentional signifier — that the system is not of, by or for you, the people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Revolution in space technology evolution awaits launch in New Zealand paddock

The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's remote South Island.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Nov 5, 2015

『3割しか話さないのになぜかうまくいくビジネス英会話のルール』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、英語を話すためのマインドセットを整えるビジネス書『3割しか話さないのになぜかうまくいく ビジネス英語のルール』を発売しました。
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2015

BOJ moves inflation goalpost again

Instead of pushing back its inflation target, the Bank of Japan should be reviewing the target itself and the policy framework for achieving it.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2015

Japan Tobacco cuts 2015 operating profit forecast by 17%

Japan Tobacco Inc., which is paying $5 billion for rights to sell Natural American Spirit cigarettes outside the U.S., lowered its annual operating profit target by 17 percent.

Longform

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