Search - 2015

 
 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015

Making the case for the TPP trade agreement

The Trans-Pacific Partnership would not only bring economic benefits — it would also encourage cooperation in other, more contentious areas.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015

How the TPP can transform Japan's economy

Regardless of whether or not the TPP is implemented, Japan's farmers must change their approach if they want to secure their futures rather than hope that subsidies will continue forever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015

The fraught politics of the TPP

Failure to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership in all 12 countries would be a major disappointment because it would bring vast economic benefits to all countries involved
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015

California's lessons for Japan

Japan would benefit greatly by learning three key lessons from California's tech industry.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 3, 2015

[VIDEO] Smart Illumination Yokohama 2015

Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 2, 2015

Jones signs off with plea for Japan to keep momentum

Outgoing national rugby team coach Eddie Jones bid farewell to Japan on Monday with a warning that the Brave Blossoms must keep winning to make the 2019 Rugby World Cup a success.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Why we must push back in the South China Sea

Doing nothing, or making only isolated gestures to oppose China's sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, will simply hand Beijing a fait accompli.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2015

Beijing scraps the one-child policy

The one-child policy may be gone in China, but the the one-child mentality remains.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

U.S. better keep an eye on Indonesia

The U.S. generally fails to give due importance to the largest nation in Southeast Asia, but taking Indonesia seriously is at least as logical and consequential as taking Japan seriously.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Business innovation with Chinese characteristics

China is not given enough credit for how far it has come as an innovator.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Somalia facing a whole new type of pirate

Somalia's rich marine resources are being plundered by foreign fishing vessels, and the war-torn nation needs international help to fend them off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Nothing harmless about Putin's new 'Moscowteers'

Across Europe, apologists for Russia and Russian policy have coalesced into what amounts to a fifth column.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2015

Japan Post's IPO a decade in the making

The opening of sales Wednesday of shares in Japan Post, whose origins date back to 1871, has been a decade in the making.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 2, 2015

Does biometric authentication hold the key to a bright future or Pandora's box?

Forgot your password? Maybe that won't be an issue in the near future.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 1, 2015

Paint it black

COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2015

'Abenomics' is doing fine

The economy is slowing due to factors totally outside of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's control — demographics and China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2015

Halloween hits fever pitch in Japan: Scenes from social media

A week of Halloween parades, parties and events reached fever pitch Friday and Saturday as thousands of costumed revelers stepped out of changing rooms as heroes, villains, zombies and cats. Here's a curated selection of social media related to Japan's newly found fondness for trick-or-treating.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 31, 2015

Halloween takes over the streets of Shibuya

The large intersection in front of Shibuya Station saw a massive convergence of people decked out for Halloween Saturday evening, some on their way to events in the area. Here's a selection of the night's scary monsters and super freaks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2015

Swallows made great strides during 2015 season

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows were disappointed to fall short in the Japan Series against the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, but weren't crushed by the defeat.
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 31, 2015

[VIDEO] Tokyo Motor Show 2015

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2015

Sharp's vision for recovery blurred as it posts further losses

Electronics-maker Sharp Corp.'s recovery seemed on the blink Friday as it posted a ¥25.1 billion operating loss and ¥83.6 billion net loss for the first half of fiscal 2015. The news came days after Sharp sharply reduced its expectations for the period ahead.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2015

Japanese pacifism is not the moral choice

Only in Japan is unilateral pacifism considered viable, but in a world of new threats a policy of sympathetic indifference is morally questionable.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2015

Gauging Abe's 'proactive contributions to peace'

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has talked a good game about Japan playing a bigger international role, his track record so far shows little has changed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2015

Experts say China's move to abandon one-child policy is 'too little, too late'

For all the historical significance of China's decision to abandon its one-child policy, the move risks falling well short of reversing a trend that threatens to throttle economic growth.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 29, 2015

Meyer wants to stay on as Springboks coach

Heyneke Meyer concedes he has made a lot of mistakes as South Africa coach, but wants to put a disappointing Rugby World Cup campaign behind them and be given the opportunity to take the Springboks to the next level.

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