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WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2018

Despite reform efforts, Native American females face high rates of crime, violence and disappearance

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2018

We need a sense of crisis over depopulation

With Japan entering unprecedented demographic territory, the time to act is now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2018

Amazon at $1 trillion is more dream than reality

Its market value is a vision of the future, not the present.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2018

'Asako I & II': Things are vague in this girl-meets-boy-meets-boy's doppleganger tale

"There will never be another you" goes the old song. Then again, some people believe in doppelgangers, doubles to living humans who are ghostly in form and malign in intent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018

We may be facing a textbook emerging-market crisis

Argentina and Turkey look like outliers but the rot could spread fast.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018

Cash ban may have driven Indians away from banks

The chaos of demonetization probably made millions leery of formal finance.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 4, 2018

Koshiro Shimada, Shiika Yoshioka shine at Austria JGP

Koshiro Shimada and Shiika Yoshioka combined to make last week a successful one for Japan on the Junior Grand Prix circuit with podium finishes in Linz, Austria.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2018

World Court weighs U.K. claim to Chagos Islands, site of key U.S. base, in Indian Ocean

The legality of Britain's claim to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which house a major U.S. military base, will be considered by the International Court of Justice on Monday when it starts a week of hearings.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2018

Why is the U.S. in the middle of an economic boom?

There are plenty of theories, but no definitive answers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2018

When electric vehicles' day comes, it will be suddenly

Californians will soon be presented with compelling, cost-competitive electric vehicles of many different types. Those factors will probably drive sales up significantly.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 3, 2018

Getting to know Japan on a first-name basis

What's in a first name? In Japan, you'll find insights into societal change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2018

Boko Haram splinter Islamists kill up to 30 soldiers in northeast Nigeria

Islamist militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, in one of the biggest attacks of its kind this year.
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 2, 2018

Delegation head praises Japan's performance

Yasuhiro Yamashita, head of Japan's Asian Games delegation,and other officials who traveled to Jakarta were pleased to have their expectation exceeded during the tournament, where Japan exceeded its medal targets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Sep 2, 2018

Cultural inspiration furthers hobbies outside the office

The Embassy of Mexico occupies a spacious compound in an elegant, tree-lined corner of Chiyoda Ward. The location is somewhat unusual for a foreign embassy in Tokyo, in that it shares a neighborhood with the residences of some of Japan's top officials, including the prime minister and the leaders of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 2, 2018

Seeing things from another angle

Design that thrives on different perspectives of the innovative, the classic and the traditional
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 2, 2018

Japan according to Don Maloney: Still amusing and relevant, mostly, 40 years on

Irreverent accounts of an American businessman in the 1970s in Tokyo hold up surprisingly well today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Sep 2, 2018

Glam girl: a white cat named Sarah

Sarah has a lot going for her. In addition to her beauty, she's full of energy, bubbly, vivacious, loves toys, people and chasing things.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 1, 2018

Crafting a Japanese gin: Domestic distilleries are producing low-volume, high-quality batches that source local ingredients

While rooftop beer gardens with cold glasses of one's favorite suds are the popular way among many in Japan to cool off during the hot summer and early weeks of autumn, gin, whether served neat with a bit of water, over the rocks, mixed in a tonic, or as one part of an endless variety of exotic cocktails...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 1, 2018

Japan takes gold in field hockey

Sakura Japan set a lofty goal of winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Friday's victory will certainly help give the team momentum and confidence to do so.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2018

Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war

As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American trade war will develop, some ordinary Chinese are using different sources to predict U.S. President Donald Trump's next moves: fortune tellers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2018

Chinese state-run media blasts Trump tweets as 'messages from some alternative universe'

Chinese state-run media unleashed an unusually strong rebuttal to tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing Beijing of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server, blasting the remarks as seemingly "from some alternative universe."
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018

As world changes, Europe rethinks strategic dependence on Trump's U.S.

In 1776, the New World declared independence from the old. Today, it is the Old World that is declaring independence from the new.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 29, 2018

Akira Nishino reflects on Japan's wild World Cup ride

Former national team manager Akira Nishino admits he still has regrets about Japan's exit from this summer's World Cup in Russia, but he believes the team has a bright future under successor Hajime Moriyasu.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 29, 2018

'And Your Bird Can Sing': A vague take on the complexities of youth

The work of the late novelist Yasushi Sato, who took his own life in 1990, has been enjoying a minor cinematic renaissance over the past decade. Starting with Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's "Sketches of Kaitan City" in 2010, the author's stories have spawned four films to date.

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