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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2019

Voters express concerns over Constitution, sales tax and lack of viable opposition

Constitutional revision, a consumption tax hike and the future of the pension system were on the minds of voters as they took to polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in the triennial Upper House election on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2019

Close passive smoke loopholes

New measures are a first big step to stamping out passive smoking, but much more can and should be done.
CULTURE
Jul 20, 2019

Kyoto Animation: A unique force in Japan's anime industry

It took Kyoto Animation Co. almost 40 years to establish itself as one of the leading animation production studios in the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2019

Myanmar military units linked to Rohingya atrocities accused of committing new abuses

When 35-year-old Ah Hla went to a police station in western Myanmar in late April hoping to see her husband among the prisoners, she didn't know if he was still alive.
EDITORIALS
Jul 17, 2019

Address Japan's demographic challenges

Even though there's an election this Sunday, politicians aren't engaging in active discussions on ways to address Japan's demographic woes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2019

The fork is mightier than the wall

The single most powerful driver of migration may well be food — or, rather, the lack of it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2019

Developing efficient machine teaching, technologies

At the Japan Times Advanced Technology Forum held in Tokyo on May 31, Akira Sakakibara, chief technology officer of Microsoft Japan Co. and the president of Microsoft Development Co. spoke about what artificial intelligence can do and machine learning processes, and about future possibilities and challenges....
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2019

Syrian regime airstrike on Idlib village market kills at least 12: rescuers

At least 12 people were killed and scores wounded on Tuesday in aerial strikes believed to have been carried out by the Syrian air force on a popular market in a village in opposition-held northwestern Syria, rescuers and residents said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2019

Not going anywhere: How to handle the world's growing trash problem

The stench of curdled milk wafted from a shipping container of waste at Malaysia's Port Klang as Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin told a group of journalists in May she would send the maggot-infested rubbish back where it came from.
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2019

Regional revitalization goes slow

The government needs to review its regional revitalization efforts over the past five years to see if it's taking the right steps to achieve the intended goal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2019

Echo chambers: Fake news fact-checks hobbled by low reach, study shows

Brussels
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2019

Abe avoids sticky Iran, territorial issues in campaign speeches for Japan's Upper House election

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to be avoiding discussing Iran and Japan's territorial dispute with Russia in his campaign speeches for the July 21 House of Councilors election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jul 12, 2019

Group helps Hiroshima mudslide victims return to normal life

It was three months after a dozen people were killed last July in mudslides triggered heavy rains in the town of Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, that five local residents formed a group aimed at reconstructing the area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2019

In Japan, the business of watching whales is far larger than the business of hunting them

People packed the decks of the whale-watching boat, screaming in joy as a pod of orcas put on a show: splashing tails at each other, rolling over and leaping out of the water.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2019

Hong Kong chief executive's departure seen as just a matter of time

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's apologies and explanations about a doomed extradition bill have failed to quell political tension, and her departure is now seen by many in the Chinese-ruled city as merely a matter of time in a drawn-out, long goodbye.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 10, 2019

The Let's Go's: Guitar, bass, drums, vocals and plenty of beer

The Let's Go's are a celebration of pure rock 'n' roll energy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 10, 2019

'Five Million Dollar Life': Assessing the value of a single life

The weight of expectations — from family, friends, community — can be tough on any young person. Now imagine those people once paid $5 million to save your life.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 10, 2019

Tokyo is big, Kyoto is polite, but Osaka's for the Scots

Writer William Lang says the frankness and openness of Osakans is a common trait of the people he remembers from growing up in Glasgow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2019

Obamacare's future in play as U.S. appeals court weighs its constitutionality

The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a group of Democratic-led states and the House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge's ruling that the U.S. health care reform law is unconstitutional.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2019

Chinese military signals it will keep Hong Kong-based troops in barracks amid protests

The Chinese military commander responsible for Hong Kong has assured a Pentagon official that Chinese troops will not interfere in the city's affairs — an apparent signal that they will stay in their barracks amid renewed political upheaval.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2019

At Harvard, thoughtcrime is now a punishable offense

In America all it takes to ruin your life is one bad decision. Even if you're just a kid.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 8, 2019

Let's discuss Kim Kardashian West's Kimono line

An English lesson that focuses on an article about Kim Kardashian West and a controversy she caused by naming a fashion line, Kimono.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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