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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016

The first U.S. presidency of the post-literate age

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the media has worked itself into a panic about the rise of fake news on social media.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016

Brexit — the next chapter

The ripples continue to spread out from the United Kingdom's Brexit decision to leave the European Union.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2016

Singapore may prove a tough nut for China to crack over regional security

As the impounding of Singaporean troop carriers in Hong Kong exposes rising tensions between China and Singapore, the Lion City is unlikely to budge on core security interests concerning Beijing: its military relationship with Taiwan, worries over the South China Sea and its hosting of the U.S. military....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2016

Embattled South Korean president turns to her 'Bulletproof Vest'

When South Korean President Park Geun-hye turned to a lawyer known as her "Bulletproof Vest" to defend her in a corruption case that could lead to impeachment and criminal prosecution, she may have had little choice.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2016

U.S. spy agencies fight Congress over 'micromanagement' plan to probe covert Russian influence

The top U.S. intelligence officer has asked Congress to drop a provision in a bill that would create a special committee to combat Russian efforts to exert covert influence abroad, saying such a panel would duplicate current work and hinder cooperation with foreign allies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016

How Trump can take on Kim Jong Un

Putting China Inc. in the hot seat could rein in North Korea's rogue nuclear weapons program.
Reader Mail
Dec 2, 2016

Immigrants should be treated better

Regarding "Japan enacts law to prevent abuse of foreign trainees" in the No. 18 edition, having watched Donald Trump's offenses against Mexican and Muslim immigrants in the U.S. during the presidential campaign, I started thinking about how Japanese society will be in the next couple of decades from...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2016

'Superhuman' slugger tops year's list of buzzwords

A superhuman effort on the baseball field inspired the top buzzword of the year, it was announced Thursday, in a contest that highlights social, political and entertainment trends.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 30, 2016

American residents of Japan: dealing with Trump from a distance

Americans on both sides of the political divide interpret the presidential election through the prism of their lives in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2016

Another twist in the Park scandal

Even if President Park Geun-hye does step down, the vacuum at the apex of South Korean politics will persist.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 30, 2016

'Florence Foster Jenkins': Not quite a nightingale

'Florence Foster Jenkins" is a fairy tale of glorious optimism and unclouded love. The titular lady (a real-life New York heiress and socialite during the 1940s) goes chasing after her dream of becoming an opera singer with a mountain of passion but zero talent. To say that Florence (played by the ever-brilliant...
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 29, 2016

Reds prevail over Antlers in first leg of championship final

Urawa Reds moved a step closer to winning their first J. League title in a decade after beating Kashima Antlers 1-0 in the first leg of the championship final on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016

Hopefully the last of the charismatic totalitarians

With the end of Fidel Castro's life, we can hope to have seen the last of charismatic totalitarians worshiped by political pilgrims from open societies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 28, 2016

Slew of redevelopment projects give Ginza a face-lift

Tokyo's Ginza district has established itself as Japan's shopping mecca, drawing in people from all over the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 27, 2016

Finding fishy enlightenment and sustenance on the Mackerel Trail

The Wakasa Road is a historical trail that helped advance Japan's culture and cuisine. The Wakasa region of Fukui Prefecture, on the nation's west coast, was one of the strategic miketsukuni regions of Japan that produced food for the emperor in ancient times.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2016

Will Facebook be China's propaganda tool?

By cozying up to the communist regime Facebook will help enable Beijing's relentless crackdown on dissent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 26, 2016

Graves and gods of Otsuka

It's a bright fall morning when I return to Gokokuji Temple, an Important Cultural Property in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Exiting Gokokuji Station, it only takes me a few minutes to find the two monks who promised to help me when I visited here earlier: 33-year-old Shinsei Miura and 23-year-old Kenkai Yamada....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 26, 2016

Trump, Putin and Kim make Abe miserable

What a bad week for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His foreign policy initiatives lay in tatters with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plans to dump the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pouring cold water on Abe's hopes of regaining some of the Northern Territories....
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 26, 2016

Finally — the games PlayStation players have been waiting for

The years-in-the-making "Final Fantasy XV" is finally coming out. The game was originally announced back in 2006 as "Final Fantasy Versus XIII," but it has since been reworked and then rebranded as "Final Fantasy XV."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016

Harnessing Trump and Sanders, South Korean populist Lee rises in polls

He respects Donald Trump and enjoys being compared to Bernie Sanders.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2016

Trump tremors shake world

Will Donald Trump's election trigger a surge of support for right-wing politicians worldwide, including in Japan?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 24, 2016

A golden age of theater for Japan's seniors

At the age of 91, Saitama resident Izumi Noguchi is speaking at his first press conference — at least as an actor anyway.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 24, 2016

SMAP set to skip year-end 'Kohaku'

NHK announced the lineup Thursday for the 67th edition of its annual "Kohaku" year-end music contest, but the country's top boy band SMAP was not on the list.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2016

Ivanka as ambassador? Tabloid speculation shows deep domestic interest despite unlikely post

Less than a week after Donald Trump's upset victory in the U.S. presidential election, some in Japan were taken by another surprise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 24, 2016

Japan-born son, Thai mom split by heartbreak legal deal

On a morning in mid-September, Utinan Won hugged his mother and then watched as she passed through departures at Tokyo's Narita airport on her way to Bangkok.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 22, 2016

Spirit of Ninagawa and Shakespeare strong in Takahiro Fujita's daring take on 'Romeo and Juliet'

Takahiro Fujita was really looking forward to the new year in 2016. He'd already been honored when dramatist supreme Yukio Ninagawa asked him to write a play for him to direct. Now, they were each set to stage separate versions of "Nina's Cotton," that new work inspired by the life of Japan's worldwide...

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic