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BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 16, 2016

Alvark cruise to win over 89ers

The Tokyo Alvark set the tone for game-long dominance with consistent scoring in the paint and tough defense, featuring a persistent pursuit of the ball.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2016

Quarterback guru Knapp brings message to Japan

Greg Knapp has coached numerous quarterbacks over his 21-year coaching career, from Hall of Famer Steve Young to Michael Vick, Matt Schaub, Carson Palmer and Peyton Manning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2016

Renho admits she started process to get Japanese nationality only this month

Democratic Party President Renho revealed that she only made her official declaration to choose Japanese nationality over Taiwanese this month, an admission that she has still failed to take the legally obliged steps to end her dual citizenship status.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2016

Philippine leader says will raise South China Sea arbitration case with Beijing, won't bargain

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he would raise a controversial arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with China's leaders, and vowed not to surrender any sovereignty or deviate from the July award by the tribunal in The Hague.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2016

Xi, Putin 'bromance' becomes security bond

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, likely had more than vodka shots and gifts of ice cream to show for their warming relationship after their planned meeting this weekend on the sidelines of a developing nations' summit in India.
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Oct 15, 2016

Catching a whiff of city circuitry and virtual reality

Mapping out some circuitry
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 15, 2016

Space exploration and human evolution

Can we become a multiplanetary species? There have been several spectacular announcements along these lines recently. Both SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have unveiled ambitious plans and tested rockets. Now aerospace multinational Boeing has ramped up its plans to get to Mars....
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 14, 2016

October 15, 2016

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2016

Japan hoping to pressure U.S. to follow its lead on TPP

Undeterred by vigorous opposition in the U.S. to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Abe administration expressed determination Friday to swiftly ratify the free trade agreement and pressure Washington to follow in its footsteps.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2016

Controversies surrounding Thailand's next king

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's accession to the Thai throne could be good news for Thai democracy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016

Journalism students headed for Kyoto in cultural exchange

Journalism students from universities will have the opportunity to travel to Kyoto and report on Japan with the help of local peers under a new cultural exchange initiative launched recently.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2016

Philippines wants U.S. to remain top ally: foreign minister

The U.S. will remain the most important partner for the Philippines even as Rodrigo Duterte improves ties with China, his foreign secretary said ahead of the president's trip to Beijing.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 13, 2016

Spooky sweets and cocktail treats; Halloween hotel haunting; refined elegance in the heart of Kyoto

Spooky sweets and cocktail treats
TENNIS
Oct 12, 2016

Rising star Nishioka stepping out of Nishikori's shadow

There's absolutely no doubt that the current rise in popularity of Japanese tennis stemmed from Kei Nishikori, whose name is now synonymous with the sport in this country.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2016

U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU

U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2016

Unknown quantity: How the outcome of the presidential election in November could affect Japan-U.S. relations

"Jesus! Where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to be president?" — Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72"
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2016

Suga, Inada admit to filling out blank expense receipts

Two key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet have admitted to filling out blank receipts as part of their expense claims, raising questions about their ethics and the efficacy of a political funds control law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2016

1 in 4 firms in Japan say workers log over 80 overtime hours a month

The nation's first white paper on “karoshi” finds nearly a quarter of companies have employees that are seriously overworked.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2016

Expanding scope of wiretapping

The police are being handed expanded wiretapping powers. Where should the line be drawn to prevent such measures from going too far?
Japan Times
CULTURE / NEWS AND NOTES
Oct 6, 2016

The Tolman Collection to decorate the Conrad Tokyo's lobby with 100 splashes of color

For decades The Tolman Collection has been a pillar in Japan's culture of modern art, thanks in large part to the care it takes in cultivating lasting relationships with specific artists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2016

Tokyo faces tough decisions over Japan's role in South Sudan

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada has a mission she can't screw up when she visits the South Sudanese capital of Juba starting Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2016

Abe admits dual citizenship for ministers, officials 'problematic'

Public interest in the issue has grown after it emerged newly elected Democratic Party leader Renho had neglected to renounce her Taiwanese citizenship.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 5, 2016

Japan's English-language print media feel the pinch

Publications struggle for relevance in a world where news is available free, to all, all the time.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2016

Is immigration the answer?

A migration policy is being deployed to combat acute labor shortages in sectors of the Japanese economy, but migrant workers won't be enough to solve the long-term challenges of Japan's demographic implosion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 4, 2016

Reconnecting Japan's ancient cultural hub

"When I visited Todaiji Temple in Nara, just after I arrived as a Chinese student in Japan about 30 years ago, I felt somehow nostalgic as it had an atmosphere of old China," says Cai Guo-Qiang, as he explains his work for Culture City of East Asia 2016, Nara, a cultural project that launched in March....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 4, 2016

Insho Exposition: Domoto Birth 125 Years — Genius!! The World of Insho's Creation

Oct. 6-Dec. 25
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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