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COMMENTARY
Feb 23, 2013

Wrestling with the corruption of the Olympics

It has been scarcely a week since the International Olympic Committee announced its intention to exclude wrestling from the 2020 Summer Games, and the campaign to "Save Wrestling" is in full swing.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 23, 2013

Wenger getting diminishing returns

The case for the prosecution is now stronger than that put by the defense.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 22, 2013

Japan eager to get pitcher Maeda back on track

The big questions on Japan's final day of training camp on Thursday all revolved around the fitness of Hiroshima Carp right-hander Kenta Maeda.
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2013

Reform panel pulls its punches

It is regrettable that a Legislative Council advisory panel pulled its punches in recommending that a suspect's interrogation be electronically recorded.
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2013

The cybercrime challenge

The arrest this month of a 30-year-old man on suspicion of making anonymous threats by computer poses serious questions for the nation's police.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2013

Abe: China stirs up rows to build support at home

China has a 'deeply ingrained' need to spar with neighbors over territory, because the Communist Party uses the disputes to maintain strong domestic support, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 21, 2013

TV firms' hopes ride on 4K shift to 'bigger, smarter'

Japanese TV makers are desperately seeking new strategies to revive their flagging operations, and some of the key points include expanding screen sizes, boosting image quality and making them "smarter" and more user-friendly.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 21, 2013

Creative-content agency helps Korean music abroad

Regardless of whether you are a bigger-name draw or a smaller, emerging band, planning — and more importantly financing — international gigs is no easy task. But since last year, things have gotten a bit easier for Korean acts touring abroad.
Reader Mail
Feb 21, 2013

What is being asked of Obama?

Regarding The Washington Post article titled "Mr. Obama, did you or did you not kill Anwar al-Awlaki?," which ran in The Japan Times opinion section Feb. 16: Writer David Cole asks whether Obama killed the American citizen with a drone strike.
SUMO
Feb 20, 2013

Harumafuji dreaming big after overcoming early setback

Yokozuna Harumafuji insists the prospect of being forced to retire never once crossed his mind ahead of last month's dominating victory at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the Mongolian refuses to speculate on how much more success he can achieve before he calls it a day.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2013

Japan's step toward normalcy

It's hard to understand why some elements in Japan and overseas argue that the Abe Cabinet is causing Japanese politics to swing dangerously right.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2013

Catholic Church is losing battle with modernity

There's no point in going on about how Pope Benedict XVI failed to modernize the church. What the Catholic Church is really fighting is modernization, which it sees as moral decline.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2013

Save Olympic wrestling

Japan should join the other countries that are opposed to the IOC's decision to possibly exclude wrestling from the 2020 Olympics and launch strong lobbying activities to save the sport.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 19, 2013

Millions of dogs and cats coddled, 200,000 gassed each year in pet-mad Japan

Cast in bronze, Hachiko sits in a position of prominence befitting a storied daimyo or prime minister, right next to the busiest intersection in Japan, if not the world.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2013

Mr. Obama's first principles

The challenge for President Obama has been how to restore growth while facing implacable Republican Party opposition to almost everything he does.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2013

The 'Afraid of China Club' beckons, though free farm trade is still a farce

Given the regional paranoia concerning China's regional ambitions, the Trans-Pacific Partnership could realistically be called the 'Afraid of China Club.'
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2013

Much footage of meteor came from car cams

Washington THE WASHINGTON POST
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 16, 2013

Ronaldo should rise to occasion at Old Trafford

You just knew Cristiano Ronaldo would score in Madrid on Wednesday and Manchester United fans are bracing themselves for more of the same at Old Trafford when he makes an emotional return to the Theatre of Dreams.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2013

A king rediscovered

Few kings in history have been as vilified as England's Richard III. Will the discovery of his 15th-century remains prompt a reassessment of his legacy?
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2013

Mr. Obama, did you or did you not kill Anwar al-Awlaki?

The big problem with U.S. drone policy is that it lets the government kill its citizens in secret and then refuse to acknowledge later that it has done so.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 15, 2013

Tips for springtime on the Shikoku pilgrimage route

Setsubun is over and it is officially springtime in Japan. So what if it's still cold — happy spring! And spring means cherry blossoms, a new school year and, of course, pilgrimaging! This spring, many people will set out on the pilgrimage of a lifetime as they walk, bicycle, bus or drive the Shikoku...
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2013

U.S. report to deny Agent Orange in Okinawa

A Pentagon probe into the presence of Agent Orange in Okinawa is set to support veterans' allegations of the clandestine burial of harmful chemicals — but deny the defoliant was among them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2013

Driven to shoot on the frontlines

The camera never lies — or does it? The double-barreled exhibition now on at the Yokohama Museum of Art suggests that it doesn't always tell the truth either.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2013

Tepco's investigation obstruction

Misleading information provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. a year ago halted a Diet committee probe of one of the Fukushima plant's failed reactors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 13, 2013

Three gadgets from CES that you can take on the road.

Among the many products released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas each year there are often some that stand out for being particularly innovative, and this year's CES was no disappointment.
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2013

An American risk to the world

The Obama administration is walking a financial tightrope as long as Democrats and Republicans fall short of overall agreement on U.S. fiscal reform.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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