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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2016

Everyone but the mainstream media saw 'Trumpism' coming

You can't be a good journalist when you're a shill for a corporate media obsessed with access to the powers that be.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2016

A vote for 'Brexit' would be a vote for irrelevance

EU membership allows the U.K., a relatively small country with limited economic and political powers, to punch above its weight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2016

The debate about debating Islam

Legitimate intellectual inquiry unfortunately always degenerates into political bickering over whether it is acceptable to criticize Islam.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2016

Arab security state is badly in need of reform

The experience of Arab states in transition shows that technocratic approaches to security-sector reform are inadequate.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2016

Honda Fit fires, collisions prompt at least sixth major recall

Honda Motor Co. will conduct at least the sixth round of major recalls involving its top-selling Fit compact in less than three years, as the automaker struggles to move past the quality woes that contributed to a change in chief executive officers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2016

Trump's 'massive recession' forecast stumps economists

Donald Trump's prediction that the U.S. economy was on the verge of a "very massive recession" hit a wall of skepticism on Sunday from economists who questioned the Republican presidential front-runner's calculations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2016

Additional economic measures likely in second half, LDP's No. 2 says

Japan will need economic measures in the second half of fiscal 2016 after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will front-load budget spending, the LDP's No. 2 says.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2016

Twice carries K-pop's flag into its debut Japanese gig

The halcyon days of Hallyu (the Korean wave) in mainstream media are long over, but the impact South Korean pop culture has had on Japan is still evident. Just look at K-pop outfit Twice, which features three Japanese members and has experienced massive success after debuting late last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 2, 2016

The scourge of binge drinking on youth

As the new academic year begins, Masami Ito looks at efforts that are being made to prevent young people from drinking heavily in group settings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 2, 2016

Japan's inescapable 'comfort women' problem

Tokyo and Seoul may believe they have resolved the "comfort women" problem after signing a joint agreement in December, but it's wishful thinking and confronts mounting evidence that this diplomatic deceit is already unraveling and falls short of the grand gesture needed to restore dignity to these victims...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 2, 2016

'Emperor of the Eight Islands' reveals a Japan populated by spirits, ghosts and gods

Under the pseudonym "Lian Hearn," Gillian Rubinstein has published six novels set in a fantastical version of Japan's past, most notably the popular "Tales of the Otori" series. "Emperor of the Eight Islands" is the first in a new four-part series called "The Tale of Shikanoko" that will be published...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2016

Obama bashes Trump over lack of knowledge about foreign policy, world events

Donald Trump is facing bipartisan pressure to adopt a more presidential tone in his White House run including from Democratic President Barack Obama and Republicans who worry his missteps may do irreparable harm to the party and his campaign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2016

Ex-missionary hedge fund boss has faith sun will shine on Fukushima and its investors

The region hit by the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl has a new backer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2016

Trump spin doctors call abortion slur on women 'simple misspeak' as rivals pounce

Republican front-runner Donald Trump's campaign sought on Thursday to contain the fallout from his comments on punishing women for having an abortion, characterizing the flap as a "simple misspeak" as his White House rivals pounced on the controversy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 31, 2016

Japan's professional video game sector advances to next level

The Japan eSports Association, which promotes the competitive playing of video games, is nudging the sector toward professional status.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016

ASEAN's destructive elites

Just as India, Japan and the U.S. have been helping to shepherd Myanmar through its transition, they should take a more proactive role in saving Malaysia and Thailand from their elites' self-destructive behavior.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016

A slow-growing China brokers little dissent

It is no longer only pollution from China that Hong Kong citizens have to worry about.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 31, 2016

Clippers' Paul to skip Rio Games

Chris Paul is passing up a shot at Olympic history to take a much-needed summer off.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2016

If U.S. bans abortion, women who get one should be punished, Trump says before backpedaling

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face some sort of punishment if the United States bans abortion, but appeared to walk back on his comments after their release by MSNBC to say the abortion issue should be handled by the states....
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 30, 2016

The onsen odyssey of the Japanese snow monkey

A new commercial features a monkey traveling from Nagano to Tokyo —u00a0via train — to take a dip in a hot spring.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016

South Korean lessons for a slowing China

No major economy has tried to change growth engines mid-flight, but South Korea provides a template for China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016

Libya mars Clinton's foreign policy credentials

Hillary Clinton was a co-author of the U.S. plan to topple Moammar Gadhafi, which led to Libya becoming a failed state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2016

Facing poll threat, senator hits Republican colleagues' 'closed-minded' boycott of Obama justice pick

Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday accused many of his fellow Senate Republicans of being "closed-minded" by refusing to consider President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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