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EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2009

Saving millions of children

Almost 9 million children die every year before the age of 5 — or nearly one child every three seconds. Just under 4 million of these children die within their first month, nearly 3 million of them die within the first week and nearly 2 million of them die on their first day of life.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2009

Imperial treasures shown in full glory

Few objects have surfaced from early Imperial tumuli as, being graves of an extant family, excavation is at present prohibited by the Imperial Household Agency. Nevertheless, the occasional object has come to light in the course of repairs following damage by natural disasters, and one of the most beautiful...
COMMENTARY
Nov 19, 2009

Wrong way to halt warming

Here's a surprise. The countries with the best stories to tell at the forthcoming U.N. Copenhagen conference on climate change will probably be the ones that have not signed up to carbon-reducing targets at all, or have only signed up very recently. It could be China, the United States, India and Japan...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2009

Slippery slope of doctor-assisted euthanasia

PRINCETON — Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the "slippery slope": once we allow doctors to kill patients, we will not be able to limit the killing to those who want to die.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Nov 18, 2009

Orser provides insight into making of a champion

Those who have had the chance to see a young athlete come into their own can tell you it is truly a sight to behold.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2009

Asia benefited most from fall of Berlin Wall

NEW DELHI — By marking the Cold War's end and the looming collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago transformed global geopolitics. But no continent benefited more than Asia, whose dramatic economic rise since 1989 has occurred at a speed and scale without parallel in world...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2009

Climatic challenge demands fall of new walls

MOSCOW — The German people, and the whole world alongside them, are celebrating a landmark date in history, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not many events remain in the collective memory as a watershed that divides two distinct periods. The dismantling of the Berlin Wall — that...
LIFE / Travel / WEEK 3
Nov 15, 2009

Opening a 'window' to Japan

As a seven-year veteran at the Narita Airport Tourist Information Center, Yuka Tsujimura is at ease handling all kinds of questions and requests for help from inbound tourists who have just set foot in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2009

Food security must rank with climate efforts

BRUSSELS — There are plenty of summits to choose from this year, but the World Summit on Food Security deserves not to be lost in the crowd. This meeting in Rome from Monday to Wednesday provides badly needed political momentum to three linked issues that rank among the most challenging of the current...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 15, 2009

Notable memories and ones forgotten

On my most recent journey overseas, to southern Brazil, a fellow traveler gave me a large Moleskine-brand notebook. Though grateful for the present, at first I was uncertain what to do with it. I generally use a particular-size pocket notebook to write up all my field observations, and this new acquisition...
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2009

Indians aid Japan's IT industry

Indian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan's information technology industry.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2009

Emperor marks 20th year of reign

Emperor Akihito on Thursday voiced his deep anticipation for global peace, saying new generations must not forget the sacrifices made during the war.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2009

Obama's Asian occasions

This week Barack Obama begins his first trip to Asia as U.S. head of state. His visit to Singapore for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting plus additional stops in Japan, China and South Korea offer an opportunity for the president to give further dynamism to America's relationships...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 13, 2009

Canine carnival a must-see for all dog lovers

One of the biggest festivals for dogs in Japan will be held at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 14-15.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 10, 2009

From East Berlin to the Far East, and vice versa

On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. The East German nation, for 28 years hidden from the world's eyes behind almost impassable walls, suddenly opened up.
COMMENTARY
Nov 8, 2009

Don't bank on 'adverse impact' from Hatoyama's carbon cuts

I would like to commend Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wholeheartedly for his determination to work toward a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. It is utterly absurd to question the feasibility of attaining this goal. Rather, the entire nation must recognize the...
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 8, 2009

JFW bucks the trend

For six flurried days from Oct. 19, Tokyo's ritzy Midtown complex area hosted a flock of excited fashionistas for the ninth biannual Japan Fashion Week.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 6, 2009

Partying with a leathery twist

Whether you're into alternative lifestyles, cutting edge art and performance or just a good old thumping party, the Japan Fetish Ball will entertain, and possibly challenge your assumptions.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 6, 2009

Opera group to perform classic China narrative

The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is performing "The Water Margin — The Vows of Song Jiang and the Heroes of Mount Liang Shan Po" across Japan until Dec. 10.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2009

A solution in Honduras

It looks like the political crisis in Honduras has been resolved. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya and his rival, Mr. Roberto Micheletti, reached agreement last week on a deal that will allow the deposed president to complete his term and permit the country to hold elections to replace him later this month....
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2009

Hot-air balloon festival kicks off

Colorful hot-air balloons lifted off Friday into the clear sky along the banks of the Kase River in the city of Saga as the annual Saga International Balloon Fiesta started amid a forecast for favorable weather conditions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 31, 2009

Dressage instructor knows how to get best out of horses, riders

In the rarefied atmosphere of Japan's equestrian competitive world, Gool Wadia is a highly respected name. She is the "eye and mouth" on the ground, the person behind, specifically, some of Japan's best dressage riders as they endeavor to improve their riding, their horses and raise their marks in competition....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 30, 2009

An artsy Octoberfest weekend in Tokyo

This may be Tokyo Design Week, but there are a number of interesting art events worth your time as well.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 30, 2009

Eternal rivals get ready to spread Bledisloe Cup gospel to Tokyo crowd

The Bledisloe Cup, one of rugby's showcase events, will debut on Japanese soil Saturday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 30, 2009

Rockers turn it up to 11

Metallica. Slayer. Anthrax. The Scorpions. Even a casual fan of rock music knows that these names make up the pantheon of modern heavy metal, the bands that rose to the top and never looked back when metal swept away all before it in the 1980s.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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