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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 2, 2016

Karuizawa murder; Tokyo subways vital; Beatles live at the Budokan; 'Satanic Verses' translator slain

100 YEARS AGO
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2016

Keep a close eye on AI's evolution

Artificial intelligence carries huge potential, both positive and negative. Humanity needs to be wise on how to proceed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2016

Museum gives visitors a scientific take on ninja life

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) on Friday gave reporters a preview of its new ninja exhibition, which uses historic documents, tools and interactive attractions to give visitors a more scientific idea of what it was like to be a ninja.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 1, 2016

'Doctor X'; 'The Man With the Divine Tongue" Kagome

Ryoko Yonekura returns as the genius freelance surgeon Dr. Michiko Daimon in a special two-hour installment of "Doctor X" (TV Asahi, Sun., 9 p.m.).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Jul 1, 2016

Baskin-Robbins gives the Japanese summer an icy welcome

The heat might not have reached peak levels yet, but ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins marked the start of summer this week with two special crushed-ice treats for 2016. Each dessert (¥450) includes two layers of flavored shaved ice and is accompanied by a scoop of your preferred ice cream on top. The...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 30, 2016

Sprinter Yamagata aims for success at Rio Games

Despite coming up short in the national championships, Olympic-bound sprinter Ryota Yamagata has high expectations for himself at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 30, 2016

Facebook rolls out suicide alert system for users in Japan

The tool offers a way for those in despair to be noticed and given a sympathetic ear.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 30, 2016

Retreat from the heat to the cinema this summer

The summer blockbuster is dead — or at least, it has ceased to exist as a distinct entity. Four decades after "Jaws" set the template for mass-market Hollywood spectacle, the so-called event movie has expanded its turf so dramatically that July and August, once the most fiercely contested box-office...
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2016

Time to close money loopholes

Lawmakers need to get to work on closing the gaping loopholes in the system controlling political funds.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2016

In annual human trafficking report, U.S. to set to upgrade Thailand's status with removal from lowest tier

The United States has decided to remove Thailand from its list of worst human trafficking offenders, officials said, a move that could help smooth relations with Bangkok's military-run government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2016

'Brexiteer' Farage booed in rowdy EU Parliament debate

Leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage was booed and heckled in a raucous special session of the European Parliament on Tuesday as he accused the EU of imposing a superstate on its citizens and predicted other countries would follow Britain in leaving the bloc.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2016

Quo vadis, Little England?

The economic wreckage of globalization has generated a massive backlash and claimed its first casualty.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2016

Xi and Cameron's 'bromance' all for nothing after Brexit vote

Just eight months ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping was snapping selfies with soccer stars in Manchester, dining at Buckingham Palace and drinking beer in an English pub.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2016

Britain, an island again

At their root, the forces behind Brexit are fears of loss — of autonomy and opportunity.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2016

Abe right to delay tax hike

The prime minister recognizes the need to balance the imperatives of debt reduction and economic growth.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 26, 2016

Afrirampo leads 'Zero Generation' into adulthood

Anarchic, anything-goes garage-punk band Afrirampo is defined first and foremost by feelings: The feelings that drive the duo as artists and the feelings they evoke in audiences. As the band returns to the live circuit after a six-year absence, guitarist Mayumi "Oni" Saeki is acutely aware of how the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 26, 2016

Skies of blue: a Great Pyrenees named Cosette

This fluffy white beauty is a Great Pyrenees, a gentle breed that is something of a giant when full-grown. Cosette is just over a year old and already 30 kg despite a tragic start. She had been abandoned, left to die along with other dogs in a Tokyo apartment. Filthy, her body wasted when found, she...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2016

Israel uses water as weapon against Palestinians

Palestinians are turning to the Salat Al-Istisqa, or the 'Prayer for Rain,' more than ever as Israel curtails the water supply.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 26, 2016

As ongoing drought ravages nation, India's suicide farmers' widows face 'living death'

At the age of 24, Joshna Wandile and her two children were thrown out of the house she shared with her in-laws after her farmer husband hanged himself. He left a pile of debts after years of drought laid waste to his land.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 25, 2016

Yesterday: When the 'Beatles typhoon' hit Japan

Fifty years ago this week, the Fab Four played some of their final live performances in Tokyo. We speak to fans who were u2018swept off their feet' by the visit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 25, 2016

Route 58: a drive through Okinawa's peculiar past

The telegraph poles that once lined Okinawa's Route 58 have long gone, but the great coastal avenue still reminds me a little of the Dire Straits song "Telegraph Road." Like the lyrics of Mark Knopfler's extended anthem, Route 58 is a journey through time, a digest of history.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jun 25, 2016

Indulging Hawaiian culture, cuisine in Japan

Boasting beautiful beaches and endless sunsets, Hawaii has long been a popular holiday destination for tourists from Japan.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2016

Science Council to make clear position on lifting military-linked research ban by early next year

A committee of 15 academics with the Science Council of Japan held a meeting on whether to revise its long-held stance to never engage in military research.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Jun 24, 2016

Finding craft beer among the young tribes of Harajuku

Craft beer has come a long way in Tokyo. Twenty years ago, the market was mostly made up of generic lagers produced by major brewers such as Kirin and Asahi. Brewing laws prevented small players from entering the fray, and regulators were skeptical there would be a market for craft beer. Popeye, a bar...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2016

Britain votes to leave EU in historic vote that threatens bloc's future

Britain voted to quit the European Union in a historic vote, with the ballot count Friday plunging the bloc into uncharted waters.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jun 24, 2016

Guns make the U.S. less fair and less tolerant

The numbers make it clear: America has a gun problem.
LIFE / Travel / HOTEL SPECIAL 2016
Jun 24, 2016

Hands-on experience of traditional culture

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo guests can trade the noise of the city for chirping birds while enjoying nature in the lush greenery of the hotel's well-kept Japanese garden that is home to a three-story pagoda and traditional teahouse, both well-known cultural icons of Japan.
LIFE / Travel / HOTEL SPECIAL 2016
Jun 24, 2016

Open-air oases offer tasty summer treats

Centrally located in Roppongi, Grand Hyatt Tokyo is holding a summer promotion with a lineup of delectable dishes, terrace offerings and refreshing concoctions to provide a taste of summer to guests.
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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