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LIFE / Travel / HOTEL SPECIAL 2016
Jun 24, 2016

Spa offers gem-based treatment

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, The Westin Tokyo has the charm and atmosphere of a posh European chateau.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jun 23, 2016

In search of Japan's essential summer festivals

With July just around the corner, Japan is gearing up for another sultry summer. Since the sizzling-hot days only last until early September, people make the most of the season by getting outside — that includes going to film festivals, art and fashion events or outdoor musical gatherings.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 23, 2016

'Superfoods' highlight summer menu; Paris trip offers exclusive experience; celebrating summer with chic soiree

'Superfoods' highlight summer menu
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2016

Family's pain over 2006 Yokosuka murder reflects desire for SOFA rethink

Justice has been a long time coming for Masanori Yamazaki, whose common-law wife was murdered by a drunk U.S. sailor in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, 10 years ago, in an unprovoked assault.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jun 23, 2016

Abe's failed submarine bid

It was a major failure by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when Australia decided to buy its new submarines from France.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2016

Tokyo professor's medicine-making molecules bring new tool to pharma

When he realized he was not going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to develop medicines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2016

SoftBank's Son to remain at helm for five to 10 years

The CEO's remarks come a day after the announced resignation of group President Nikesh Arora, whom Son had chosen as successor.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2016

The Orthodox Church stays in the Dark Ages

Disagreements and the internal strife in the Eastern Orthodox churches are making the goal of contemporary relevance all but unattainable.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2016

A courageous bookseller's return to Hong Kong

Lam Wing-kee, is a name that should go down in history, both for Hong Kong and China.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

Israeli prophet of freedom gives in to reality

Noted Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky says Israel's cooperation with Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Sinai is a matter of physical survival.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 21, 2016

Hong Kong leader presses Beijing on case of missing booksellers

Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he had asked China whether its handling of the booksellers case violated the "one country, two systems" formula under which the city returned to Chinese rule, the strongest response yet from the former British colony.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 21, 2016

Hot spring bathing tradition stymies Japan's clean energy ambitions

With centuries of tradition on their side, Japan's hordes of naked bathers remain unmoved by the island nation's bid to tap a rich reserve of power equivalent to about 20 nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jun 21, 2016

SAS celebrates milestone; Cathay teams with Hyatt; bus bookings via Jetstar

SAS celebrates milestone
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016

Brexit: The Apocalypse . . . or not

The advantages of the single market will probably be enough to hold the EU together, especially if the members have a horrible example of Britain as a warning.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2016

Helping foreign students to learn Japanese

The education ministry's proposal to establish hub schools where foreign students can learn Japanese is a good idea, but the plan will hinge on getting good teachers.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2016

Beyond any turmoil linked to Brexit, central bankers dread long shadow of possibilities

Finally, a financial flare-up that the world's central banks will have seen coming.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016

Bodies pile up as Philippine police show new boss they're tough on drugs

Philippine police killed 11 suspected drug dealers during operations at the weekend, police said on Monday, adding to a surge of drugs-related killings since Rodrigo Duterte swept an election last month on promises to wipe out crime.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 20, 2016

Business ticks on for artisan clockmakers as wind-up timepieces find renewed favor

The number of people looking to repair old wind-up clocks is on the rise nationwide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2016

Chelsea Clinton announces birth of son, her second child

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, announced on Saturday the birth of her second child with husband Marc Mezvinsky.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jun 18, 2016

Bright ideas for bookmarks, toys and apps

Kyouei Design's flashy bookmark
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 17, 2016

June 18, 2016

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 17, 2016

Kotaro: A modern 'izakaya' in the backstreets of Shibuya

All anniversaries should be celebrated, and hitting the five-year mark holds a special importance. But for Kotaro Hayashi, reaching that milestone a few months back carried even more significance. That's because he opened his diminutive restaurant a scant few weeks after the massive 2011 Great East Japan...
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2016

Japan, Russia to resume talks on disputed isles off Hokkaido next week

Tokyo and the Kremlin will on Wednesday resume negotiations on the decades-old territorial row over Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2016

Masuzoe resigns over expenses scandal; Sakurai vows not to enter forthcoming gubernatorial race

After weeks of mounting pressure over a political funds scandal that has tainted his office, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe on Wednesday submitted a letter of resignation to the Tokyo assembly speaker, which takes effect on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2016

Masuzoe throws in the towel

The Tokyo governor's resignation may be convenient for the ruling parties, but they still must get to work on closing the loophole in the Political Funds Control Law that led to the scandal.

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