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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2015

New Zealand to create giant South Pacific sanctuary, banning fishing and mining

Waters north of New Zealand are set to become one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries, covering an area roughly the size of France, with a full ban on fishing and mining, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said at the United Nations on Monday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 28, 2015

Home-sharing services on the rise in Japan as owners cash in on tourist boom

For foreign tourists to Japan, staying at traditional ryokan inns is a popular way to enjoy their trips, but home-sharing services are growing as an alternative form of accommodation.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 28, 2015

PR firm Sunny Side Up Inc. to buy Tokyo Weekender publisher BC Media Group

Sunny Side Up Inc., a Tokyo-based public relations agency, announced Friday it will purchase Bulbous Cell Media Group, which publishes the English-language magazine Tokyo Weekender.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2015

Abe's pivot to his economic policy

Instead of spouting nice-sounding slogans, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should conduct a sober assessment of what his economic policies have lacked and what is needed going forward.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2015

Email controversy revelations just trickle in and Republican foes are unpredictable: Clinton

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday the politically damaging "drip, drip, drip" of revelations about her use of a private email server is out of her control and she is unsure when the controversy might end.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2015

Containing the inevitable Chinese slowdown

China's economy is heading for a slowdown, but it doesn't have to be dire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2015

U.S. government discovers new email Clinton did not hand over

The U.S. Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Rodham Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department said on Friday, despite her saying she had provided all work emails from her time as secretary of state.
EDITORIALS
Sep 25, 2015

Clouds on the horizon for land prices

Land prices are generally on the upswing, but the gap between urban and rural areas is growing worse.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2015

Pope to divided Congress: Welcome immigrants, end poverty, protect human life in all stages

Pope Francis challenged a divided U.S. Congress to do more to welcome immigrants and conquer poverty through a fairer distribution of wealth in a passionate, historic address that confronted America's thorniest political problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015

Abe aims arrows at new targets with three fresh goals for 'Abenomics,' 20% rise in GDP

The three new economic policy goals include: promotion of economic growth, child-rearing assistance and social security measures to increase nursing facilities for the elderly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2015

Jez and Bernie both finding unlikely success

Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders, two old-style left-wingers, have been surprising everyone with their recent successes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2015

Park seeks reform of South Korea's rigid labor laws

In the past year, Kim Yoon-sung applied to about 120 companies for a job, and could not land even one.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2015

Russia plans second big military base near Ukrainian border

Russia is planning a second major military base near the border with Ukraine, where NATO accuses Russian troops of helping pro-Moscow separatists fight Kiev's forces.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015

Trump slams Boeing plan for new China facility, saying it will hurt American workers

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bashed Boeing Co. on Wednesday over its plans to open a new facility in China that the company's largest union says could hurt American workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 24, 2015

Francis at White House lauds Obama, embraces GOP taboos: environment, poverty, immigration

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change and touched on other divisive U.S. political issues such as immigration and economic inequality on his first visit to the world's richest nation.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2015

19 million households reply to online census amid criticism over handling of personal data

The response to the first national census allowing people across the country to answer online exceeds expectations while also raising fresh worries over sloppy handling of information.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2015

U.S. presidential race stokes fears of new wave of Islamophobia

Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party's most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 22, 2015

U.S. Congress look set to reject plan to admit more refugees as aid ante upped by $419 million

White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Hillary is so sorry she wasn't sorry sooner

Hillary Clinton forgot a fundamental lesson of life: If everyone knows you messed up, the sooner you apologize the sooner it becomes old news.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Vilifying China a bad campaign tactic

The more heated the anti-China rhetoric is in the U.S. presidential campaign, the more likely Beijing is to respond in kind.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2015

Clinton urges U.S. to vet, admit thousands off refugees, sidesteps question of Syria crisis blame

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday called for a drastic increase in the number of refugees the U.S. plans to take in.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Sep 20, 2015

Radioactive rain releases can't be curbed due to lack of laws: NRA

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant has released rainwater tainted with radioactive substances into the Pacific Ocean at least seven times since April.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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