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BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015

New pro basketball league unveils name, logo

A brand-new name for the brand-new professional league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015

Dream Games provide taste of sport's future in Japan

It's been obvious for many years that Japan's basketball leaders needed to take bigger, bolder steps to promote the game across the archipelago.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 15, 2015

BOJ forgoes additional easing, betting economy will turn around

The Bank of Japan refrains from boosting stimulus even though the economy shrank in the last quarter.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2015

Keidanren to rethink timing of annual student recruitment drive

Keidanren plans to revamp its rules on how member firms can conduct recruitment campaigns for university students, sources said. The shake-up comes after some small companies and students complained about a change that came into play this year.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015

Trump following path blazed by Rush Limbaugh

Donald Trump's style — bombastic, bullying, crude and insulting — has long been influential in the Republican Party. Now it's taking over.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015

South Korea learns to wield middle-power diplomacy

Park Geun-hye attending the World War II anniversary parade in Beijing is the most visible image yet of an emerging China-South Korea alliance.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 14, 2015

Let's discuss the lifting of evacuation orders in Fukushima

This week's featured article
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 13, 2015

NBL squads sweep Dream Games

Sunday's Dream Games presented a glimpse of the entertainment and talent that will be in the spotlight in the fall of 2016, when the Japan Professional Basketball League makes its debut.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2015

Isao Takahata's stark world of reality

Having survived a devastating U.S. air raid on his hometown in World War II, film director Isao Takahata has firsthand experience of the horrors of war. It's perhaps not surprising, therefore, that he staunchly opposes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to push controversial security bills through the...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 12, 2015

Student protesters want a revitalized democracy

The large and loud crowds that regularly gather outside the Diet on Friday evenings are the result of student activists trying to do something constructive to block Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security legislation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 12, 2015

Broncos, family pay tribute to Uhle

Since the bj-league's inception in 2005, the Saitama Broncos have never been a model franchise.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2015

Republican Rick Perry drops out of U.S. presidential race

Rick Perry, struggling to raise money and languishing near the bottom in opinion polls, on Friday became the first member of the crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 11, 2015

Manchester United-Liverpool rivalry always fierce, bitter clash

This is a game Louis van Gaal dare not lose. English football's clasico between Manchester United and Liverpool today is, like Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, not a derby, but it represents the fiercest and most hostile rivalry in English football.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 11, 2015

Sasaya Iori: Kyoto's 300-year-old sweets shop

The area around Kyoto Station seems to lack the cultural and culinary charms found elsewhere in the city, but this might be changing. A massive restoration of the nearby Higashi Honganji Temple complex will soon be completed and Umekoji Locomotive Museum will be combined into the new Kyoto Railway Museum,...
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BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2015

Odds rise on BOJ stimulus next month amid China turmoil, inflation woes

With the economy struggling to gather momentum after a contraction last quarter, more than a third of economists see the Bank of Japan expanding monetary stimulus next month, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2015

Ex-State Department aide to Clinton takes Fifth in 'political theater' inquest; another set to appear

A former State Department staffer who helped set up the email server in former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's home formally asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Thursday rather than answer questions before a Republican-led House committee.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 10, 2015

Taking in Tokyo Tower; warming up as autumn approaches; tying the knot in top-class style

Taking in Tokyo Tower
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 10, 2015

Elite teams await weekend showcase

Sunday's four-game showcase featuring a quartet of accomplished NBL and bj-league teams has a fancy title: the Dream Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2015

Candidate O'Malley slams 'xenophobic' Trump, Democratic rivals over refugee crisis

Martin O'Malley is no fan of Donald Trump.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2015

Takeover of Amlin makes other Lloyd's insurers bid targets

Amlin PLC's $5.3 billion takeover by a Japanese competitor has put the remaining four publicly traded Lloyd's of London insurers in the spotlight for a possible takeover.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2015

Abe pledges 2016 corporate tax cut as investment stays sluggish

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to follow through with a corporate tax cut, a day after government data underscored businesses' reluctance to ramp up domestic investment.
BUSINESS / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2015
Sep 9, 2015

Will AI become a threat to future white-collar workers?

Can a robot get into the University of Tokyo, Japan's most prestigious university, by 2021?
SOCCER
Sep 7, 2015

Hodgson says Welbeck out for six months

Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck will be out for six months and might be doubtful for England's campaign at the Euro 2016 in France, manager Roy Hodgson has said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2015

Nuclear waste dump is one option for Australia's faltering rust belt

South Australia, a rust belt state that's 60 percent desert, is staring into the abyss.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
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.
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.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
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.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

Podcast

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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