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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015

Sustainable development goals

Evidence from the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 demonstrates that setting global U.N. goals does help individuals, organizations and governments worldwide to focus on what really matters for our future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 31, 2015

Translation tech gets Olympic push

Japan may not be the best in the world when it comes to speaking English, but it remains a pioneer in developing cutting-edge translation technology.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2015

South Korea picks KAI, with Lockheed, for $7.9 billion fighter jet development project

South Korea chose on Monday Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., which expects to partner Lockheed Martin Corp., to develop a midlevel fighter jet that will cost around 8.7 trillion won ($7.88 billion).
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2015

Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat to U.S. than Putin, Assad: poll

A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian strongman Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Mar 28, 2015

Finding your sea legs on Tokyo Bay

It's wretched weather for putting out to sea: gusty winds, cloud banks brooding with rain and water spouts, temperatures a micro-notch above freezing and the waters of Tokyo Bay like wet elephant hide. Nonetheless, at the generous invitation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Port and Harbor,...
BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2015

Nagasaki withdraws application to enter bj-league for 2015-16 season

Last September, the bj-league gave a Nagasaki-based expansion franchise the green light to begin play for the 2015-16 season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2015

'Keith Haring Multiplexism'

March 21-Jan. 4, 2016
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2015

House adopts plan to boost U.S. war funds while cutting Medicare

The U.S. House adopted a fiscal 2016 budget that would cut $5.5 trillion in federal spending and achieve balance in nine years while providing more defense spending than President Barack Obama has proposed.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 25, 2015

Kawabuchi doubles down on Japan 2024 Task Force agenda

Change can be quite difficult, and there's often resistance to it.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2015

Trader Sumitomo braces for worst losses since 1997

Sumitomo Corp. said it expects an annual loss of ¥85 billion ($711 million), more than four times the number forecast by analysts, after the trading house posted additional write-downs on its resources investments.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2015

Amazon blasts U.S. agency for slowness on drone regulation

E-commerce power Amazon.com blasted federal regulators on Tuesday for being slow to approve commercial drone testing, saying the United States is falling behind other countries in the potentially lucrative area of unmanned aviation technology.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2015

Olympic heptathlete champion Ennis-Hill set for competitive return

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will return to competition for the first time in almost two years when she runs in the 100-meter hurdles at the Great City Games in May.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2015

Russia's air corps is a powerful but fading force

The modernization of Russia's still formidable but rapidly aging air force will be a daunting task.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2015

Russia treading water in sea of red ink

Russia's troubled domestic front is now catching up to President Vladimir Putin and limiting his regional and global aspirations.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 22, 2015

Hanyu strives for second straight world title

Yuzuru Hanyu will attempt to become the first Japanese to win consecutive world titles this week after a most unusual past few months. The Olympic champion has been training without coach Brian Orser since the Japan nationals in December.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2015

GOP blunders into foreign policy

A letter by 47 U.S. Republican senators to the government of Iran has exposed them as irresponsible amateurs in the practice of foreign policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2015

Online service to make health checks easier

Undergoing a health examination at a hospital may be a burden for people in today's fast-paced world.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 14, 2015

Darvish joins growing list of Japanese pitchers with major injury woes

Yu, too?
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2015

Hitachi IT unit to limit acquisitions this year to small firms

Hitachi Ltd.'s information-technology services division will spend this year absorbing several recent data-management acquisitions and will limit further purchases to small outfits, according to an executive with the company.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2015

China military aircraft to see tech 'breakthroughs' this year: Xinhua

Several types of large Chinese military aircraft will have "breakthroughs" this year after years of development, state media reported, as China pushes its territorial claims in the region.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2015

FamilyMart likely to absorb Uny in forming second-biggest convenience store chain

FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. have confirmed they are in merger talks and will decide the basic terms by August to form Japan's second-largest convenience store chain in terms of sales.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2015

Tohoku slowly on the mend

Four years after the 3/11 disasters, the government needs to look closely at what can be done to support people in the disaster-ravaged areas of Tohoku and take flexible steps to help them stand on their feet again.
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.
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.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
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.
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.
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
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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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.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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