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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2018

LDP's No. 2 faction pushes Abe for constitutional referendum by next summer as leadership election approaches

The second-largest group in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a national plebiscite on the issue to generate political momentum for revising the war-renouncing Article 9.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2018

Turnbull out as scores are settled in Canberra

Politicians' failure to put national interests above their personal interest will likely accelerate the rejection of established parties and encourage still more uncertainty.
Aug 27, 2018

MIHO SHIPYARD Launches 70M-type Training Vessel

MIHO SHIPYARD CO., LTD. (3797 Miho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan; President: Kengo Suzuki) launched KAPITAN GREGORIO OCA, a 70M-type training vessel built for the International Mariners Management Association of Japan on August 9, 2018.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 26, 2018

Softball team eyeing 2020 title

Winning the gold medal for the fifth consecutive time like the Japan softball team did is an unprecedented and remarkable feat for any athlete or team.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 26, 2018

Hospitality the focus of delivery company

However convenient it has become, generally speaking, to be living in Japan, a growing number of people are having difficulty doing day-to-day tasks such as grocery shopping due to aging and diversified lifestyles.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 26, 2018

Tokyo Medical University scandal is a throwback to when discrimination against women was the norm

Listening to the excuses being given for discrimination today, it's almost as if 1985's Equal Opportunity Act never happened.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 26, 2018

Views From Tokyo: What do you think about the Tokyo Medical University test scandal?

Women in the capital were asked about their feelings about the gender discrimination in the medical school exam-fixing case and the situation where they live and work.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2018

A voyage into the future

The prospect of a northern route is tantalizing: It is seen as an alternative to travel through the Suez Canal and estimated to cut transport times from Europe to Asia by as much as two weeks.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 24, 2018

Men's wheelchair national team coach grateful for expanded training opportunities

Until recently, Japan's elite para-sport athletes have struggled to earn support from their workplace as they aim to represent their country in international competition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2018

Mizuho's new leader Tatsufumi Sakai gears up to reform struggling mega-bank

When Tatsufumi Sakai was named chief executive and president of Mizuho Financial Group this year, many bankers and investors were surprised.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 23, 2018

Haruomi Hosono: 'I never tried to be a pioneer'

Haruomi Hosono is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of Japanese popular music over the past 50 years.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2018

Okinawa marines' version of Da Pump's 'U.S.A.' goes viral

U.S. Marines based at Okinawa's Camp Foster have sparked a viral internet craze with a rendition of the summer hit song "U.S.A." by Japanese hip-hop band Da Pump, raising hopes of improving the image of U.S. forces in Japan.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 19, 2018

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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 18, 2018

Staying razor sharp: At the sharp end of Sakai's handmade knife industry

In Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, two things are certain: You're never far from the remains of dead people and you're never far from a knife. The two are connected, but not in the way you might think.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / WORKS BY JAPANESE WOMEN
Aug 18, 2018

Fumiko Enchi: A critical advocate of female empowerment

In the midst of Showa Era (1926-89) Japan, with patriarchy dominating and imperialism rising, a young female playwright, Fumiko Enchi (1905-86), started a literary career that would eventually lead her to become a passionate advocate for female empowerment, while casting a critical, penetrating eye over...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Aug 18, 2018

Statue honoring 1964 Olympic icon Billy Mills needs home

Some of track and field's biggest names have lent their prominent voices toward an effort to honor Olympic icon Billy Mills in 2020, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 17, 2018

What's needed for regional revitalization

It will be essential for the next LDP president to aggressively promote decentralization, in particular in transferring tax revenue sources to municipalities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2018

Setting himself apart from Abe, Shigeru Ishiba says he's opposed to Article 9 revision for now

Ishiba is set to challenge Abe in September's LDP presidential election, with the Constitution issue likely to be a focus of policy debates.
Reader Mail
Aug 17, 2018

Why not give peace a chance?

Grant Piper writes in his letter "Too much focus placed on 'peace' " in the Aug. 12 edition that he visited Hiroshima only to feel "aggravated" by the term "peace." He should have hung out at a Carp game or Sanfrecce soccer match.
Reader Mail
Aug 17, 2018

How to make Todai great again

Nancy Snow, Pax Mundi professor of public diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, knows what ails higher education in Japan ("Japan's universities need more global ties" in the July 28 edition).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2018

Jia Pengfang left his home in rural China with an erhu and a dream

Jia Pengfang's talent with the erhu took him around the world, but would audiences overseas appreciate the traditional Chinese instrument?
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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

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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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