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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 25, 2017

Coming of age? Japan's shifting definition of adulthood

Graduating from high school represents a significant milestone in any young person's life, a landmark that certainly wasn't lost on the countless 18-year-olds milling around Shibuya Station on a recent March afternoon. Among them was 18-year-old Akane Endo, who was brimming with excitement at the prospect...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017

A U.S.-China currency deal can avert trade war

A new Plaza Accord can benefit both the U.S. and China, and deliver Trump his first foreign policy victory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2017

Scientists discover the heavens are really hell

There isn't likely to be any planet in the universe that's habitable in the sense that you can just show up, breathe the air and drink the water.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017

How I'll know it's time to flee the United States

If you're not scared of Donald Trump, you're not paying attention.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2017

Trump card: Japan casts a wary eye on future with new U.S. president

"Japan has a snake in her bosom. That snake is namely flatterers. What led Japan to defeat is neither army nor government, but the snake in Japan's bosom, the flatterers."
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 21, 2016

Quotes of 2016, from 'Die, Japan' to 'Trump shock'

Some of the good, bad and ugly of what various people said or shouted out loud in 2016.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2016

A Fed hike creates global concerns

The Fed's rate hike poses substantial and immediate challenges for foreign governments, in particular China,
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2016

Japan places a big bet on Asia's casino bubble

The odds are stacked heavily in favor of the LDP-dominated Diet legalizing casinos but Tokyo may be too late to the party.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016

What will America's Berlusconi do?

Italy's experience with tycoon-turned-politician Silvio Berlusconi provides six clear lessons for Americans and the world on what to expect from Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 16, 2016

What Abe should tell Trump

Abe must convince Trump that the U.S. global role is not some expensive alimony but an investment that generates a higher rate of return than any building in New York City.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2016

Trump assails U.S. protesters, then praises their 'passion' hours later

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump denounced Americans who protested against his election, but praised them hours later Friday, underscoring contradictions that have raised questions about his leadership style.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 6, 2016

On the trail of team Trump in Tokyo

A reporter stalks that elusive breed of American in Japan: the Trump supporter.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2016

China's Xi Jinping courts emperor's syndrome

Shaking up the Communist Party's leadership succession could give Xi room to deliver much needed reforms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2016

Trump, courting GOP leaders, endorses Ryan and two senators up for re-election

Republican Donald Trump took steps to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party establishment on Friday by endorsing House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and two Republican senators seeking re-election, after expressing coolness toward them earlier in the week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2016

Clinton a known quantity to Japanese officials, while Trump is still a wild card

As the Democrats start up their national convention Monday, Japanese officials are pondering which of the two hopefuls — Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — are more likely to get along, both on a personal and professional level, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jul 16, 2016

Anime discovers a rural outpost

For the past few years, the beginning of July has found me on a flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles to attend Anime Expo (AX), the largest annual North American convention devoted to Japanese popular culture, and its related industry-only event, Project Anime (PA). Both continue to break attendance records....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2016

Drone giant DJI moves beyond selfies to look down on the farm

With its ubiquitous Phantom drones, Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. brought aerial photography to millions. Now, with dozens of competitors biting at its heels, the world's biggest producer of consumer drones needs to prove that its products are more than just glorified selfie sticks.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 4, 2016

Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters

Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country's criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2016

Should Kuroda get the ax?

As the clock ticks on Japan's ultra-easy money gamble, the head of the Bank of Japan must push Abe to make tough choices.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2016

Trump says it's over for Cruz before Indiana, urges voters to back his 'mandate for genius'

Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 24, 2016

Why deflation is a boon for Japan's young people

Deflation can fuel an innovation boom as cash-strapped millennials use technology to raise living standards.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2016

Rebooting the stalled 'comfort women' deal

Salvaging the 'comfort women' agreement between Japan and South Korea may require a dramatic and seemingly outlandish decision — moving the Japanese Embassy to a different part of Seoul.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016

Abenomics proves contagious

China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 27, 2016

Uncertainty over negative interest and My Number may spur Japanese to stash more cash at home

Japanese people already store an enormous amount of cash in their homes, and this trend is only likely to increase in the wake of recent developments.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 20, 2016

Ghosts go hunting for the living in 'The Inerasable'

Have you ever walked down a corridor or into a room in the dead of night with your heart beating and your skin crawling? Something spooks you, for reasons that — in the clear light of day — seem to have to nothing to do with the real world. Or do they?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2016

Trump blasts Cruz as 'nasty guy' as rival fires back over 'New York values'

A rolling brawl between the two U.S. Republican presidential front-runners didn't abate on Sunday as Donald Trump termed his closest competitor, Ted Cruz, "nasty" and the Texas senator stood his ground in criticizing the billionaire's "New York values."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 17, 2016

Abenomics: state capitalism

Shinzo Abe's economic policies aren't really neoclassic or Keynesian. Rather they align more with the state capitalism practiced in China, Russia and Singapore.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2015

Political ads for 2016 campaign termed positive so far, with caveats

Although the Republican front-runner in the 2016 presidential election has taunted his opponents as "disgusting," "dumb," and "losers," the campaign has, by at least one measure, proven to be astonishingly positive.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2015

Encourage the Koreas to talk, and talk some more

When no other policy seems to be working, why not give greater engagement with North Korea a try?
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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