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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2014

New opposition party launched as Ishin no To

After months of wrangling, Nippon Ishin no Kai and Yui no To launch a new entity called Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) to help realign Japan's opposition parties.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 21, 2014

The town that's battling the demographic tide

On Oki Islands off Shimane Prefecture, a bold wave of reform seems to be having a positive effect.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 20, 2014

Tabloids voice alarm over dengue surge

The first case of dengue fever was reported on Aug. 27. As of Friday, the number had increased to 141 people in 17 prefectures — not one of whom had traveled abroad. If the asymptotic or unreported cases are included, it's quite possible that figure may be two or threefold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 20, 2014

The feral felines of Cat Heaven Island

Cat heaven is a place on Earth — and it's just 20 minutes by ferry from Fukuoka.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 19, 2014

Blood types

Dear Alice,
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2014

Defeating dengue fever

We should probably expect infections of the mosquito-borne virus that causes dengue fever somewhere in Japan every summer because of the effects of global warming and the rise in overseas travel.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 18, 2014

Ex-Apache coach Hill supports FIBA mandate for JBA

Bob Hill hasn't coached a game in Japan since March 10, 2011. A lot has changed since then, but a lot hasn't; for instance, Japan basketball's systemic dysfunction.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 18, 2014

Indie games get a boost at Tokyo Game Show

Major gaming companies are likely to dominate the headlines at this weekend's Tokyo Game Show (TGS), along with the promise of future releases that have budgets reaching into the millions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014

Blum & Poe gets closer to its artists

Some people just can't help liking Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 17, 2014

Ex-NYC graffitist scratches the surface in Osaka and declares it 'dope'

Father of three Roler Miles, who grew up defacing walls and subways in New York, now runs a thriving spray-paint business, teaches Japanese students art and leads a team of artists at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka.
Reader Mail
Sep 17, 2014

Apart from right-wing ideology

Regarding the Sept. 9 AP article "Official history of late Emperor Hirohito dodges controversies": I think the key to understand its content lies in the following sentence from the article: "The practice of documenting an emperor's reign follows a Chinese tradition."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Sep 17, 2014

No use fighting the tide of online journalism, experts say

Major news organizations in Japan have been somewhat insulated from the seismic shift taking place in online journalism around the world. Helped by their still strong, if waning, presence in print, Japan's five national newspaper companies, each boasting millions of copies in daily circulation, have...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2014

Asahi Shimbun struggles with credibility amid retractions

Self-inflicted wounds to the 135-year-old liberal media flagship may create a tailwind for conservatives who want to recast Japan's wartime past in a less apologetic tone.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2014

Yemeni journalist devoted to bringing democracy, women's rights to her country

Japan is an ideal model for countries racked by conflict and poverty because of how it resurrected itself from the devastation of war and achieved peace, the first Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize says.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 14, 2014

Next consumption tax raise painting Abe into a corner

Ever since the Cabinet Office released preliminary figures last month that showed an annualized 6.8 percent decline in first-quarter GDP, a war of nerves has flared up between the prime minister's office and the Finance Ministry. The next consumption tax hike could be delayed.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Sep 14, 2014

All-Japanese families take a chance on international schools

In a notoriously homogeneous society where parents can face criticism for going against the grain, what drives these parents to shun local schools and instead seek out what the education ministry calls 'foreigner schools'?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2014

Signpost says more eurozone deficit financing

The only question about European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's recent speech to central bankers in which he implied that avoiding a eurozone breakup will require increased fiscal deficits is how openly that reality will be admitted.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2014

Kibiji bike path: eating local in the slow lane

It doesn't take a great mind to read a map, and neither does it take one to get lost. I found myself doubting my direction three times as the Kibiji bike path — one of Japan's top 100 cycling roads — wound its way through pear- and grape-growing country, past a continuous patchwork of rice fields...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 13, 2014

Social media aids rehashing of historical hate

After rain caused deadly mudslides in Hiroshima Prefecture last month, rumors spread over the Internet about burglaries of evacuated homes by "foreigners," including Zainichi (ethnic Korean residents of Japan). Such rumors tend to accompany disasters, so Tokyo Shimbun talked directly to police in the...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014

Abe pressures North Korea at rally for abductees' families

With North Korea's report approaching on its second probe into the fate of the Japanese it abducted, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday vowed in front of their families that his administration is committed to bringing them home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 13, 2014

Piet Boon: 'Never lose your sense of curiosity in the world'

Q: What motivates you to design something? A: Design should, in our opinion, enhance the quality of daily life.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 12, 2014

Seagulls travel globe to find strong teams in hopes of improving game

Despite their track record of consecutive championships in recent years, the Obic Seagulls aren't resting on their laurels. They have a bigger picture in mind, and are trying to do as much as possible to make strides as the leading football club in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014

Mayor of Kyoto has big plans for tourism

For Kyoto to continue growing as a tourism-oriented city, it must take steps that combine landscape planning with services, the mayor says.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 11, 2014

Translator Takamori leaves Niigata

All professional basketball leagues have people working behind the scenes or in roles that are less glamorous than the starting five or head coach.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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