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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2017

Why nationalists need like-minded foreigners

The nationalist populist parties of today can't achieve global success unless they form a common agenda that is less grounded in local values than in a common ideology.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 23, 2017

Samurai drama to put unique spin on evolution of theater

Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to a theater whose seating area rotates to face a ring of multiple stages.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017

Globalism versus populism

Whether or not this year will prove to be a turning point in history will soon become clear.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2017

BOJ's mission to reflate economy incomplete

'Mission incomplete' aptly describes the lack of progress made by the Bank of Japan in reflating Japan's moribund economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 21, 2017

BOJ faces new challenges when stimulus measures end

While Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has underscored how much work still lies ahead, when the central bank does finally hit its inflation target and exits stimulus, it is likely to face huge balance sheet losses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017

Ousted Park taps 'bullet-proof vest' lawyer, other loyalists for defense

A lawyer known as her "bullet-proof vest" is on former South Korean president Park Geun-hye's legal team. So are two failed candidates for parliament from her ruling party.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2017

Mixed outcome in wage talks

The results of the annual management-labor pay negotiations highlight the limitations of the Abe administration's drive to get export-led businesses to raise wages.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 20, 2017

What next for Japan's peacekeepers after withdrawal from South Sudan?

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced that Japan will end its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in May and withdraw the Ground Self-Defense Force's engineering troops there. The troops have been deployed to the northeast African country for the last five years as part of...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2017

Smoothly but warily, U.S. and China stick to script in Tillerson visit

Despite a long list of potential pitfalls, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to China, the first by a senior member of the Trump administration, passed off relatively smoothly although there were no tangible gains to show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2017

Once seen as invincible, Abe beset by scandal on two fronts as questions swirl

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, now in a rare fifth year as leader, is battling scandals on two separate fronts as questions swirl about his ties to a nationalist school involved in a murky land deal and his defense minister faces calls to resign.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 19, 2017

'Take me in,' she said: a cat named Futen

Normally, cats and dogs are brought to ARK or are rescued by the group. Futen, however, suddenly appeared on the doorstep of an ARK staff member and asked to be let in.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2017

How does North Korea survive?

A mountain of evidence points to North Korea engaging in highly lucrative criminal activities that pull in billions of dollars each year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2017

U.S. may find tough negotiator in fiery minister Aso

In his presidential campaign last year, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to scrap trade deals that gave unfair advantages to other nations and replace them with new ones that would revitalize the U.S. economy and bring jobs back home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 15, 2017

Finding a family in Japan's foreign drag scene

Western drag queens living in Tokyo, Kansai and Nagoya discuss the differences between the scene in Japan and back home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017

'Strange' hotel, run by robots, opens near Tokyo; more to come

Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its second robot-staffed Henn na Hotel. The new location is near the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 15, 2017

'Sing': Pigs can't fly but they sure can sing

'Sing" is brought to us by Illumination Entertainment — the animation studio that brought the "Despicable Me" series and last year's sleeper hit "The Secret Life of Pets." In many ways it's "La-La Land" with animals. In a color-filled, LA-like town inhabited by non-Homo sapiens in human clothing, a...
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2017

War of words erupts between Inada and head of Osaka school operator

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada faced a barrage of questions over her relationship with Moritomo Gakuen, as a war of words erupted between her and the wife of the controversial school operator.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2017

China's road to peace on the Korean Peninsula

The nightmare scenario of a violent conflict on the Korean Peninsula demands that cooler heads prevail.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

Japan defense chief Inada in crosshairs after Moritomo scandal flip-flop

A court record linking Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and a scandal-tainted nationalist Osaka-based school operator emerged Tuesday, prompting Inada to withdraw an earlier denial of the link.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 14, 2017

Borders in question for Chim↑Pom's new art show

Ballsy art collective Chim↑Pom have taken on Donald Trump's America in their solo exhibition "The other side." One of the most well-known contemporary iconoclasts in Japan, Chim↑Pom have previously caught rats before dyeing them yellow and red to resemble Pikachu and installing them on a Tokyo street,...
BASEBALL
Mar 14, 2017

Kikuchi's dazzling defense turning heads during WBC

There is a chance that at least once a game, Ryosuke Kikuchi will make you stand up and go, "whoa."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2017

BOJ tapering fears overdone

Ultra-loose policy is the glue holding the economy together, but arguably the BOJ should be even bolder.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2017

Russia may have deployed forces in Egypt, deepening influence in Libya

Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an air base in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that will add to U.S. concerns about Moscow's deepening role in Libya.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2017

Kushner family's business set to get over $400 million from Chinese firm

A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company that is investing in the Kushners' marquee Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Ave.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2017

Pressure continues to mount on Moritomo Gakuen chief

Pressure on Yasunori Kagoike, head of scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen, in the Diet and in Osaka Prefecture showed no sign of abating Monday even though he withdrew his application to open a new elementary school and indicated last week he would resign.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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