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BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2013

Abe's success with BOJ picks likely to boost LDP prospects for July poll

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is riding a popularity wave unseen by six immediate predecessors, including himself in his first short-lived stint, as he pushes his Bank of Japan nominees through a divided Diet, raising the odds of the ruling party winning a July election.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2013

Preparing for the Hague Convention

Once Japan joins the Hague Convention, the government must ensure the treaty functions properly to uphold the best interests of the children involved.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2013

Protesters rail against Abe, reactors

More than 10,000 demonstrators take to the streets of Tokyo, calling for an immediate phaseout of atomic energy and railing against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pronuclear stance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2013

Growing world-beating communication skills

Japanese business people's inability to compete on the world stage because of poor communication skills is spurring debate over how English is taught.
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 10, 2013

Plummeting debris estimates belie pleas for disposal aid

In the weeks after March 11, 2011, what to do with the mountains of debris that had once been people's homes and possessions before the quake and tsunami, and how to do it quickly, cheaply and safely, became the top priority of the cleanup effort in Tohoku.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 10, 2013

Providing lessons on nuclear policy

FALLOUT FROM FUKUSHIMA, by Richard Broinowski. Scribe Publications, 2012, 273 pp., A$27.95 (paperback)
Reader Mail
Mar 10, 2013

Don't rely only on 'reputation'

Readers should be careful when evaluating the rather biased Times (magazine) Higher Education World Reputation Rankings of the world's top 100 universities, which were reported in the March 6 Kyodo article "University of Tokyo maintains reputation as top institution in Asia: survey." As stated in the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 9, 2013

NRA gets strict, must prove credibility

Japan's nuclear regulator has had a major revamp in the two years since lax safety standards contributed to the catastrophic nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, discrediting it in the eyes of the public.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 9, 2013

Netherlands' success no overnight phenomenon

The calls began coming in August, and they didn't stop. Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens had a player who was excited about the upcoming World Baseball Classic, and he wanted the manager to hear all about it.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2013

Nakao nominated to head ADB

Japan announced Thursday that it will nominate its top currency official, Takehiko Nakao, to head the Asian Development Bank as Haruhiko Kuroda prepares to step down to lead the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 8, 2013

Bite into the journals of a Japanese burger critic

Many Japanese foodies are enamored with the hamburger, in much the same way that their American counterparts are often besotted with ramen. The number of hamburger shops in Tokyo has exploded in the last decade, but there are also signs that the fascination runs deeper: There are books, magazines and...
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2013

Worrisome Osprey training flights

The U.S. Marine Corps begins training flights for its tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft in western Japan, but not without making a sudden flight-route change.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2013

Where's the world policeman when you need one?

With the international scene looking more unstable than it has since the fall of the Berlin Wall, how can Japan respond more readily to threats to peace?
Reader Mail
Mar 7, 2013

International outlook lacking

Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi's is quoted as saying in the Feb. 28 AFP article "Japan will never stop whaling: fisheries chief" that he doesn't "think there will be any kind of an end for whaling by Japan." This shows, at the very least, a poor sense of responsibility and a very narrow point of...
Reader Mail
Mar 7, 2013

Public buses serve the elderly

I agree with John Campbell's remarks in his March 3 letter, "Japan doing well by its elderly." The system in Japan is good for the elderly. Ideally there is room for improvement, but how many "perfect" countries do we have in this world after all?
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Mar 6, 2013

Jetstar partners with JAL; China Airlines increases Osaka-Kaohsiung flights; Virgin fuel surcharge

Jetstar teams with JAL
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 5, 2013

Down syndrome blood test draws interest and ire

Last summer, news that Japan was getting ready to introduce a new type of prenatal examination that requires only a simple blood test to detect whether a fetus has Down syndrome made headlines. News reports suggested hospitals were ready to start using the test in September.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2013

A chance to host linear collider

The government and science community should encourate discussions on bringing the International Linear Collider to Japan as public support is indispensable for this expensive project.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Mar 3, 2013

Japanese women strive to empower themselves

When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Mar 3, 2013

Maco Yoshioka: Battling the postpartum blues

Maco Yoshioka is the founder of Madre Bonita, a nonprofit group that offers postpartum fitness programs for women using elastic exercise balls. Yoshioka, 40, who studied sports physiology at the University of Tokyo, says she became aware of physical and mental difficulties for new mothers when, in the...

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes