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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 19, 2016

Let's discuss young recluses in Japan

An estimated 541,000 people aged between 15 and 39 in Japan avoid social contact and shut themselves in their homes, according to a government survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 19, 2016

App maker aims to revive wedding industry with virtual reality nuptials

A couple put on a pair of goggles and a wedding aisle appeared in front of them as flowers rained down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2016

Putin picks new wave of ideological cronies

Russia's president is doing his best to fill the ideological vacuum created by the fall of communism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 17, 2016

There must be a sense of deja vu in Osaka after Yuriko Koike's election

Wasteful bureaucratic spending. Local politicians who smell money as they make Olympics-related plans. An assembly dominated by a clique of good ol' boys in the Liberal Democratic Party who run local government as their fiefdom. All challenged by a hawkish outsider of a governor who is media-savvy and...
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2016

Preventing youth suicides

More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016

U.N. inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks, diplomat says

An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units as responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016

Syria airstrike killed Islamic State propaganda chief, U.S. military says

The Pentagon said Friday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group's propaganda.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2016

High court rules Okinawa governor's order to stop U.S. base work 'illegal'

The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court finds Gov. Takeshi Onaga's cancellation of a landfill work order contravened the law.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2016

Color of 'cute' bristly dinosaur deciphered

Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin have deciphered the color and camouflage pattern of a little dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2016

In Putin's parliament, plunging popularity not regarded as a hurdle to power

Ruling parties hoping to get re-elected during a prolonged recession usually pitch fresh ideas for easing the population's economic pain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2016

Hidden data: the new weapon that could beat hunger

With a single smartphone app, you can now get a pretty accurate forecast of the weather anywhere in the world. That is largely thanks to a decision by science agencies, a decade ago, to put online their satellite data and make it available for free.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2016

U.K. startup looks for a slice of Japan's remittance market

TransferWise Ltd., a British peer-to-peer money transfer startup launched last week on the promise of cheaper prices, is betting its service will change the way Japanese and foreign residents send and receive money overseas.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2016

'Safety net' needed to get young consumers to spend more: economist

Kazuhisa Takemura has an idea for helping Japan's struggling economy: Entice younger consumers to spend more by providing them a financial and emotional cushion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2016

East Hokkaido waits on Abe-Putin talks over Russia-held isles

In Hokkaido's far east, Nemuro feels nothing like a typical Japanese city. Mist and fog often shroud the area in the summertime. During July and August, while much of the country bakes in 30 degree-plus temperatures, it's just over 20 degrees in Nemuro.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2016

Indonesia to resume work on 'Giant Sea Wall' to save sinking Jakarta

Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended due to regulatory and environmental concerns.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 13, 2016

Nam June Paik has the last laugh

Rapid, multilayered, fluid — the high-tech images created by Nam June Paik earned him the epithet the Father of Video Art. He may be most often associated with banks of television screens and intense, distorted video images, but as a new retrospective of his work at the Watarium (The Watari Museum...
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2016

Ex-CIA chief who backed Iraq war, felt Hussein plotted 9/11, now Trump adviser

Former CIA Director James Woolsey, a vocal advocate of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq who promoted allegations that Saddam Hussein harbored illegal weapons, will serve as a senior national security adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the campaign announced on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2016

North Korea ready for another nuclear test, report says

North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday, citing South Korean government sources who said the North may use a previously unused tunnel at its mountainous test site.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 10, 2016

Godzilla hits middle age but is still fueled by Japan's anxieties

Within one month of its July release, Toho's "Shin Gojira" ("Godzilla Resurgence") attracted more than 3.6 million viewers. Box-office takings are already estimated to have surpassed ¥5.3 billion, putting the film more than halfway toward the seldom-attained figure of ¥10 billion. Toho has great expectations...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 10, 2016

'The Eternal Zero': Naoki Hyakuta's best-selling novel reveals the transformative power of war

Revisit the end of World War II with Japan's all-time best-selling paperback, "The Eternal Zero" by Naoki Hyakuta, originally published in Japanese in 2006. Although the movie adaptation sparked controversy with its nationalistic ending, the book does not glorify war. Hyakuta's storytelling structure,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2016

Yahoo Japan sought merger with Yahoo before Verizon deal

Yahoo Japan Corp. proposed a merger with Yahoo Inc., but was rebuffed, with Verizon Communications Inc. eventually acquiring the U.S. company's core assets for $4.8 billion.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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