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Sep 9, 2016

Fund started to help Fukushima thyroid cancer patients cover expenses

The 3/11 Children's Fund for Thyroid Cancer will start accepting donations from Sept. 20, aiming to raise at least u00a520 million.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2016

Idemitsu scion's defiance imperils $1.7 billion refinery merger

In Japan's carefully choreographed corporate world, public power struggles are generally frowned upon. Shosuke Idemitsu, 89, apparently doesn't roll that way.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2016

Colombian's memoir reveals deceptions that pulled her into Japan's sex trade in 1990s

Mother Marcela Loaiza tells tale of how she was lured to Tokyo for dance work only to wind up in the hands of the yakuza.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016

Uzbeks paid dearly for U.S. support of Karimov regime

U.S. interest in their country has made Uzbeks' lives unspeakably miserable. And unless something radically unexpectedly takes place, that's likely to continue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2016

Republicans seek to use spending bill to close door on Syria refugees

Some conservative U.S. Republican lawmakers want to tie President Barack Obama's Syrian refugee resettlement program to a spending bill that must pass in order to keep the federal government open after the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 7, 2016

BOJ review of easing actions casts spotlight on core policy planning unit

The Bank of Japan's unprecedented review of its unprecedented monetary policy has stepped up focus on a key group of Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's allies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 7, 2016

There she is, the first openly gay Miss America contestant

The first openly gay Miss America contestant will compete this weekend, a first in the competition's 95-year-history, organizers said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2016

Assad regime presses Aleppo offensive with aid of Russian airstrikes

The Syrian army and its allies, backed by Russian air power, are keeping up a heavy bombardment of insurgent positions in and around Aleppo, rebels said on Monday, pressing to complete their recapture of the city's strategic southern gateway.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Sep 5, 2016

Say it like it sounds in Japanese with onomatopoeic verbs

Introducing some combined verbs made up of various adverbial onomatopoeia combined with u3068 and u3059u308b (do).
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2016

End of Uzbekistan's Karimov era

Islam Karimov had little regard for legal niceties, but his ability to keep keep Islamic radicals under control made him a critical figure for governments outside Central Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016

U.K. needs a reality check

The British economy and people will survive Brexit, but we should not kid ourselves into believing that there will be no pain.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016

Double dealings and carnage in Balochistan

The recent Quetta bombing underscores the failure that is Pakistan's anti-terror policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2016

Southeast Asian leaders prepare to welcome Obama for last time as he attends Laos ASEAN meet

Barack Obama's push to rebalance U.S. foreign policy toward Asia will be the focus of his last visit to the region as president. With a trade deal hanging in the balance of a U.S. election that has free-trade advocates in both major parties on the defensive, Obama will seek to reassure Association of...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2016

Hong Kong votes in test of China's influence over regional financial hub

Hong Kong began voting Sunday in a legislative election that will test the appeal of a new wave of anti-China activists and set the stage for future political fights over Beijing's control over the city.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Sep 4, 2016

JBC marks 100 columns and a million page views

Column has been shining a critical light on issues affecting Japan's foreign residents since 2008.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 3, 2016

Two of Japan's pacifist voices go silent

Rokusuke Ei — writer, broadcaster, raconteur — died on July 7 at the age of 83, roughly two decades after publishing a best-seller called "Daiojo," which means "Dying Peacefully." Several media outlets reported that Ei passed peacefully. He'd had Parkinson's disease for a number of years before he...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2016

ASEAN, China to adopt communications protocol to ease tensions in disputed South China Sea

Southeast Asian countries and China will establish hotlines and adopt communications protocols to avoid potential naval clashes in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, a Philippines Foreign Ministry official said Friday.

Longform

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