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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2020

We own the problems — and the solutions

Now is the time to take action to improve one's life instead of just discussing action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2020

The risk of nuclear war is growing

As the NPT turns 50 and Iran goes rogue, game theory shows the world is in peril.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2020

Hong Kong workers flock to labor unions as new protest tactic

Before the Hong Kong protests began in June, Chris Ngai spent most of his free time playing World of Warcraft and finding new cocktail recipes. Now the bespectacled 24-year-old junior engineer is launching a trade union.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jan 13, 2020

Picture the fun at a manga museum

Built into a repurposed elementary school, the Kyoto International Manga Museum, one of the most impressive manga repositories in the world, will keep kids entertained for hours.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 12, 2020

Japan's move toward a diverse and inclusive nation?

From 'one team' to 'unity in diversity.'
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Jan 12, 2020

Tourism growth through casting a wide net

With over 5,000 articles produced mainly by international staff writers and guest contributors, tsunagu Japan is ripe with recommendations for inbound travelers destined for city streets bathed in neon, untamed corners of the archipelago and all the spaces in between.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2020

Facebook's 'deepfake' ban doesn't go far enough

The company's new safety filter to reduce high-tech doctored media is has big holes
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2020

Condemnation, protests spread after Iran admits to shooting down airliner

Iran's admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176 aboard, has provoked international outrage and triggered protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities, including one in which Britain's ambassador was detained.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2020

Groups across Japan inspired by school staff disaster team set up after Kobe quake

Japanese teachers are taking lessons learned from the 1995 earthquake that devastated the city of Kobe 25 years ago next Friday and using them as part of an effort form disaster relief teams across the nation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 11, 2020

Haruaki Saito: The uplifting power of traditional Irish music

An Irish reel set on a compilation CD of world music set in motion and obsession that led Haruaki Saito to Cork, Ireland.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 11, 2020

Keeping one eye open on Japan's attempts to sleep

Sleep.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2020

What my younger self never expected

At the start of a new year and a new decade, it is both humbling and illuminating to reflect on major global developments that no one saw coming just a few decades ago.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 10, 2020

New milestone for Ted Barton with broadcasts from Russia

For the past several years, announcer Ted Barton's goal has been to help globalize figure skating by providing free video streams of the sport to skaters, fans and media.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2020

Japan's famed cherry blossom season to arrive earlier than usual

Hanami is going to start a week earlier than last year, with full bloom in Tokyo due on March 27, an Osaka weather-forecaster says.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2020

Were the 2010s a return to the 1930s?

The last decade saw the framework of the long postwar period start to crumble.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 10, 2020

Yoshitaka Hori: The man on a mission to export Japanese musicals

HoriPro Inc. CEO and Chairman, Yoshitaka Hori, wants to take Japanese musicals out to the world and compete with the likes of Broadway and the West End.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2020

Ukraine wants to search Iran plane crash site for missile debris

Ukraine outlined four potential scenarios on Thursday to explain the deadly crash of one of its airliners in Iran, including a missile strike and terrorism, as Iranian investigators said the plane was on fire before it fell to the ground.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2020

Carlos Ghosn strikes back, and Nissan had better beware

The fugitive ex-CEO goes on the offensive and it's only going to get worse for the company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2020

Japan firms pull staff out of Iran and limit Iraq travel amid high tensions

As of Oct. 1, 2018, Japanese companies have 30 operational bases in Iran, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2020

Once a hero in Japan, Carlos Ghosn's news conference unlikely to restore his image

While international media has focused on criticisms of the Japanese criminal justice system, domestic media outlets have been more critical of Ghosn violating bail conditions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 9, 2020

Raving from the past into the future with WaqWaq Kingdom

Shigeru Ishihara and Kiki Hitomi release a second album, fusing an eclectic mix of genres with a deep and personal set of lyrics
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2020

Japan opposition bloc to push for halt to Mideast mission amid Iran-U.S. tensions

Major opposition parties have agreed to press the government to cancel its plan to dispatch Maritime Self-Defense Force units to the Middle East following the Iranian missile attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2020

Japan pump price reaches ¥150 yen for first time in 7 months

The average retail price of regular gasoline exceeded ¥150 per liter this week for the first time in about seven months, and is expected to rise further next week amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
Jan 9, 2020

500th ship of TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING’s long-selling TESS series completed - An eco-ship that has continued to evolve for 30 years

On November 15, 2019, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano) constructed and delivered the 500th ship of its long-selling environmentally-friendly bulk carrier of TESS series at its shipbuilding site, TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2020

Alaska had record-warm year in 2019; lower 48 states had second-wettest year

Last year was Alaska's warmest year on record and the second-wettest in the contiguous United States, according to a government report on the U.S. climate released on Wednesday.
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Jamaica report 2020
Jan 9, 2020

A wealth of potential for Japanese and Jamaican partnerships

Beyond Blue Mountain coffee there are investment opportunities to appreciate in many of Jamaica’s other key economic sectors.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 8, 2020

'Open Possibilities: There is Not Only One Neat Way to Imagine Our Futures'

Over the past couple of decades, the influence of the worldwide spread of information has raised questions and concerns about how globalization could lead to a homogenized world.
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.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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