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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jun 26, 2016

'Same work, same pay' goal may spark a race to the bottom

Without details on how to bridge the chasm that divides irregular and regular workers, PM Abe's target is hot air.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 26, 2016

Never mind Japan's looming pension disaster — here's a cute squirrel

On our island of just 529 people in the Inland Sea, we have one post office and one bank. The bank, run by the almighty JA (Japan Agriculture), shares an office with the JA dry goods store, which offers everything from rodent poison to a new water heater.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 26, 2016

China touts AIIB's greater understanding of developing world

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be different from institutions like the World Bank because it has a greater understanding of the developing world's needs, officials said Sunday at its first annual meeting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 26, 2016

China's finance minister sees Brexit heightening uncertainty, but wider effects to be long-term

China's finance minister and leading economists on Sunday voiced concerns about Britain's vote to leave the European Union, with the policymaker saying it has heightened market uncertainty, though some expect a limited impact on the Chinese economy.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2016

Corporate governance report card

Companies are making good progress in complying with the Tokyo Stock Exchange's corporate governance principles, but the proof will be in the pudding.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 25, 2016

Team trainer Nakayama revels in Cavaliers' long-awaited championship

As players get bigger, stronger and faster, it’s inevitable the world’s top athletes will need support from athletic trainers, strength coaches and therapists as they try to accomplish great feats.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 25, 2016

Okinawa base trouble puts dark cloud over upcoming Buffaloes-Eagles series

This week, the annual two-game series where a couple of Japanese pro ballclubs travel to play at Naha's Okinawa Cellular Stadium will take place. The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are scheduled to play there Tuesday and Wednesday. Normally, U.S. military personnel stationed...
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2016

Brexit could hamper Japan's efforts on EU deal: analysts

Britain's historic decision to leave the European Union could hamper Japan's efforts on a trade deal with the EU as well as its relationship with Asian and other global partners, analysts said.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 24, 2016

June 25, 2016

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JAPAN
Jun 24, 2016

Britain shocks world with vote to quit EU

The yen soars, stocks tumble and governments scramble to make sense of what lies ahead as Britain votes to leave the EU.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2016

Britain votes to leave EU in historic vote that threatens bloc's future

Britain voted to quit the European Union in a historic vote, with the ballot count Friday plunging the bloc into uncharted waters.
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 24, 2016

Okinawan affairs minister, a Henoko base advocate, faces tough July election race

On June 7, the day after the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly election saw voters give opponents of the bilateral relocation plan for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma a bigger majority, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet posted a video online.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2016

Arora's SoftBank walkout returns focus to succession woes at Japanese firms

The surprise departure of Nikesh Arora, heir apparent at SoftBank Group Corp., highlights a problem many Japanese companies face: passing the reins to a successor.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2016

Bahrain's launch of Shiite crackdown jeopardizes its security

Bahrain aims to end years of instability with a crackdown on Shiite political parties, but it could be a gamble that risks further destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom and the wider Middle East.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 22, 2016

Battle lines drawn for July Upper House poll

As the campaign for the July 10 Upper House election kicked off Wednesday, the major parties unveiled their platforms to win over voters.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2016

LDP grandee Kunio Hatoyama dead at 67

The death was announced Wednesday of veteran lawmaker and former internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama. He was 67.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

Hate crimes often have way of making it harder to hate

The desire for social order is a powerful reflex that hate crimes only reinforce.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

The West is getting Russia wrong

Western governments and publics need to see better through the self-serving rationale of the Kremlin's actions. To do otherwise plays into Putin's hands.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 21, 2016

European history hovers close to reverse gear as Britain weighs EU exit

European history may be about to go into reverse.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2016

Nissan readies legal action against Brexit campaign over logo use

Nissan said it would take legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the European Union after the group used the Japanese carmaker's logo in leaflets calling for voters to back Brexit on June 23.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016

America has long fostered a culture of violence

We cannot decry the consequence of our actions if we foster a culture of violence in the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016

After the British vote on the EU, Italy may be next in line

Germany will have to change its policies if it wants to avoid the exit of other countries from the European Union.

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