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WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2015

Trump's art of the deal: Dispute your bills

Donald Trump has a message for anyone who agrees to do a job for him: If I don't like your work or I think you're trying to rip me off, don't expect to be paid in full.
WORLD
Nov 15, 2015

Prosecutor lays out how three teams killed at least 129 in Paris terror spree

As investigators hunt for leads in Europe's worst terror attack in a decade, the Paris prosecutor laid out how three teams of assailants managed to kill at least 129 people in and around one of the world's most heavily policed capitals.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Nov 14, 2015

Surviving a sudden transition to democracy

What is the worst thing that has ever happened to humankind?
WORLD
Nov 14, 2015

In aftermath of attacks, Parisians open their doors to strangers via Twitter tweets

As the city was gripped by chaos following a string of attacks that left dozens dead, people in Paris took to social media to find and offer refuge on Friday night.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2015

Fate of the Earth is on the line at Paris meeting

The lives of billions of people, for centuries to come, will be at stake at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris at the end of the month.
WORLD
Nov 13, 2015

Guinness World Records Day finds dogs on skateboards, candle-eaters, speed crawlers

From a dog skateboarding through a tunnel of human legs to a man holding lit candles in his mouth, people around the world have been marking Guinness World Records Day with a range of quirky feats.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2015

Supreme Court and marriage rules

Lwmakers should shed their outdated view and proceed to make necessary legal amendments to end the discrimination, injustice and inconveniences caused by two marriage-related articles in the Civil Code.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2015

U.S. cops and their unions are out of control

Every police department in America should be disbanded and replaced with civilian-run organizations designed to protect citizens instead of abuse them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

Putin's daughter and Russia's second-generation elite

Since Vladimir Putin began cementing his grip on Russia in the 1990s, many of his friends have grown famously rich.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2015

Myanmar president congratulates Suu Kyi, vows stable transition

Myanmar President Thein Sein congratulated democratic champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, as her party appeared to have trounced the ruling camp in the first free election in 25 years and inched toward an absolute majority in parliament.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2015

Arrest of student for drug possession shines light on narcotics use among the young

A high school student held on suspicion of drug possession leads an expert to call for better anti-drug education in schools.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Syrian crisis: Are we near the beginning of the end?

With the Syrian regime proving far stronger than Western countries expected, a political settlement to the horrible civil war may finally be within reach.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015

Leaders of China and Taiwan set a precedent

The Singapore summit set a precedent for leaders in China and Taiwan to meet as equals as far as protocol is concerned, regardless of which party is in power in Taiwan.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2015

Attorney group to offer free advice to ID-less 'mukoseki' citizens

Japan's attorneys are planning a wide-scale effort to advise people trapped in mukoseki status who are deprived of basic government services because they do not appear on family registries and thus lack legal identity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

Republican candidates pitch 'Old America'

The Republican presidential candidates are pitching a return to 'the Old America,' when the country was whiter, men were in charge, government was smaller and religion more influential.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 9, 2015

Let's discuss Halloween in Japan

Retailers are hoping to further capitalize on an event that by one estimate will generate ¥122 billion in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 7, 2015

Without doubt, company executives will just go with the flow

Asahi Kasei. Toyo Tire & Rubber. Toshiba. What's the connection? Executives lined up before the cameras, bowing their heads in shame.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015

Republicans aside, NRA may be losing its grip

U.S. public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage — a compete reversal.
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2015

Forced to give up half her identity

Even though the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry says that 1 in every 30 children born in Japan is hafu, or biracial, coming from two cultures is still seen as a rarity and viewed with amusement. And due to the influx of biracial children, soon enough the Japanese workforce is going to be full of mixed-raced...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2015

My Number needs major rethink

Regarding the article headlined “Violence victims fear My Number” in the Oct. 17 edition, the government claims that the usage of My Number is definitely going to benefit the country, such as better organized social security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 5, 2015

Holocaust art collector seeks to repatriate works to Poland

Writer Michiko Nomura was bursting with anger at what she saw during her first visit to Holocaust memorials in Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1989.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2015

Erdogan's bet pays off

If Turkish President Recep Erdogan uses his party's sweeping election victory to press for the consolidation of power in his hands, such a move could deepen Turkey's divisions.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015

Dreams for the 21st century

The 21st century will see many fabulous innovations that we can barely imagine today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 4, 2015

Different strokes: navigating the Japanese school system with a learning difficulty

Japan's schools can be ill-prepared for dealing with bicultural children with learning problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 2, 2015

Does biometric authentication hold the key to a bright future or Pandora's box?

Forgot your password? Maybe that won't be an issue in the near future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2015

North Korean author of 'The Girl with Seven Names' memoir still feels hunted

The girl with seven names is finding it hard these days to contact relatives in Stalinist North Korea on the underground mobile phone link defectors like her have used for years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2015

Lone Muslim campaigns in Myanmar's radical Buddhist stronghold

The city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar is a Buddhist religious center so crowded with temples, monasteries and monks that they can sometimes seem innumerable.

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