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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 1, 2015

Medecins du Monde brings health care to Tohoku, Tokyo and the world

Now marking its 20th year in Japan, MdM works with local partners to develop medical practices with the aim of providing universal access to health care.
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Rugby
Oct 29, 2015

Meyer wants to stay on as Springboks coach

Heyneke Meyer concedes he has made a lot of mistakes as South Africa coach, but wants to put a disappointing Rugby World Cup campaign behind them and be given the opportunity to take the Springboks to the next level.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2015

Why India must take climate change seriously

Given India's vulnerability to climate change, it should take a leading role in the fight against climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2015

Trailing, Trump gets testy as candidates wade into GOP debate

Republican outsider front-runners Ben Carson and Donald Trump came under fire at the outset of the party's third presidential debate Wednesday night, as the moderators and some of their opponents pushed for details of their tax and budget proposals and raised questions about their inexperience in government....
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 28, 2015

YouTube Red doesn't want to be compared to Netflix

Now that YouTube has unveiled its paid subscription service, YouTube Red, it seems logical to think of it as a competitor to Netflix. YouTube prefers that you don't.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 28, 2015

Imagining a Japan that thinks beyond blood and binary distinctions

Could the Brave Blossoms serve as a model for a multicultural Japan of the future?
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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2015

Youth lost on isles of rage and doubts

'The person I hate most is my mother. Because she gave birth to me, I have to walk toward old age and death," Barcelona-born Angelica Liddell declared during a recent trip to Japan, her dress soft, smooth and elegant in stark contrast to her harsh sentiment.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2015

Rift over refugees spurs solidarity vs. security risk to European unity

A rift over Europe's response to the sudden arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees is leading some in Brussels to voice fears for the future of the European Union.
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WORLD
Oct 27, 2015

Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shiite adherents

When the gunshots rang out, Ali, a 26-year-old Saudi Arabian Shiite Muslim, thought they were fireworks. But when he saw people running, he knew militant Sunnis were attacking his minority community again.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2015

Big polluters had better start learning to pay up

Big Oil, Big Gas and Big Coal need to accept responsibility for climate change and start making real contributions to adaptation, or prepare to battle for their own survival.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2015

Russia unfairly demonized

Efforts by Russia and the West to forge a meaningful and productive relationship have been thrown away by the meaningless demonization of Moscow over the Ukraine civil war and the annexation of Crimea.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2015

Five dead, one missing as whale watching vessel sinks off Canada coast

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EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2015

Newspapers still a vital resource

Despite the proliferation of online sources, good old-fashioned newspapers remain an essential way to obtain information and acquire knowledge.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 23, 2015

Courtney Barnett's garden offers up some well-received tracks on 'Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit'

Courtney Barnett lives in Melbourne, Australia, in a house she was cleaning when she answered her phone. She said it was a nice day, "kind of cold," and sounded relaxed and happy to be home after a year of on-and-off touring to promote her album, "Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit,"...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2015

Finding the right approach to sex education

Sex education in both Japanese and U.S. schools can stand a great deal of improvement.
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2015

Terrorism and tragedy in Turkey

President Recep Erdogan's increasingly obvious attempts to manipulate politics and electoral outcomes could provide the military the excuse it needs to directly intervene in Turkish politics.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 21, 2015

Three cases of whine offer lessons in how not to criticize Japan

Novelist John Updike famously declared America to be "a conspiracy to make you happy." I wonder sometimes if Japan is, then, a conspiracy to make you unhappy? Or, if not exactly unhappy, how about uncomfortable, exasperated or confused?
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 19, 2015

Government error caused tragic Kinugawa flooding

The deadly flooding along the Kinugawa River last month shows how the government has been criminally unwise in its policies on dams and river control.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 19, 2015

An increasingly bitter battle of the ages brews in Japan

The elderly believe that having worked themselves to the bone their entire lives, they deserve to have fun. Society, though, is becoming less sympathetic to this view.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 18, 2015

Dan teaches us how to be 'the man' in Japan

Every time I turn around, it seems, people are always asking me, "Do you know Dan Smith?" Or, they'll assume I already know him — what with his being black, working in the media and living in Japan for, like, forever and all. Sometimes I nod that I do, sometimes I even front like I know him ("Oh yeah,...
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CULTURE / Music
Oct 18, 2015

Kero Kero Bonito blend English and Japanese rap into bouncy pop tracks

Sarah Midori Perry remembers checking MixB, an online bulletin board for Japanese expats in London, almost every day ... and feeling underwhelmed.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 17, 2015

No sex talk please, we're Japanese

The education ministry recently came under fire for supplementary materials it had distributed to high schools this summer. The materials were given out to help girls lead "healthier lives," but a chart about pregnancy included in the literature was found to be misleading.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015

LDP to solicit would-be candidates in online campaign aimed at drawing youth vote

The Liberal Democratic Party is attempting to reach the youth vote ahead of next summer's Upper House election.
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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 2015

Theater legend Harold Prince brings 'Prince of Broadway' to Japan for a world premiere

With a smile beaming from his face, Broadway legend Harold Prince enters the room I'm waiting in and cheerfully declares, "I'm not jet-lagged at all — they're just working me to death."
Rugby
Oct 14, 2015

Rugby fever sweeps Japan, as Goromaru and Co. become household names

Rugby fever has swept the field in Japan after the national team gained its best-ever three wins at the Rugby World Cup 2015.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2015

China's unfinished island wars

China will continue to pursue its claim to the Spratly Islands, but Hainan and Taiwan remain the two great pearls of its maritime frontier strategy.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 14, 2015

Animal advocates divided over shelter practices

Foreign volunteers break off contact with Tokyo NPO over conditions at dog facility.

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