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Aug 20, 2016

Inside Japan's racehorse breeding empire

Harry Sweeney has his hand up a horse's backside. The mare looks put out by this intrusion. Her eyes dart about nervously and she shifts her weight before accepting five thick human digits probing her insides. After feeling the uterus and the swelling of the ovaries, Sweeney's arm, slick with mucus and...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016

Track legend Bolt, other sprint stars praise Japan relay foursome's teamwork, dedication

Three-time triple Olympic gold medal-winner Usain Bolt insists he was not surprised by Japan's performance in claiming silver in the 4x100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016

Russian pole vault great Isinbayeva ends career with parting shot at track chiefs

Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday and claimed "God will judge" track and field's governing body for denying her the chance to compete at the Rio Games.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2016

Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty, researchers say

A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty by indicating where help is needed most, a team of U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 18, 2016

Aborigines fight planned nuke waste dump on land they call sacred, fearing 'cultural genocide'

Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swaths of South Australia.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 17, 2016

Celebrating Japan's multicultural Olympians

Meet the athletes flying the flag for Japan and challenging the conventional definition of what it means to be Japanese.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016

Populism trumping the TPP

Washington's ambitious plan to take on the might of China is dying.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2016

Putin's very good summer

It is not clear if Vladimir Putin understands the limits of Russia's power or Western patience. A miscalculation of either could prove disastrous.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016

Cleaning up the Olympics

Gov. Yuriko Koike is aiming for a successful Olympics that enhances — rather than derails — Tokyo's future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016

Is Donald Trump a Democratic Party plant?

Who in the end really gains from Donald Trump's paranoid, fact-free campaign style. A lot of people are saying it's Hillary Clinton.
WORLD
Aug 15, 2016

U.S. nuclear bombs that Japan relies on are 'liability' in unstable Turkey

A report has slammed planned upgrades to the U.S. tactical nuclear bomb program as an "egregious" waste of money and said deployment overseas is risky, although experts point to benefits for allies in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2016

Anniversary of Japan's surrender brings mix of opinions to Tokyo's sites for the war dead

As Japan marked the 71st anniversary Monday of its surrender in World War II, people at two memorial sites in Tokyo expressed a wide range of views on the war.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016

The Middle East must take the lead on refugees

The Gulf countries, despite their vast oil wealth, have taken in hardly any refugees.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2016

Forgoing visit, Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe avoids visiting the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and instead dispatches a proxy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2016

Why China's plan to build a new Silk Road runs through Singapore

As the son of a man who journeyed from China to Singapore and founded a shipping business a half century ago, Teo Siong Seng sees his life as one immersed in the ancient trading networks of Asia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2016

Negative rates killing growth

Central bankers should admit defeat, scrap the silly negative interest rate policy and treat the real problem.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2016

Overseas trip to forestall annual visit to Yasukuni by new defense chief Inada

Despite much speculation, new defense chief Tomomi Inada probably won't visit problematic Yasukuni Shrine on Japan's surrender anniversary and will instead catch a flight to Djibouti.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 11, 2016

Wanted: Four women to save the world

In 1989, "Ghostbusters II" was released in theaters where it did well in terms of profit, less so in terms of critical response. Reviews didn't matter, though — the original 1984 film was so popular that fans couldn't wait to see a third sequel.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2016

Reappraising Japan-U.K. ties

As it prepares to exit the EU, Britain needs a prosperous and politically stable Japan more than ever.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2016

Microfinancing can build climate resilience

If the world is serious about mitigating the worst effects of climate change, both the public and private sectors should support efforts to extend microfinancing to small and medium-size enterprises.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 9, 2016

With TICAD, Japan pursues African growth and export markets

Global powers China, the United States and the European Union are fiercely competing to expand their market share in Africa — the world's last major economic frontier.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016

Japan men's gymnastics team strikes gold over Russia, China

Japan captured the men's Olympic team all-around gymnastic gold medal it craved after pulling away from the competition in imperious fashion at the Rio Games on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2016

Delta computer outage delays flights worldwide

Delta Air Lines Inc said a "major systemwide network outage" on Monday had delayed flights worldwide and technicians were working to resolve the computer problem as soon as possible.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2016

Trump won't defend the U.S. Constitution

Donald Trump's track record suggest he would undermine the U.S. Constitution rather than uphold it.

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years