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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 4, 2016

Xi's Silk Road dream development hits a speed bump in Thailand

President Xi Jinping is so devoted to his Silk Road project for China to deepen economic ties across Asia that he recently had top Communist officials attend a "study" session on the millenniums-old history of the route.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2016

Food security fears resurface in Asian as nations face rice shortage due to drought

Nearly a decade after a spike in global food prices sent shock waves around the world, Asia's top rice producers are suffering from a blistering drought that threatens to cut output and boost prices of a staple for half the world's population.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
May 1, 2016

Enjoy your life in Japan, for the moments

After more than 30 years of studying Japan, I've learned to appreciate one thing people here do well: living in the moment.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 1, 2016

Fathers seek advice about visas for divorced dads and scholarships for dual-national kids

This week's column deals with two inquiries from American fathers of bicultural children.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2016

Ahead of rare North Korea Congress, money trumps party for most

Kim Dan-bi's brother is the model of the establishment North Korean: an army veteran and member of the ruling Workers' Party, he is now a manager at a state enterprise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 30, 2016

Idols put Band-Aids on fragile male egos

Two cities in Tottori Prefecture have set up a facility called the Tottori Deai Support Center, which is a kind of matchmaking service for young residents. In December it published a pamphlet to help people looking for mates better understand what the opposite sex wanted.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 30, 2016

Hailing the benefits of raising a stink

In the 1980s, when I was living in northern Nagano Prefecture and hiking the mountains with members of the local Hunters Association, I was always making a lot of fuss about the depredation of ancient forests being instigated by the Forestry Agency — a branch of the national government that, at the...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2016

Bogusevic adjusting to NPB game

When Orix Buffaloes outfielder Brian Bogusevic was in college at Tulane University, years before setting foot in Japan, he was a two-way star as a pitcher and outfielder.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2016

Why Japan lost Aussie sub bid

The botched bidding process for a contract to build submarines for Australia's navy was an important lesson for Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016

U.S. Embassy announces leadership seminars for female high school students

The U.S. Embassy will hold workshops for female Japanese junior high and high school students on leadership and speaking up in bid to promote gender equality.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2016

ICTs, broadband key to sustainable development

To achieve global connectivity for all people and communities, governments and industry need to come together in ever more innovative public-private partnerships.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016

Tottori focuses on bright side with pink-themed photo contest

Two years after giving its airport the nickname Tottori Sand Dunes Airport, named after the popular manga series "Detective Conan," Tottori Prefecture on Thursday launched a photo contest in a bid to revitalize the region.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 28, 2016

Title hunt tips off for 16 playoff contestants

After the long regular season, 16 teams remain in the hunt for the bj-league title.
Reader Mail
Apr 28, 2016

In defense of Japan's moral standards

Popular TV personality Becky and Diet member Kensuke Miyazaki were both recently caught in cheating scandals. Both cases involved the breaking of marital vows and in both instances the public figures involved suffered harsh consequences.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2016

NHK chairman's order to follow government line on Kyushu nuclear reactors sparks outcry

Outspoken NHK Chairman Katsuto Momii has found himself once again mired in controversy after news leaked he gave instructions that the public broadcaster should stick to the official government line when reporting on the nuclear reactor situation in quake-hit Kyushu.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2016

Why China's censors silenced a Net sensation

China's leaders, so determined to export their culture to the world, are instead cultivating a neutered entertainment industry with their censorship.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2016

North Korea announces rare policy-making congress next week

North Korea announced Wednesday it will convene a rare congress of its ruling party late next week — the first such policy-making meeting in more than three decades.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 26, 2016

Beijing puts the squeeze on foreign companies in China

Japanese firms based in China are feeling the pinch as Beijing tightens its grip on capital transactions.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2016

'Progressives' strive to silence climate debate

Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism by criminalizing it.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 26, 2016

Thibodeau could make Timberwolves genuine contenders

One of my favorite movies, and not just because I live in Chicago — but if you want to see the best city location shots, that's the movie — is the John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd 1980s farce, "The Blues Brothers." It's a send-up of a Saturday Night Live TV show bit in which the comics actually became blues...
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BASKETBALL
Apr 26, 2016

Gaines gets to work with Japan's women's hoop team

Japan's Olympic-bound women's national basketball team has entered its second training camp in Tokyo, with Phoenix Suns assistant Corey Gaines as a guest coach.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 26, 2016

Hidden poverty growing under Abe, particularly among young and single mothers

As the government tells it, Japanese have it pretty good.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2016

Chinese Navy's professional conduct in South China Sea attracts U.S. admiral's praise

Standing on a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier the length of more than three football fields as it plows through one of the world's most contested seas, Rear Adm. Marcus Hitchcock has only high praise for the navy of his biggest military rival: China.

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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