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Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 12, 2018

Electric vehicles are here, but are they practical and economical?

The future seems to belong to electric vehicles (EVs).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2018

Can the 'Indo-Pacific' compete with China?

It seems like everyone in the Pacific and Indian Ocean area has decided to treat the region as a unified strategic theater.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018

About 40 percent of foreign workers feel discriminated against at Japanese firms, survey finds

Around 40 percent of white-collar foreign workers in Japan feel discriminated against in their offices due to their nationality or gender, according to a survey by private human resources company Adecco Ltd.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 6, 2018

2018: Year of the 800-pound Gorilla

Four topics dominated Japan's non-Twitter news cycle for the last quarter of 2017. Two involved sports: the signing of 23-year-old baseball superstar Shohei Otani to play for the Los Angeles Angels of the American League; and the resignation of sumo grand champion Harumafuji after assaulting a younger...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 6, 2018

Blackface, suicide and celebrity abuse: Welcome to 2018!

We're one week into 2018 and it seems Japan has an image problem.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 6, 2018

Tattoo artist Gakkin leaves his mark in Amsterdam

Gakkin, a native of Wakayama and now a resident of Amsterdam, draws freehand, forgoing modern stencil machines to work directly on the body.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2018

South Korean president meets with nine former 'comfort women' in Seoul

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday met with nine women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, days after their plight again cast a shadow over relations with Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2018

Scrutiny needed on expanding defense spending

Measures must be taken to cope with the changing security environment, but tight fiscal conditions mean defense spending must still be prioritized.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2018

More investors consider nonfinancial factors in decisions

Although it may seem slow to overseas investors, the ESG (environment, social and governance) investment started picking up in Japan just last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ESG Consortium Special
Dec 31, 2017

Long-held business beliefs still true in modern times

There are some things that Japan does very well. Things such as trains arriving on time, great food and anime. And the world, by and large, recognizes this.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 30, 2017

Japanese media's hits and misses of 2017

The term "fake news" was used in so many different situations this year that it no longer describes an agreed upon concept but rather anything you don't agree with. This is why the U.S. press has had a difficult time making sense of its president's conflation of cynical policy aims with his own deranged...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2017

It's time to bring Japanese schools into the 21st century

Japan must develop an educational system that makes its citizens become more relevant to the globalized economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 27, 2017

Five years of Abenomics: The good, the bad and the sluggish

Five years since Shinzo Abe came to power, the economy is much stronger, but still falls short of the revolution he pledged to deliver.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Dec 24, 2017

Foreign anime artists still face a long haul

In an interview with Buzzfeed two years ago, American animator Henry Thurlow, who had moved to Tokyo from New York six years earlier, summed up his dilemma. "When I was working as an animator in New York, I could afford an apartment, buy stuff and had time to 'live a life,'" he said. "Now (in Japan)...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 23, 2017

Illustrator Luis Mendo: 'Only listen to intelligent people'

Luis Mendo's most embarassing moment is yet to come.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 21, 2017

Evessa coach Dai Oketani brings passion to the game

While Japan pro basketball dealt with massive changes over the past dozen years, Dai Oketani built his credentials as one of the most respected, accomplished head coaches here.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2017

Alipay pursues Chinese tourists in hard-to-crack Japanese market

Alipay, a third-party mobile and online payment platform by Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., is chasing Chinese tourists to Japan, where it's signing up a growing number of retailers and eyeing the long-term potential of the nation's $45 billion digital payments market.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2017

Long-range cruise missiles for the SDF's arsenal

The addition of long-range cruise missiles to the SDF arsenal should be carefully discussed in the Diet.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 19, 2017

Nathan Chen credits rival Yuzuru Hanyu for inspiration

With less than two months to go until the Pyeongchang Olympics, American Nathan Chen is finding himself the focus of a lot of attention. And with good reason.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 18, 2017

Sports agency Wasserman enthusiastic about finding players spot in B. League

Diante Garrett made a big impact with Japanese hoop fans in the B. League's inaugural season last year, showing them flashy perimeter techniques and moves they had never seen before.
Dec 18, 2017

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano), is proud to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2017. We have devoted ourselves to shipbuilding since the 1917 founding of Shiohama Dockyard (later renamed TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING)...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 17, 2017

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon praises Abe's nationalist agenda

Visiting ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon lauds Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for trying to infuse Japan with nationalism but blasts the “running dogs” in mainstream media.
JAPAN / History
Dec 16, 2017

Heart of gold: The Ginza Line celebrates its 90th birthday

Born of disasters, war and massive infrastructure projects, 21st-century Tokyo has plenty of ghosts buried underground. If you ride the subway these days, you can catch a fleeting glimpse of two of them but, if you blink, you'll miss them. The Ginza Line is marking 90 years since its opening with the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2017

High earners, smokers and tourists to see higher levies under planned fiscal 2018 tax reforms

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition's fiscal 2018 tax reform plan features increased taxes for high-income earners and smokers, as well as a controversial departure tax targeting tourists leaving Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Dec 12, 2017

Tokyo-based fund CEO leads public-private fight against diseases around globe

BT Slingsby was 13 years old when he made a career decision: to become a medical doctor.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 11, 2017

Karate hoping to make mark at Tokyo Games

With its practitioners numbering over 130 million around the world and nearly 200 nations having become members of its international governing body, karate has become more of a global sport than Japan's own, traditional martial art.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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