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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2016

An end to 'business as usual'

Pyongyang's latest nuclear test should prompt both China and the U.S. to reexamine their policies toward North Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 23, 2016

Forever young: Riko Narumi gives up old roles

In 2000, Riko Narumi made her first appearance on TV at age 7. She has worked steadily in both television and film ever since, and has 24 entries in her filmography, ranging from the drama "Shindo"(2007), where she played a troubled teen piano prodigy, to quirky comedy "Seaside Motel" (2011), in which...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016

The big news is how little will change in Cuba

The Castro regime will likely survive unless the U.S. finally ends its economic embargo and exposes Cuba to the full force of international capitalism.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016

As Cuba rises, Puerto Rico falls

As the resumption of diplomatic ties with the U.S. opens new possibilities for Cuba, Puerto Rico's current status as a U.S. commonwealth has turned into an ugly dead end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016

Damascus love songs can't drown out the destruction of Syria

At the Damascus opera house, youths in jeans, old gentlemen in suits and ties and women in long-sleeved dresses and headscarves cheer and applaud the two performers of Arabic love songs.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 21, 2016

A certain ratio: the relative strengths of wariai, wari to and wari ni

Introducing the meaning and adverbial uses of the noun u5272u5408 (u308fu308au3042u3044, ratio).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2016

Can cultural engagement soften North Korea's hard-line stance?

After years of provocations, talks, promises and broken vows — a pattern that Pyongyang has mastered — the atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula remains highly charged and little changed.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2016

Carp newcomer Pridie getting acclimated to NPB life

By coming to Japan and signing with the Hiroshima Carp, Jason Pridie hopes to have found the one thing he's searched for throughout his career: an opportunity.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2016

Daniel Craig's favorite Bond car is a Toyota

Daniel Craig's favorite Bond car isn't an Aston Martin. It's a Toyota.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Mar 20, 2016

Playwright brings voices of America's enslaved to the Tokyo stage

Follow-up show to an upcoming Huck Finn musical grapples with how to strike a balance between relating the true horror of slavery and telling the whole story.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 20, 2016

Patent and copyright laws can help you win redress when wronged

A reader writes: I have a problem regarding misleading information on a home page, confusing labels and the use of my intellectual property rights on some products.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 20, 2016

Once bathtub-bound dog Ofurochan warms to life and freedom with new family

Shiba Ofurochan, so named after being rescued after three years of life in a bath, has found a new, loving home with the Yoshidas of Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2016

Political violence is an American tradition

This election may not be a showcase for the intelligence and statesmanship of the U.S. elite, but the passion and engagement it has infused into U.S. politics could have a silver lining.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2016

Time to move beyond monetary policy

Ideological and political prejudices deeply rooted in history will have to be overcome to end the current stagnation.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 18, 2016

Abramovich's wealth not enough for Chelsea now

When you have grown up in the Communist regime of the former Soviet Union, started your business career importing rubber ducks and becoming the 12th-richest person in Russia thanks to owning an oil company, then being accused of "failing to demonstrate even a minimum amount of manners and education"...
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 18, 2016

Suspicions Abe will again delay tax hike bolstered by pro-government daily

Speculation that the delayed second stage of the consumption tax hike will be postponed yet again was reinforced Friday after a pro-government daily reported that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering the option.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2016

How $5-a-night hostels led to Japan's first $1 billion startup

In 2012, Shintaro Yamada was 34 years old, single and frustrated with his job. So he quit a comfortable position in Tokyo and set out to see the world.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2016

U.S. sees Chinese activity at reef seized from Philippines

The United States has seen Chinese activity around a reef that China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago that could be a precursor to more land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Navy chief said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 18, 2016

Fukushima's organic farmers still battle stigma

"All publicity is good publicity." Nowhere does this specious PR maxim ring more hollow than in Fukushima Prefecture. As if the horrors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant weren't traumatic enough, the region's economic and agricultural recovery...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 18, 2016

Craftale: A young, talented chef takes flight among Nakameguro's cherry trees

There's a new generation of chefs emerging in Tokyo. They're young, innovative, up-to-the-minute and self-assured, and they're starting to make waves. Most are still flying under the radar. In the case of Shinya Otsuchihashi and his brilliant new restaurant, Craftale, things are not going to stay that...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2016

A 'cashless society' is wonderful — until it's not

If we want to move toward a cashless society then we also need to think seriously about limiting the ability of the government to use the payments system as an instrument to control the behavior of its citizens.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2016

U.S. stance on Britain and the EU is hypocritical

U.S. President Barack Obama might at least pay the British the courtesy of understanding their distinctively American ideas about sovereignty.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2016

Ehime high schools to require notice from students who want to attend political events

All public high schools in the prefecture decide en masse to require notice from students who intend to engage in political activity.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2016

Challenge of global change

The world is increasingly beset with problems, but with the right effort the international community can overcome them.

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