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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 24, 2018

Lessons from the forefront of the global fight for food security

Where does our food come from? Who grows it? What is its impact on the environment? How can we feed the world's growing population? What effect will global warming have on food security?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Mar 22, 2018

Lawson chief bets on health, tech as future of convenience

Back in 2014, Sadanobu Takemasu was asked by his boss to go to Lawson, the convenience store chain known for its white milk can logo on a blue signboard.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 22, 2018

It takes one to know one: How YouTuber Chris Okano built an agency to help his fellow J-vloggers

This past week, Japanese YouTube heavyweight Hikakin appeared on NHK's long-running business show "The Professionals" ("Professional: Shigoto no Ryugi") where he discussed the "new job" of being a YouTube content creator.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 20, 2018

Uno aims for first senior world title in Milan

Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno and four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara will lead Japan's team at the world championships this week in Milan. With two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu sitting out the competition, Uno has a chance to step out of his famous teammate's shadow by winning his...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2018

Syrian asylum-seekers' bid for refugee status rejected by Tokyo court

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by two Syrian asylum-seekers — echoing the Immigration Bureau's decision not to grant them refugee status — in the first such court challenge in Japan since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern nation in 2011.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2018

Laird confident Fighters can compete in 2018

Brandon Laird rounded third base wearing a big smile on Saturday afternoon at Jingu Stadium. As he headed for home, Laird held out his left hand and tapped his palm with the index and middle fingers of his right, pantomiming someone making sushi, as he does after all of his home runs.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2018

LDP panel fails to form consensus over revision of war-renouncing Article 9

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's panel on constitutional revisions failed to reach a consensus Thursday over how the war-renouncing Article 9 should be revised, facing resistance from rank-and-file members calling for more radical revision than the ideas proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018

Supreme Court breaks new ground, ruling in favor of U.S.-based Japanese father in international custody battle

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of a U.S.-based Japanese father seeking to reunite with his teenage son, who was taken by his estranged wife to Japan in 2016, concluding that the wife's dogged refusal to abide by an earlier court order mandating the minor's repatriation amounts to her "illegally...
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 13, 2018

Mako Yamashita's bronze at world juniors impressive

Lost in the glare of Alexandra Trusova's phenomenal performance in landing two quadruple jumps on the way to victory at the world junior championships in Sofia on Saturday was the fact that Mako Yamashita picked up another medal for her growing collection.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 12, 2018

College sports reformers stay positive despite setbacks

Implementing change is often a painful procedure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 12, 2018

Daruma wish comes true after nearly 4-decade wait

'What would you like to be in the future and what would you like to do?' It's 1978, and Sujan Chinoy is an exchange student at Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka being interviewed for the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 10, 2018

Fukushima looks to renewable energy sources in the aftermath of nuclear disaster

Locally owned renewable power stations in Fukushima Prefecture are challenging the status quo in their drive toward a nuclear- and fossil-free future
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 10, 2018

An odyssey from brain scientist to creative mind

Satoki Nagata, a neuroscientist-turned-photographer captures the fleeting nature of life experiences in Chicago
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 10, 2018

Confusing power with powerlessness

"We're all terrified. It's like living in a mass grave." It's an underground shelter. "No water, no food, no ventilation, no toilets. Explosion after explosion. It never stops."
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 9, 2018

Radiation monitoring group formed during Fukushima nuclear disaster now a source of global data

Back in 2011, soon after the 3/11 disaster, Safecast was born. Today, the global volunteer-centered citizen science organization is home to the world's largest open data set of radiation measurements.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2018

Labor reforms can't wait

The third and most crucial 'arrow' of Abenomics — structural reform — must be carried out to achieve sustained economic growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2018

Prospect of U.S.-North Korea summit prompts jitters in Tokyo about being left vulnerable

The possibility of a summit between Washington and Pyongyang has left Tokyo jittery the U.S. may settle for a policy compromise that prioritizes U.S. homeland security, leaving Japan vulnerable.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 6, 2018

Candeloro feels Hanyu will skate 2-4 more years

The big extravaganza in Pyeongchang is over now and what a show it was. In every category, the skating performances were simply amazing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 6, 2018

Osaka pushing life sciences and wellness in 2025 Expo bid

Hosting the 2025 World Expo is an opportunity to showcase Osaka and Kansai-based research and technological advancements geared toward taking head-on global issues, such as those that come with an aging society, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui said in a recent exclusive interview with The Japan Times.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2018

BOJ chief faces tougher second term as reality of monetary easing program sinks in

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will face more severe challenges from the central bank's radical strategy for stoking 2 percent inflation and plans to unwind it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 3, 2018

Chef Yoshimi Hayakawa has been on a roll

Since 2001, Yoshimi Hayakawa, 48, from Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, has been living in Galway, a small and vibrant city on Ireland's Atlantic coast. After studying Chinese in Kunming, China, for five years, then traveling around Southeast Asia and spending three years in Hong Kong working for Yamato Transport...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 28, 2018

Florian Busch, the architect who floated the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium

Japan-based German architect warns that Tokyo risks squandering a historic chance to offer an ambitious, sustainable vision in 2020.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 24, 2018

Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda doesn't underestimate the power of observation

In late 1992, Kazuhiro Soda was attending a "company information session" in Tokyo, where young students about to graduate from university were introduced to various companies as prospective recruits.
Japan Times
Feb 23, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Delivers First “TESS38” Ship - Its 38,300-tonne Log and Bulk Carrier

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano; hereinafter, “TSUNEISHI”) completed the construction of its first TESS38 “WECO JOSEFINE” at one of its overseas shipyards, TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), Inc. (Location:...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 13: Let's hear it for the girls

Japan's Akito Watabe misses the podium in Nordic combined, while the curling team lost to South Korea. But there was still hope to be found in Japan's athletes. Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto are in fourth and fifth place, respectively, following the figure skating short program. (The long program...
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 21, 2018

The false promise of missile defense

Excessive spending on missile defense could be detrimental to other defense programs, leading to a weakening of the nation's overall defense capabilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 21, 2018

'Herbivore' investor Haruhiro Nakano takes on lions of Japanese finance

In a tiny, windowless meeting room high above the streets of Tokyo, Haruhiro Nakano starts to cry. The rail-thin, 54-year-old fund manager, who looks like a faded former J-pop star, has just shared his investing pitch, which sounds so deceptively simple you may not appreciate just how radical it is:...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 11: Drama on the ice

Japan is still celebrating Nao Kodaira's golden victory, not only for her athletic prowess but also her kindness. Stories are filling the web about Kodaira hugging her opponents and talking about her late friend during the Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 19, 2018

Let's discuss 'obligatory chocolates'

A recent Godiva ad challenged the culture of 'obligatory' Valentine's chocolates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / Deep Dive
Feb 18, 2018

Cryptocurrency boom: A fading fad or real innovation?

The ¥58 billion digital token heist at Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck last month reminded many of the infamous Mt. Gox fiasco in 2014 and renewed debate on a critical question: Is the cryptocurrency boom a fad or a prelude to real innovation?
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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
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