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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 23, 2015

Kono flags crackdown on expat 'welfare cheats'

The government considers toughening eligibility requirements for welfare benefits in a move that could affect a number of foreign residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 23, 2015

Shibuya Ward to accept applications for certificates to recognize same-sex partnerships

Ken Hasebe, mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, announced Friday that the ward will start accepting applications Wednesday to issue certificates of recognition for same-sex partnerships, a landmark step for the city to protect the rights of sexual minorities.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2015

Koizumi's political skills to be tested with appointment to LDP's Policy Research Council

The political skills of one of the most popular politicians in Japan are likely to be put to a real test soon.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 23, 2015

Rejuvenate Japan's industrial might with the humanities

Japanese manufacturers are failing to keep up with the global competition, and the narrow education their employees receive is a primary cause.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 23, 2015

A huge El Nino spreads wide range of mayhem around the world

It has choked Singapore with smoke, triggered Pacific typhoons and left Vietnamese coffee growers staring nervously at dwindling reservoirs. In Africa, cocoa farmers are blaming it for bad harvests, and in the Americas, it has Argentines bracing for lower milk production and Californians believing that...
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 21, 2015

U.S. navy delegation visits Chinese carrier amid maritime tensions

Senior U.S. naval officers visited China's lone aircraft carrier this week, China's military said, as the two powers try to counter mounting tensions between them over Beijing's claims in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
WORLD / Society
Oct 21, 2015

U.N. report shows women inching slowly, unevenly toward equality

Women are more educated, marrying later and living longer worldwide but millions remain illiterate and trapped by work that pays little or nothing, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday assessing progress over the past two decades.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2015

Tilting condo may be tip of iceberg for shoddy housing construction nationwide

The scandal surrounding structural flaws and falsified data for a tilting residential building in Yokohama has cast a spotlight on loopholes in the real estate industry's entrenched system, according to experts who speculate the trouble may turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2015

North Korea's Kim permits family reunions to gain leverage with South

Lee Taek-gu is about to meet his little sister — something he's waited 65 years for.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 19, 2015

Let's discuss pressure on university liberal arts education

In June the education ministry sent a directive to national universities calling on them to reorganize their humanities and social sciences departments.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 19, 2015

Wijnaldum lifts Newcastle to victory

Newcastle United's Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum scored four times as the club won its first Premier League match this season at the ninth attempt by thrashing Norwich City 6-2 to climb off the bottom of the table on Sunday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 19, 2015

UNESCO strikes political nerve with Nanking Massacre documents

A fierce battle is raging over UNESCO's stewardship of history.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2015

South China Sea: what 12 nautical miles really means

If the U.S. government goes forward with its plans to conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, it should be prepared for its intentions to be misread or distorted.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2015

Beck, Oga looking to change women's basketball culture

First in a two-part series
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 17, 2015

What's in a name? Japan debates whether to allow spouses to adopt separate surnames

Upper House lawmaker Mizuho Fukushima and her partner, Yuichi Kaido, have been together for about 40 years. They don't celebrate any kind of anniversary, however, because they've never been officially married.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 17, 2015

Fired up about Gifu's pottery industry

Toki, a small town in Gifu Prefecture, 37 km from Nagoya, sits above a huge clay basin. Pottery has been made here since ancient times.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 17, 2015

No sex talk please, we're Japanese

The education ministry recently came under fire for supplementary materials it had distributed to high schools this summer. The materials were given out to help girls lead "healthier lives," but a chart about pregnancy included in the literature was found to be misleading.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 17, 2015

Japan's public diplomacy of churlish cluelessness

Enough is enough. How dare UNESCO inscribe primary sources and a wartime video about the Nanking mayhem into global memory? I fully support the Japanese government's threats to withdraw funding from UNESCO to protest its recent decision to include a dossier submitted by China, "Documents of Nanjing Massacre,"...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 15, 2015

Retooled Shimane makes strong start

After a dreadful start, the Shimane Susanoo Magic became one of the league's most improved teams as the 2014-15 season marched on.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2015

Cabinet minister was questioned over theft of woman's underwear, gossip magazine says

One of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly appointed ministers has come under scrutiny after a gossip magazine reported Thursday that he was once suspected in the theft of a young woman's underwear.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 14, 2015

Trump to step outside reality, host 'Saturday Night Live' in November

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump will be exercising his comedy muscles as the host of NBC's live sketch show "Saturday Night Live" next month, the network said on Tuesday.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

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

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
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