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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2015

Khan brothers sharpen India's intolerance debate

Intolerance threatens to blow India apart from the seams, and the established political parties are doing little to calm the waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 6, 2015

Entrepreneur envisions world where elderly care is fulfilling work for young people

Amid the government's fight with the issue of Japan's aging society, and concerns over whether it can truly cope with the problems involved — including worker shortages in the nursing care sector — one young entrepreneur may have found the key.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 5, 2015

Sanfrecce complete title quest against Gamba

Sanfrecce Hiroshima claimed their third J. League title in four years with a 4-3 aggregate win over Gamba Osaka after a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the championship final on Saturday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 5, 2015

Push for balance can lead to a skewed view

In September, public broadcaster NHK aired a documentary that recounted the news events from the capital this summer. One of the segments focused on the continuing protests led by college students in central Tokyo against the controversial security bills the ruling Liberal Democratic Party had yet to...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 5, 2015

Germans torpedo Yasaka Maru; Men spending more on booze; Japan, ROK restore ties; South Korea to allow singing in Japanese

100 YEARS AGOFriday, Dec. 24, 1915
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WORLD
Dec 5, 2015

FBI investigating California massacre as 'act of terrorism'

The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of 14 people in California by a married couple as an "act of terrorism," officials said Friday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant Islamic State group.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2015

U.N. Security Council to meet on human rights in North Korea

The United Nations Security Council will meet in the coming week on human rights in North Korea, which has been accused by a U.N. inquiry of abuses comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, the United States said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2015

Investigators piece together portrait of Pakistani woman in California shooting

Tashfeen Malik's path to accused mass killer in California began in a small city on the Indus River in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2015

Why is the U.S. adding Montenegro to NATO?

NATO originally was created to act as a firebreak to war. Current U.S. policy threatens to turn it into a transmission belt of war.
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2015

IMF's vote of confidence in RMB

The renminbi has joined the basket of currencies with special drawing rights, but it is a long way away from becoming a true reserve currency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Dec 4, 2015

Bite into the enlarged head of 'Chibi Maruko-chan'

Floresta, a "natural" doughnut bakery, is celebrating the popular "Chibi Maruko-chan" cartoon series with a limited run of doughnuts shaped like the show's characters.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2015

The climate-terror connection

Where climate change threatens to lay waste to the environment, fanatics have banded together to lay waste to civilization.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2015

Japan unions plan to dial back wage demands by half

A labor group whose members include Toyota Motor Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Panasonic Corp.'s unions said they will seek half the minimum wage increase in 2016 compared with its plans entering this fiscal year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2015

Japan Inc.'s record profit streak threatened as yen projections bottom

Japan Inc.'s currency cookie jar may be just about empty.
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015

Group helps asylum applicants who lack access to Japan's social security

The image of a drowned boy washed up on a Turkish beach sparked a global outcry earlier this year amid the largest mass exodus of refugees in the modern era. It spawned a heated discussion in Japan on whether to make room for refugees.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2015

Climate talks nations close in on five-year review of pledged carbon cuts

Climate negotiators in Paris are drawing close to resolving one of the sticking points for a breakthrough emissions pact by favoring a five-year review period on promised greenhouse gas cuts, a top official said on Wednesday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 2, 2015

Complicating factors for U.S. nationals with Japanese pensions

U.S. citizens who have contributed to both Social Security and a Japanese pension system for any length of time are likely to know of the 40-quarter/ 25-year vesting rules. There are two important laws to understand here:
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2015

Paris puts seven accused jihadis on trial, including Islamic State executioner in absentia

The trial began in Paris on Tuesday of seven suspected Islamists, including an alleged Islamic State 'executioner' in Syria — the first such case to go to court since the group killed 130 people in the French capital last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2015

Chicago mayor ousts top cop over white officer's videotaped killing of black teen

Chicago's police chief was ousted on Tuesday following days of unrest over video footage showing the shooting of a black teenager and the filing of murder charges against a white police officer in the young man's death.
WORLD
Dec 1, 2015

Saudis invite 65 Syrian opposition figures to Riyadh ahead of peace talks: report

Saudi Arabia has issued invitations to 65 Syrian opposition figures to attend a conference in Riyadh to try to unify their positions ahead of proposed Syrian peace talks, Saudi newspapers reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 1, 2015

Plaintiffs across Japan charge that My Number ID system is unconstitutional

About 150 people file complaints with district courts across the nation calling on the government to cease using their My Number identification codes, saying the system will violate their right to privacy.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 30, 2015

City assembly member in hot water over discriminatory tweets about same-sex marriage

Municipal assembly leaders in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, issue a warning to a 71-year-old assemblyman over discriminatory remarks about gay marriage.
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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