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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 24, 2013

Language-learning app mixes study and manga

For those who came to Japan for the anime but are stuck instead studying flash cards for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), an Osaka-based company has made it possible to kill two birds with one app.
BASKETBALL
Nov 23, 2013

Ryukyu rolls on all cylinders against Hamamatsu

The Ryukyu Golden Kings boosted their championship hopes by signing Draelon Burns earlier this month, and the DePaul University product has made a seamless transition to the Western Conference powerhouse.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2013

Back to the future: Shinto's growing influence in politics

Immaculate and ramrod straight in a crisp, black suit, Japan's education minister, Hakubun Shimomura, speaks like a schoolteacher — slowly and deliberately.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 23, 2013

'Black' firms exploit staff, 'black' state taxes them

Burakku kigyu014d' refers to companies where management has no desire to reward workers, and where labor laws are intentionally violated. Wages tend to be low, working hours long — with unpaid overtime — and employees are often subjected to 'power harassment' at the hands of their supervisors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 23, 2013

Nuclear whistle-blower spills secrets the way the media should

Genpatsu Whiteout' continues to climb the best-seller list, propelled by a guessing game over the identity of its author, who seems to know a lot about the nuclear energy business.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2013

Dealey Plaza: birthplace of a mystery that still reverberates

Dealey Plaza is a depression. It is a shallow basin on the western edge of downtown, framed by concrete structures called pergolas and peristyles that were built in the late 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. Designed as a gateway to the city, the plaza is more of an ode to the automobile because...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 23, 2013

Drama celebrates real-life hospital saving abandoned babies; an Olympic thriller; CM of the week: au

It's been six years since a hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture installed its "baby hatch," a compartment where women could anonymously abandon babies with no questions asked. So far 92 infants have been placed in the compartment, which continues to be controversial.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2013

Parliamentary democracy without a viable opposition

The lack of a viable opposition party is causing a serious crisis of democracy in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 21, 2013

New Ai Weiwei film details the art of persecution

Timing, as they say, is everything, and for aspiring filmmaker Alison Klayman, that meant being in Beijing filming China's most well-known contemporary artist, Ai Weiwei, at precisely the moment the Chinese government decided to throw him in jail.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 21, 2013

Thanksgiving course; Christmas accommodation plan; Winter lunch, dinner buffets

Thanksgiving course
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 21, 2013

Enjoy giant sushi rolls with Chiba's best rice

Enjoy what Tako in Chiba Prefecture has to offer this Saturday at the Iki Iki Festa Tako 2013, where local produce including the town's famous Tako-mai rice, will be available for purchase directly from the farmers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 20, 2013

'Celestial Dance: The Art of Hiten'

Hiten, bodhisattvas that fly and dance in praise of Buddha, are wondrous beings, sometimes refered to as "flying angels." This exhibition focuses on the Buddhist symbols and their portrayal in various art forms, including sculptures and paintings. Ahead of the reopening of the renovated Phoenix Hall...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 20, 2013

For 'no war' Article 9, any reinterpretation will do

Since the conclusion of the Article 9 debate — that it permits Japan to participate in collective security efforts — is already known, all that is really called for is some kind of excuse that the public can give the nod to before returning to their smartphones.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2013

Welcoming Ambassador Kennedy

We hope that Ambassador Caroline Kennedy serves as a firm bridge between Japan and the United States and helps to strengthen mutual understanding.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2013

Don't ignore Myanmar's ongoing oppression

If the international community ignores Myanmar's ongoing abuses, justice may never be a part of Myanmar's future.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2013

India, U.S. sup with the devil

Lost in India and the U.S.' diplomatic maneuvers with the Taliban is the age-old wisdom: He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 17, 2013

Cracks in Tepco's 3/11 narrative

Tepco will never accept the theory that the earthquake, not the tsunami, caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster because it would make it difficult to restart its other nuclear power plants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2013

Japan pins hopes on Kennedy

With a controversial base relocation in Okinawa and other high-stakes issues testing the resilience of ties with the United States, people in Japan are looking to new U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy for not just her celebrity status, but also her potential to become a new bridge between the two allies....
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 16, 2013

The day JFK died: Fifty years on, the assassination still haunts Americans

The murder of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963, forever changed America. I was 16 years old when it happened, and still haven't fully come to terms with it. The indelible sense of loss and still-unanswered questions — How it could have been allowed to happen? Who was behind...
LIFE
Nov 16, 2013

Fifty years later, conspiracy theories live on

"Any concerted plan that placed Lee Harvey Oswald in the gunner's seat," wrote Norman Mailer in "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery," "would have had to have been built on the calculation that he would miss." Yet Mailer, whose research took him back to the city of Minsk, where Oswald had lived under...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 16, 2013

Amano: tracing Japan's arc through its ads

Though Yukichi Amano's field of expertise was advertising, he used his weekly newspaper columnsto comment on popular culture in general, and frequently provided other media outlets with his personal take on social trends.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 16, 2013

Paths to pay dirt are many and varied

Even stupid people can make money,' Spa magazine declares, in a package of articles aimed at the generation that the long-deflated Japanese economy has failed.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 16, 2013

Problem-solving shows for celebs and viewers; CM of the Week: Treasure Factory

On the problem-solving variety show "Kaiketsu! Nainai Answer" ("Solution! Ninety-nine Answers"; Nippon TV, Tues., 9 p.m.), comedy duo Ninety-nine and some celebrities offer advice to viewers who send in stories of personal tribulations. A studio audience of 50 women then ranks the solutions from best...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 15, 2013

90% of foreigners arrested last year were legal residents

Of the 5,423 foreigners arrested last year for committing crimes, more than 90 percent of them were living in the country legally, while illegal immigrants accounted for just 5.9 percent of the cases, unlike in the past, a report says.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 15, 2013

TELL vet helps cast net wider to reach kids, stop suicides

The Tokyo English Life Line has been providing support and counseling services to Japan's international community for 40 years. Vickie Skorji, the new director of the Lifeline hot line service, has played a pivotal role in its activities.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 15, 2013

A war of words over butchered English

The student wanted to make a brochure in English, aimed at attracting foreign tourists to Shiraishi. The English title of her presentation was “Come on my Island!”
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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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