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BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2016

Bigger, tastier and pinker: Australia's $1.5 billion super shrimp farm

Somewhere in the vast fishing waters off Australia's northern coast, the hunt is on for the Adams and Eves needed to start a super race of shrimp.
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WORLD
Sep 15, 2016

Hidden data: the new weapon that could beat hunger

With a single smartphone app, you can now get a pretty accurate forecast of the weather anywhere in the world. That is largely thanks to a decision by science agencies, a decade ago, to put online their satellite data and make it available for free.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 13, 2016

Medal haul in Yokohama shows depth of young talent

This past weekend's sweep of the women's singles at the Yokohama Junior Grand Prix illustrated just how deep Japan's talent pool is now.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2016

Time to seize the climate's low-hanging fruit

An amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out hydrofluorocarbons could be a boon for climate-change mitigation.
Figure Skating
Sep 9, 2016

Sakamoto dazzles during short program at Yokohama Junior Grand Prix

Kaori Sakamoto took the lead with an impressive short program at the Yokohama Junior Grand Prix on Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 9, 2016

Being young, Japanese, a woman and a chef — in Paris

Chiho Kanzaki has been cooking for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Tokyo, she used to watch her father prepare dinner for their family and would climb onto a stool to imitate his movements in the kitchen. Like a lot of little girls enamored of the food world, she imagined herself as a baker...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 7, 2016

Views from Tokyo: What were your highlights from the Rio Olympics?

People out and about in the capital offer their views on the best of the 2016 Summer Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2016

Welcome to the Anthropocene

For better or worse, humans are now in charge of the entire planet.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 6, 2016

Kihira shows great potential in Junior Grand Prix debut

Rika Kihira continued Japan's fine start to the Junior Grand Prix season on Saturday when she finished a close second at the event in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2016

Japanese men search for ways to improve

Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2016

Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint during Vatican ceremony

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the "saint of the gutters" during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Sep 3, 2016

Net TV in Japan: Full stream ahead?

As consumers move away from regular terrestrial TV toward online video content, it appears that the domestic TV industry itself needs to undergo its own paradigm shift.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2016

Russia fetes 75th anniversary of arrival of first British Arctic WWII convoy

British and Russian World War II veterans gathered on Wednesday in Arkhangelsk, 75 years to the day since Britain's first Arctic convoy of military supplies steamed into the northern port.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2016

Canada snubs U.S. in seeking to join China-led AIIB

Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Ottawa's finance department said Wednesday, in a coup for Beijing after Washington tried to dissuade its allies from signing up.
OLYMPICS
Aug 30, 2016

Japan's judo gold medalists praise country's efforts with eye on 2020 Games

Japan's Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport's world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succeed at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be enormous.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2016

A ski resort success, Niseko defies rural Japan's demographic decline

Japan's shrinking population has weighed on the world's third-biggest economy, alarmed government forecasters and turned some rural communities into veritable ghost towns.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2016

Shiraishi isn't afraid to ask the tough questions about life

August honors the dead in Japan, so it's fitting that Kazufumi Shiraishi's raw discourse on mortality makes its English debut this month. Originally published in 2008, "Me Against the World" breaks from Shiraishi's fictional works, offering the author's undiluted musings on life. As told The Japan Times...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 26, 2016

Strong managerial ranks highlight start of new season

This is the season the Premier League has been waiting for since its inception in 1992.
Reader Mail
Aug 26, 2016

Obscene defense budget request

Of all the supposed democracies in the world, Japan must be the top heaviest with its endless rules and regulations. Most of them are unnecessary, and many more may seem unbelievably petty to non-Japanese.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2016

Don't count on technology to save you in a disaster; planning is better: researchers

Newfound enthusiasm for the latest technologies, such as drones and smartphones, to improve the way aid is provided to people in disasters may be overblown, experts warn.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 25, 2016

Core of homegrown talent gives Pirates hope for future

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently battling it out with several other ball clubs for a wild card slot in the National League playoffs.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2016

Twisted stance on nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Abe needs to show that Japan is serious about seeking a world free of nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2016

Only the Philippines has to worry about Duterte

Human rights, the rule of law and the United Nations are getting short shrift in the war on drugs launched by 'Duterte Harry.'
OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2016

Rio passes Olympic flag to Tokyo, 'Super Abe' during closing ceremony

Tokyo took center stage as Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic flag to the 2020 host city at a rain-lashed but joyous closing ceremony for the Rio Games on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016

Germany defeats Sweden to claim gold in women's soccer

With her arms raised in victory, coach Silvia Neid ran onto the field to join the celebration of Germany's first Olympic gold medal — even jumping onto the players' dogpile.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Aug 19, 2016

Real personality of Rio hidden from view behind IOC's security blanket

The eyes of the world are on Rio de Janeiro while the Olympics are in town, but it is difficult to shake the feeling that the city is not showing its true face.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear