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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2018

In Tokyo, Tibetan leader urges pressure on China to free his homeland

Japan and the international community should pressure China to find a peaceful solution to its long-standing conflict with Tibet, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile told The Japan Times in a recent interview in Tokyo.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 17, 2018

Nagaya nostalgia: The long and the short of Tokyo's famed 'row houses'

Nagaya have been disappearing from downtown Tokyo for many decades, with row upon row of these "long houses" torn down to make way for more comfortable — and profitable — residential complexes and office blocks.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2018

Mumbai's far-reaching revival plan targets historic dockland area

It was a trip few Mumbai residents had made before — to a smelly dock on murky waters in the city's southern tip, to see colorful art installations inspired by the fishing community, the city's original residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2018

April 1 marks start of Japan's new medical fees and processes

The new medical prices are out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2018

For young Japanese seeking romance, beauty is in the eye of the dating app

Japan's millennials are apathetic about romance, and everyone knows it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 28, 2018

Court cases shine a light on Japan's problem with paternity leave

Two cases currently before the courts show how the reality of Japanese workplaces can clash with government attempts to encourage fathers to help raise their children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 18, 2018

Some see U.S. already on North Korea war footing, waiting for allies to get onboard

Is a war pitting the U.S. and its allies against nuclear-armed North Korea on the horizon?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018

Airbnb becoming rural income source from India to Japan

Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalizing remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.
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JAPAN
Dec 27, 2017

Tokyo's Kabutocho financial district gets creative in bid to revive its quiet streets

It's a Monday night in late November and Ryutei Ichiya, a kimono-clad 34-year-old rakugo comic raconteur, is performing a skit in front of a crowd of over 100.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2017

Japan Times advisory board weighs in on the paper's past and future

The Japan Times Media Advisory Board met at the newspaper's office Oct. 24 to review the redesign implemented on April 1 and news coverage over the past year.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 13, 2017

Taunts, tweets and tough talk: Japan's quotes of 2017

Soundbites tell the story of a roller-coaster year for Japan, from its Diet to its dohyu014d.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 7, 2017

Kanayama rice terraces 'an impressive feat of human ingenuity'

Looking out the window as the bullet train crosses into northern Iwate Prefecture, the mighty Tohoku mountains stand tall behind deep forests, rice paddies and the occasional sleepy town. Long gone is the constant buzzing of cars and a view that stops on the other side of the street. If it weren't for...
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JAPAN
Nov 24, 2017

Japan's lowriders get a little higher

The scene at Makuhari Messe could be at the Louvre — if the Louvre were to pump hip-hop throughout its galleries and have half-naked women posing beside its exhibits.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 18, 2017

Takashi Tamai: A never-ending search for the unpredictable

Anthropologist Takeshi Tamami has always had something of an itch for Africa.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 15, 2017

A son echoes his father's questions about identity in Japan

'Russo-Japanese' Chuk Besher spent years researching Japan's multicultural history. Much later, son Noah, 8, had a question: 'What does 'half' mean?'
Nov 13, 2017

More Than 1,000 People Compete “2017 TSUNEISHI CUP” Marathon Held at Xiushan Island

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Abbr.: TZS; Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. of China; President: Sachio Okumura), together with Daishan Government, hosted “2017 TSUNEISHI CUP” Marathon on September 24th, 2017. All together there are...
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2017

Iraq not equipped to try Islamic State over atrocities in Mosul, against Yazidis: U.N.

Iraq is not capable of trying atrocities committed by Islamic State during the battle for Mosul so it must find other routes to justice such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), a U.N. human rights report said on Thursday.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 1, 2017

Alex Kerr on Japan: From 'voice in the wind' to vindication

A quarter-century after his first book warned Japan of what it had to lose, Alex Kerr feels the nation is finally on the same page.
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2017

Small Japanese credit union outperforms mega-banks by lending to geisha and local startups

Kikuno Kashima, a Tokyo geisha, couldn't get a bank loan to open a club for her patrons and select guests until a tiny credit union agreed to lend her the money. Now she's part of a lending model that's doling out cash to startup companies and yielding surprisingly high profits in the process.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 25, 2017

Bicultural families in Japan take the educational road less traveled

Parents of international children share their diverse stories from inside and outside Japan's state school system.
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BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2017

Bitcoin retreats as another offshoot of cryptocurrency appears

First there was bitcoin, then bitcoin cash — and now there's bitcoin gold.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 18, 2017

Ushering in a new, kinder era for Japan's zoos

Lack of legal regulation means the worst facilities continue to taint Japan's image abroad.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2017

Former Minnesota athletics chief Joel Maturi says Japan can benefit from college sports overhaul

Joel Maturi, an ex-director of athletics for the University of Minnesota, thinks it is "insane" and "crazy" that some of the major NCAA schools make a large amount of money through sports.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 8, 2017

Vow to 'compete at the Japanese level' pays off for Oussouby Sacko, Kyoto Seika's next head

In his rise up the ranks, Malian academic positioned himself as a bridge between Japan and the outside world.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 1, 2017

Kumano Kodo guide unfairly singled out

A letter regarding Amy Chavez's Japan Lite column 'Blame for 'bad tourists' to Japan lies with the advice they never receive.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 26, 2017

Is education in Japan really so bad?

Let's have more confidence and say we are not doing too bad in the educational field, despite the government's low spending.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2017

Hokkaido 'workations' breathe fresh air into telecommuting

With a view of Mount Shari in the distance and an ocean breeze wafting in from the Sea of Okhotsk, working in this coastal community in northeastern Hokkaido is certainly an escape from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo.

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