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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2018

Myanmar's Suu Kyi at World Economic Forum defends jailing of two Reuters journalists

Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and they can appeal against their seven-year sentences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 14, 2018

China is 'educating' Muslims to avoid extremism's spread, not mistreating them: Beijing official

China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE NOTES
Sep 13, 2018

Could Domo-kun at 20 mean Domo-kun 2.0?

Whatever happened to Domo-kun, the furry brown monster with the jagged maw? When I first got to Japan I used to see him everywhere. Now Chiitan, the masochistic Otter who reps the city of Susaki in Kochi Prefecture, stacks my social media feeds with memes, and Unari-kun, from Narita, is the current reigning...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 13, 2018

Akinori Nakagawa captures Frankie Valli's voice in 'Jersey Boys'

Nothing sounds quite like the early 1960s more than the vocals of Frankie Valli. As lead singer of The Four Seasons, his falsetto remains an unmistakable part of classic tunes such as "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry," though it's also his remarkable voice, in a lower register, behind hits like "Can't...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 13, 2018

U.N. documents further Syrian regime use of banned chemical arms, fears Idlib 'massacre'

U.N. investigators said on Wednesday that they had documented three further uses of banned chlorine weapons by Syrian government forces that constituted war crimes, and urged major powers to help avert a "massacre" in the final battle for Idlib.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018

All the anonymous b.s. that's fit to print

Trump shouldn't be president. Why is the Times breaking its ethics guidelines to tell us what everyone already knows?
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2018

Organizers to start accepting applications from prospective Tokyo Games volunteers this month

Organizers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say they will start accepting applications from volunteers this month with a goal of recruiting 110,000 people by the end of the year.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2018

Japan's three-year cancer survival rate at 71%

The three-year survival rate stood at 71.3 percent for people who were diagnosed with cancer in Japan in 2011, the National Cancer Center said in a survey report Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2018

Brace for the risks of unanticipated disasters

The Hokkaido quake provides more clues on how to improve our disaster preparedness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2018

What wild sheep can teach humans about leadership

Do certain bighorns pioneer migrations? Or do herds tap into crowd wisdom?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 11, 2018

The Lagerphones look to charm Japan one coffee shop at a time

If you're in a foreign band trying to plan a tour in Japan, you sometimes need to improvise when it comes to booking venues. That may be why you're more likely to find Australian six-piece The Lagerphones at a cozy cafe than a grimy Shibuya live house.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2018

The painterly prayers of Higashiyama

Kaii Higashiyama's best-known works are often called 'quintessentially Japanese landscapes,' but they were also examples of the artist's conservative dialogue with European and American abstraction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2018

China tells U.N. rights chief to respect its sovereignty after Xinjiang comments

China on Tuesday called for U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to respect its sovereignty, after she urged it to allow monitors into the restive far western region of Xinjiang and expressed concern about the situation there.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 10, 2018

Let's discuss Noemi Inoue, Bolivia-born Tokyo councilor

Bolivian-born Noemi Inoue felt it was necessary to naturalize to feel fully integrated in Japanese society and to become the first non-Japan-born person to serve as a city councilor in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.
Sep 10, 2018

Reclaiming Education: A new school to inspire children towards a brighter and more successful future.

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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Sep 8, 2018

Cheers to beers connecting northern Europe and Japan

J.L.S. Trading imports an eclectic range of craft beers from various microbreweries in the Baltics and Scandinavia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 8, 2018

200-year-old Mie puppet's neck on the line as whaling ban makes crucial part scarce

Onyudo is a giant kimono-clad, long-necked puppet that has been preserved by residents of the Nakanaya area of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, for more than 200 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2018

Japan gaming industry group to bolster educational activities in bid to prevent kids from becoming addicted

Association plans to introduce parents to apps and other tools that restrict the amount of time their child can play video games
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2018

LGBT hospitality house to be established for 2020 Tokyo Games

An LGBT hospitality house will be set up during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as a place to exchange and distribute information about issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2018

A 'sad day for Myanmar'

Myanmar's persecution of two Reuters reporters, sentencing them to seven years behind bars, is shameful. The silence of the world's governments is equally shameful.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2018

In WeChat-dominated China, new app Bullet Messenger scores sudden success

The Chinese messaging app Bullet Messenger has racked up millions of downloads since its debut just a few weeks ago, using a stripped-down design to chip off a chunk of a sophisticated, billion-user market.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2018

Documentary to capture views of young Okinawans on U.S. Futenma base issue

As Okinawa continues to be roiled by tensions over a plan to move a key U.S. air base within the prefecture, filmmakers from Iwate Prefecture are using their next documentary to give younger Okinawans a greater voice.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018

Abe announces typhoon-hit Kansai airport will reopen to some domestic flights Friday

The airport remained closed Thursday after Typhoon Jebi caused flooding that damaged the main runway and tarmac, and drove a tanker into the bridge connecting the facility to the mainland.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2018

Economists gear up to challenge the monopolies

Excessive market concentration lets companies take a bigger slice of the pie at the expense of workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 6, 2018

Planes, trains and fake perfume: How Novichok arrived in Britain

The sheer audacity of Russia's chemical-weapon attack on the U.K. can be traced through the journey of a small — and fake — Nina Ricci Premier Jour perfume bottle.
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan
While not specifying what percentage of foreign residents should make up the total population, “we conveyed the message that the ratio should be kept as low as possible and that the current rapid pace of increase must be properly curbed,” said Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Osaka Expo visitors top 20 million as crowds surge
Visitors at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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