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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2016

Japanese Supreme Court hears its first case on dementia liability

The family of a 91-year-old man with dementia who was killed by a train after wandering onto railway tracks argued Tuesday before the Supreme Court that holding them liable for disrupting train services would essentially deny that healthy and disabled people can coexist in society.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2016

Japan's rural temples see the light in luxury tourism

Deep in a forest in Fukui Prefecture, a 13th century Buddhist temple where Steve Jobs once dreamed of becoming a Zen monk has teamed up with a Tokyo skyscraper builder to seek the commercial enlightenment of foreign tourist dollars.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 4, 2016

Isolation a real danger for men caring for an elderly relative

Like many people who care for elderly family members at home, Norio Watanabe, 51, struggled to deal with the physical and mental burdens of looking after his father, who had dementia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 3, 2016

Options available to mitigate dangers of living alone with dementia

At first glance, it's hard to tell what's wrong with Keiko Sawada. As casual exchanges continue, however, it becomes increasingly clear the former bar hostess has serious memory problems.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2016

Africa suffering under a yoke of corruption

The book 'The Looting Machine' by Tom Burgis explains why a continent blessed with one-third of the world's hydrocarbon and mineral wealth remains mired in poverty and dysfunction.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2015

Moving Saudi Arabia's economy beyond oil

Weaning Saudi Arabia's economy off oil will not be easy. But there are encouraging early signs about the government's focus, energy, and determination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2015

Russia to revise space program amid economic troubles, including cuts to moon exploration

Russia is to revise its space program, the national space agency said on Tuesday after a newspaper published a report that billions of dollars of cuts may be on the way, including to ambitious moon exploration plans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2015

France issues climate draft to guide shift from fossil fuels

Hosts France issued a 31-page draft text of a deal to combat climate change on Saturday, hoping to secure adoption within hours from 195 nations and mark a turning point for the global economy away from fossil fuels.
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.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2015

Abe's new package lacks road map

The prime minister's package to boost social programs is ambitious on paper, but lacks a plan to turn it into reality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 28, 2015

Films focus on dementia and find hope

Last week, a 47-year-old woman was arrested for killing her 81-year-old mother and "assisting" in the suicide of her 74-year-old father. The woman had been found on the banks of the Tone River in Saitama Prefecture, into which she and her parents had driven in order to drown themselves.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 21, 2015

Without tackling Japan's labor mismatch, Abe's GDP target is just a pipe dream

The government urgently needs to address the mismatch between the jobs available and the people who are looking for employment.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2015

Tokyo must act now to build legacy for venues beyond 2020 Olympics, says London Games exec

Tokyo must act now to develop a vision for the new National Stadium and other Olympic venues that reaches decades beyond the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2015

Putin questions U.S.-led TPP trade pact arrangements

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized on Tuesday the way the U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is being arranged, saying the "clandestine talks" do not promote stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2015

Market for luxury jets seen slipping for first time since 2009

Global long-term spending on private jets is starting to slow for the first time since 2009 as slumping commodity prices sap demand in emerging markets, according to an industry forecast.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2015

Japan pushes clean-coal technology; hurdles abound

For all the talk of a solar boom in Japan, coal still has a future, and potentially a big one at that. Japan's government and industry are backing emerging coal technologies they say are less damaging to the environment. While they are pushing the most polluting fossil fuel at home and abroad, the government...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015

Big science now faces big problems in China

Under the government's heavy hand, the Chinese scientific establishment has long suffered from cronyism, corruption and pervasive fraud.
EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2015

COP21 will require serious effort

It's going to take a great deal of effort to make the COP21 climate change meeting a success, and Japan, the U.S. and China and will have to lead the way.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Business innovation with Chinese characteristics

China is not given enough credit for how far it has come as an innovator.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2015

Experts say China's move to abandon one-child policy is 'too little, too late'

For all the historical significance of China's decision to abandon its one-child policy, the move risks falling well short of reversing a trend that threatens to throttle economic growth.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015

U.N. climate agency says 'don't panic' as ozone hole gets wider

The U.N.'s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole this month in the ozone layer, that shields life on Earth from the sun, as it should shrink again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2015

Auto power play: Japan's hydrogen car in a race against China's battery drive

Asia's two vehicle-making powerhouses, Japan and China, are jostling for supremacy over how future electric cars should generate their power — from batteries or hydrogen-powered fuel cells.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015

Britain and China bound by trade, if not values

Britain's burgeoning trade ties with China won't give London greater clout over Beijing's Hong Kong policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2015

Just how dangerous is China-Britain nuclear agreement?

China does not share Western values about domestic social order, or about cyber espionage, but it does share our values about the need to avoid war.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 19, 2015

Let's discuss pressure on university liberal arts education

In June the education ministry sent a directive to national universities calling on them to reorganize their humanities and social sciences departments.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 19, 2015

Study faults rich nations for failing to pull weight on climate action

The United States and other rich nations are doing less than their fair share to fight climate change under a U.N. accord due in December, while China is outperforming, a report by 18 civil society groups said on Monday.

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