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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 22, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn has a radical Labour message. Can he sell it to Britain?

Jeremy Corbyn pulled no punches as he presented the country with his plan for a Labour government, the most radical proposed since 1983, when the party suffered its worst postwar defeat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2019

Hopes for 11th-hour deal dim as deadline for Japan-South Korea intel pact looms

As the clock ticks closer to the deadline for renewing the pact, Tokyo and Seoul appear no closer to bridging significant gaps.
JAPAN / History
Nov 20, 2019

Christianity's long history in Nagasaki puts it first on pope's agenda for Japan visit

As he gets set for his first visit to Japan as pontiff, one city sits on top of Pope Francis' list of places to visit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2019

Air Senegal nears tentative $730 million deal for Airbus A220s

Air Senegal is close to securing a preliminary order for eight Airbus SE A220-300 narrow-body jets, valued at about $732 million at list prices, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2019

Looking overseas to solve Japan's labor shortage

Japan is running out of time. Where will migrants come from when the international competition for Asian workers heats up?
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2019

Japan school boards start to rethink 'black rules' on everything from underwear to protesting

Japan's teaching culture prizes conformity and docility, but the public is apparently getting fed up with the suffocating rules imposed to achieve that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2019

China reviewing locations in U.S. where Xi might sign trade deal with Trump

China is reviewing locations in the U.S. where President Xi Jinping would be willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to sign the first phase of a trade deal between the world's two largest economies, people familiar with the plans have said.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Asian nations face U.S. currency manipulation listing threat

Asia is bracing for the latest U.S. Treasury report on foreign currency manipulators, set for release amid a trade war that shows no sign of ending.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 19, 2019

Uncontrollable rage is largely a sober phenomenon

How we hate each other.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 19, 2019

Designart Tokyo 2019 takes art and design to a new level in Japan

Now showcasing an impressive 300 designers and brands in over 100 locations, Designart Tokyo 2019 has branched out to include two new areas to it venues list — Shinjuku and Ginza — and introduces a slew of high-profile participants.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2019

Overzealous reform to protect national security

While stricter scrutiny of foreign investments is warranted, a new government proposal goes too far.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 17, 2019

Veteran big man David Simon lighting it up for Kyoto

Two weeks is a small sample size, but it provides some clues about the potential of players and teams since the new season tipped off on Oct. 3.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2019

U.S. blacklisting threatens to derail $1 billion Chinese tech IPO

U.S. President Donald Trump's latest salvo against China threatens to derail a $1 billion coming-out party for a prominent startup backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., while curtailing the country's broader ambitions of leading artificial intelligence in the coming decade.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2019

New hedge fund will target poor corporate governance in Japan

Zuhair Khan has achieved recognition in Japan over the past few years by ranking poorly governed companies at risk of scandal. Now he's looking to see whether the list can make any money as a new hedge fund at Union Bancaire Privee.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 28, 2019

Brad Glosserman's 'Peak Japan': Japan on the down and out

'Peak Japan' provides a painstaking overview of the country's social, economic and political trajectory since the 1990s.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 27, 2019

Measures meant to offer relief from sales tax hike pose baffling riddles instead

With Japan's consumption tax rate hike to 10 percent scheduled for the start of next month, the government promises to simultaneously introduce a reduced rate for everyday essentials — mostly food and non-alcoholic beverages — to ease the financial impact on lower income households.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 25, 2019

Injuries continue to impact sumo landscape

Sumo fans continue to be spoiled, with September serving up yet another incredible and dramatic tournament.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2019

The Jack Bauers of Europe love facial recognition

As regulators wake up to the threat of this technology, governments are pushing back with an unconvincing public-safety defense
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2019

Airbus, French exporters reel as U.S. tariffs loom in aircraft subsidy row

Shares in Airbus and French luxury goods exporters fell on Monday as the European Union acknowledged it may face U.S. tariffs in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies, part of an escalating tit-for-tat trade row.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2019

Japan's anime tourism: A blend of cash and chaos

When Liu Chenyu and Ji Xiaotian arrived in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, for their honeymoon early this summer, the Great Buddha and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, two well-known tourist spots in the area, weren't what they wanted to see.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2019

U.S. and China grant trade concessions as fresh talks loom

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed China's decision to exempt some U.S. anti-cancer drugs and other goods from its tariffs and announced a short delay to scheduled tariff hikes on billions worth of Chinese goods.
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Sep 12, 2019

This time it's for real: U.S. must help Tokyo and Seoul end crisis

For years, tension between Japan and South Korea has waxed and waned in a cyclical pattern.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2019

South Korea and Japan need to ease up on their spat, ex-defense chief Itsunori Onodera says

Japan and South Korea need time to cool down from a feud hurting security ties, former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said of the dispute that the Trump administration warns could damage its regional alliance network.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan