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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 22, 2017

When recording in public places in Japan, privacy and portrait rights come into play

A reader asks about legal concerns he has regarding conducting academic research at pedestrian crossings.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jan 21, 2017

Purified by the water and fire of Japan in Wakayama

On the polished stones of Ojigahama Beach in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, a group of men stand in the February cold. Dressed in long athletic coats they look like a marooned football team. They've come for shiogori, a saltwater baptism to cleanse body and mind and the first act of one of Japan's two...
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2017

Takata bidders said to favor Japan bankruptcy; shares tumble

Bidders for troubled air bag maker Takata Corp. are leaning toward a court-mediated bankruptcy in Japan to shield them from liabilities, according to people familiar with the matter.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2017

Varied agenda in wage talks

Overwork and pay raises are major issues in this year's union-management wage negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2017

Tillerson says Beijing must be denied access to South China Sea isles it has fortified

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing on Wednesday, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.
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BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2017

Sri Lanka puts down protests at planned China-led investment zone

Sri Lankan police used tear gas and water cannons on Saturday to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators protesting a planned investment zone supported by China.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 7, 2017

The 'washi' paper trail: from the tree to its many purposes

Stepping off the bus at the Gakko-iriguchi stop in Higashi-Chichibu Village in Saitama Prefecture, the first things to strike the eye are high-flying clusters of balloons, suspended like colorful dirigibles.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jan 6, 2017

Artisanal chocolates have hit Japan's convenience stores

Craft beer, move over. It's time for artisanal "bean-to-bar" chocolate to take the spotlight at Japan's convenience stores. Sweets-maker Meiji has recently rolled out a series of chocolate bars called The Chocolate, proudly displaying the high cacao percentage and including graphs on the packaging proving...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2017

Trump's North Korea red line could come back to haunt him

In three words of a tweet this week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed North Korea would never test an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2017

2017 rings in across Japan as shrine, temple throngs pray for good year

As people across Japan celebrated the turn of the year, they flocked to shrines and temples Sunday morning for their traditional hatsumode pilgrimage to make a fresh start on New Year's Day.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo