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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 24, 2018

Unwrapping Toys R Us' business strategy in Japan

As someone working to affect change within corporate culture, President and Representative Director Dieter Haberl of Toys R Us Japan, is perhaps facing one of his biggest challenges yet.
EDITORIALS
Jun 22, 2018

Take steps to attract more foreign workers

The government has taken a step in the right direction by creating a new visa status for unskilled foreign laborers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2012

Manila envoy cites caregiver snags, 3/11 dispatch

The Philippine ambassador to Tokyo hopes bilateral labor exchanges expand — in particular nurses and other caregivers coming to Japan under a free-trade accord — as part of the efforts to deepen economic relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 11, 2011

It takes a supersize brain to drive a London taxi

Visitors to Japan often comment on the way taxi doors open as you approach — at the touch of a button by the driver; and that those drivers generally wear smart white gloves. I apologize for the competitive tone, but there is something far more remarkable about London taxis: their drivers.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 26, 2011

Keeping abreast of the bra trends in Japan

Oh fun, time for an annual breast examination. Not that there is any pain involved with the examination. It's finding time to go to the hospital that's tough.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 4, 2008

Nikkyoso: A 'cancer' of teachers?

Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party resigned because of gaffes he made in front of the press only five days after being appointed transport minister in the Cabinet Prime Minister Taro Aso formed in late September.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

Japanese turns Malawi pop star with AIDS song

A young Japanese man's song about AIDS education has become a big hit in Malawi.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2018

A failing grade for universities' entrance exams

Serious errors involving university entrance exams are growing far too common.
Reader Mail
Dec 9, 2016

Time to bring JLPT into the 21st century

December is the time for thousands of students to take the notoriously infamous Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2019

Space tech and tourism growth focus of 'microcosm'

Home to a large concentration of Japan's high-tech enterprises, factories and research institutions, Ibaraki Prefecture, a northeastern prefecture in the Kanto region facing the Pacific Ocean, has its eyes firmly planted on the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2018

The impact of accepting unskilled foreign labor

The new visa system will lack durability unless the needs of employers, local communities and foreigners are balanced.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 15, 2018

Advice on HIV tests, Japanese pensions, rugby and reuniting with kids

Lifelines works through a selection of topics that have come our way recently.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 24, 2018

Why don't more Japanese study abroad? The cost and the hassle, survey shows

One student canvasses others and finds expense is crucial — even for well-off families — while support is thin on the ground.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2015

Japan's population problem

Japan's political and business leaders appear to be taking an ostrich-like approach to the severe demographic challenges that lie ahead.
COMMENTARY / Japan / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 6, 2014

Showmanship trumps substance during Modi visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is re-energizing Indian diplomacy and trying to carve out a more dynamic role for his country in global affairs. He has just wrapped up a visit to Kyoto and Tokyo, playing the role of pitchman-in-chief and holding a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 10, 2012

Local Japanese school is the obvious choice if you want your child to fit in

The first day of elementary school, a milestone in a child's life, brings a mix of emotions for parents. The pride and joy of seeing their child taking his first steps into the world are tempered with feelings of anxiety in moms and dads everywhere.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 7, 2010

Kamakura expat at one with all Buddhist deities

Mark Schumacher's home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, requires a journey, both on foot and for the spirit.
COMMENTARY
Aug 23, 2004

Foreign workers at the gates

negotiations with South Korea and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan faces mounting pressure to open its labor market to foreigners. Among industrial nations, Japan has maintained the toughest exclusion policy toward foreign workers and remains extremely cautious. Japan should...
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2000

War-displaced orphans return with one success

Four war-displaced Japanese from China left Tokyo for Beijing on Sunday after completing a partially successful six-day search for their long-lost relatives.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 22, 2023

A Japanese photographer heads to Ukraine; a student flees to Tokyo

On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Gabriel Dominguez joins the podcast to talk about the effects this war in Europe has had on Japan.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 6, 2020

Shigeru Yokota’s death a reminder that time is running out on abduction issue

Yokota's death is a blow to the families fighting to get their loved ones back, and the 'top priority' issue might now be treated as a mere distraction amid the pandemic.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2019

This dirty word is driving economic change in Japan

Japanese businesses are starting to recognize the need to import more labor, but there's still reason to be wary of the 'I' word.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2018

Secure proper conditions for foreign workers

With more low-skilled workers coming in from overseas, Japan must improve their work and living conditions.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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