Search - information

 
Menu
Search
 
May 16, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
39,440 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2017

No proof of Putin's hand in Trump's election

Regarding the letter "Putin's hand in Trump's election" in the Dec. 25 edition, it is astonishing that in a day and age of myriad information and 24/7 global electronic surveillance, there has not been one shred of solid evidence linking the Russian government to the hacking scandal that destroyed Hillary...
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2017

Pakistani province launches app for women to report harassment

A smartphone application enabling women to report incidents of harassment to police in Pakistan's Punjab province went live this week as authorities step up efforts to promote women's safety in one of the worst provinces for crimes against them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 5, 2017

Violinist Ray Iwazumi to restage famed 1920 recital by Fritz Kreisler

In 2014, New York-based violinist Ray Iwazumi performed a concert playing a replica of Il Cannone, a famous violin used by Niccolo Paganini and originally created by Giuseppe Guarneri. He hopes to recapture the success of that show when playing a different replica this weekend in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 5, 2017

Tokyo-based luthier who replicates storied violins is one of a kind

Throughout the history of classical music there have been composers who, in moments of inspiration, created masterpieces that have stayed with us for centuries. Just as important are those musicians who, through their own virtuosity, re-create those masterpieces — a talent that was particularly appreciated...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 4, 2017

'Tampopo' has blown back to our screens

Released in 1985, Juzo Itami's "Tampopo" was famously a flop in Japan, but a hit abroad, especially in the United States, where it became the second-highest-earning Japanese film ever. This "noodle Western" about a rough-hewn truck driver (Tsutomu Yamazaki) who helps a spunky widow (Nobuko Miyamoto)...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2017

Putin's Russia: the enigma continues

In the end Vladimir Putin will be gone and Russia will return to a different kind of greatness.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2017

London zoo begins resident inventory, counting penguin chicks, tiger cubs

Keepers at ZSL London zoo began the mammoth task of counting the park's more than 700 species on Tuesday, using treats to entice some animals out for the annual stocktake.
EDITORIALS
Jan 3, 2017

State-sponsored scholarships

The launch of government-sponsored university scholarships for financially challenged students is a meaningful first step, but it needs to be expanded.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 3, 2017

Experts warn Japan's language schools are becoming a front for importing cheap labor

A 29-year-old Nepalese student in Tokyo has found herself stuck in limbo with her dreams derailed, and the state of Japan's language schools is to blame.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2017

Sayonara to the year that was

U.S. President Barack Obama topped the 2016 list of winners and losers in Asia, but not in a good way.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 31, 2016

Breakfast, served in style

Who says we can't play with our food? There's nothing wrong with serving a little bit of humor at the dining table.
JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Dec 31, 2016

Final Olympics price tag almost certain to exceed current estimate

Even if the price tag for the Tokyo Games costs no more than the new target of u00a51.8 trillion, that is still more than twice the initial estimate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 31, 2016

Actors seek posthumous protections after big-screen resurrections

Tuesday's death of actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in "Star Wars," set off waves of remembrance among fans — but also speculation over her character's return in yet-to-be-filmed episodes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 30, 2016

British envoy, Japan Times turn tide in NHK history drama

Japanese love watching historical dramas, and one of the most popular times portrayed is the final years of the Edo Period (1603-1868), when the nation went through dramatic change politically, diplomatically and socially with the fall of the shogunate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2016

Ukraine hit by 6,500 hack attacks, sees Russian 'cyberwar'

Hackers have targeted Ukrainian state institutions about 6,500 times in the past two months, including incidents that showed Russian security services were waging a cyberwar against the country, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2016

U.S.-China drone spat: more than meets the eye

Both the U.S. and China are pushing — and even tearing — the legal envelope as they jockey for advantage in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2016

Lowest birthrates on record bedevil schools

Record low birthrates in Japan and the United States will raise unprecedented problems for education officials in both countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 27, 2016

Take your pick of the year's highlights in Japanese theater

From soccer minnows Leicester City winning the English Premier League to "That Election" in the (dis)-United States, 2016 has been a year of surprises, shocks and new directions.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2016

Russia finds first black box from crashed jet in Black Sea

Russia has found the first flight recorder from a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, amid unconfirmed reports that authorities had grounded all aircraft of the same type.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 27, 2016

China jails nine over protests in 'democracy' village

A court in southern China has handed out jail terms of up to 10 years to nine people from a Chinese fishing village once seen as a cradle of grass-roots democracy after finding them guilty of illegal protests and other charges.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 25, 2016

Days of laughter: Cat Parco finds a family

Parco, first featured here in September, has found a home in Tokyo with Osamu Ando and his wife, Kanae.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER