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CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 17, 2002

Let the masses consume

CHINA'S CENTURY: The Awakening of the Next Economic Powerhouse, edited by Lawrence J. Brahm. John Wiley & Sons, 2001, 421 pp., $24.95 (cloth) Pick up an international paper published before Sept. 11, and China is either on the front page or generously featured inside. Not anymore. The rising giant of...
COMMUNITY
Jan 26, 2000

China's gray peril

BEIJING -- Xue Aiying, a 65-year-old retired worker from Nanjing, used to go to Bailuzhou Park every morning to practice Falun Gong before the sect was outlawed in July last year. "I didn't know what to do with myself after I retired," she explains. "I felt lonely and empty before I joined Falun Gong."...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 1, 2022

Tokyo begins recognition of same-sex partnerships

However, same-sex marriage is prohibited nationwide, meaning various legal protections only afforded to married couples remain unavailable as well.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2022

Dietrich Mateschitz, marketing pioneer of Red Bull, dies at 78

A pilot and skiing enthusiast, he built a sports and marketing empire, along with a multi-billion-dollar personal fortune.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 7, 2021

The world's relentless demand for chips turns deadly in Malaysia

The tragedy shows the little-understood human cost of keeping industries happy and supply chains running while a contagious virus rages.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 3, 2021

Humanity can't seem to escape its own web of lies

When did you last tell a fib? Go on u2026 be honest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / Children's Literature in Japan
Apr 18, 2020

Satoshi Kitamura’s key to children’s literature? Making complex ideas simple

To round out our series on Japanese children's books, this month we profile Satoshi Kitamura, who has authored more than 20 books in his award-winning career as a writer and illustrator of children's literature.
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BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Diaper rush: Conquering a $9 billion incontinence market no one wants to talk about

The time may not be far off when more adults need diapers than babies as the population grows older, potentially a huge opportunity for manufacturers of incontinence products — if they can lift the stigma that has long constrained sales.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019

Why normal times will not return

The tiny silicon chip has placed power in mass hands to an unprecedented degree, and drastically weakened old political hierarchies in both democracies and autocracies alike.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 4, 2019

Deciphering the curious act of talking to oneself

Talking to oneself is not respectable. It suggests many things, none of them good: abysmal loneliness, a mental screw loose, a social wire frayed, insanity, dementia. Shukan Post magazine this month cites experts in dementia who see solitary dialogue as a potential premonitory sign — not a conclusive...
EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2019

The demographic picture of Heisei and beyond

The challenge for the Reiwa Era will continue to be how to maintain the vitality of the economy and keep the social security system sustainable as the population rapidly ages and shrinks.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2019

Cybozu chief Yoshihisa Aono loses lawsuit at Tokyo court over right to use premarital name

A Tokyo court on Monday upheld a national law that forces couples to use the same surname upon marriage, rejecting claims over its unconstitutionality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 9, 2018

Doctor and researchers use Japanese strategy game go to help children with developmental disabilities

In a new approach to helping children with developmental disabilities, a doctor who is also a go enthusiast has been using the strategy game to augment his efforts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 2, 2018

Let's discuss the New Zealand PM's baby

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern becomes the first woman in the country's history to give birth while in office.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 9, 2017

Shut in by the past yet still unable to face the future

Mom, dad, two kids, nice house, nice suburb, good income — you just know this story is about to go smash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 7, 2017

Can the financial roadblock to marriage ever be dismantled?

On Dec. 20, an advisory panel assembled by the Prime Minister's Office drafted a final proposal for a bill that has a long-term goal of increasing the country's sagging birthrate.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2016

Making the most of vacant homes

Vacant homes could greatly boost the short supply of inexpensive public housing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2016

Tokyo's new governor says she's raring to push policy agenda forward

Tokyo's new governor, Yuriko Koike, says she's ready to put her pledge for sweeping change into force right away.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2016

Bangladesh: a new development paradigm

Bangladesh is on course to emerge as a middle-income country by 2021 when it celebrates its 50th year of independence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2016

Democratic Party launches with vow to halt ruling coalition

At its inauguration ceremony, Japan's newest and largest opposition party vows to dethrone Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Oct 26, 2015

Plan to hire more foreign housekeepers no easy chore, say industry players

The role of housekeepers has come under the spotlight as the government looks to them to provide working mothers with help at home as one way to prop up the nation's dwindling workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 26, 2015

Where's the milk? School lunches no longer sacred cows

The cost of a school lunch is now higher than the average salaryman's lunch.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 7, 2014

International schools in East Asia are as local as they want to be

International schools are not hermetically sealed off from their surroundings. The local culture can have a huge impact on everything from the schools' academic approach and parental involvement to community outreach.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 31, 2014

Okura charity art exhibition turns 20; 'anti-aging' Swiss skin treatments; mango mania

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its annual summer charity art exhibition this year, the Hotel Okura Tokyo will hold a special exhibition 'The Pursuit of Japanese Beauty,' in the hotel's Ascot Hall on the second basement level of the South Wing, from Aug. 8 to 31.
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2013

Evidence of Mary's virginity

Regarding Reza Aslan's Oct. 6/7 article, "Separating Jesus from the legends": Aslan's accusations of irrationality notwithstanding, there is plenty of scriptural evidence to support the Catholic doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’