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WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Nov 26, 2017

The problem of sexual harassment at work: Where do you draw the line?

From joking about a colleague's sex life to casual butt-pinching, businesses are rife with sexual harassment and pressure to eliminate it is mounting — but which behaviors cross the line?
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 26, 2017

In pitching 2025 Expo bid, Osaka must sell itself over Paris, and Africa may hold the key

Imagine you're in Osaka in 2025. After arriving, you're welcomed by people on the streets, where you stop by a takoyaki vendor for a quick octopus dumpling snack before heading out to see the sights. Walking around Osaka, you'll feel safe in the presence of police officers offering snappy salutes and...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 25, 2017

#MeToo movement confuses media in Japan

During a recent discussion on Bunka Hoso's radio talk show, "Golden Radio," about sexual misconduct in the U.S., the participants wondered if the #MeToo social media movement would catch on in Japan. "Me Too" as a movement was started more than a decade ago by American social activist Tarana Burke to...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 25, 2017

The popularity of the psychopath is a mind puzzle

Psychopaths, says neuroscientist Nobuko Nakano in her 2016 bestseller "Saikopasu" ("Psychopaths"), tend to share two personality traits. Freedom from fear and anxiety is one. Indifference to other people's feelings is another.
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2017

Help elderly former inmates

All levels of society need to work harder at helping older ex-convicts to stay out of prison.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 25, 2017

Border without doctors: Defector drama highlights South Korea's inadequate trauma care

A defector's treatment for critical injuries suffered during his dramatic dash from North Korea has highlighted a shortage of South Korean trauma doctors and underscored Seoul's lack of preparedness in the event of hostilities with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2017

Mugabe is granted immunity and assured of safety in Zimbabwe, sources say

Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety will be protected in his home country under a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 23, 2017

France's ban on gender-neutral language sets off national debate

France has banned the use of gender-neutral language in official documents, cheering defenders of linguistic tradition and angering feminists who see it as a setback for equal rights.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 22, 2017

Amid protests, Brazil set to impose total ban on abortions, including for rape victims

More pregnant women could die in Brazil if it passes a law banning all abortions on Tuesday, including in cases of rape or when the mother's life is in danger, critics said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 21, 2017

'Celebrating Our First Birthday: Happy Hokusai — Good Fortune from A to Z'

Nov. 21-Jan. 21
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2017

A standard approach to fiscal reconstruction

If it's really serious about rehabilitating its fiscal conditions, Japan should first get over deflation, even by expanding fiscal spending — and it still has room for fiscal expansion.
Reader Mail
Nov 17, 2017

Hair dye can also mean health risks

Has anybody at the school(s) ever considered that dying ones hair can have a medical implication?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2017

GOP ranks in Senate speed approvals of Trump's conservative judicial picks

One thing is definitely going right for U.S. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans who control Congress: they are steadily getting conservatives appointed as judges, advancing their long-held ambition of reshaping the federal judiciary.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 14, 2017

Satoko Miyahara's Olympic dream in serious jeopardy

At an event that was massively overshadowed by the injury and subsequent withdrawal of Yuzuru Hanyu, something else was very apparent at the NHK Trophy: Satoko Miyahara's bid to make Japan's Olympic team for the Pyeongchang Games is in big trouble.
Nov 13, 2017

More Than 1,000 People Compete “2017 TSUNEISHI CUP” Marathon Held at Xiushan Island

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Abbr.: TZS; Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. of China; President: Sachio Okumura), together with Daishan Government, hosted “2017 TSUNEISHI CUP” Marathon on September 24th, 2017. All together there are...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 13, 2017

Hundreds take to Hollywood streets to join #MeToo march against sexual abuse

Hundreds of people marched in the heart of Hollywood on Sunday to support victims of sexual assault and harassment, inspired by a social media campaign that has portrayed such abuse as a pervasive feature of American life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 13, 2017

Purgatory under the sun as Myanmar forces let fleeing Rohingya masses languish on border beach

Some 1,000 Rohingya Muslims desperate to leave Myanmar are camped on this exposed, sun-baked beach on the Bay of Bengal waiting for a boat to carry them to sanctuary in Bangladesh.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 11, 2017

Grisly Zama murders prompt government brainstorming over new suicide-prevention measures

Japan looks for ways to censor social media postings and engage depressed youths after the serial killings in Zama shine a light on its suicide problem.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2017

Revamped foreign trainee system

The government should be very wary about expanding the trouble-plagued foreign vocational trainee system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017

Las Vegas massacre may add more than $1 billion to insurer costs

The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history is adding to soaring costs for insurance companies, which are already taking a beating this year from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
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