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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 28, 2017

Publishing pioneer Kikuko Ireton introduced the world to Japanese film

Kikuko Ireton, who co-founded "Movie/TV Marketing," a pioneering English-language trade journal about the domestic film industry, died in Tokyo on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2017

Trump's unpredictability already troubles U.S. friends

President Donald Trump's "America First" rhetoric and confrontational negotiating style have sparked frantic calls to the White House and Congress from diplomats and lobbyists concerned that the United States no longer has their back.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 27, 2017

Real-time concert videos at the touch of a button

Live Earth (officially written LiVEARTH), a trio of IT workers who invented an application that helps bands turn their live performances into music videos, was awarded the grand prize at Billboard Japan's first Live Music Hackasong on Jan. 26.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 26, 2017

Bon Ishikawa discovers the strength of community in documentary on Nepal earthquake

During one scene in Bon Ishikawa's upcoming documentary "Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Mura" ("The Most Beautiful Village in the World"), the photographer-turned-filmmaker uses a drone to capture one of Asia's oldest traditions: the collecting of honey from caves in the steep cliffs of the Himalayas.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Jan 26, 2017

New lock allows for remote home security

Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc. (KKE) began selling RemoteLock, which secures doors remotely, in Japan on Jan. 17, after the Tokyo-based company in the business of disaster risk reduction acquired the marketing rights from the Colorado-based LockState.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2017

Trump faces GOP split on whether to end 'Dreamers' shield

President Donald Trump faces a fight within his own party over whether he should immediately end deportation relief for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a central part of his campaign pledge to take a harder line on illegal immigration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2017

North Korean elite turning against leader Kim, high-level defector says

The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent toward young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2017

The unglamorous side to a model lifestyle

Fun facts: As of December 2016, the average rent for an apartment in New York was $3,046. The rent for a 23-sq.-meter unit at a micro-apartment that went up in Kips Bay last year comes to $2,570, according to 6sqft.com.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2017

'Snowden': Making a hero of the 'robot nerd'

Just the other day, there was President Barack Obama on the telly, giving his farewell address to the American people. "Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted," he said gravely. "It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy. ... I'm asking you to...
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2017

Get to the bottom of 'amakudari'

The practice of 'amakudari' remains widespread despite regulations tightened to prevent collusive ties between the bureaucracy and industries.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2017

Political realignment in the era of Trump

With the inauguration of new U.S. President Donald Trump, democratic politics are being confronted with changes of the magnitude that could happen only once in a century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 24, 2017

T-C-T and TPAM set to offer a hot winter's feast of the arts

A bonanza is brewing in Tokyo and Yokohama for lovers of cross-cultural contemporary theater.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2017

Tokyo turns down Australian proposal for TPP without U.S., vows to keep pushing Trump

Tokyo turns down — for now — an Australian proposal to revise the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, saying any TPP deal without the U.S. is “meaningless.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 24, 2017

Trump White House warns Beijing over 'takeover' of South China Sea

The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to "wage war."
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2017

China takes 5,500 apps offline, including pornographic and violent: Xinhua

China's internet supervisors have taken down more than 5,500 illegal apps for disseminating such things as pornographic and violent content, as well as others, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2017

Trump security pick Flynn had five calls with Russian envoy on day of sanctions: sources

Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference in the U.S. presidential election, three sources said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jan 22, 2017

Border-free: a dog named Jun

In September, the handsome Jun arrived in Japan from Malaysia after an international effort to rescue him and others from what were reported to be extremely dire conditions.
JAPAN / MBA SPECIAL 2017
Jan 22, 2017

High-quality MBA programs available in Japan

Today, a Master of Business Administration, or MBA, continues to be a much sought-after qualification, with many CEOs and company presidents, especially those at U.S. and European firms, possessing MBAs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2017

How space could trigger an economic crisis

The World Economic Forum's annual assessment of global risks, published this month, rates extreme weather events as the most likely risk to the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2017

America's Russian hypocrisy

Washington's campaign against Russian President Vladimir Putin exposes the pattern of duplicity that has pervaded U.S. foreign policy.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 21, 2017

When pollen attacks! Experts reveal new approaches to combating hay fever

With the allergy season just around the corner, we examine the latest attempts to stem one of the country's most irritating problems.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 21, 2017

Emperor's abdication highlights the inconvenience behind the country's Imperial naming system

For two weeks the media has been buzzing about the news that Emperor Akihito will abdicate before 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2017

Global salary gaps hindering automakers' efforts to lure IT workers

Headhunter Casey Abel spent four months trying to hire a data center architect for a Japanese automaker, including five meetings with the client — one with the top executive. In the end, the IT specialist joined an e-commerce company abroad for significantly more money.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

It's never too early to check when cherry blossoms will bloom

Most parts of the country are now in the freeze-dried depths of winter, with Hokkaido and some areas on the Sea of Japan coast thickly blanketed with snow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2017

Energy pick Perry admits warming is real but says fighting it shouldn't cost jobs, regrets 'oops' moment

Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Energy Department, said during a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday that global warming caused by humans is real, but that efforts to combat it should not cost American jobs.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
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.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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