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EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2016

Foreign trainees as caregivers

The government shouldn't use the trouble-plagued foreign trainee program to fill manpower shortages in the nursing care sector.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2016

In boon for Abe, LDP officially signs off on extending president's term

The Liberal Democratic Party changes its rules to extend the maximum tenure of its president, Shinzo Abe, to nine years.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2016

Taking the right steps to stop school bullying

When and how school officials intervene holds the key to putting an end to the issue of bullying.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2016

Will Abe's new approach to ties with Russia pay off?

Anticipation is building that a breakthrough could finally be achieved in the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia. But is it merely wishful thinking?
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2016

Protecting people against quakes

The government should focus on improving defenses against quakes rather than spending resources on the extremely difficult task of predicting when they will strike.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 22, 2016

Why is Japan refusing to pay UNESCO its dues?

The Japanese government announced that it is withholding its payments owed to UNESCO. This is a $37 million expression of displeasure over the organization's decision last year to include a Chinese submission on "Documents of Nanjing Massacre" in the Memory of the World Register. It is also a warning...
EDITORIALS
Oct 22, 2016

Lure of defense research funds

The Defense Ministry's program to fund dual-use research opens up serious moral and ethical questions for university researchers.
Reader Mail
Oct 21, 2016

Clamp down now on passive smoke

I read with interest the story "Health ministry unveils draft plan to combat passive smoking" in the Oct. 14 edition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 21, 2016

Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization

The United Nations formally adopted a global road map to grapple with rapid urbanization on Thursday, capping nearly two years of behind-the-scenes international negotiations aimed at designing development priorities for cities and towns over the long term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2016

Four things Hillary Clinton can do to seal the election

Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump by several points, but a few key policy changes could give her an insurmountable lead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2016

Personality first, looks second as Japan's speed-dating hopefuls don surgical masks

Looks aren't everything. At least, that's what one Japanese dating service is trying to prove by requiring participants in speed-dating sessions to wear white surgical masks.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 19, 2016

How the U.S. military spies on Okinawans and me

Documents reveal that the U.S. Marine Corps is amassing information on Okinawan anti-base protesters as well as journalists.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 19, 2016

Views from Kyoto: Who would you like to see win the U.S. presidential election?

People in Kyoto talk about who they would vote for if they could in next month's U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

Blending sport, culture, economy

Major international sporting events bring together people from different cultural backgrounds, offering a chance for world peace and economic and cultural empowerment. Over the next several years Japan has an excellent opportunity to lead the world as it hosts major sporting events and cultural festivals....
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

An excellent opportunity to kick-start industry growth

The Japanese sports industry now has a great opportunity to become a growing industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

Sports seen as engine to encourage, unite people

JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

An opportunity to gain new perspective

With the World Forum on Sports and Culture, Japan will soon take an important step on its exciting journey toward the year of 2020 when the Summer Olympics and Paralympics will take place in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 19, 2016

'Michael Moore in Trumpland' set for release as celebs ramp up support for Clinton

Michael Moore, the left-wing filmmaker known for provocative documentaries that deliver a biting message, will release an anti-Donald Trump movie on Tuesday as Hollywood ramps up efforts to support Democratic White House contender Hillary Clinton in the final weeks of the 2016 election campaign.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2016

International forum on sports, the arts and business kicks off in Kyoto, Tokyo

An international conference on sports, arts and business kicks off in Japan on Wednesday as part of the government's efforts to create momentum leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Oct 17, 2016

Leaving some things left unsaid with 'no ni' and 'kedo'

Today we will introduce the use of u306eu306b and u3051u3069 as sentence-ending particles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 17, 2016

International Criminal Court puts Duterte on notice as critics begin to speak up

The International Criminal Court has fired a warning shot over allegations of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drugs war at a time when critics in Manila have also begun speaking up.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 16, 2016

Dancing from Dakar to Tokyo, my brother Baye

Abdou Baye Fall, who used to dance in exchange for fish in Dakar, now travels the length and breadth of Japan teaching children about the cultures of Senegal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 16, 2016

My sunshine: A small dog named Mezzo

Mezzo will play, walk or just chill, as long as someone is by his side. Easy to get on with and just plain happy, Mezzo is a joy sure to chase any gray skies away.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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