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JAPAN
Dec 18, 2018

Japan ranks second in new development index that puts quality and quantity of life before wealth

Japan is the second-best place in the world in terms of human development, with Hong Kong in first place and Iceland in third, according to a new index called the Human Life Indicator that is supposed to be simpler and more accurate than the U.N. Human Development Index.
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PRESS / Publications
Dec 18, 2018

『英文社説で読む平成 ジャパンタイムズ1989-2019』発売

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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2018

Japan's PayPay to update app after wrongful charge complaints

PayPay, a mobile payment company backed by SoftBank Group Corp., Yahoo Japan Corp. and India's largest digital payments company Paytm, said it's updating its app to strengthen security after multiple complaints from users of erroneous charges.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2018

In lawsuit, consumer group alleges discrimination by Tokyo Medical University

The Consumers Organization of Japan is demanding that test fees and associated costs be paid back to the impacted applicants.
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Dec 17, 2018

Marathon runners Suguru Osako, Hiroto Inoue amongst recipients at Athletics Award

The 2018 season wound up being a remarkable year for Japanese men's marathon as two athletes broke the national record.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2018

The children take over at Westminster

If MPs vote against the one compromise proposal that is on the table, they will, with absolute certainty, be voting for chaotic impasse, with an outcome very likely to be the very opposite of what they intended.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2018

Urban-rural chasm defines new Western political divide

Left-right populism is fueling the Western political divide.
WORLD
Dec 17, 2018

Nigeria's farmer-herder clashes have left over 3,600 people dead since 2016, Amnesty says

Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and seminomadic herders have killed more than 3,600 people since 2016, most of them this year, Amnesty International said on Monday, in a report documenting an upsurge in violence that could sway the results of February 2019 elections.
Dec 17, 2018

Unazuki Yamanoha to Reopen on March 1, 2019
Reservations accepted on the new official website

TOKYO, Japan – November 27, 2018 – ORIX Real Estate Corporation (“ORIX Real Estate”) announced that the Unazuki Yamanoha onsen hotel it operates will reopen on March 1, 2019. The onsen hotel’s official website (https://www.unazuki-yamanoha.jp) has also been renewed, and is accepting reservations....
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Dec 16, 2018

Kosei Okuno leads Kwansei to Koshien Bowl title

Kosei Okuno, the victim in the illegal tackle scandal which rocked Japan in May, made history for himself on Sunday.
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MULTIMEDIA
Dec 16, 2018

December 17, 2018

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COMMUNITY
Dec 16, 2018

Cultural differences can present a challenge when giving or receiving care

Coping with a sudden illness or unexpected injury is difficult enough in your own country, but it can be even harder when you're unfamiliar with the customs or language of the country you live in.
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BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2018

Air hockey-playing robot shows how Huawei haunts T-Mobile's Sprint deal

Huawei Technologies Co. and wireless carrier SoftBank Group Corp.' close business dealings could be an issue in T-Mobile U.S. Inc.'s proposed purchase of SoftBank's Sprint Corp.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 15, 2018

Hannaryz outlast SeaHorses in 2OT; Julian Mavunga, Kennedy Meeks notch triple-doubles in wild game

The Kyoto Hannaryz and SeaHorses Mikawa produced a high-scoring drama on the hardwood on Saturday night.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 15, 2018

Carlos Ghosn's arrest spurs debate on executive salaries in Japan

On Dec. 10, Masaaki Tanaka, former vice president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, told a news conference he would step down as president and CEO of Japan Investment Corp., an entity set up by the government in September to develop new industries through capital investment.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 15, 2018

Namie Amuro tops Nikkei Marketing Journal's list of 2018's most popular products and services

Described in its choice for the year's yokozuna (grand champion) as dasa-kakoyosa — something that's behind the times, but cool nonetheless — entertainer Namie Amuro appeared at the top of the Nikkei Marketing Journal's 48th annual Hitto Shohin Banzuke (ranking of hit products) on Dec. 5.
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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Dec 15, 2018

The war that spawned the way of the warrior

Spectacular battle scenes, honorable deaths and tragic pathos, 'The Tale of Heike' is like Japan's very own 'Iliad.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 15, 2018

A year to forget?

'I've been to so many bonenkai parties this year, it's hard for me to remember which is which.'
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2018

Biodiversity wins, even when all seems lost

Tiny frogs and lizards surviving in Haiti's last splinters of forest show that even the most devastated areas can be redeemed.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2018

A power spot, tucked away on the Shima Peninsula

Four or five years ago, standing alone in front of the clear, gently bubbling waters of Kiyomasa no Ido, a natural spring secreted in woodland at the far end of the Meiji Shrine's iris garden, I strained to detect any sound, but even the noise from car horns was smothered and muted by the grove. If I...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 14, 2018

Why Japan needs criminal justice reform

Carlos Ghosn's arrest is a reminder that the nation's legal system is designed to coerce confessions, not maintain rule of law.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2018

Treat China like the bully it is

Canada would do well to remember that deference to Beijing invites bullying, while standing up to it draws respect.
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Rugby / Coach's Eye
Dec 14, 2018

Brave Blossoms must beat higher-ranked nations to gain respect

Playing against my England team at Twickenham last month was incredible for Japan.
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JAPAN / Society
Dec 14, 2018

Japan's 5 million dementia patients hold ¥143 trillion — and both numbers are on the rise

Yumiko Okubo, 71, had forgotten how to heat up food.
Reader Mail
Dec 14, 2018

Women can save Japan from its ills

I frequently see newspaper articles about Japan's severe and growing labor shortage, and politicians talk as if they actually want to resolve this problem.

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person