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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2019

Is Nara's future tied to a proposed maglev shinkansen route?

Although Nara has become a favorite of international tourists in recent years, the city, which served as the nation's ancient capital from 710 to 784, has historically been a bit off the beaten path.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2019

Big Tech needs to save the deep seas

Companies should slow the rush to mine the ocean floor until environmental costs are much better understood.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2019

India calls off Kashmir pilgrimage over militant threat

Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers began leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after receiving a local government alert about possible militant attacks, and India said it killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2019

U.S. move to resume death penalty bucks domestic and global trends, U.N. says

The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the death penalty at the federal level goes against the domestic and international trend to abolish or halt executions. The U.S. Justice Department last Thursday reinstated a two-decade dormant policy...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 27, 2019

Tracing the fluctuations in moral standards

"More than 16,500 women and men were sterilized against their will," reads a newsletter published in 1997 by the Network on Ethics and Intellectual Disability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 23, 2019

Prominent feminist says Japan 'should not feel complacent' despite signs of progress on women's empowerment

Japan "should not feel complacent" amid signs of progress on female empowerment, sociologist and prominent feminist Chizuko Ueno has urged, saying much work remains to be done.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2019

North Korea's Kim casts vote in local elections with '99.98%' turnout

Under the thin veneer of supposedly free elections, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast his ballot Sunday in nationwide polls to choose new deputies to the country's local assemblies, state-run media has reported.
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Jul 10, 2019

Why Japan needs to build ties with Canada in the face of Trump's 'America First' agenda

Last month, on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka, reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump was openly mulling a withdrawal from the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty as a result of an "unfair" sharing of alliance burdens.
Reader Mail
Jul 5, 2019

The Chinese dragon still hungers

Regarding the story "Activist calls on Japan to highlight the persecution of China's Uighurs" in the June 29 edition, countless ancient adages warn about the ceaseless hunger of dragons. Despite having overwhelming power and strength, the dragon always craves more. They can live in seas and palaces of...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2019

Pentagon calls Chinese anti-ship missile test in South China Sea 'disturbing'

The Pentagon has blasted as "disturbing" a Chinese missile launch from its man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying that the test was meant to intimidate other claimants to the strategic waterway.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 2, 2019

Oh no, another kimono scandal

A more secure, internationalized future for kimono may lie with those innovative designers who are taking it down from its high pedestal and unburdening it from its more restrictive cultural symbolisms.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 1, 2019

Cybersecurity threat looms large in Japan

The government has made cybersecurity a priority but the public remains leery at best when considering whether Japan's cyberdefenses will withstand the challenges of the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 1, 2019

Japan's energy policies at a critical juncture

Japan's energy policies are at a big turning point. Due to the unforeseeable future of the energy business, utility companies have yet to embark on drastic reform. Despite the fact that irreversible, inevitable and diverse social change is underway simultaneously, the government has been pressed with...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 29, 2019

Into the eye of the storm: Video producer James Reynolds goes to extreme lengths to document the impact of a typhoon

James Reynolds has his eyes on his camera's viewfinder, but also on the debris from a broken roof that's darting about in the wind as Typhoon Jebi leaves its mark on the city of Gobo, Wakayama Prefecture, in September 2018.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 23, 2019

Kim Jong Un receives letter from Trump, saying he will 'seriously contemplate' its 'interesting content'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received an "excellent" letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday, just days before Trump travels to Asia for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2019

When it comes to North Korean nukes, Xi wants U.S. and Japan to know that China still wields immense power

When Xi Jinping makes his first visit to North Korea as China's president on Thursday, he'll be broadcasting a message to the U.S. and Japan: When it comes to Pyongyang's nukes, Beijing still wields immense power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2019

Are Japanese ready to make their mark on the world?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to make Japan a signficant player on the world stage, but many young Japanese people don't seem to care about global issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2019

Boeing embarks on mission to restore tattered reputation with doubtful airlines

After two fatal crashes in five months involving its best-selling 737 Max jet, Boeing Co. sent a team to reassure airline bosses of its focus on safety at their annual gathering in Seoul. They faced a tough crowd.
WORLD
May 30, 2019

U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency believes Russia is secretly conducting low-yield nuclear tests

The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a U.S. intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 29, 2019

Apple and Nike brace for China's wrath after Huawei ban

U.S. companies counting on China for a major part of their growth have targets on their backs as Beijing and Washington ratchet up trade-war tensions.
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
May 24, 2019

As a rare ally on good terms with Trump, Japan has the chance to raise its global standing

Japan has established itself as the single most important ally for the U.S. in the region — and arguably in the world.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2019

What's at stake in the Ghosn trial

The nation's criminal justice system will be in the spotlight when former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has his day in court.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2019

Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board; no fatalities

A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2019

Horrific terrorism in Sri Lanka

The Easter Sunday attacks appear to be another indication that jihad is becoming truly global and Asian governments must prepare for that threat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 23, 2019

Rift with president kept Sri Lanka PM in dark about intel of looming Easter attack, says minister

A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister that sparked a crisis last year came under scrutiny on Monday a day after a series of deadly bomb blasts, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2019

China's next naval target is the internet's underwater cables

Worried about Huawei's 5G? Wait till it gets into the game for 95 percent of all data and voice traffic.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 13, 2019

Tokyo and Washington finally set to kick off trade talks as American farmers fume over poor Japan access

Negotiators from Japan and the United States will meet in Washington to discuss opening the Japanese market to more American goods.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2019

In snub, U.S. won't send warships or senior officials to Chinese Navy's 70th anniversary celebrations

The United States has decided not to send warships or senior military officers to celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's People's Liberation Army Navy later this month, a snub by Washington even as U.S. allies Japan and South Korea are expected to send their own vessels...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2019

Taipei blasts 'provocative' Chinese fighter jet incursion across Taiwan Strait line

Taiwan has protested what it called a "reckless" and "provocative" flight by two Chinese fighter jets across the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait, the country said late Sunday.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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