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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 6, 2016

Close to you: a cat named Aoi

There's nothing Aoi likes more than company. This shiny black beauty likes it, loves it, needs it.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 5, 2016

Bleak outlook for hotels; Rural districts encouraged to use radio; Seoul to free fishing crew; Embassy helped Americans in Kuwait

100 YEARS AGOWednesday, March 8 1916
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2016

What Buffett saw in baseball’s greatest hitter

If more investors were to utilize a process comparable to that of baseball's greatest hitter, they would be much better off.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OBJECT-ORIENTED
Mar 4, 2016

Slippery history of an English dish in Tokyo

There is a 19th-century English roasting dish that has lived in the Mingeikan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum) since this venerable institution opened its doors to the public in 1936. How this piece of slipware (pottery decorated with a mixture of clay and mineral, known as "slip") got there is something...
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 3, 2016

Ryohei Suzuki beefs up for a kingly role in Mishima-penned play 'The Terrace of the Leper King'

Ryohei Suzuki's body has been put to the test over the past 12 months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2016

Aircraft debris found on beach inspected for ties to MH370

A piece of apparent aircraft debris found on a beach in Mozambique could have drifted from the likely crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's government said Friday.
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WORLD
Mar 3, 2016

WFP aid ship reaches Houthi port after communication gear is offloaded in Saudi diversion

A World Food Program (WFP) ship carrying humanitarian aid offloaded its cargo in Yemen on Wednesday, the United Nations said, after it was diverted to Saudi Arabia last month because it was carrying communications equipment.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2016

Why N.Y. judge's decision is huge win for Apple

A New York judge's ruling is a milestone in the ongoing debate over privacy and national security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2016

Company aiming to clear space junk wins funding

A company that aims to clean junk from space has secured up to $30 million (¥3.39 billion) in public-private funding and plans to launch the world's first debris-mapping satellite later this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016

What the FBI versus Apple flap is really about

The Apple-FBI encryption flap is really all about Edward Snowden and the NSA.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016

The Pentagon's big lie about the South China Sea

The notion that China's actions in the South China Sea threaten commercial shipping is a load of analytical rubbish.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016

U.S. election and the global economy

The outcome of the U.S. election will have profound consequences for U.S. economic policy, and thus for the global economy.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 29, 2016

Let's discuss Ota Ward's Airbnb-style rental plan

Tokyo's Ota Ward has given permission to an online travel service provider to start renting out private homes based on the popular Airbnb model.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 29, 2016

Aloha: a dog named Ilio

Ilio came to ARK with his brother when his previous owner had to be hospitalized. Still relatively young at 8 years old, Ilio, whose name means "dog" in Hawaiian, would be a perfect canine for someone looking for a mature companion. A silver dapple longhair miniature dachshund, Ilio weighs just under...
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Feb 28, 2016

Icy Kanazawa, sunny Naha: A tale of two live scenes

I have been traveling around the country since September meeting people involved in different independent music scenes in such places as Hokkaido, and Iwate and Saitama prefectures. After taking a break over winter, I resumed my travels this month and headed to the contrasting environments of icy Ishikawa...
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2016

Canadians gear up to handle any influx of Americans if Trump wins presidency

Americans have said it many times before when eyeing a White House prospect they view as unpalatable: "If that guy is elected president, I'm moving to Canada!"
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 27, 2016

Does Tohoku's disaster tourism exploit or educate?

Disaster tourism can be an unsettling descent into voyeurism as visitors ghoulishly gawk at, and photograph, those caught up in catastrophe as if they're at a petting zoo. The concept has prompted widespread condemnation of insensitive tourists and travel companies exploiting disasters as marketing opportunities....
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LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 27, 2016

Pikachu finds his voice

Pikachu finds his voice
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2016

Tokyo's literature festival resurfaces

The Tokyo International Literary Festival got off to a good start. Both the inaugural 2013 event and the 2014 edition were successful, an auspicious beginning to forging cultural and artistic connections between Eastern and Western writers on a global stage. But since the festival's forced hiatus in...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 27, 2016

Miwa Komatsu: 'It's absurd to accomplish anything by yourself'

Nagano painter on peace, purity and cultural influences worldwide
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 26, 2016

In search of sea monsters; Matsuko Deluxe solves problems; CM of the week: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Hiroyuki Ariyoshi has become one of the most ubiquitous personalities on television, hosting several regular shows on different stations. What people like about him is his ability to turn mundane topics into something interesting.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2016

Undergoing the third degree in prewar Japan

A New Zealander who was taken into custody by prewar Japanese police provides a haunting account of jailhouse torture.

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