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EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2015

How's life? Not so hot in Japan

Life satisfaction in Japan stands below the OECD average, particularly in matters of pay and education.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. jobs report bolsters case for Fed rate hike

U.S. job growth surged in October and the unemployment rate hit a 7½-year low of 5 percent in a show of economic strength that makes it much more likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 6, 2015

November 7, 2015

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015

Republicans aside, NRA may be losing its grip

U.S. public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage — a compete reversal.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 6, 2015

Shigeto holds his audience over with electronic 'Intermission'

Zach Saginaw's recording moniker, Shigeto, has been with him literally since the day he was born in Michigan.
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2015

Forced to give up half her identity

Even though the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry says that 1 in every 30 children born in Japan is hafu, or biracial, coming from two cultures is still seen as a rarity and viewed with amusement. And due to the influx of biracial children, soon enough the Japanese workforce is going to be full of mixed-raced...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015

Dreams for the 21st century

The 21st century will see many fabulous innovations that we can barely imagine today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 4, 2015

Different strokes: navigating the Japanese school system with a learning difficulty

Japan's schools can be ill-prepared for dealing with bicultural children with learning problems.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2015

Trudeau set to take office in Canada, make half of his Cabinet female

Justin Trudeau promised in June that half of his Cabinet would be female if he was elected Canada's prime minister. On Wednesday, he was set to get the job and make good on the vow — bruising the egos of some experienced men who won't make it to the top tier of government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2015

China says one-child policy remains in effect for now; searches for pregnancy tips soar

China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015

Decorated U.S. sailor turned missionary, who served at Okinawa leprosy facility, dies at 88

The Rev. Charles Brozat, an American missionary whose 54-year service in Japan included a decade ministering to leprosy sufferers in Okinawa, has died at the age of 88.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2015

How analysts calculate China's true — and huge — burden of bad loans

Corporate investigator Violet Ho never put a lot of faith in the numbers on bad loans that are reported by China's banks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 31, 2015

Young Chinese mostly lukewarm to one-child policy change

China has unwound its one-child policy, for decades a symbol of invasive and coercive government planning, but the shift has been met with a disinterested shrug from many younger couples.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2015

Engine explodes into flames on aging, taxiing jetliner in Florida after fuel leak spotted; 15 hurt

An engine on a passenger jet bound for Caracas burst into flames while taxiing for takeoff at a Florida airport on Thursday, forcing frightened passengers to exit the plane using inflatable emergency slides.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2015

Nevada cryotherapy center where worker died is closed because it lacked insurance

Nevada officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of a cryotherapy center just outside Las Vegas where police say a worker was found dead last week in a chamber that exposes a person's body to extremely cold air.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015

Turkey-EU deal benefits all parties but refugees

Refugees' rights may get short shrift in a plan being negotiated between Turkey and the EU to stem the flow of displaced people into Europe.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2015

Hold an extraordinary Diet session

The Abe administration has no compelling reason to reject the call by opposition parties to convene an extraordinary Diet session.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2015

U.S. police chief association calls for background checks for all gun purchases

Police chiefs from across the United States have called for universal background checks for firearms purchases, citing opinion polls in which most Americans consistently support such restrictions.
WORLD / Society
Oct 27, 2015

Sharing a husband may lead to greater wealth and health, study says

Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2015

At least 100 dead after strong quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan

A powerful earthquake struck a remote area of Afghanistan on Monday, shaking the capital Kabul and killing at least 24 people while 76 were killed in neighbouring Pakistan, officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2015

Tepco completes sea wall to keep tainted Fukushima No. 1 water from reaching sea

Tepco announces completion of a 780-meter coastal wall along the heavily damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Longform

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