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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 28, 2020

Odd couple: LDP-Komeito political marriage faces testing times

Power struggles in Abe's party could further strain the two-decades-old coalition in the weeks to come
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2020

Pro tips on teleworking during a virus outbreak

When the novel coronavirus started spreading across Asia in January, forcing the world’s largest work-from-home experiment, not many knew what to expect, least of all Bloomberg’s 400-plus journalists in the region. Six weeks later (and counting), only now are some starting to return to the office....
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 1, 2019

Issey Miyake goes with the flow with new Osaka store

Issey Miyake's newest store taps the creativity and artisanship of Osaka with a drop of regional humor.
Reader Mail
Jul 12, 2019

Trump drifting into self-parody

Regarding "Trump urges Americans to 'stay true to our cause' in controversial July Fourth fete" in the July 5 edition, Trump's darkly ironic commandeering of a holiday that celebrates independence from tyranny, along with his latest rallies and interviews, reconfirms that he's devoid of fresh ideas,...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 29, 2019

One woman's story illustrates the bittersweet charm of life in the Seto Island Sea

Mitsuko Amano was born in year 19 of the Showa Era (1944). World War II was still a year away from ending, and at the time nearly 2,000 people made their living on Shiraishi (White Stone) Island, the place she called home in the Seto Inland Sea.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2018

What next after the consumption tax goes to 10%?

Doubts persist as to whether the hike will cover the mushrooming social security costs of the rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 23, 2018

Marriage is not always the bed of roses it's supposed to be

Whenever you read about people doing things you yourself would never dream of doing, you naturally wonder: Is it a warped individual nature that is to blame? Is it the nature of the time, the place, the circumstances?
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2018

Right to reside for widows and widowers

The Justice Ministry should ensuring equal treatment to all married couples irrespective of their legal status.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 16, 2017

Shibuya expo showcases innovations toward creating an inclusive society

The social welfare system has long been viewed as a form of assistance for the needy.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2017

Measures to reduce the youth suicide rate

Suicide remains the top cause of death among Japanese youths. That must change.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 13, 2017

Meet the kawaii witches of the East

Despite being a fantastic go-to costume on Halloween, witches in the West have never had it easy. There were the Salem witch trials of the 1690s, and similar trials elsewhere in North America and Europe through the 17th century, which served as warnings to independent women that they could be persecuted...
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CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2017

'Suffragette': The strength of women

Believe it or not, "Suffragette" is the first feature film out of Britain to focus exclusively on the suffragette movement. What took the country so long? Completed last year, it has finally made it to Japan, and in the light of all that's happening in Western politics, it couldn't be coming out at a...
JAPAN / Society
Sep 27, 2016

Amid charges of sexism, city in Kyushu pulls video promoting local eels

A promotional YouTube video made by the city of Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, featuring a young woman in a swimsuit who morphs into an eel has been pulled following a public outcry that it was sexist.
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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016

In safety push, Nissan turns camera on hot car interiors

In a parked, unmanned car, the cap on a plastic soda bottle pops off and the cola fizzes out. A plastic toy puppy sags and topples over. A chocolate bar and gummy candies melt into slime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 19, 2016

Mitsubishi Motors scandal was an accident waiting to happen

It's a familiar Japanese corporate ritual: a deep bow before the cameras to atone for wrongdoing. And when it comes to the art of public mea culpa, few companies can top scandal-prone Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 26, 2015

Masaki Matsunaga: 'We should enjoy all the emotions we feel'

Japanese entreprenuer on dialects, parents and using balloons to make people float
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2015

A need to reduce school pressures

The link between the end of school breaks and a rise in child suicides highlights the need to reduce school pressures on students.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014

International crowd add their voices to Okinawa protests over U.S. base relocation

Mainland Japanese and expats alike are making the journey to northern Okinawa to support the locals' fight against the relocation of Futenma air base to the Henoko district of Nago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / THREE YEARS AFTER 3/11
Mar 10, 2014

Tohoku kids stressed, haunted by trauma

Almost every day around a dozen students seek out nurse Akemi Idogawa at their temporary junior high school in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping she will help ease their trauma.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 24, 2014

Should young criminals face harsher penalties?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved a bill this month to bolster punishments issued under the juvenile law. This is partly in response to growing calls by people victimized by juvenile offenders to reduce their apparent impunity.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan