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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 11, 2017

Monocle raises its glass to 10 years in Japan

There are precious few publications standing against the accepted status quo that print media has had its day and the future is digital. Taking a stand among their ranks is lifestyle magazine Monocle, which even eschews social media, choosing to address those who seek its singular lens via a 24-hour...
WORLD
Mar 9, 2017

Contractors likely behind CIA leak: U.S. officials

Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2017

SoftBank to sell 25% stake in Arm to Vision Fund, sources say

SoftBank Group Corp. plans to sell a 25 percent stake in ARM Holdings PLC to a technology fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia after lead investors expressed a desire to include the chip-maker in their portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2017

Ideology behind intolerant students isn't new

The downshouters remind the rest of us that the true harbinger of an authoritarian future lives not in the White House but in the groves of academe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 7, 2017

A gently explosive 'Blossom Blast'

Beware the loan word "feminizumu." If you ask accomplished, educated and gainfully employed Japanese women whether they are feminists, the adverse reaction can be confusing. I first came up against this in a seminar of women art-history students, who unanimously, and vehemently rejected the idea of being...
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2017

Congressional report on Futenma

The Japanese and U.S. governments would do well to heed local opinions on the Futenma base relocation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 4, 2017

Kagoshima team in cash crisis

The Kagoshima Rebnise have been behind schedule on salary payments to players and team staff for the entire season, The Japan Times has learned.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2017

RCEP envoys make progress on trade deal in Kobe but complexity threatens timeline

Negotiators from 16 nations accounting for half the world's population inched closer to drafting a multilateral trade treaty after five days of negotiations that went late into Friday evening.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2017

Trump may choose Russia expert Fiona Hill as adviser

President Donald Trump is moving to name Fiona Hill, a former intelligence officer and well-known scholar of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as his top Russia adviser, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Mar 2, 2017

Exploring the nation's tea and rice cuisine

Arigato.kitchen presents its first book, "Chazuke" (¥1,200), an inside look at traditional Japanese recipes, ingredients and regional attractions. As the book aims to introduce both Japanese and international readers into the culinary art of , a bowl of rice with tea poured over it and topped with various...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2017

Malaysia to charge women in Kim Jong Nam killing

Two women — an Indonesian and a Vietnamese — will be charged on Wednesday with murder over the killing in Malaysia of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, Malaysia's attorney general said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2017

Out of the shadows: Manila's meth dealers back on the streets as cops pull back

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs had until three weeks ago driven the trade in crystal methamphetamine underground, according to residents and drug users in some of the slum areas of the nation's capital city.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2017

Ambitious curriculum guidelines

The education ministry's proposed curriculum guidelines for elementary and junior high schools may be overly ambitious.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 23, 2017

In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 1

The first in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the year just passed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 18, 2017

Techie home comforts

A polite talking ted
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2017

A growing silence in Russia

The Putin government's need to silence an opposition leader through trumped-up charges shows its insecurity.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 14, 2017

Penn State ex-coach Sandusky's adopted son charged with child sex abuse

A 41-year-old adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing young boys, was charged in Pennsylvania on Monday with sexually abusing two teenage sisters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2017

Appeals court tells Trump it won't back down

The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding a nationwide freeze on Donald Trump's immigration executive order is a powerful rebuff to the administration — and to the president personally.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 30, 2017

Hagino, Kaneto share annual swimming prize; Watanabe looks to future

Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalists Kosuke Hagino and Rie Kaneto shared the top prize for their achievements in 2016 from the Japan Swimming Federation at the annual Japan Aquatic Awards on Monday evening.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2017

Trump's refugee order dashes hopes of Iraqis who helped the U.S.

Iraqis who say their lives are in danger because they worked with the U.S. government in Iraq fear that their chances of finding refuge in the United States may vanish under an order signed on Friday by President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 24, 2017

Kimura's crazed 'Macbeth' for today

"When I was studying English literature at the University of Tokyo, even though I had no theater experience at all, I got the chance to direct 'Macbeth,' " 33-year-old Ryunosuke Kimura explained when we met recently at a rehearsal studio in downtown Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 22, 2017

Meet the man who gets frisked by the Tokyo police five times a year

'Am I the only one who gets frisked five times a year?' was a question posed on Facebook by a black man living in Tokyo last year, as he related the harassment he's received at the hands of Tokyo's finest over the years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2017

Full transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address

President Donald Trump's inaugural address, as delivered:
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 18, 2017

Top Trump adviser Bolton backs U.S. forces in Taiwan, says move could lessen Okinawa burden

Amid increasingly tense Sino-U.S. ties, John Bolton, a former American ambassador to the U.N. and a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, has called for a closer U.S. military relationship with Taiwan to help counter a "belligerent" Beijing.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 17, 2017

Rose vilified for absence while LeBron given a pass

Derrick Rose last week missed one game, distraught and leaving suddenly without telling anyone after Knicks practice to attend to a family emergency back in Chicago. He returned the next day to team practice and to play the next game, was fined $200,000 and made public apologies to his teammates, the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Shaping the future via collaborative efforts

Global events in 2016 have reminded decision-makers that the more complex a system, the greater a community's concern about its future. The weakening of multiple systems has eroded confidence at the national, regional and global levels. And, in the absence of innovative and credible steps toward their...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2017

Why Trump is succeeding where Powell failed

The experience of British nativist firebrand Enoch Powell in the late 1960s and early 1970s can help shed light on Donald Trump's political success.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
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