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EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016

Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation

Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2016

Denmark's nice, but Danes live better in U.S.

The fact that Scandinavian-Americans enjoy far higher living standards than their relatives in Europe raises questions about the alleged superiority of Nordic socialism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2016

Fukushima floating wind farm is Japan's entry into contested sector

Japan's ambition to lead in the development of floating wind turbines is facing stiff competition from rivals in Europe — most notably from France — as companies and governments press to lower costs and prove that the technology can rival other sources of clean energy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2016

In the electronics doldrums

The main culprit of Japan's economic doldrums during the past quarter century is the stagnation of its electronic equipment manufacturers.
EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2016

Engel's coefficient rising in Japan

People are spending more on food, which means they are using less of their money in other areas — thereby reducing overall consumer spending.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2016

Germany defeats Sweden to claim gold in women's soccer

With her arms raised in victory, coach Silvia Neid ran onto the field to join the celebration of Germany's first Olympic gold medal — even jumping onto the players' dogpile.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016

The good news in China's growth slowdown

China must avoid the siren song of credit-fueled growth or pay the price of growing imbalances and rising debt.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2016

SEALDs to disband but founder says political activism just beginning

One of Japan's leading liberal youth groups is coming to an end after kick-starting what it hopes will become a new generation of political leaders.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 6, 2016

Climate change threatens nation's agriculture

Dark clouds cast gloom over future domestic food production as global temperatures rise
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 4, 2016

Star Burns a man without a team

Sixth man extraordinaire Draelon Burns is a man without a team.
EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2016

Police use of GPS to track suspects

Strong, clear rules are needed to govern the use of GPS devices in criminal investigations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2016

Kuroda leads BOJ to a policy crossroads

After more than three years of pumping out cheap money that has failed to secure its inflation target, the Bank of Japan has signaled a rethink.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2016

Dispute over HPV vaccinations

The controversy over HPV vaccinations highlights the need for Japan to develop a better research mechanism for drug side effects.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2016

Cervical cancer vaccine suit filed over side effects

Sixty-three women and girls who reported side effects from cervical cancer vaccines sued the government and drugmakers on Wednesday as a sharp divide remained over the risks the medicine poses.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2016

Mirage of a rules-based order

As demonstrated by China's response to The Hague's South China Sea decision, international law is powerful against the powerless, but powerless against the powerful.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 23, 2016

A dark age dawns for politics in Japan

"Historic," that much-overused word, seems almost acceptable as a description of the Upper House elections earlier this month that gave Japan — for the first time in its postwar history — a government strong enough to get serious about rewriting the Constitution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2016

Olympus seeks deals and redemption after 2011 scandal

Five years ago, Olympus Corp. was caught up in the oddest of corporate scandals. Its then-CEO, Michael Woodford, uncovered an accounting scandal at the company that went undetected for years, besmirching the name of a once-proud Japanese maker of digital cameras and medical equipment.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016

China takes lesson from U.S.

China is proving just how good and diligent a pupil it has been in internalizing U.S. lessons on how a great power should conduct itself internationally.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 19, 2016

BOJ's perpetual QE quandary

It may be time for BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda to read from a 1930s playbook if deflation is here to stay.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2016

Getting youths to the ballot box

Teachers and students alike should be encouraged to express their political opinions and discuss concrete issues while refraining from imposing their views on others.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 14, 2016

Fate of stats from former leagues uncertain

Should statistical records from the bj-league, the JBL and its successor (NBL), the JBL2 and its successor (NBDL) be kept handy and recited frequently for the B. League?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 14, 2016

Teppei Koike and Haruma Miura strut proudly onto the stage in 'Kinky Boots'

For fans of musicals in Japan, the buzz surrounding Teppei Koike and Haruma Miura is reaching a peak thanks to the pair's newest production: the first-ever Japanese version of the award-winning hit "Kinky Boots."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 13, 2016

The Qualite Fantastic! Cinema Collection festival has choice gems among the trash

Opened in 2012, Cinema Qualite has been a welcome anomaly amid the grim decline of Japan's once-vibrant "mini theater" (arthouse) scene.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2016

Don't rely on quake predictions

The government should focus its efforts on minimizing the damage caused by quakes rather than squandering resources trying to predict them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 6, 2016

Amnesty report cites forced cannibalism, rape, death, trauma as South Sudan turns 5

Mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and forced cannibalism have led to an increase in mental illness in South Sudan, with patients routinely housed in prisons due to an "almost total" absence of mental health care, a rights group said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2016

A showdown looming in the South China Sea?

The stage may be set for a serious U.S.-China military confrontation if the Hague tribunal rules against China's South China Sea claim next week as expected.

Longform

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