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JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015

Japan's 'deep remorse' over war spelled out in Diplomatic Bluebook

Japan is actively contributing to world peace and stability based on the pledge of never waging war that grew out of "deep remorse" over World War II, according to the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic policy report for 2015, which was released Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2015

Crash pilot's medical record preceded stricter reporting rules, Lufthansa says

Lufthansa said on Monday it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz's former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015

High price of cold-hearted capitalism

At the root of Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz's likely decision to kill himself is that he lived, as we all do in the Western world, in a disposable society.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 5, 2015

Pint-size powerhouse: a dachshund named Miggy

Miggy knows what she likes — the right people, the right dogs and toys, toys, toys!
WORLD
Apr 5, 2015

EU found 'issues' with German aviation regulator

A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 4, 2015

'North Korea Confidential' shows how citizens flirt with consumption in their everyday lives

What is life really like for the more than 24 million citizens of Asia's so-called hermit state — the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2015

New neighbors, please go away

When I came to live in Kurohime in northern Nagano Prefecture in the late autumn of 1980, I was a bit awed by the amount of snow, which piles up and compacts to a depth of 5 meters in the mountains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2015

Singapore firm Quoine sees bitcoin being big in Japan

Many Japanese may be skeptical about the encrypted currency bitcoin due to last year's Mt. Gox fiasco, but a Singapore-based venture sees a big opportunity in fostering a bitcoin market in Japan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 3, 2015

Buddhist priests in a nutshell; Models survive on a desert island; CM of the week: Eneos

Producers of TV shows often try out their new creations during the wee hours and if they attract enough viewers the show is bumped up to prime time. That's the case with "Obosan Variety: Butchake-dera" ("Buddhist Priest Variety: In-a-nutshell Temple"; TV Asahi, Mon., 7 p.m.), whose prime time premiere...
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2015

Local party boss says Tibet temples must become propaganda centers

Buddhist temples and monasteries in Tibet must become propaganda centers for the ruling Communist Party, where monks and nuns learn to "revere" science and appreciate the party's love, the troubled region's top Chinese appointed official said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Apr 3, 2015

Barista champ puts Fukuoka on the map

Yoshikazu Iwase has a tough act to top. As he heads to the World Barista Championship (WBC) in Seattle this month, he'll be following in the wake of Maruyama Coffee's Hidenori Izaki, the barista prodigy who last year became the first Japanese — and, indeed, Asian — competitor to win the title.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2015

Pigeondust seeks out the story in a sample

When Chiba-based hip-hop producer Yuta Yamaoka, better known as Pigeondust, isn't busy flipping through crates of dusty vinyl at used record shops, he's at home dissecting and connecting bits and pieces of sounds, lifted from those records.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / EMBASSY PRESENTS ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE
Apr 3, 2015

Iceland a leader in geothermal energy

As one of the most advanced countries in geothermal energy usage, Iceland recently shared some of its expertise with Japanese people at a seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2015

Drugmaker Takeda may settle Actos suits for $2.2 billion

Officials at Asia's largest drugmaker have proposed to settle more than 8,000 lawsuits in federal and state courts in the United States, according to sources who asked to remain anonymous.
EDITORIALS
Apr 2, 2015

Ambitious Nankai quake plan

The government must verify and review its highly ambitious reponse plan for the predicted Nankai Trough quake to ensure it can be implemented smoothly when disaster strikes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015

Shinobu Terajima dresses down for risque role in 'All Nudity Shall Be Punished'

Sex and violence can be a good draw to get crowds out to the theater, but don't underestimate the power of actress Shinobu Terajima to bring audiences to a show.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015

Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn brings life to hit manga 'Death Note' on stage

Frank Wildhorn, the man responsible for bringing a batch of literary classics to the stage ("Jekyll & Hyde," "Dracula," "The Scarlet Pimpernel"), is taking on the popular manga series "Death Note" as his latest project.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015

Boko Haram uses children as human bombs, commits 'heinous crimes': U.N. human rights chief

Boko Haram Islamist militants in northern Nigeria are using children as human bombs and targeting women and girls for particularly horrific abuse, including sexual slavery, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015

At least 54 dead, 15 missing after Russian trawler sinks off Kamchatka

At least 54 crew members on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific Ocean late on Wednesday, officials in the area said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015

Lufthansa chief dodges questions at crash site amid focus on passenger video

A video of the final seconds aboard the Germanwings plane that crashed in France last week has been discovered, reports said on Wednesday, just hours before Lufthansa executives visiting the crash site dodged questions about the mental health of the pilot.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 1, 2015

Exporting ‘Wild Style’: Fab 5 Freddy remembers when Bronx hip-hop invaded Tokyo

Flashback to the Japan of 1983: Childish idol Seiko Matsuda was topping the charts, Japanese guys were trying to dress like Boy George and kids in discos vainly watched themselves dance in floor-to-ceiling mirrors as Frankie told them to "Relax." Believe it or not, this is the exact moment hip-hop hit...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015

Media, automakers offer gags galore as April Fools' Day catches on in Japan

Companies humored their customers on April Fools' Day, offering eye-catching products and services that in some cases appeared to meet a credulous audience.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan