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BUSINESS / Satoyama Consortium
Jun 4, 2018

Women's panel shares insights

Three women practitioners engaging in satoyama and satoumi-based activities discussed their thoughts during a panel discussion at the Japan Times Satoyama Consortium symposium in Tokyo on May 16.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Satoyama Consortium
Jun 4, 2018

Island community draws visitors

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium has been engaged in various activities to promote municipalities and local companies representing the beauty and excellence of deep Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 3, 2018

Put more women in office, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark tells Japan

When Helen Clark was first elected to New Zealand's parliament in 1981, she was one of only eight female lawmakers among the 92 representatives. Now, women account for nearly 38 percent of the parliament, including a new prime minister who is expected to deliver a baby this month.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jun 3, 2018

June 4, 2018

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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 3, 2018

Left-behind dad's last resort: Impeach Japan's Supreme Court judges

Dogged father in Hague Convention case shines a light on a check-and-balance on the judiciary that barely functions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 3, 2018

Face the reality of racism in Japan

When racism occurs, either implicitly or overtly, it is often dismissed as arising from Japanese racial naivete.
WORLD
Jun 3, 2018

U.N. special rapporteur says American poverty is deepening under Trump

Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has found.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 2, 2018

The rising star of Tokyo's dim sum scene

From Jin Din Rou to Tim Ho Wan, here's where to go for dim sum in the capital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jun 2, 2018

Yukio Mishima's demons are out in full force in 'Runaway Horses'

'Perfect purity is possible,' Mishima writes, 'if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of death.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 2, 2018

'Pretty rainy' vs. 'partly cloudy'

'I think I need glasses.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2018

Japan Coast Guard reinforces Sea of Japan fleet to ward off North Korean poachers

The Japan Coast Guard has beefed up its patrol fleet near the Yamato Bank in the Sea of Japan to counter increasing numbers of North Korean fishing boats in Japan's exclusive economic zone, it announced Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2018

China's Everest cleanup nets 8.5 tons of garbage

China has retrieved 8.5 tons of waste from Mount Everest since April as it clears garbage left by growing numbers of visitors, the state-run Global Times said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2018

FamilyMart with a dash of Don Quijote; firms launch experimental stores in Tokyo

Convenience store operator FamilyMart and discount store chain Don Quijote opened two jointly run experimental stores in Tokyo on Friday, exploring ways to learn from each other's marketing and operational know-how.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2018

Breaking down the Kake Gakuen scandal: Who's lying, Abe or his political opponents?

Opposition camp lawmakers roared in anger. Stenographers were ordered to stop transcribing. The prime minister accused an opposition leader of lying.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2018

Trump plays down chances of quick breakthrough as North Koreans bring letter

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday played down the chances of a quick deal to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons as a delegation from Pyongyang headed to meet him with a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, suggesting a proposed summit may be back on.
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2018

Will the legacy of the Heisei Era be a sad one?

The current Imperial era, Heisei, will end when Emperor Akihito abdicates next April 30. The name of the new era won't be announced until April 1.
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2018

Abe's scandals deserve scrutiny

In "Time to reform Japan's political parties" in the May 23 edition, Ichiro Asahina dismisses the debate about Shinzo Abe's Moritomo and Kake scandals as partisan politics. Which parties does he think need reforming?
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2018

The many benefits of Zen's Soto sect

I was very much interested in "Zen and the art of Premier League dominance" in the May 24 edition because koan in Zen, especially in the Soto sect, was addressed in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" by Ruth Bennedict over 70 years ago as an unscientific, irrational way of thinking. The American anthropologist...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2018

Did John Bolton try to sink the Trump-Kim summit?

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton detests professional diplomats as gutless appeasers, and has yet to meet an arms control agreement he likes or a crisis that cannot be solved by bombing the enemy.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 31, 2018

Yokohama looks to Tom Wisman for renewal

Tom Wisman, who guided the Tochigi Brex to the inaugural B. League title in May 2017, is returning to the sideline to lead the Yokohama B-Corsairs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
May 31, 2018

Rainy season is a great time to binge-watch anime

The anime season that began in April is winding down, meaning that those who prefer to wait and ingest their anime in one flat-out, high-speed burn are starting to look around for series to binge.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 31, 2018

Four female directors extol the virtues of short films in presenting new points of view

The red carpet at any film festival is known for star power and fashion, but when 82 women walked arm in arm down the red carpet at Cannes last month, it became a place for politics, too.
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2018

Rising LDP star Shinjiro Koizumi, like his charismatic dad, finds growing fan base

Young, debonair and eloquent, Shinjiro Koizumi has, in a way, become the political equivalent of a pop idol.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
May 31, 2018

ジャパンタイムズ、大阪事務所移転および名称変更のお知らせ

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役:堤丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は2018年6月1日(金)に大阪事務所を下記のとおり移転し、併せて名称を関西事務所と変更いたします。
Japan Times
WORLD
May 31, 2018

Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after reported murder

A dissident Russian journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday in the middle of a televised briefing about his own killing by the Ukrainian state security service.

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers