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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2019

Insiders warn of continued exploitation by technical-trainee brokers as Japan launches new visa system

A whistleblower working for a technical trainee broker in Vietnam exposes a series of problematic, exploitation issues at such firms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2019

May has not moved 'an inch' on Brexit, says Labour's legal chief

British Prime Minister Theresa May has not moved "an inch" on her Brexit "red lines," Labour's top legal policy chief Shami Chakrabarti said on Sunday, suggesting there was little hope of a quick breakthrough before an EU summit.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2019

Military tensions on the rise in the Taiwan Strait

Japan should counsel restraint on all sides, and insist on the peaceful and diplomatic resolution of all disputes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2019

Euroskeptic lawmaker says Britain should make life difficult if left in EU

Leading euroskeptic Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said if Britain were to stay in the European Union beyond April 12, the country should become the bloc's most difficult member and veto a seven-year financial framework.
CULTURE / Entertainment news / Heisei Icons,Heisei Icons
Apr 7, 2019

SMAP: The pop idol media monopoly that dominated the Heisei Era

Many can't let go of the most successful male idol group the Heisei Era and continue to share favorite songs and clips of the outfit on sites such as Twitter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2019

Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, among post-Abe candidates, LDP heavyweight says

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is among those who may take over the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who also serves as LDP president, the party's secretary-general has said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Apr 6, 2019

Perseverance pays off for SanktGallen Brewery

With its innovative craft beers and approach to marketing, SanktGallen Brewery has established itself in Japan's craft beer world not just once, but twice.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Apr 6, 2019

Snowy Village's Choco Churros are an overly sweet disappointment

The latest sweet sweeping across teenage enclaves of Tokyo social media is Korean dessert cafe Snowy Village's new Choco Churros. But don't let appearances fool you: Give this uninspiring, blandly sugary trend a miss.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 6, 2019

Getting to the bottom of Chicano subculture coverage on Japan

Over the past month and a half, a number of Western media outlets have revisited a topic that has long been a hit for online publications.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2019

Increasing influential U.S. national security adviser John Bolton tests boundaries — and Trump's patience

White House national security adviser John Bolton is expanding his influence in increasingly visible ways, pursuing his own long-standing foreign policy priorities at the risk of tensions with top administration officials — and even Donald Trump himself.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 6, 2019

Nebraska mom says carrying her gay son's baby was her gift

When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding — and that her doctors in the family's Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2019

Keidanren wants maximum service life of nuclear power plants extended to over 60 years

Keidanren will also request that periods in which plant operations are halted be excluded from their operating life spans, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2019

Japan's land minister voids Okinawa's move to halt construction of U.S. base at Henoko

Land minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday that he has decided to nullify a move by the Okinawa Prefectural Government aimed at halting reclamation work for a planned U.S. base off the Henoko district in Nago.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 5, 2019

Yuki Kawauchi now focused full time on marathoning

During the past decade, Yuki Kawauchi has been perhaps Japan's most famous marathon runner. He's been known as the "Citizen Runner" or the "Civil Service Runner."
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2019

Why 5,000 gray wolves in America are far better than none

The Trump administration has decided that they are no longer endangered. Does that decision endanger the species?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2019

There's an app for that, a TV channel and rallies galore: How brand Modi plays in Indian election

If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins this spring's general election, as is widely expected, it will also be another massive victory for the marketing machine created to amplify his brand into every Indian living room.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2019

Floods devastate farms in Iran, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage

Flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to Iranian agriculture, an official said on Thursday, as the parliament speaker questioned whether government funds would be adequate to compensate communities and farmers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2019

Christchurch massacre gunman Brenton Tarrant charged with 49 more mosque murders

Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 counts of murder at two mosques last month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2019

Fastest electric car chargers wait for batteries to catch up

The viability of electric vehicles depends in part on one manufacturing plant in eastern Australia, where gleaming white cabinets the size of large refrigerators are loaded on shipping crates. They're among the most advanced car chargers available, promising to deliver a full tank of juice in minutes....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 4, 2019

Original whisky blend honors jazz lounge

It's not every day that a hotel gets a world-famous whisky to call its very own. Available until the 300-bottle supply runs dry, the Grand Hyatt Tokyo is serving up an original Ichiro's Malt blended whisky, christened Maduro, in tribute to the hotel's 4th-floor jazz lounge of the same name.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2019

Report: Pilots in doomed Ethiopian Airlines jetliner followed Boeing's emergency steps

New details in the probe into the Ethiopian 737 jetliner crash indicate the pilots disabled a safety system driving down the nose yet still crashed, deepening the mystery of what happened.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 3, 2019

'Afternoon Breezes': Hitoshi Yazaki's pioneer of Japanese LGBTQ cinema is revisited

What was Japan's first LGBTQ-themed film? One often-mentioned candidate is Keisuke Kinoshita's 1959 melodrama "Farewell to Spring," though more for the emotional ties between its young male protagonists than anything explicitly erotic. More upfront in its treatment — and more critically acclaimed —...
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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