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JAPAN
Apr 15, 2019

LGBT couples speak of their suffering in lawsuit seeking marriage for all in Japan

Thirteen LGBT couples speak about the social stigma and discrimination affecting their lives and call on the government to recognize their right to marry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2019

The Democrats' sweepstakes of frivolity

The Democratic Party would do well to remember the outcomes of the 1972 and 1984 presidential elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2019

Blazing the way forward in Japan-Australia security ties

RAA negotiations are an epoch-making template for Japan's security relationships.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 15, 2019

Youth turnout a worry in Japan's first quadrennial elections under new voting age of 18

The first quadrennial unified local elections to be held after the voting age was lowered to 18 in June 2015 are being hampered by concerns about the youngest voters' low voting rate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2019

Drive-by shooting outside Melbourne nightclub leaves one dead and three injured

A drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in the Australian city of Melbourne inflicted "horrific injuries" that killed a security guard and wounded three men, police said Sunday, but there was no suggestion yet that the attack was terrorism-related.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 13, 2019

Social media weighs in on design and purpose of Japan's new bank notes

Social media has been awash with posts following the public unveiling of Japan’s new era name, Reiwa, at the beginning of April. The announcement was almost the complete opposite of an April Fools’ Day joke and yet every detail has been picked apart online, from the way the name was officially unveiled...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 13, 2019

'Family Traits' review: A world of myth and whimsy comes to life

'Family Traits: The Fantastic Bestiary of a Father and his Sons' is a collection of watercolor illustrations by Thomas Romain, a Tokyo-based animator, and his sons' whimsical drawings that inspired them.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 13, 2019

Bradie Tennell's stellar free skate secures World Team Trophy title for U.S.

A strong performance by Bradie Tennell helped the United States win the World Team Trophy on Saturday at Marine Messe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2019

Hoping to help young people, centenarian runs for office in German town

For most people, reaching 100 would be reason enough to put one's feet up and take things easy, but Lisel Heise has other ideas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2019

What you're not eating is killing you

Which is just a dramatic way of saying that you could live longer if you ate more healthy foods.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 13, 2019

North Korea's Kim willing to meet Trump a third time but gives U.S. an end-of-year deadline

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for a third time for nuclear talks — if Washington comes to the table with the "correct posture" — but laid down a year-end deadline "for a bold decision from the U.S."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2019

Man hospitalized after lighting jacket on fire outside White House

A man in a wheelchair-type electric scooter lit his jacket on fire outside the White House fence on Friday and was hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 11, 2019

Wallabies icon George Gregan preaches value of preparation in quest for RWC title

George Gregan has experienced the full gamut of Rugby World Cup emotions, but the Australian legend knows what he is looking forward to most when Japan hosts the tournament later this year.
JAPAN / Heisei Icons,Heisei Icons
Apr 11, 2019

Tetsuya Komuro: J-pop inventor's synth-powered dance tunes set the tone for post-bubble Japan

The term J-pop, a Heisei invention, needed a defining characteristic to make it stand out from the Showa Era's soundtrack, and Komuro provided a synthesizer-powered foundation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2019

Thousands flee Tripoli homes as battle rages on outskirts

Eastern forces and troops loyal to the Tripoli government battled on the outskirts of Libya's capital on Wednesday as thousands of residents fled from the fighting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 10, 2019

Japanese group ACE works to end child labor and foster education across developing world

In 1998, a march to protest child labor involving people in 107 countries made Yuka Iwatsuki realize that the issue, which she had been interested in since college, was a global movement. She also realized that there were no organizations in Japan leading the global fight.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2019

F-35A fighter jet crashed, Japan's defense ministry says, as hunt for missing pilot continues

According to Air Self-Defense Force, the incident in waters off Aomori Prefecture is the first crash involving an F-35A fighter anywhere in the world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 9, 2019

Weaving in and out of a century of art

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo's re-opening exhibition is an ambitious exploration of an entire century's worth of art that runs through the majority of the museum building and spans four floors. Allow yourself ample time to make your way through it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2019

Has the British media turned on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

Last May, millions across the world tuned in to watch Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince Harry tie the knot with his American fiancee, Meghan Markle, with the media feting the couple as the epitome of glamour and royal modernity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 9, 2019

As 'Brexodus' gap leaves U.K. short of nurses, Filipino candidates struggle with IELTS English test

Bracing for life after Brexit, U.K. hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona. But she twice flunked the English language test that is required to get there, in which she was asked to write about topics such as the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2019

Florence study proves artist Leonardo da Vinci was ambidextrous

An in-depth study of Leonardo da Vinci's earliest-known drawing has proved that the great Renaissance artist was ambidextrous, Italy's Uffizi Gallery said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2019

No country for Palestinians

Israelis are being given choice between war and more war, between occupation and more occupation, even if the candidates avoid using those terms.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Apr 8, 2019

There's nothing more important than learning how to distinguish between 'taisetsu' and 'jūyō'

When trying to convey the idea of importance in Japanese use 'taisetsu' for things that are sentimentally important and 'ju016byu014d' for things that are signifficant.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 7, 2019

ESG-centered values drive management, strategies

Dave Muenz hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where pollution from the local steel mills was once so severe that his steelworker father had to take multiple shirts to work because by lunchtime 'the color of his original shirt would be so bad.'
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Apr 7, 2019

Responsible investing gaining popularity

RI Asia Japan 2019 is a platform to learn, share and debate on key issues affecting responsible investment based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, which are set to define every aspect of the investment landscape in the next decade.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 7, 2019

Kilda is looking for someone to play ball with

Kilda, a Shiba cutie with a passion for playing ball, came to ARK from Heart Tokushima, a shelter on the island of Shikoku.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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