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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2018

In Russia, a long game for Alexei Navalny

Russia is likely to pass through a darker night than now before Vladimir Putin's determined opponent can claim leadership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Feb 5, 2018

Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai says Asia key to making firm global industry leader

Tadashi Yanai — head of the clothing giant Fast Retailing Co., which runs the popular Uniqlo casual wear brand — may be in the later stages of his career as a business manager, but he has no plans to take it easy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2018

It's when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 3, 2018

Exploring the leaps and bounds of Japanese feminism

'Rethinking Japanese Feminisms' is a collection of short essays by 15 academics on diverse aspects of gender issues in Japan. Topics range from the androgynous eroticism in the art works of Taisho Era (1912-1926) illustrator Kasho Takabatake to reactions to the enactment of the 1999 Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Feb 3, 2018

Scrutiny on initial coin offerings rises in wake of Coincheck theft

Crime involving cryptocurrencies appears to be on the rise at a time when the total number of reported crimes in Japan is falling.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2018

The U.S. risks losing an Arctic cold war

The opening of previously frozen trade routes has supercharged an arms race and jostle for influence on the roof of the world
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 31, 2018

Hard work pays off for good guy Tochinoshin

Tochinoshin finally lifted the Emperor’s Cup on Sunday, 12 tumultuous years after joining the sumo world.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2018

Japan women's hockey team aiming for medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

The Japanese women's national hockey team hasn't posted a single win in its previous two trips to the Winter Olympics.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

South Korea uncovers about $600 million in illegal cryptocurrency trades

South Korea has uncovered illegal cryptocurrency foreign exchange trading worth nearly $600 million, a sign authorities are tightening the regulatory screws on the digital asset that many global policymakers consider to be opaque and risky.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2018

Russia's East-West dilemmas

It's in no nation's interest that Russia should continue to be the odd one out.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 30, 2018

Guts and glory define the Sakamoto story

Kaori Sakamoto's ascendancy continues unabated.
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2018

Cape Town approaches 'Day Zero'

The water woes of South Africa's Cape Town should serve as a lesson for Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2018

Trump says tweets, sometimes composed in bed, are his weapon against 'fake news'

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes tweets from bed, though he occasionally allows others to post his words.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2018

Massive Coincheck cryptocurrency heist casts spotlight on exchange security

At 2:57 a.m. on Friday in Tokyo, someone hacked into the digital wallet of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. and pulled off one of the biggest heists in history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2018

Ingvar Kamprad, Ikea's Swedish billionaire founder, dies at 91

Ingvar Kamprad, whose boyhood business of selling pencils and seeds from his bicycle in Sweden eventually grew into the Ikea furniture chain, has died. He was 91.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 28, 2018

Eat, sleep and shop at Muji Hotel

It all feels faintly familiar. There are the neutral textiles, the pale wood furniture, the green plants, the clean-lined gadgets and an aesthetic that is as calming as it is minimal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018

North Koreans express cynicism and enthusiasm over nuclear crisis

The fate of the world hangs on two volatile characters of doubtful sanity.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 27, 2018

Sosuke Kitamura: A man of painted words

Name: Sosuke Kitamura
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2018

Why scientists solve harder problems first

We've found thousands of distant planets, but not a cure for the common cold. What gives?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 26, 2018

With EVO Japan 2018, Japanese gamers finally get the home advantage

The video game tournament known as Evolution Championship Series had humble beginnings. Starting in California as a 40-person tournament between friends in 1996, it has since grown into arguably the world’s most celebrated fighting game tournament, complete with large cash prizes and major corporate...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2018

Reflecting on 20 years of female roles in 'The Ring'

In Japan, the "lord of the rings" is female, dressed in white with long black hair. The girl's name is Sadako, an evil ghost child who first appeared in Koji Suzuki's 1991 horror novel "The Ring" and went on to lead one of the biggest horror franchises of all time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 25, 2018

Plug wars: leading the charge in the battle for electric car supremacy

German carmakers hope a network of high-power charging stations they are rolling out with Ford will set an industry standard for plugs and protocols that will give them an edge over rival makers of electric vehicles.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 24, 2018

Why don't more Japanese study abroad? The cost and the hassle, survey shows

One student canvasses others and finds expense is crucial — even for well-off families — while support is thin on the ground.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2018

At Davos, Modi calls out isolationist trends as attention turns to how Trump will respond

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicked off Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi openly railing against anti-globalization and urging a halt to isolationist trends.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 24, 2018

Tokyo's success in bringing Pacific trade deal back to life marks challenge for Beijing, analysts say

The adjusted TPP deal marks a victory for Japan's diplomacy and will establish a strong foothold for member nations in trade negotiations with states preferring less liberalized trade.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

Podcast

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

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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