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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2015

Destruction of Brazil's Amazon jumps 16 percent in 2015

The destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest, the world's largest intact rain forest, increased by 16 percent in 2015 from a year ago as the government struggles to enforce legislation and stop illegal clearings.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2015

Japan repatriates 22 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh, among them unsuccessful asylum seekers

The government has repatriated 22 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the fourth round of its contentious mass deportation program using a state-chartered plane, the Justice Ministry announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2015

Japan pledges ¥1.3 trillion yearly to developing nations by 2020 ahead of Paris climate talks

In a bid to fight global warming, Japan promises to boost its assistance for developing nations to u00a51.3 trillion a year by 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2015

Supreme Court says December election 'in state of unconstitutionality,' but won't nullify results

The top court decides that the last Lower House election was borderline unconstitutional due to the high level of vote-value disparities among constituencies.
EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2015

Mobile phone fees need reform

The telecommunications ministry has a chance to affect much-needed change in the fee structure for mobile phones, particularly for those people who don't download a lot of data.
WORLD
Nov 20, 2015

Study says quarter of more than 500,000 homeless in U.S. are kids

More than 500,000 people — a quarter of them children — were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2015

Few clues about radicalization in hunt for 'ghostlike' alleged mastermind of Paris attacks

French investigators think they know who masterminded the deadliest terrorist assault in peacetime France: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 20-something Belgian who joined the ranks of the Islamic State group a few years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

Paris: Islamic State's strategy

Putting foreign ground troops into Syria would only make matters worse, so the least bad option for all countries concerned is to ride Islamic State's terrorist campaign out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 15, 2015

Revision of Japan's archaic sex crime laws falling short: critics

Mika Kobayashi was 24 and bicycling home from work on a western Tokyo street on Aug. 31, 2000, when a young man drove up and asked for directions. To see his map, she dismounted and leaned in toward the driver's seat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2015

Delivery failures dog parcel firms

Missing a package delivery is usually not a problem when one can easily go online or call to request redelivery.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

Colombia farmers make switch from cocaine to cocoa

It was the murder — execution-style, in broad daylight — of a friend and fellow farmer in the Colombian countryside that prompted German Sanchez to finally heed government calls to get out of the cocaine trade and plant cocoa instead. Six years later, market forces, more than concerns about personal...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Russia's travel ban on Egypt taking a heavy toll

Vladimir Putin's decision to stop flights to Egypt is having a major impact not just on the Russian travel industry but also on a public that has few other inexpensive alternatives for overseas travel.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2015

Takata air bag crisis hands Autoliv chance to go big in Japan

Swedish car safety equipment maker Autoliv could capitalize on the crisis engulfing its rival Takata Corp. by finally extending its global leadership to the one major auto hub it has been unable to dominate — Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2015

Putin's Fortress Russia takes an economic toll

Hit by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin has adopted an isolationist policy that is crippling the Russian economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2015

Abe launches tourism panel; inbound target may be raised

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launches a key advisory panel to draw up a midterm program to increase the number of people visiting Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. jobs report bolsters case for Fed rate hike

U.S. job growth surged in October and the unemployment rate hit a 7½-year low of 5 percent in a show of economic strength that makes it much more likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2015

China-Taiwan summit was two years in the making as leaders eye legacies

Saturday's historic summit in Singapore between the presidents of China and Taiwan may have surprised many, but the sides first broached the subject about two years ago, and the leaders had their legacies very much in mind.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015

Flaws in ASEAN's community-building effort

At the end of this year, the process for turning the Association of Southeast Asian Nations into a single community will begin to take shape. Yet pending community-building projects still need to be achieved and existing problems solved.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Nov 4, 2015

Time has come for an 'honorable retreat' from Tokyo 2020 over Fukushima

Citing concerns over Fukushima, the former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland recently proposed that Japan should stage an 'honorable retreat' from hosting the 2020 Olympics while there is still time to select and prepare an alternative site.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015

Waseda University strips Obokata of Ph.D.

Tokyo's Waseda University will revoke the doctorate of cell scientist Haruko Obokata, because she failed to correct inaccuracies in her thesis as requested.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2015

Russian officials say Egypt debris field suggests jet broke up in midair

The Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board appears to have broken up in midair, scattering debris over several kilometers of rugged terrain, according to senior aviation officials who visited the crash site.
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi explains about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, to junior high school students visiting in May.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan marks highest-ever temperature of 41.2 C in Hyogo
Japan's temperature soared to a record 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 41.1 C.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.

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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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