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LIFE / Travel
May 26, 2017

Looking for 'omotenashi' in Cuba's southeast

Though half a world apart in geography, history, language and just about anything else you could name, Cuba and Japan are not entirely without similarities.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 26, 2017

Wenger admits his uncertain status has affected Arsenal

Arsene Wenger is not a man to show much emotion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2017

China's imperial overreach

According to a Chinese proverb, 'To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm.' The further Xi carries China's 'one belt, one road' initiative, the more likely it is to bite him.
WORLD
May 25, 2017

Early warning systems still missing in 100 countries, U.N. says

Governments of 100 countries still lacking disaster early warning systems have a duty to invest in the projects, which could save lives and property, and reap longer-term economic benefits, the U.N.'s meteorological agency said.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2017

Trump's 'principled realism' is anything but

Last weekend Donald Trump made the stupidest U.S. foreign policy commitment since the decision 60 years ago to take France's place in fighting the 'communist menace' in Vietnam.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2017

The Izumo deployment: Japan's hat in the ring

The maiden overseas deployment of Japan's Izumo helicopter destroyer is a clear signal that the waters in the Indo-Pacific region are heating up.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2017

China could be the future of the sharing economy

At a time when much of China's economy is slowing or stalling, the sharing sector is booming.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2017

For Shinzo Abe, an epic buyer's remorse

There's still time for the prime minister to distance himself from a White House in flames
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2017

North Korea declares medium-range missile ready 'for action,' shows off apparent photos from space

North Korea said Monday that its test-firing a day earlier of a solid-fuel, medium-range missile capable of striking most of Japan was "perfect" and that the weapon was ready to be deployed "for action."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2017

Goodbye globalism, hello mercantilism?

It appears all but certain that the age of globalization, which lasted for a quarter century, will come to an end.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 20, 2017

Looking back on the final days of the Dojunkai apartments

On the fourth anniversary of Uenoshita's demolition, we revisit how its last residents left it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 20, 2017

The miserable case of unhappiness surging in Japan

This is the happiest time in the history of the world, and Japan is among the happiest of countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2017

Do you want to be a cyborg?

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is convinced that enhancing human intelligence and memory is our species' only alternative to elimination by our own super-intelligent inventions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2017

Russia's Cold War habit is hard to break

In all three confrontations since the 19th century between Russia and the West, it was Russian action, motivated by domestic concerns, that spurred European or Western efforts at strategic containment.
EDITORIALS
May 15, 2017

The 'WannaCry' wake-up call

The deepening integration of information technologies into all facets of daily life has created dangerous vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2017

Ex-North Korean propaganda artist turns his skills to satire

For seven years North Korean artist Song Byeok painted propaganda posters glorifying the world's most secretive regime. Today, having defected to South Korea, he uses his talents to satirize his repressive homeland.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
May 14, 2017

Fukushima firm's 'fairy feather' silk gets Hermes' attention

The world's thinnest yarn-dyed silk fabric will soon find its way into Hermes' globally renowned scarves.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 13, 2017

Designer Yuri Suzuki chases his dreams through sound

As a boy in the 1980s, Yuri Suzuki fell under the spell of video games and his father's record collection. The family home was in bustling Shibuya Ward, near the border with Shinjuku, and the influence of global cultures within its walls was strong.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 13, 2017

Japan's fisheries still swimming upstream

In March, the internet news site Videonews.com posted a conversation between environmental journalist Tetsuji Ida and Waseda University researcher Yasuhiro Sanada, who writes about fisheries. During the talk, Sanada said that whaling is a "dead industry," and seemed to think that the ongoing controversy...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 13, 2017

'The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia': A look at Okinawa's distant past

On May 15, Japan will mark the 45th anniversary of the return of Okinawa. For 27 years prior, the U.S. administered the islands, a continuous period of occupation that began after the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945. This makes the new translation of Mamoru Akamine's 'The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia' both welcome and timely.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2017

Airlines bracing for laptop ban on Europe-U.S. flights at peak season

Airline and travel-industry groups are quietly expressing concern about a plan under consideration by U.S. security authorities to prohibit passengers from carrying their laptop computers into the cabin on flights from Europe.
Japan Times
CULTURE
May 11, 2017

Tackling the terminology behind feminism in Japan

In 1985, women in gorilla masks gathered at New York's Museum of Modern Art to protest its lack of female artists. Known as the Guerrilla Girls, the group continues to raise awareness about inequality in the art world. Thirty years later, their spirit has ignited some women in Japan to action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 6, 2017

Escalating threats to secularism in Bangladesh

Islamists have ignited contemporary identity wars in Bangladesh because they can't abide secularism, with hard-line clerics inciting violence to overturn constitutional principles and the rule of law.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo ticket sales exceed break-even point
Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up for pavilions on Friday.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japan's Nikkei 225 hits record high on tariff and rate optimism
Stocks in Tokyo rallied on Tuesday despite months of uncertainty and general economic concerns.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
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.

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