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COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 18, 2017

Dog's day afternoon

'Otsukaresamadeshita. You must be tired after running.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2017

Philippines to strengthen military facilities in contested South China Sea

The Philippines said Friday it will strengthen its military facilities on islands and shoals in the disputed South China Sea and announced initial plans to build a new port and pave an existing rough airstrip.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 17, 2017

March 18, 2017

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 17, 2017

Tillerson's tough talk on North Korea garners mixed reviews

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued bold proclamations during his Asia visit, saying that “all options are on the table” in dealing with nuclear-armed North Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2017

Where in the world is all of the water going?

Subterranean aquifers — the world's reserve tanks for fresh water — are being pumped dry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017

Fukushima moms don lab coats to measure radiation in food, sand and soil

At a laboratory an hour's drive from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a woman wearing a white mask over her mouth presses bright red strawberries into a pot, ready to be measured for radiation contamination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 17, 2017

Somali militants let drought-hit civilians roam for food

Somali Islamists are letting civilians in drought-hit regions under their control move with relative freedom to find food, the group and a U.N. official said on Thursday, but they are continuing to restrict the access of international aid groups.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 16, 2017

Welcome spring among the blossoms

"All things Sakura," celebrating Japan's blossom-filled spring, will take place at The Peninsula Tokyo from March 25 to April 2. Visitors will find themselves in a hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) wonderland immediately upon arrival, as the hotel lobby is decorated with hundreds of cherry trees.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 16, 2017

Radwimps were the perfect choice when it came to soundtracking 'Your Name.'

Yokohama Arena feels special on this chilly Tuesday night in early March. It's here that Radwimps — a rock outfit from Kanagawa Prefecture whose members could bike to this very venue when they were teens — are playing the first of two sold-out shows.
Reader Mail
Mar 16, 2017

A look ahead at Japan under oppressive rule

Reading about America's dystopian future ("A wry squint into the future of the U.S." by George Will, in the March 12 edition) makes you wonder how oppressive Japan's LDP will become by 2030.
Reader Mail
Mar 16, 2017

Abe is not a nationalist or a revisionist

In William Pesek's March 8 commentary piece, "Abe's nationalism hurts Japan" and Jeff Kingston's March 12 column, "Abe's revisionism nets own goals at home and away" the authors argue that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "nationalism" or "revisionism" damages Japan.
Reader Mail
Mar 16, 2017

Like a bad TV show that always returns

Regarding "Moritomo overstated costs to ministry" in the March 8 edition: The story so far — here's what we missed. ...
Reader Mail
Mar 16, 2017

Creative people deserve their pay

Regarding the Sound Off column titled "Militant approach to collecting fees hurts JASRAC's reputation" in the March 13 edition, beauty salons don't give away haircuts. Cafes charge for their coffee. Music schools collect tuition for instruction.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2017

U.S. group Sierra Club seeks probe of EPA's Pruitt over CO2 comments

U.S. environmental group the Sierra Club has asked the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general to investigate whether the agency's head, Scott Pruitt, violated internal policies when he said he did not believe carbon dioxide was a major contributor to climate change, according to a letter...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2017

Tokyo lost and found included ¥3.7 billion in cash last year

In addition to keys and eyeglasses and other commonly lost objects, millions of dollars worth of cash reaches the Tokyo police's lost and found department every year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 15, 2017

Finding a family in Japan's foreign drag scene

Western drag queens living in Tokyo, Kansai and Nagoya discuss the differences between the scene in Japan and back home.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2017

The Scottish referendum rears its head again

The Scots didn't vote yes for independence even when there was no Brexit in the offing. Why would they do it now?
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2017

No shopping rush seen in Tokyo from 1,000-strong Saudi delegation

Despite expectations that a 1,000-strong delegation traveling with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud Salman would go on a shopping spree during their four-day visit to Tokyo through Wednesday, shops reported low numbers of Saudi shoppers.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017

China's Anbang Insurance denies investment in Kushner property

China's Anbang Insurance Group said it is not investing in a flagship Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2017

Toshiba's troubled Westinghouse may be strategic fit for China or South Korea

If Toshiba Corp. parts ways with its embattled U.S. nuclear unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., the likely buyer may be a regional neighbor with global ambitions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2017

Akie Abe's connection with Moritomo Gakuen scandal puts role of Japan's first lady under spotlight

Is the wife of a prime minister a public official who should be subject to legislative rules and bureaucratic regulations on her activities, or a private citizen who shouldn't be held accountable over the political impact of her activities?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 13, 2017

Chinese defense spending stokes concern, debate as military ramps up operations in air and sea near Japan

China's plan to boost defense spending this year by around 7 percent — the slowest pace since 1991 — will raise concerns and stoke debate in Japan and the U.S. over their own capabilities as Beijing ramps up operations in the waters and airspace of the East and South China seas, experts say.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 13, 2017

Old, past it, over the hill: expressing aging and old stuff in Japanese

Introduce some Japanese words and phrases that translate to 'old' in English.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
A factory town in crisis shows Japan’s fading manufacturing era
Nissan workers walk outside its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nissan plans to shut the plant by the end of fiscal 2027.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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