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Japan Times
PRESS / Events
May 11, 2018

5月16日開催「セインさんが教える！すぐに使えるビジネス英語」

　株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）は2018年5月16日（水）、英語学習者向け無料セミナー「セインさんが教える！すぐに使えるビジネス英語」を開催します。週刊英語学習紙『The Japan...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2018

Mass evacuations mulled as Hawaii officials scramble to remove flammable chemicals from volcano's lava path

Hawaii authorities scrambled to move tens of thousands of gallons of highly flammable chemicals from the path of lava on Thursday, and the state's governor warned mass evacuations might be needed as the Kilauea volcano's eruption became more violent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2018

Ex-Goldman trader Yuzo Kano is hiring old rivals to build a cryptocurrency empire in Tokyo

Yuzo Kano is trying to build a global cryptocurrency powerhouse, one former financier at a time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 10, 2018

Hiroshima hibakusha recalls warmth of Southeast Asian students who helped her survive A-bomb blast

Meiko Kurihara was a 19-year-old mobilized student at Toyo Kogyo (now Mazda Motor Corp.) when the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 10, 2018

Bats been hanging around for over 33 million years, fossil indicates

Belgian scientists have discovered the oldest ever fossil of the common mouse-eared bat, proving the species already existed more than 33 million years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2018

Decertifying the Iran deal is dangerous

Donald Trump's unilateral move could have dire regional and international implications.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2018

Address issues raised by lower age of adulthood

Sufficient steps should be taken to avoid any social confusion resulting from an amendment to lower the legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 9, 2018

Toyota announces record net profit of ¥2.49 trillion

The company's record figure comes in the face of once-in-a-century changes faced by the automobile industry and rising protectionism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 9, 2018

'The Blood of Wolves': Old-school yakuza thrills are back

The yakuza movie used to bestride the Japanese film industry like a colossus, but now clings to its margins. A well-known director occasionally essays the genre, as Takeshi Kitano did last year with "Outrage Coda," but a true revival has yet to come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2018

Buy what you like, sell what the market fancies: Top collectors reveal how to make a fortune in art

Andy Warhol once said: "Making money is art." But what about making money from art?
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2018

China should do what Trump says on trade

Many of the reforms demanded by the U.S. would help the Chinese economy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2018

'Naito Masatoshi: Another World Unveiled'

May 12-July 16
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2018

'Kotatsu Iwata: Coney Island Project'

May 11-June 2
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2018

Big Island braces for 'lava tourists' as Kilauea eruption surges, destroys 35 structures

Lava flows from an erupting Hawaiian volcano have destroyed 35 buildings, officials said on Monday, as they told residents of the threatened area to be ready to "evacuate at a moment's notice" if they went to retrieve possessions from their homes.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 7, 2018

Saitama housewife catches NBA's eye with cute illustrations of Oklahoma City Thunder players

Sometimes nonverbal means of communication can connect you to the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2018

Conservatives steal liberal term as Illinois counties declare 'sanctuary' status for gun owners

Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy to skirt the law: sanctuary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2018

22 collared in eastern India in three separate rape cases as attacks gain spotlight

Police have arrested 22 people in eastern India in three separate rape cases involving teenage girls, officials said on Sunday, as grisly new attacks against women come to light despite tougher penalties.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 7, 2018

Alvark close out regular season with comprehensive win over Hannaryz

Effort, athleticism and energy fueled the Alvark Tokyo's runaway victory over the undermanned Kyoto Hannaryz on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 4, 2018

Japan's bull market wouldn't be the same without Abe

The prime minister's likely successor won't be as knowledgeable about economics or have the personal authority to be able to rein in the bureaucrats.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2018

Look who's picking up the tab for Karl Marx's birthday bash: China

Karl Marx's home town is holding a party for the "Communist Manifesto" author's bicentenary, and China is paying for the birthday gift.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 2, 2018

Is the feudal era over for Japan's talent agencies?

Japanese show business definitely has a feudal side. Talent agencies control their tarento (talent) much in the way the daimyō (feudal lords) controlled the samurai in their clans, supporting their livelihoods in return for absolute fealty. And just as samurai were expected to stay with one clan their...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 2, 2018

'Oh Lucy!': A made-in-Japan take on the American road trip movie

I've seen my share of Japanese movies set partly or wholly in the United States. With a few exceptions, the filmmakers only skim the exotic surface, while the Japanese characters never become more than fish out of water gasping for a breath of the familiar, be it instant noodles or spoken Japanese.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2018

Hide: The musician whose death rocked Japan

On the evening of May 2, 1998, as most of Japan was basking in the annual Golden Week holidays, a few dozen young women had gathered outside an apartment building in Tokyo's Minamiazabu neighborhood.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 30, 2018

Banning women from the sumo ring: centuries-old tradition, straight-up sexism or something more complex?

In a life-threatening moment, Maizuru Mayor Ryozo Tatami suddenly collapsed while delivering a speech during a sumo exhibition in Kyoto.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.

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

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