Search - news

 
Menu
Search
 
August 31, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
51,778 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2018

LDP faction boss Fukushiro Nukaga pressured to step down ahead of September party leadership race

The head of what was once the most powerful faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is facing a crisis ahead of September's leadership race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 7, 2018

Trump orders Washington parade to showcase U.S. military muscle

U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for a large-scale military parade in Washington to showcase American power and highlight his role as commander-in-chief, the White House and Pentagon confirmed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2018

Mitsubishi Heavy sees no need to further delay delivery of first regional jet

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. sees no need to further postpone the first delivery of its small passenger jet, the firm's president and chief executive officer, Shunichi Miyanaga, said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018

Philippines' Duterte reneges on China deal and bans foreign research ships

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific research off the country's Pacific coast and told the navy to chase away unauthorized vessels, despite earlier allowing Chinese oceanographers to operate there.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 6, 2018

Kazufusa Hosho: 'Noh is necessary in times of social unrest'

The challenge facing Kazufusa Hosho is one that many guardians of traditional Japanese art forms know well: ensuring the survival of a centuries-old culture by attracting new and younger audiences.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2018

Nago's mayoral race and the Henoko facility

The defeat of the mayor of Nago, Okinawa, who opposed the construction of the Futenma replacement facility in his city, should not be seen as an endorsement of the project by local voters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018

Australia considers changes to proposed foreign interference law amid concern over Chinese influence

Australia is considering changes to proposed new laws designed to prevent improper foreign interference in its domestic politics after a backlash from journalists and local business, the country's most senior legal minister said.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 6, 2018

Nikkei plunges over 1,600 points as Wall Street rout spreads

Tokyo stocks on Tuesday saw their largest decline since 2016 as Wall Street's sell-off delivered heavy blows to investor risk appetite.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018

Abe explains uncompromising stance on inserting 'explicit SDF mention' in Article 9

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to compromise on the substance of constitutional amendments, emphasizing his commitment to the ambitious goal of altering the war-renouncing Article 9.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 5, 2018

Let's discuss cryptocurrencies

Echoing the Mt. Gox fiasco nearly four years ago, Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck disclosed Friday it had been hacked and lost about u00a558 billion ($532 million) worth of its holdings, sending clients into a panic about the fate of their virtual assets.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018

Incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine falls in closely watched Okinawa election

In a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for anti-U.S. base forces in Okinawa, incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine failed in his re-election bid Sunday night, losing to a candidate strongly backed by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 5, 2018

Amtrak train apparently directed onto wrong track in fatal South Carolina crash

An Amtrak passenger train apparently traveling on the wrong track collided with a parked freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 other people in the railroad's third fatal crash in as many months, authorities said.
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 / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 3, 2018

Has Christel Takigawa cursed Japan with her 2020 Olympics omotenashi pitch?

"One thing made clear from (our) survey is that the wholehearted looking after guests is not necessarily appreciated."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Feb 3, 2018

Setting up shop needn't be an expensive task

Professional level kitchen equipment is incredibly expensive, and without the resources available to a large chain or restaurant corporation, buying equipment new is a reckless gamble. Stores like Tenpos Holdings, Inc. are a godsend, as they are large warehouses selling everything from professional level gas ranges and refrigerators to plates and silverware sets.
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
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2018

Hopes wither for World War II peace treaty as Russian military muscles onto Kurils

The Russian Air Force last week took joint control of a newly operational airport in the disputed Northern Territories, in a sign that Moscow is digging in over the islands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2018

Trump pick K.T. McFarland withdraws nomination as envoy to Singapore

K.T. McFarland, picked by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to Singapore, withdrew from consideration for the job Friday after her nomination became stalled in the U.S. Senate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2018

Solving Japan's joint operations problem

The current system practically forces the three branches of the SDF to fight with each other not only for budgetary allocations but also for relevancy.
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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo
Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER