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Jul 13, 2016

Table tennis 'sisters' hoping to grab gold for Japan

“The three sisters” are all different in terms of age and personality. What they have in common, however, are places on the strongest women's table tennis squad Japan has ever dispatched.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2016

Nissan debuts new minivan with self-driving technology

Nissan Motor Co. unveiled Serena model, which includes autonomous capabilities that allow it to control steering, gas and brakes on single-lane highways.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016

Trump adviser outlines an all-out war on terror

A former U.S. general who is advising Donald Trump argues the next president should go big and try to win the fight against radical Islam.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 12, 2016

Japan's dark fantasies thrust back in the light

In 1995, the multitalented Kyoichi Tsuzuki created a gorgeous, encyclopaedic book that visually documented the messy apartments of creative friends and acquaintances. The photography was beautiful, though Tsuzuki did not at the time consider himself a photographer, or have aspirations to be called an...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2016

How Clinton limps forward after the FBI report

FBI Director James Comey may have recommended against charging Hillary Clinton; but, politically speaking, he hung her out to dry.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 11, 2016

'Sukiyaki' lyricist Rokusuke Ei dies at 83

Rokusuke Ei, who wrote the lyrics to the global hit "Sukiyaki" ("Ue o Muite Aruko"), passed away from pneumonia at his home on Thursday. He was 83.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2016

Tokyo must support the U.S. foreign policy establishment

The U.S. foreign policy establishment has contributed greatly to peace and stability worldwide in the postwar period, and no country has benefitted more than Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2016

Russia stalls China's $1 billion hydropower loan for Mongolia

Russia's concern about water rights is holding up a $1 billion loan package Mongolia is seeking from China to build a hydroelectric dam that would help the landlocked central Asian nation ensure independent supplies of energy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2016

Three nations urge U.S.-bound travelers to be cautions, amid protests

Three countries have warned their citizens to stay on guard when visiting U.S. cities rocked by sometimes violent protests that erupted after a string of police shootings of black Americans.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2016

Voters grapple with economic, security, credibility concerns to make their choice

Voters cited concerns about the economy, security and the Constitution as they participated in the Upper House election on Sunday, with many saying they chose the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and the continuity it represents.
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LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jul 9, 2016

Yuasa: The salty, fermented heart of Japan

Craftsmen from two regional factories — one makes miso; the other, shoyu — ponder the future of their little town and its centuries-old traditions
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 9, 2016

It might get loud

I think I heard a man sneeze from a block away the other day.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2016

Violence again convulses 2016 election campaign, testing Trump, Clinton

In the hours after a gunman shot 12 police officers in Dallas, killing five, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled campaign events. Their Twitter accounts largely went quiet.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jul 8, 2016

July 9, 2016

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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 8, 2016

The herb diet of Okinawa's long-living elders

Young and middle-aged Okinawans are among the most enthusiastic consumers of junk and processed food in Japan. American fast food and a sugar-rich diet have burdened islanders — who once lived staggeringly long lives — with the highest body-mass index rates in the country. Middle-aged men, in particular,...
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2016

Timid Chilcot report is just a starting point

More admission of past Western mistakes in the Middle East is badly needed.
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 8, 2016

Ruling bloc may push emergency powers amendment to Constitution after Sunday's poll

The ruling coalition claims that the time is not right to discuss a revision but many people are unconvinced.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2016

Wakayama youth group urges teens to 'end voting virginity'

End your virginity while you are still a teenager.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 8, 2016

Beijing turns on Japanese judge as Hague tribunal ruling over South China Sea nears

Beijing has been taking a multipronged approach to softening the blow from the verdict, including targeting the nationality of the judge who oversaw the tribunal's formation.
Reader Mail
Jul 8, 2016

Shocked and saddened in Bangladesh

Like everybody else in Bangladesh I am much saddened and shocked at the atrocity that took place in a restaurant in the country's capital ("Japanese feared dead in Dhaka" in the July 3 edition).
Reader Mail
Jul 8, 2016

Opposition camp needs to retool

It seems clear that the Liberal Democratic Party is going to win the Upper House election, and that if things continue as they are they will just keep winning in the future. So what has gone wrong — because things have gone wrong if the LDP can win any elections — and what should be done?
Reader Mail
Jul 8, 2016

No guns under any circumstances

Regarding the story "Best time to tour the U.N.? Not during a crisis" in the June 19 edition, when I visited the United Nations headquarters, I was so impressed to see "Non-Violence," also known as "The Knotted Gun," at the entrance to the U.N. building.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 7, 2016

Tigers rookie Aoyagi sparkles in seven scoreless innings against Giants

Koyo Aoyagi threw everything he had at the Yomiuri Giants in his first start at Tokyo Dome. The Giants, for the most part, couldn't really handle any of it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2016

Beijing warns U.S. on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling

The United States should do nothing to harm China's sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a key court ruling on China's claims in the disputed waterway.
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CULTURE / Film
Jul 7, 2016

Goldblum on cinema's next big villain

Jeff Goldblum, an actor whose quirky comedic delivery has earned him a sizeable cult following, seems to have a thing for science fiction flicks. His latest, "Independence Day: Resurgence," sees the 63-year-old reprise the role of alien-battling scientist David Levinson, who audiences first met in the...

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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