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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

U.S. baseball fans are too old, too white and too few

One thrilling World Series can't make the sport's viewership problems go away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

Germany's windmills are wildly unpopular

In renewable energy, competition from fossil fuels isn't the only problem: Local politics may be an even higher hurdle.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 3, 2019

Doing good is taking its toll on social entrepreneurs

As more people get involved in social entrepreneurships abroad, the number of people reporting overwork, financial troubles and burnout is rising
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 2, 2019

Examining a jealousy that's a long way from the green-eyed monster

'Comparison is a very foolish attitude," said Indian mystic Chandra Mohan Jain, popularly known as Osho (1931-90), "because each person is unique and incomparable. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / 2010S: DECADE IN REVIEW
Nov 2, 2019

Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade

As 2020 approaches, The Japan Times' book reviewers look back at a decade of literature and their favorite and most impactful books written about Japan or by Japanese writers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Nov 1, 2019

A weekend in Bangkok: Pick up your mitts and get ready for chaos

A local's guide to the very best of Thailand's sweaty capital city. What to do, see, eat and drink.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2019

Japan Finance Ministry proposes raising out-of-pocket medical costs for those 75 and over

The Finance Ministry on Friday proposed cutting official medical service fees and raising the proportion of medical expenses paid by patients themselves, with the aim of improving the financial condition of the country's health insurance system.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2019

Historic sites across Japan on alert following devastating fire at Okinawa's Shuri Castle

Thursday's fire that devastated Shuri Castle, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site in Okinawa Prefecture, triggered a sense of alarm among people and organizations managing historic sites in the country.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2019

The world has lost a moral force

With the passing of Sadako Ogata, the world has lost a tireless protector of the weak.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 30, 2019

Unpredictable banzuke adds flavor to sumo

For sports journalists based in Japan's capital, no reminders are needed to know the last of the three annual non-Tokyo tournaments is just around the corner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2019

'We know we made mistakes' on 737 Max, Boeing CEO set to tell Congress

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will acknowledge on Tuesday that the aircraft manufacturer made mistakes, as he appears at a congressional hearing on two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people, according to written testimony made public on Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Oct 28, 2019

Words to live by: The vocabulary of evacuation

There are a few Japanese words and phrases that can help you out when it looks like disaster is about to strike.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2019

Argentina's Peronists sweep back into power as conservative President Mauricio Macri ousted amid economic crisis

Argentina's Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative President Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after it was battered by an economic crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 28, 2019

Amid crises, Xi Jinping seems set to uphold Communist Party rule at secretive China conclave

China's Communist Party leaders Monday kicked off their most important meeting this year, with President Xi Jinping expected to champion the Chinese model of governance while fighting protracted economic and political crises at home and abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 28, 2019

Defying deadly crackdown, thousands of Iraqis keep protesting

Thousands of Iraqi protesters stood fast in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed scores over the weekend and an overnight raid by security forces seeking to disperse them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2019

Will Japanese society let fathers help out with child care?

Women in Japan have long been expected to handle the bulk of child care duties, whether it be feeding and bathing a child or dropping them off at day care in the morning and picking them up from the center later the same day.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Oct 26, 2019

'The Decay of the Angel': Overshadowed by the death of its author

In 'The Decay of the Angel,' Yukio Mishima concludes his 'The Sea of Fertility' tetralogy with musings on modern Japan, the loss of beauty and old age.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2019

Hong Kong medics join protests to 'resist tyranny' as movement enters 21st weekend

Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers and other anti-government protesters rallied in the Chinese-ruled city's financial center on Saturday, angry at perceived police brutality during more than four months of sometimes violent unrest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2019

Australia increases visas for those willing to live outside major cities

The Australian government said on Saturday it is increasing the number of visas for skilled workers willing to migrate to the country's regions in a bid to ease pressure on major cities, where populations are growing twice as fast as elsewhere.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2019

Shizuoka faces pushback after it delays maglev project over river water concerns

Construction of a new maglev line connecting Tokyo and Nagoya has come to a standstill, with Shizuoka Prefecture refusing to give the green light to the full-scale drilling of a tunnel under the Oi River, claiming the project could decrease the amount of water for residents living along the river.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2019

Japan trade chief Isshu Sugawara exits amid allegations he broke election campaign law

A tabloid's expose on a funeral gift to a supporter ousts the METI chief after just a month and a half in office.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Shibuya Scramble Square, towering over a transforming Tokyo district, set to open Nov. 1

An ambitious effort to redevelop Shibuya, one of the highest-profile areas in Tokyo, will reach a milestone next month when Shibuya Scramble Square — the tallest building in the district — opens its door to the public.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2019

Ang Lee: The filmmaker decades ahead of his time

Filmmaker Ang Lee has dedicated himself to filming in high-resolution and 3D, techniques that most cinemas are not yet equipped to handle
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 24, 2019

The Japan Times Satoyama Photo Contest Selected by Readers 2019

Tokyo, Oct.24, 2019 — The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium (Representative: Minako Suematsu, chairperson of The Japan Times Co., Ltd.) announced the winners of the “Satoyama Photo Contest 2019.”
Oct 24, 2019

The Japan Times Satoyama Photo Contest Selected by Readers 2019

Tokyo, Oct.24, 2019 — The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium (Representative: Minako Suematsu, chairperson of The Japan Times Co., Ltd.) announced the winners of the “Satoyama Photo Contest 2019.”

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight