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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2016

Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island

A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday. The move raises the prospect that China could base fighter jets there.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 17, 2016

Two years after Japan signed Hague, children have been returned but old issues remain

A couple of years have passed since Japan signed the international convention on child abduction, and there is cause for celebration — and concern.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 17, 2016

Who loves ya, baby?: a pup named Buruta

Although he looks been around the block a few times, Buruta's no toughie.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2016

Trail-blazer Shojima looking to make history with UCLA

Tatsuaki Shojima is another polite, mild-mannered young man, just like many other Japanese guys.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2016

Kumamoto quake info: where to go, how to help

Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injuries and widespread damage to the area's residences and infrastructure. As aftershocks continue, tens of thousands of people have moved into evacuation centers...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 16, 2016

Donald Richie: The legacy of an entrenched view

The late Donald Richie lived at apartment number 804 in a block directly facing Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo's Ueno Park. The writer would lead visitors through his home's dimly lit entrance area — crammed with bookshelves — and his minuscule living room to the balcony, beneath which a vast lotus pond...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 16, 2016

Can Japan make itself great again by 2050?

The bad news is, Japan is beset by seemingly insoluble problems. The good news is the word "seemingly." No nation whose rise to economic superpowerdom began a bare decade after being bombed to rubble in history's most destructive war will ever find anything truly "insoluble." Japan will astonish us yet....
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 16, 2016

Fast and furious

I was stopped for speeding along this stretch last year.
SOCCER
Apr 16, 2016

Kiyotake, Sakai play part in Hannover triumph

Hiroshi Kiyotake and Hiroki Sakai helped bottom-side Hannover secure their first three points in seven games in the Bundesliga on Friday in their 2-0 home win over Borussia Monchengladbach, avoiding relegation in this round of fixtures.
Reader Mail
Apr 16, 2016

Help us save our park, an oasis in Kyoto

I'm a mother with two young children living in Kyoto. We are now enjoying the cherry blossom season here. My children and their friends are playing every day at the local Kyoto city park, on land leased from Ryuhonji Temple.
Reader Mail
Apr 16, 2016

Why U.S. Marines are in Okinawa

The oft-cited reason why the U.S. Marines are stationed in Okinawa is its superior strategic location; that is, from Okinawa they can deal with any contingencies as quickly as possible that may occur in any part of the region.
Reader Mail
Apr 16, 2016

Hedgehog cafe is not a good idea

Regarding the story "Japan's first hedgehog-themed cafe opens in Tokyo" in the April 9 edition, a hedgehog cafe is very, very wrong for so many reasons.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2016

Kumamoto international center offering shelter, translation services for foreigners

Kumamoto City International Center in the city of Kumamoto is offering shelter for non-Japanese residents affected by the current series of earthquakes, with multilingual translators available there to help.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016

Kumamoto residents pick up the pieces following Kyushu's strongest quake

The toll from the high-intensity earthquake in Kumamoto rises to nine dead and over 1,000 injured as rescuers comb the debris for survivors.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 15, 2016

Sunderland boss Allardyce knows pressure of relegation battles

It is El Cashico . . . Norwich City vs. Sunderland's relegation battle on Saturday has a potential win bonus of £120 million.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2016

Japan and the South China Sea

China is miffed that despite its best efforts, Japan managed to get South China Sea issues on the Group of Seven's agenda.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 14, 2016

Digging for gold on Record Store Day

No longer the territory of purists and DJs alone, records have once again started to be recognized as a perfectly legitimate medium through which to collect and consume music.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2016

Is 'Abeggedon' approaching?

As the yen heads to 100 against the dollar, economists are fretting over Japan's $10 trillion debt monster.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 14, 2016

Kaneto, Ikee offer stark contrasts in pursuit of Rio glory

Comeback queen Rie Kaneto is gearing up for an assault on the 200-meter breaststroke world record at this summer's Rio Olympics, but admits she could just as easily have been watching the race on TV instead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2016

Global education experts urge Japan to look beyond rote learning

The teaching methods of Kazuya Takahashi, 35, using Lego blocks and speaking entirely in English, may not be the norm in the Japanese education system.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 13, 2016

Japan's Taiwanese residents thrive in a state of 'hidden inbetweenness'

Ethnic minority exists under the radar yet civic groups have top-level political pull in both Japan and Taiwan.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2016

A case for recording all interrogations

To eliminate the chance of wrongful convictions based on false confessions, interrogations for all crimes should be recorded in their entirety.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 13, 2016

‘Spotlight’: a beacon for investigative journalism

In 1976 the film "All the President's Men" portrayed the true story of Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford) uncovering the Watergate Scandal. It wasn't the first time in cinema that journalists took center stage, but it was one of few films that...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 13, 2016

'Youth': Sorrentino gets extra sentimental

"I don't want to read any more of it, write any more of it, I don't even want to talk about it anymore," said the novelist Philip Roth in 2012, as he announced his retirement from literature. "I'm tired of all that work. I'm in a different stage of my life."

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo