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Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 20, 2019

Alain Delon, set for Cannes honor, says that at least as an actor, he is 'irreproachable'

France's Alain Delon, set on Sunday to receive an honorary prize at Cannes that has sparked scrutiny of his views on women and same-sex couples, said in a newspaper interview that as an actor at least, he was beyond reproach.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 19, 2019

Taiwan's top diplomat says Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper is 'commie brainwasher' that 'sucks'

Taiwan's top diplomat has ripped into the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper after it referred to the island nation as part of China in a tweet praising Taipei's passage of a law legalizing same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 19, 2019

Royalty feud threatens to tear apart FamilyMart's profitable joint venture in China

FamilyMart, the most successful Japanese convenience store chain in China, is embroiled in a royalty payments fight between its Japanese and Chinese joint-venture partners that could change how much money each side makes or scuttle the partnership entirely.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 18, 2019

Imagination Pika Space: Building a new world of art, music and soul food

A desire to promote self-expression and creative endeavors inspired Haruki Kumagai to open the Imagination Pika Space performance venue and bar in Osaka's Shinsekai neighborhood.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2019

This Japanese toaster costs ¥30,000. It only makes one slice at a time

Perfectly made toast isn't just an obsession in Japan. It's a business opportunity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 16, 2019

Despite being only 10 years old, actor Kokoro Terada is taking on tough topics

A heart-warming tale about an elderly woman's struggles with dementia as seen from the perspective of her young grandson, "Grandma is Okay" ("Baba wa, Daijobu") is the latest movie by Yokohama-born filmmaker Jacky Woo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SDG8.7 Dialogue Special
May 15, 2019

Well-being an important factor in business

Vibrant discussions focusing on an array of themes related to well-being took place at the Well-Being 3.0 Conference on April 12 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
JAPAN
May 14, 2019

Decoding of Jomon woman's genome suggests common ancestor unites Japanese and Han Chinese

A research team led by the National Museum of Nature and Science said Monday it has sequenced and analyzed with high accuracy the whole genome of a woman who lived about 3,500 to 3,800 years ago, in the second half of Japan's Jomon Period, for the first time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2019

Vietnam intensifying crackdown on online dissent, Amnesty report says

Vietnam has stepped up its imprisonment of political activists, Amnesty International said in a report Monday, intensifying a crackdown that has seen the number of prisoners of conscience increase by almost a third since last year.
WORLD
May 13, 2019

Gunmen kill six in second recent attack on church in Burkina Faso

Gunmen killed six people, including a priest, outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said, the second attack on Christians in two weeks in a nation increasingly overrun by jihadis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2019

ANC keeps power in South Africa but scandals cost it votes

The African National Congress easily won South Africa's general election Saturday, but its share of the vote fell, reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2019

China still 'cautiously optimistic' on U.S. trade talks despite new tariffs

China and the United States have agreed to hold more trade talks in Beijing, Vice Premier Liu He said as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his trade chief to begin the process of imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China.
ENVIRONMENT
May 11, 2019

Reading the air: Tokyo still has work to do on air pollution

There are days when Makiko Ishikawa can barely breathe. Indeed, the 62-year-old Tokyoite has been short of breath for decades. In the early 1970s, she began feeling the effects of the miasma of vehicle exhaust along Shin-Ome Road, which ran by her home in the city of Musashimurayama in western Tokyo....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 11, 2019

Kumiko Imai-Duxfield: From the pull of destiny to a sense of duty

Whether good or bad, propelled by fate or duty, the director of arts and culture for the New Zealand-Japan Society of Auckland believes no experience is a wasted one.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2019

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to double minimum wage for young workers

A future Labour government would more than double the minimum wage in Britain for workers under the age of 18 to £10 an hour, its leader said Saturday, stepping up his campaign over the cost of living.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 10, 2019

Share Japan's knowledge and skills on disaster preparedness

Disaster preparedness is a pressing and common need worldwide, as is the challenge of incorporating the mindset of disaster preparedness into daily life.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2019

Dearth of female candidates highlights obstacles women face during India's election cycle

The men contesting India's general election are vying for female voters, but the paltry number of female candidates shows the battle women face in Indian politics — as in so much else in Indian life.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 10, 2019

Japan struggles to ditch 'vaccine backwater' image due to policy gaps

Earlier this year, a quiet outbreak of rubella began to sweep Japan.
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2019

Application period for Tokyo Olympics ticket lottery begins for residents of Japan

The results of the lottery will be announced on June 20, and the winners will be required to submit payment by July 2.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2019

Sudan protest coalition calls for civil disobedience campaign and hits military for dragging its feet

Sudanese protest and opposition leaders on Wednesday called for a campaign of civil disobedience in response to what one of them described as the military's "disappointing" answer to their proposals for an interim government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2019

Japan's labor shortage eats away at backbreaking work culture

When she worked in sales for a bank, Chihiro Narazaki was passed over for the best assignments in favor of older colleagues. Her input was discouraged and she often stayed late just to do routine paperwork.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 7, 2019

China's furtive fleet of nuclear missile-laden submarines tests the Pentagon

Recent visitors to the bay surrounding a submarine base on the southern coast of China's Hainan Island describe a curious nocturnal phenomenon. Powerful spotlights are sometimes trained directly on the ocean frontages of neighboring hotels at night, making visibility out to sea virtually impossible....
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
May 5, 2019

Clean start for long-standing towel business

The city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture has for over 120 years been one of Japan's major towel manufacturing hubs. Kayo Tango and her husband jumped into the world of towel production three years ago to save a towel manufacturer in the process of shutting down due to the lack of a successor. She spoke...
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 5, 2019

Iwo Jima: Where Japan rules but the memory of war dead still reigns

It is odd to stand at an iconic place few can ever visit. There on Mount Suribachi where the American flag was raised over Iwo Jima, I am embarrassed to report my first thought on looking out across at the military airport we landed at that morning was, "I have to walk back there in the next two hours."...
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 5, 2019

Despite data scandals, Australian parties get free rein to gather personal info on voters

Australian political parties are using voter email addresses to find matching social media profiles and combining them with the country's compulsory electoral roll data, illustrating how privacy scandals have done little to slow the march of data-driven campaigning.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2019

Probe begins into Boeing 737-800 that slid off runway into Florida river

Federal investigators on Saturday began searching for what caused a Boeing jetliner with 143 people on board to slide off a runway into a shallow river while landing at a Jacksonville, Florida military base during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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