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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016

Philippines asks China to respect sea dispute arbitration

The Philippines on Monday urged China to respect a forthcoming ruling by an arbitration court in The Hague on a territorial dispute in the South China Sea after Beijing accused Manila of "political provocation."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Feb 29, 2016

Healthy Balentien ready to make up for lost time

Wladimir Balentien laughed his familiar laugh as he held court in the visitor's dugout at Tokyo Dome, making rapid-fire transitions between a number of topics, from the yakiniku he ate in Okinawa, to teammate Tetsuto Yamada or whatever else popped into his head at the time.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2016

U.S. election and the global economy

The outcome of the U.S. election will have profound consequences for U.S. economic policy, and thus for the global economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016

Less than zero in Japan

Japan's economic fundamentals are generally sound, and pessimistic predictions are greatly exaggerated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 29, 2016

Fashion maven asked to tell women about national debt

As the editor of a string of successful fashion titles, Hiromi Sogo has spent three decades telling Japanese women what to wear. Her new task is to try to interest them in a drier topic: fiscal policy.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 28, 2016

Fukushima's Nash scores 54 to break bj-league single-game record

Fukushima Firebonds rookie forward Le'Bryan Nash broke the bj-league's single-game scoring record on Sunday afternoon with a 54-point performance, leading his team to a 91-83 victory over the Shinshu Brave Warriors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 28, 2016

City pop revival helps Suchmos at just the right time

Walk into a Tower Records store in Shibuya or Shinjuku and you'll eventually come across the apparel section. The current fashion aesthetic here leans retro: Hoodies and T-shirts come emblazoned with text highlighting throwback music signifiers, from equipment ("cassette tape," "analog") to genres ("surf...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2016

Canadians gear up to handle any influx of Americans if Trump wins presidency

Americans have said it many times before when eyeing a White House prospect they view as unpalatable: "If that guy is elected president, I'm moving to Canada!"
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 28, 2016

Japan helping rise of 3x3 basketball

Japan hasn't really appeared on the global map in basketball's conventional five-man game.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2016

Tokyo's literature festival resurfaces

The Tokyo International Literary Festival got off to a good start. Both the inaugural 2013 event and the 2014 edition were successful, an auspicious beginning to forging cultural and artistic connections between Eastern and Western writers on a global stage. But since the festival's forced hiatus in...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 27, 2016

Miwa Komatsu: 'It's absurd to accomplish anything by yourself'

Nagano painter on peace, purity and cultural influences worldwide
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 27, 2016

Active duty

Did you get many Valentine's Day chocolates?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 27, 2016

Uncertainty over negative interest and My Number may spur Japanese to stash more cash at home

Japanese people already store an enormous amount of cash in their homes, and this trend is only likely to increase in the wake of recent developments.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2016

Iran counts votes in election to determine post-sanctions balance of power

Iran began counting votes on Saturday after elections that could see reformists accelerate Tehran's opening to the world or long-dominant hardliners reaffirm the Islamic Republic's traditional anti-Western stance.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 26, 2016

February 27, 2016

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2016

Census confirms population shrinkage, vote-value disparities

The 2015 census is the first to confirm Japan is shrinking, but it also shows why the value of people's votes is being warped nationwide.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2016

Bomb threat that forced Tokyo schools to close on Friday is likely a copycat

Dozens of schools canceled afternoon classes Friday in response to an emailed bomb threat sent to the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education warning that explosions would occur at 3:34 p.m.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 26, 2016

Tokyo eats the Amazon with Brazil's Alex Atala

It's a long way from the Amazon rain forest to downtown Tokyo, and even further when it comes to food — as diners discovered at two events organized by the Brazilian Embassy earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2016

A subway tunnel under Singapore's rainforest? No way, say activists

A plan to build a subway tunnel under Singapore's largest patch of primary rainforest has drawn sharp protests from environmental groups and activists who say it could irreversibly damage the habitats of hundreds of plant and animal species.
Reader Mail
Feb 26, 2016

Player should get long suspension

Regarding the Feb. 23 article "New Marines infielder Navarro arrested after bullet found in bag," it is disconcerting that he would make such a careless mistake in bringing a live bullet to Japan from his home in the Dominican Republic.
Reader Mail
Feb 26, 2016

Tokyo politician wrongheaded on LGBT issues

Regarding the story "Politician says being gay is 'personal taste' " in the Feb. 23 edition, being gay is based on "personal taste?" Yeah, and if you believe this nonsense, then you'd probably believe that having blue eyes is also based on personal taste.
Reader Mail
Feb 26, 2016

Help refugees closer to home

Regarding the column "Refugees, jihad and the specter of terrorism" in the Feb. 18 edition, Brahma Chellaney makes some good points, in particular regarding the failure of interventionism in the Middle East. The less involved Western powers are with the region the better. He rightly points out that there...
Reader Mail
Feb 26, 2016

Whistleblowers deserve better

The Feb. 19 story "Olympus settles with whistleblower for second time," points out what a terrible disincentive it is to be a whistleblower in Japan. Masaharu Hamada pointed out a great injustice. His employer and Japan, Inc. turned against him, making his life miserable for eight years. Then he wins...
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016

U.S. test-fires missile amid debate about upgrades to aging nuclear arsenal

The U.S. military planned to test-fire its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week overnight on Thursday to demonstrate the reliability of American nuclear arms at a time of rising strategic tensions with countries like Russia and North Korea.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016

India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine

India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 25, 2016

Surging Iwate in thick of playoff race after slow start

Riding a six-game winning streak, the Iwate Big Bulls have climbed closer to the top in the jam-packed Eastern Conference playoff race.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
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