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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 2, 2016

Akita star Roby saw brother Martin, a longtime NBA standout, as inspiration

Blessed with natural athletic talent, Richard Roby and Kenyon Martin capitalized on opportunities to play pro basketball. The sport also helped them develop a brotherly bond.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 1, 2016

Kanda Koju delivers upmarket approach to izakaya fare

Heading to Kanda Koju for the first time, it is not hard to walk right past the door without realizing. The unprepossessing facade gives little away to the casual passerby. You'd never guess you're outside one of the best and buzziest izakaya (taverns) in Kanda, an area not short of after-hours drinking...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2016

U.S. can't afford to make the 'Berlusconi' mistake

The only way to avoid Berlusconi-level disaster in the U.S. is to continue criticizing Trump, exposing his lies and holding him to account for his words and actions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 16, 2016

'The Decline of Western Civilization' is a punk masterpiece

The Sex Pistols played their final gig at San Francisco's Winterland in January 1978. About a year later, Sid Vicious died from an overdose, and so did punk rock — according to the music magazines. The Pistols' chaotic tour of America, however, had dropped like a stone in a still pond, and the ripples...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2016

U.S. president got foreign policy fundamentals right

There is one overriding task that has guided the exercise of American power abroad since 1945.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Mar 8, 2016

Curry's achievements not receiving universal praise

"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts his hour upon the stage. And then is heard no more."
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 6, 2016

Immigration: the missing piece in the Tohoku recovery puzzle?

Entrepreneurship, reconstruction and tourism still may not be enough to save rapidly depopulating Onagawa.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 27, 2016

Participation in society should be barrier-free

When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formed a task force last year to promote greater citizen involvement in whatever it is he is trying to accomplish, many people objected to the name of the group. "Ichioku Sokatsuyaku" reminded them of a slogan used before and during World War II that demanded national solidarity...
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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
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2016

Why Russia didn't go further than Crimea

A newly released document sheds light on why Russia's annexation of Crimea was bloodless, and on the limits of Putin's aggressiveness.
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LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 16, 2016

The Uwaga Pies

The YouTube duo known as The Uwaga Pies — Krzysztof Gonciarz, from Poland, and Kasia Mecinski, from America — use their channel to give English-speakers a peek into Japan.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2016

China pushes back on THAAD

China is critical of moves to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea in the wake of North Korea's rocket launch, but fails to offer much in the way of constructive suggestions on how the South can ensure its own security otherwise.
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WORLD
Feb 12, 2016

Russia warns of interminable or world war if Syria talks fail, U.S., Arab armies go in

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev raised the spectre of an interminable or a world war if powers failed to negotiate an end to the conflict in Syria and warned against any ground operations by U.S. and Arab forces.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 10, 2016

Introducing the complex refugee experience to Japan

The plight of refugees is dauntingly hard to comprehend for the majority of Japanese who have been brought up believing they live in a racially homogeneous nation. (Let's reserve the falseness of this belief for another story.)
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2016

As perceptions of animals evolve, so does English

In a language like English, which implicitly categorizes animals as things rather than persons, adopting the personal pronoun would embody the same recognition — and remind us who animals really are.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 6, 2016

Sweet design, from Japan, with love

As Valentine's Day approaches, stores are always looking to promote unusual sweet ideas — making it a great excuse for designers to rethink candy and, of course, for the rest of us to enjoy the results.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 3, 2016

Why the 'comfort women' statues should stay — and continue to disturb

On holiday in Hanoi, I found myself trying to explain 'comfort women' to my 13-year-old son.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 3, 2016

Easton making foray into Japan

U.S.-based baseball equipment manufacturer Easton, one of the largest baseball brands in America, is making a foray into the Japanese market, the company announced earlier this week. Along with its products, Easton is bringing along some technology it hopes can help shape the future of youth baseball...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2016

BOJ's big problem? Abenomics

History's most aggressive monetary policy experiment has backfired by dulling Japan Inc's animal spirits.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2016

Why Bernie Sanders is America's best choice

Bernie Sanders isn't perfect, but he's the best presidential candidate the American political system has to offer.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2016

Cruz-hating Republicans need a reality check

The Republican Party would be better of with Ted Cruz as their candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2016

Will Obama's immigration overreach be policed?

The Supreme Court justices take up the president's immigration policy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 25, 2016

Japan without ambition

The parochialism of Japan's ruling caste blinds it from seeing how the rest of the world is adapting. Therefore, unless a great leader shows up, Japan will require a massive shock to awake from its slumber.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2016

Petroleum's plunge is great news for most of us

The initial shock from the oil collapse might be negative, but it will be outweighed by the positive effects before too long.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 16, 2016

Asia is imperiled by COP21's climate cop-out

The nations of the world gathered at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) last month to come to an agreement on the urgent mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, all they produced was an attractive vision statement that is more sham than solution.
Reader Mail
Jan 16, 2016

Revamp 'Kohaku' with past glories

Please let me add some words to Gavin Bantock's comments on the year-end "Kohaku Uta Gassen" TV show in the Letters section in the Jan. 10 issue.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2016

Win or lose, Taiwan's women gain a victory

If Tsai Ing-wen is elected Taiwan's next president as expected, the achievement will stand in stark contrast with how the Chinese Communist Party keeps women out of its top posts.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan