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Experience
Delivering news and insights for more than 120 years, The Japan Times is the most widely read English-language media source in the nation.
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Unlike many English-language news sources in Japan, The Japan Times is not an extension of a parent publication. From the beginning, we have been an independent voice in Japan and Asia.
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