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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2015
China and Japan are getting on better, but how long will it last?
Money and power are combining to create a tentative thaw in the relationship between Asia's two biggest economies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 30, 2015
New economic growth plan adopted but some economists unconvinced
The Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a revised policy to rehabilitate the budget, saddled with the world's biggest debt burden. It also accepted a strategy to boost economic growth, but economists and an opposition leader warned that snowballing social security costs need further belt-tightening.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2015
Abe's ill-conceived university policy
The government should remember that the primary purpose of unversities is to provide students with a well-rounded education that helps them became more insightful citizens.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2015
Behind the LDP lawmakers' remarks
Recent statements made by LDP junior lawmakers seem to resonate with the Abe administration's disregard of dissenting views toward its policy agenda
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 29, 2015
A place for humanities in the global economy
The humanities remain a constant source of knowledge and skills with intrinsic value that transcends time and place.
EDITORIALS
Jun 27, 2015
University autonomy under fire
Education minister Hakubun Shimomura and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are moving dangerously close to trampling on the academic independence of universities.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2015
Media fire back at LDP for targeting revenue of newspapers critical of security bills
Calls from the younger ranks of the LDP to “punish” media organizations critical of the national security bills “by taking their ad revenues” sparks an industry outcry.
JAPAN / History
Jun 26, 2015
Lawsuits based on WWII muddy effort to ease Japan-South Korea tension
South Korean activists are complicating President Park Geun-hye's tentative steps to improve ties with Japan by turning to the courts to seek recognition that they were forced during colonial times to work for Japanese companies, used as "comfort women" in military brothels or suffered after the atomic...
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2015
Toshiaki Endo appointed Olympics minister
Toshiaki Endo, a former rugby player who has abundant experience in sports-related organizations, was appointed Thursday as new minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2015
Subsidies used as carrot to prod Japan's national universities to streamline and ditch humanities
In a move that has angered academics, the Abe administration plans to reform the national university system by telling schools to abolish departments in fields deemed less useful to the industrial world, such as the humanities, and provide more "practical" education to win a greater share of the subsidies,...
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2015
More time won't justify security bills
Even if the Abe government extends the Diet session to ensure passage of its security legislation, it still must pass constitutional muster to be legitimate.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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