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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 24, 2014
Vote Disparity Dryer
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2014
Stop the bullying of LGBT students
A recent survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Kanto area finds that 70 percent were bullied during their school years. Learning respect and tolerance for individual differences should start earlier.
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2014
Modi's foreign policy agenda
When Shinzo Abe led his party to a landslide victory in Japan's 2012 general election, he broke from protocol by taking a congratulatory call from Narendra Modi, then a state leader in India. The mutual respect between the two strongly nationalist prime ministers could pay handsome dividends.
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2014
Abe, Malaysian leader discuss deeper relations
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, in Tokyo on Wednesday for the third meeting of its kind in a year as the two nations try to deepen economic and security cooperation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2014
Burberry profit tops estimates as Bailey settles in as CEO
Burberry Group Plc's new Chief Executive Officer Christopher Bailey outlined Wednesday his growth vision for the U.K.'s largest luxury-goods maker as he reported full-year earnings that exceeded estimates.
JAPAN
May 22, 2014
Abe, Modi become Twitter pals
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe follows only three people on Twitter: his outspoken wife, a scandal-tainted politician and India's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 22, 2014
North Korean nuclear missiles 'imminent,' some experts fear
North Korea, which this month threatened to carry out a fourth nuclear test, may be closer than previously thought to mounting a nuclear warhead on a missile, some experts say, making a mockery of years of U.N. sanctions aimed at curbing its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2014
The face of our nationalism
Anyone can have his or her own brand of nationalism, including the Japanese. But 'our' nationalism must not be so narrow as to forget the existence and rights of other countries.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2014
Risks for the economy
Japan's gross domestic product for January-March increases by a higher-than-expected 1.5 percent from the previous quarter, driven partly by last-minute purchases by consumers ahead of the three-percentage-point hike in the consumption tax April 1.
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 21, 2014
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EDITORIALS
May 21, 2014
Caring for dementia sufferers
Steps must be taken to minimize hazards for the nation's growing number of elderly people with dementia and to ease the burden on their families.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami