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Japan Times
JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 29, 2019
Student's death reveals dark side of Bhutan-Japan exchange program
A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2019
Japanese government bolsters support for foreign students seeking jobs
In a revision of its 2018 measures for an inclusive society, foreign students will be given greater leeway to apply for internships and work visas while in Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2019
Student protests against India's citizenship law spread after clashes on campuses
Protests over a new citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses across India on Monday as critics said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with India's founding as a secular republic.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2019
Japanese students call for greater awareness of climate change
Experts and university students expressed concern about the nation's low environmental consciousness at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 6, 2019
Girls revive previously male-dominated cheering squads
Typical cheerleading clubs in schools, known as ōendan, consist of men clad in black gakuran stand-up collar uniforms yelling vigorously and performing synchronized, dynamic choreographed moves to support sports teams.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2019
Japanese students and professors push for end to sexual harassment of job-seekers
A group of university students and professors on Monday called for drastic steps by the government, companies and universities to stamp out sexual harassment of job-hunting students, a problem they say lurks in the shadows because victims fear to speak out.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2019
Japan to conduct large-scale survey on third-year university students to gauge state of higher education
The education ministry said Thursday that it will conduct a large-scale survey to understand the state of university education among third-year college students across the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 16, 2019
Reforming education for Society 5.0
It will be impossible to nurture human resources suitable for Society 5.0 unless drastic curriculum reforms are carried out to make universities an arena for a liberal arts education.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2019
Jobs in Japan for South Korean graduates dry up as political and economic rift persists
Song Min-su, a Japanese major in his final year at Hannam University, south of Seoul, has watched in dismay as a dispute between South Korea and Japan over wartime forced labor has spiraled into a damaging political and economic row.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 30, 2019
When it comes to foreign hires, restaurant chains in Japan's Chubu region are taking a long view
Amid a continuing labor shortage in the food service industry, major restaurant chains in the Chubu region are hiring an increasing number of foreign workers who have just graduated from universities in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2019
Tokyo temple mixes Buddhism with beatboxing to attract younger, more diverse crowd
Buddhism meets beatboxing, hip-hop dancing and laser light shows at a temple in Tokyo, where efforts to get youth and foreign nationals interested in the centuries-old religion have taken on a modern twist.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2019
Recruit Career sold job applicants' browsing data to dozens of firms without consent
Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are among dozens of companies that bought data detailing the job-hunting activities of potential hires, it was learned Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 19, 2019
Better known as a manufacturing center, Chubu region is turning its talents to nurturing startups
The Chubu region, with Nagoya at its center, has never been known as a land of startups. Although the area is recognized as one of the nation's largest manufacturing hubs, few IT startups have been established and many students in the region tend to prefer joining big companies to becoming entrepreneurs....
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2019
China warns students and academics of risks of studying in U.S.
China warned students and academics on Monday about risks involved in studying in the United States, pointing to limits on the duration of visas and visa refusals, amid a bitter trade war and other tension between the two countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
May 13, 2019
South Korean students flock to Japan as birthrate sinks and unemployment climbs
More and more highly educated young people from South Korea, which like Japan has a rapidly graying population and needs more foreign labor for its economy, are coming to Japan because it's difficult to find work at home.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2019
Shifting to more diverse hiring practices
Companies that adopt year-round recruiting practices should ensure the practice doesn't impact university students' academic studies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2019
Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes scrapping student-loan debt for millions
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposed eliminating student-loan debt for an estimated 42 million Americans with a wealth tax, seeking to show young voters she would ease one of their biggest economic burdens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 15, 2019
Youth turnout a worry in Japan's first quadrennial elections under new voting age of 18
The first quadrennial unified local elections to be held after the voting age was lowered to 18 in June 2015 are being hampered by concerns about the youngest voters' low voting rate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2019
Foreign student numbers don't tell whole tale
The government's goal of strategically attracting outstanding students from abroad under its plan to accept 300,000 foreign students is far from accomplished.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2019
Schools reopen, but student numbers fail to rebound in disaster-hit Fukushima municipalities
Eight years after the March 2011 disasters, elementary and junior high schools have reopened in 10 Fukushima Prefecture municipalities after the lifting of nuclear evacuation advisories. Student numbers have not rebounded.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Tokyo ordered to pay damages to South Asian woman over police response
The Tokyo High Court held that, “even taking the woman’s consent into account” for sharing her personal information, the officers breached their duty of care and acted unlawfully.
Former PM Tomiichi Murayama dies at age 101
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 2007.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows
A survey showed that some potential homebuyers in Tokyo are delaying purchases while others are wary of missing out on opportunities posed by rising home prices.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Podcast

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

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
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