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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 10, 2014
Stakes high as ailing U.S. Navy sailors take on Tepco over Fukushima fallout
If successful, this U.S. court case opens up the possibility of Fukushima-related claims from not just American military personnel and their dependents but potentially thousands of Japanese who experienced the fallout.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 10, 2014
Suspected Russian spyware targets Europe, United States
A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyberespionage programs uncovered to date.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2014
Crimea crisis leaves Ukraine troops in limbo
The two Ural trucks, full of troops, arrived under cover of darkness and a thick blanket of fog at the Ukrainian missile defense base outside Sevastopol late Friday night, and rammed their way through the gates. Once inside, the Russian troops fanned out and screamed that they would shoot to kill if...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2014
Are nation's oligarchs a necessary evil in the quest for stability?
After losing control of Crimea, the embattled new Ukrainian government in Kiev has turned to the nation's oligarchs in a bid to calm secessionist sentiment in the pro-Russian east. But the appointment of oligarchs to positions of political power has not been welcomed in all quarters, and certainly not...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2014
What happens now in Ukraine?
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sounds precisely like the organization to sort out the Ukraine crisis and underwrite an impartial solution — if U.S. President Barack Obama is willing to accept its mediation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2014
Big power talks on Ukraine crisis make little progress
High-level diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine made little apparent headway at talks in Paris on Wednesday with Moscow and Washington at odds and Russia's foreign minister refusing to recognize his Ukrainian counterpart.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2014
In Crimea, Moscow's reality war in full force
Two days before Russian forces began the operation to seize Crimea, somebody threw two Molotov cocktails through the window of Black Sea TV.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 5, 2014
Japan's embrace of Russia under threat with Ukraine crisis
Russia's incursion into Ukraine is setting off alarm bells in Tokyo, where officials worry that any push by the nation's Western allies to impose economic penalties will undermine its drive to improve relations with Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2014
Tide of opinion turns against Russia in Ukraine's east
More than 1,000 demonstrators with Ukrainian flags took to the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Tuesday, for the first time outnumbering pro-Moscow youths who have seized its government building, which flies the Russian flag.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 5, 2014
China says 2014 military budget to rise 12.2 percent
China will increase military spending by 12.2 percent this year, the government says, partly to beef up coastal and air defenses and to develop more high-tech weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2014
Obama's caution risks midterm loss
With Russia's incursion into Ukraine reviving Cold War-style tensions, President Barack Obama is at risk of suffering a blow to his credibility at a time when he can least afford it: as he tries to convince voters to stick with his fellow Democrats in congressional elections that will help shape his...
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2014
Nissan tops Asia-brand U.S. sales
Nissan Motor Co. led February U.S. sales gains for Asia-based carmakers, with its Altima passing Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry so far this year amid severe winter weather that again was blamed for chilling demand.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2014
Putin gambit challenges post-Cold War system
One senior Obama administration official called Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in the Ukraine "outrageous." A second described them as an "outlaw act." A third said his brazen use of military force harks back to a past century.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 3, 2014
Loved abroad, hated at home: The art of Japanese tattooing
The perception gap between international views of irezumi and those of Japanese people dates back more than 150 years, to when foreigners first laid eyes on Japanese tattoos. Since that time, however, Japanese tattooists have influenced their foreign counterparts in remarkable ways — and sometimes vice-versa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2014
Hillary's travails on image, policy in '90s revealed
Aides in the Clinton administration crafted a strategy to “humanize” first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, newly released papers show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2014
Status as benefactor and folk hero made 'El Chapo' elusive prey
Alfonso Lara says the only person who could keep him safe from crime was the most notorious drug lord in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2014
In defiance of U.N., Iraq 'inks deal to buy arms' from Iran
Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million, according to documents seen by Reuters — a move that will break a U.N. embargo on weapons sales by Tehran.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 22, 2014
Noam Chomsky: Truth to power
Often dubbed one of the world's most important intellectuals and its leading public dissident, Noam Chomsky was for years among the top 10 most quoted academics on the planet, edged out only by William Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Aristotle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2014
Obama's 'red line' on Ukraine draws derision
President Barack Obama's stern warning to Ukrainian officials Wednesday was the closest thing to a "red line" moment he has had since his threat in 2012 to act against the Syrian government if it deployed chemical weapons.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2014
Nomura profits big from Fortress sale
Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's largest investment bank, said Friday it generated a ¥21 billion profit from selling its stake in U.S. asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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