Tag - u.s.

 
Menu
Search
 
July 22, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

U.S.

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
May 17, 2015
Black filmmakers 'find their edge' in Japan
This month's green-tinged Black Eye focuses on black filmmakers in Tokyo — a group of brothers forging their dreams into reality, getting it done here in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 17, 2015
Xi tells Kerry U.S.-China relations stable despite tensions in South China Sea
China's ties with the United States remain stable, President Xi Jinping said Sunday, as he sought to defuse tension over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea that has raised fears of confrontation between them.
WORLD
May 17, 2015
Raid on Islamic State group illustrates reach, limits of U.S. power
President Barack Obama's order for U.S. commandos to target an Islamic State commander in Syria was part of an evolving strategy to disrupt the militant group, which has proven resilient to airstrikes intended to break its grip on parts of the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2015
Philadelphia train may have been hit by projectile before it crashed
The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday and a separate commuter train in the vicinity may have been hit by projectiles of some kind shortly before the wreck, a U.S. transportation official said Friday, after investigators interviewed members of the Amtrak crew.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 16, 2015
Backed by green advocates, some U.S. conservatives push for solar
When Debbie Dooley, a tea party firebrand from Woodstock, Georgia, makes the case for solar power, she doesn't rely on the usual environmental talking points. She speaks of property rights, national security and competition in the free market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 16, 2015
Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death for 2013 attack
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a jury on Friday for helping carry out the 2013 attack, which killed three people and wounded 264 in the crowds at the race's finish line.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 16, 2015
Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence seen more as symbolic judgment
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death Friday. But his execution may not happen for decades — if ever.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2015
Ukraine's war with Russia isn't America's fight
The U.S.. with little at stake in Ukraine, should stay out of any fighting there and instead maintain passable ties with Russia.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2015
Bill to give Obama fast-track trade power gains in Republican-led Senate, faces Democrat foes
The U.S. Senate advanced a measure allowing President Barack Obama to expedite approval of trade agreements, a bill with bipartisan support in that chamber that may run into strong opposition from House Democrats.
WORLD
May 15, 2015
Iran warship fires warning shots at Singapore-flagged tanker in Gulf
Iranian naval vessels fired shots at a Singapore-flagged tanker in the Gulf on Thursday in what appeared to be the country's latest attempt to settle a legal dispute by force with a passing commercial vessel, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2015
Avon calling takeover bid a hoax but some $91 million in its stock traded in 25 minutes
Traders — human and otherwise — churned about $91 million worth of Avon Products Inc. stock in the 25 minutes after a takeover filing the company is now treating as a hoax.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2015
The new office politics of funding the boss's causes
It wasn't long ago that politics, like religious orientation or sexual preference, was a taboo topic in the American workplace. Political beliefs were considered a private affair — off limits to the boss.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2015
U.S. may dispatch planes, ships near disputed South China Sea islands
The Pentagon is considering sending U.S. military aircraft and ships to assert freedom of navigation around rapidly growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2015
No need for haste on TPP deal
The government must resist the temptation to make concessions that won't benefit Japan in its effort to conclude TPP negotiations with the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2015
What can Obama salvage from Arab summit?
President Barack Obama must try to convince the Gulf Cooperation Council that the U.S. has an Iran policy that encompasses their security needs.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2015
Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman wins poll to replace Jackson on U.S. $20 bill
Twenty-dollar bills could soon be known as "Tubmans" if a grass-roots campaign succeeds in persuading President Barack Obama to remove Andrew Jackson's portrait from circulation on U.S. paper currency in favor of a famous woman in U.S. history.
WORLD
May 13, 2015
U.S. will 'work tirelessly' to find journalist abducted in Syria in 2012
The United States vowed on Tuesday to "work tirelessly" to bring home missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, and appealed to his captors to free him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 12, 2015
Toward an alliance of hope
Japan's agenda under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is simple and straightforward: reform at home and proactive contributions to global peace based on the principle of international cooperation.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2015
Region needs Japan as a counterweight to China
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent trip to the U.S. served as an important reminder of Japan's centrality to Asian affairs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2015
Obama's lesson in how to not make peace in Afghanistan
U.S. President Barack Obama's faltering strategy to win over the Taliban serves as a cautionary tale of how not to make peace with an enemy.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER