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EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2016
Saving the victims of child abuse
The government needs to go beyond current efforts to strengthen child protection services.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2016
Russia missed its chance to be more like America
Russians have shown a clear preference for a powerful state that interferes with the workings of a free market.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 29, 2016
'Landmark' ruling sent Japan's foreign residents back to welfare limbo
Widely misunderstood 2014 case reaffirmed the decades-old stopgap that means noncitizens can receive support but can't appeal if their application is rejected.
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2016
Be careful cutting nursing services
The government should tread cautiously as it looks to cut services for people with health problems that aren't considered 'serious.'
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2016
Abuse at nursing care facilities
Poor working conditions and pay for employees at nursing care homes could be a factor behind the abuse of elderly residents at such facilities.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 17, 2016
Viral anonymous blogger rails against Abe failure to alleviate chronic day care shortage
An anonymous blog post penned by an irate mother complaining that she has to quit her job after her child was denied admission to a day care center has gone viral on the Internet, shedding light on what she called the hypocrisy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to promote the "dynamic engagement"...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2016
As perceptions of animals evolve, so does English
In a language like English, which implicitly categorizes animals as things rather than persons, adopting the personal pronoun would embody the same recognition — and remind us who animals really are.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2016
EU welfare states under siege
If freedom of movement within Europe is to be maintained — and if high inflows of non-EU citizens continue — European welfare states face a stark choice: adjust or collapse.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2016
Pension compliance falls short
The government and companies need to do a better job making sure all workers are covered by the proper pension program.
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2016
Workers caring for ailing relatives
The government must do so much more than it has to help workers care for their ailing elderly relatives.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
Japan's labor ministry to investigate why 2 million workers are on wrong pension program
The labor minister pledges to look into why around 2 million firm employees are members of a pension program for the self-employed.
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2016
Child poverty policy falls short
The government is taking only small steps to combat the pernicious problem of child poverty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 4, 2016
Isolation a real danger for men caring for an elderly relative
Like many people who care for elderly family members at home, Norio Watanabe, 51, struggled to deal with the physical and mental burdens of looking after his father, who had dementia.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2015
Budgeting ahead of an election
The Abe administration appears to be sacrificing budgetary discipline in favor of doling out pork ahead of the Upper House election.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday

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