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YOUTH

WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2015
48% of 18-29 age bracket feel American Dream is dead, U.S. poll finds
American's youth are down on the future, with nearly half of those ages 18 through 29 believing the "America Dream" is more dead than alive, a nationwide survey released Thursday by Harvard University's Institute of Politics shows.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 24, 2015
'No-future' Brussels youth believed lured to jihad by Rambo appeal, not religion
Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he and three of the suspected Paris attackers grew up in Brussels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2015
Nation's youth are attempting to establish a new political norm
"Tell me what democracy looks like!"
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Sep 12, 2015
Harajuku's underside style surfaces, uu delights kids and Snoopy's Belle is in town
Harajuku's underside is surfacing
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 18, 2015
Despite what the media says about juvenile crime, the kids are alright
In an essay he wrote for Asahi Shimbun's Internet magazine Webronza in June, professor Mikio Kawai, a specialist in "serious crime," revealed the results of a survey he conducted last March among 1,456 "older" people. He asked the respondents if they thought juvenile crime was on the increase. Sixty-two...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015
Student group's pandemics study wins Japan Times award
A student group addressing the growing threat of pandemic diseases in the age of globalization received the grand prize for this summer's presentations in The Japan Times Youth Project.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2015
New Japanese voters emerge from school unaware of their potential at polls
With the voting age lowered to 18 from 20, an estimated 2.4 million people, including high school students, will be allowed to vote for the first time in next summer's Upper House election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015
Worrying plight of the young and unemployed
Advanced economies must try to promote a sense of purposefulness and self-reliance for their bloated pools of disengaged youth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 16, 2015
JCP gains ground, but not column inches
Years ago a Japanese acquaintance applied for a green card when her American husband decided to move back to the United States. Someone told her she should not say she once voted for the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) during her interview, otherwise U.S. Immigration would reject it. As far as I know,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 24, 2015
Young Juvenile Youth courts clubs and charts
Whether it's younger stars like Sam Smith and Charli XCX whose pasts have seen collaborations with producers such as Disclosure, Alex Metric and Starkey, or established names like Bjork delving into the underground to work with Arca and The Haxan Cloak, the trajectories of pop and club music have never...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2015
Younger teen says he attacked Kawasaki boy under older teen's orders
One of three teens held in the killing of a boy by the Tama River last month says he attacked him on the orders of their leader.
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 25, 2015
Unique exhibition reveals some K-Ballet gems and pure Kumakawa gold
"Looking at my last 15 years' work, I see it as a series of excitements," Tetsuya Kumakawa told The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 7, 2015
In violent times, young Japanese just shrug
The weekly Shukan Kinyobi discerns a "new fatalism" among young people. Meaning what? A feeling that effort reaps no rewards and so is not worth making; that the world is what it is and cannot be changed — at least not by me, even if I felt like changing it, which I don't; that luck or inborn talent...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 31, 2015
The changing motives behind juvenile crime in Japan
In a thought-provoking article in the February issue of Bungei Shunju, veteran journalist Kunio Yanagida ponders changes in the patterns of crimes committed by juveniles that have taken place since the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 10, 2015
Young adults may be going nowhere after Coming-of-Age Day
Monday is Coming-of-Age Day, in honor of those who will turn 20 this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2015
Half of new adults strangers to romance: survey
Nearly half of Japan's 20-year-olds have never been in a romantic relationship and 1 in 5 has never fallen in love, a survey by a marriage counseling firm says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2014
Students seek to raise political awareness among fellow young people
Frustrated with widespread political apathy among their peers, some university students are thinking creatively about how to get the younger generation more interested in politics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 11, 2014
In-debt idols send wrong message to girls
Two weeks ago a female pop group called The Margarines debuted via a Tokyo news conference. Since Japanese show business has no shortage of young women who want to sing and dance in order to "fulfill their dreams," the new ensemble needed a gimmick.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
JOC tells youth athletes to avoid wearing their uniforms in Nanjing
The Japanese Olympic Committee has told its Youth Olympic Games athletes not to wear their official tracksuits when out and about in the host city of Nanjing, China, due to fears over potential attacks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 28, 2014
TV personality Haruka Christine wants youth to get politically savvy
Regular viewers of Japanese TV may remember young Haruka Christine's first appearances on the variety-show circuit in early 2010, when she had her fellow entertainers and audiences in stitches.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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