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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2015
Abe delivers New Year's address, pledges 'bolder' reforms
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he plans to unveil his vision for a new Japan in 2015 that builds its postwar pacifism as the country marks the 70th anniversary since its defeat in World War II.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2014
Man arrested after fire breaks out in Yasukuni Shrine compound
A small fire broke out inside the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine compound and police arrested a 25-year-old man, who allegedly told them he was thinking of committing suicide through self-immolation.
JAPAN / 70 YEARS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Dec 31, 2014
Year ahead may mark turning point for SDF
The 70th year since the end of World War II may be a watershed for the Self-Defense Forces if they undergo the historic changes planned by the Cabinet.
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JAPAN
Dec 30, 2014
A-bomb survivor, 90, intent on attending NPT confab
In rooms throughout his home, 90-year-old Masakazu Saito has dozens of old clocks indicating it is 8:15 a.m. — the time an atomic bomb flattened Hiroshima and nearly killed him seven decades ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2014
Still haunted by WWII, Asia looks for Abe atonement in 2015
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election victory means he will helm Japan into the 70th anniversary of its World War II defeat in 2015, a watershed year that will set the tone for Tokyo's fraught ties with Beijing and Seoul.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 16, 2014
Japanese actors die a thousand deaths in China's film industry
With his warm smile and shy demeanor, actor Hirotaka Tsukagoshi doesn't look like a villain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2014
U.S. internees recall ballgame of freedom
A baseball series played 70 years ago between two U.S. internment camps became a symbol of freedom for a group of Japanese-Americans rounded up during the war.
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JAPAN
Dec 13, 2014
Set aside hate, Xi tells Nanjing on first massacre memorial
China and Japan should set aside hatred but remember history, Chinese President Xi Jinping says on the first national memorial day for massacre victims at Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2014
Obama prodded Abe last month to improve ties with Seoul
President Barack Obama pressed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month to improve ties with South Korea, sources familiar with U.S.-Japan relations said Friday, reflecting Washington's dissatisfaction with the tepid progress in reconciliation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Dec 12, 2014
Hiroshima survivor tracks down POW victims for posterity
Every weekend for more than 20 years, Shigeaki Mori sat in the hallway of his compact two-story home making calls to people in the United States, asking, "Do you have a family member who died as a prisoner of war in Japan?"
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JAPAN
Dec 10, 2014
Churchill feared Japanese invasion of Falkland Islands, archives suggest
Wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered troops to the Falkland Islands in 1942 because he feared Japan could invade the far-flung British territory, according to documents at the National Archives in London.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 9, 2014
Historian seeks to clear embassy of Pearl Harbor 'sneak attack' infamy
Dec. 7 has never been an ordinary day for Takeo Iguchi. On that day 73 years ago, when Imperial Japanese Navy warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor, he was in Washington, the 11-year-old son of Sadao Iguchi, counselor at the Japanese Embassy there.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Nazi hunter says Adolf Eichmann's top aide presumed dead in Syria
One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 19, 2014
San Francisco's huff with Hashimoto over 'comfort women' reveals double standards
San Francisco's reaction to Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's comments about 'comfort women' says much about equality between nations, about how we judge each other through cultural lenses and blinders, and how we have to keep finding ways to address grievances from our past.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 8, 2014
Novelist Murakami hails Hong Kong democracy protesters in German award speech
Haruki Murakami compares pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong to ex-East Germany residents confined by the Berlin Wall and Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2014
WWII-era Zero fighter plane returns to Japan
A Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane has been unveiled to the media in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, after the decades-old aircraft was returned to Japan in September.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014
Foreign servicemen find final resting place on Japanese soil
There are several largely overgrown graves dedicated to European and American servicemen who died in the early 19th and early 20th century on Japanese soil.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014
Yokohama ceremony to remember 'the war to end all wars'
Several hundred retired and serving soldiers, sailors and airmen, as well as civilians from around the world, will gather in Yokohama on Nov. 9, to honor the fallen.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Nov 2, 2014
Children of Japanese 'war brides' tell tales of racism, hardship and perseverance
The sons and daughters of American servicemen and their Japanese wives recall the tales their parents told them about adjusting to life in the U.S. in the postwar years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
Sake brewer aims to build on Fukui's bonds with Israel
A sake brewery in Fukui Prefecture is looking to bring the taste of rice wine to Israel to strengthen relations with a prefecture that has strong historical links to the Jewish nation, links that date back to the 1940s.
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.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
Nippon Steel, Japan’s top steelmaker, is sending Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to Pittsburgh next week where he’ll meet with local staff and elected officials.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
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.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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