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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2016
In proxy battle over Futenma base relocation, Ginowan mayor wins re-election
By Eric Johnston
In what was seen as a proxy battle over the controversial Futenma U.S. base relocation plan, Ginowan Mayor Sakima wins re-election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2016
Base rivals face off in pivotal Ginowan mayoral election
By Eric Johnston
Voters in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, cast their ballots for a new mayor in a key local election with implications for the relocation of a contentious U.S. military base.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 24, 2016
Politics heating up over Hokuriku Shinkansen Line's undecided last leg
By Eric Johnston
The opening last March of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line extension to Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, brought the Hokuriku region closer to Nagano and Tokyo than ever before, and similar efforts are underway to connect the region with Kansai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jan 24, 2016
Barring the unforeseen, Kyoto's dwindling voters look set to keep kimono-clad mayor
By Eric Johnston
Given Kyoto's prosperous domestic and international tourism industry, the mayoral election on Feb. 7 is widely expected to be an easy win for incumbent Daisaku Kadokawa, 65, who is backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and the Democratic Party of Japan.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
China's risk tolerance exceeds expectations amid faltering U.S. rebalance to Asia, study says
By Jesse Johnson
Beijing's view of American power as less of a constraint in Asia is boosting its willingness to pursue more aggressive risk-taking, putting a damper on Washington's rebalance to the region, a major independent U.S. report has warned.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2016
Wife of missing Hong Kong bookseller says was reunited with husband in China
The wife of one of five missing Hong Kong booksellers said she met with her husband in China, according to a statement released by the Hong Kong police on Sunday amid growing diplomatic pressure on Chinese authorities to clarify the fate of the men.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
'Plane wreckage' found in Thailand fuels talk of missing Malaysian jet
A piece of suspected plane wreckage has been found off the coast of southern Thailand, a local official said on Saturday, prompting speculation it might belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished nearly two years ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2016
False emissions reporting undermines China's pollution fight
By Kathy Chen and David Stanway
Widespread misreporting of harmful gas emissions by Chinese electricity firms is threatening the country's attempts to rein in pollution, with government policies aimed at generating cleaner power struggling to halt the practice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
Kerry to press China over North Korea, urge ASEAN unity over South China Sea
By David Brunnstrom
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins a visit to East Asia on Sunday in which he plans to press China to put more curbs on North Korea after its nuclear test and to urge Southeast Asia to show unity in response to China's claims in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
U.S. says deal with China on North Korea at U.N. still far off
By Michelle Nichols
The United States is not close to an agreement with China on new United Nations Security Council measures to impose on North Korea over its fourth nuclear test earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said.

WORLD

WORLD
Jan 24, 2016
Blizzard turns traffic-free Manhattan into winter playground
An otherworldly quiet descended over the streets of Manhattan on Saturday as a muffling blanket of snow and a complete ban on private vehicles transformed a city renowned for its bustle and horn-blaring traffic into a tranquil pedestrian mall.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2016
Canadian town reels after shooting left four dead
The remote, northern Canadian community where a shooter killed four people and injured seven on Friday has long struggled under the weight of poverty, high suicide rates and disadvantages that most of the country can hardly imagine.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2016
Kuroda sees limited impact of market turmoil on Japan's outlook
By Francine Lacqua and Toru Fujioka
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda plays down the prospect of market turmoil causing Japanese companies to pare back capital spending and wage increases, and expressed confidence in the underlying pace of inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2016
California gas leak spotlights shoddy regulation of nation's aging underground infrastructure
By Nichola Groom
Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2016
Reviewing the feed-in tariff system
The government will have to play a delicate game when it revises the feed-in tariff system for promoting renewable energy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2016
Immigration a hot-button issue for U.S. right
By Ramesh Ponnuru
A constellation of causes is pushing conservatives' restrictive approach to immigration, and it's only likely to grow stronger.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2016
The Polish threat to Europe
By Slawomir Sierakowski
Jaroslaw Kaczynski's far-right Law and Justice Party has shown a disturbing contempt for democratic norms since its overwhelming election victory in October.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2016
Why are America's allies so persistently pathetic?
By Doug Bandow
Washington's allies, despite benefiting from capable populations and enjoying advanced economies, can't be bothered to invest heavily in their own defense.

Sports

Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 24, 2016
Nash guides East to victory in final bj-league All-Star Game
By Ed Odeven
Le'Bryan Nash wanted the ball and craved the opportunity to showcase his impressive talents on a big stage.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 24, 2016
Kyu Won Han's advice to new opera fans: immerse yourself
By Midori Nishida
Baritone Kyu Won Han says the best piece of advice he can give to opera newcomers is: read up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 24, 2016
Cairo breaks with its past for dreamy debut, 'Same as Before'
By Ryotaro Aoki
While talking to the members of indie rock band Cairo, I can't help but feel their sense of excitement. After all, this is their first interview ever.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Jan 24, 2016
Afrirampo reunion may save 2016
By Ian Martin
While 2016 kicked off for most of the music world with David Bowie tricking hundreds of thousands of people into buying a jazz-prog concept album about death, the message from the heart of J-pop was loud and clear: "DO NOT WORRY, NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE."

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 24, 2016
Graduates needn't be hostages to advance contracts
By Hifumi Okunuki
For university seniors who have pledged to work for a firm after graduation, although there is no legal compulsion, there is social and ethical pressure not to back out of the deal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 24, 2016
Eating crow on the issue of the clever critters we consume
By Amy Chavez
The controversies surrounding the eating of various animals in our modern world are numerous: the hunting of bluefin tuna to near-extinction; eating shark fin soup (in which only the fin is used and the rest of the shark is often discarded); the consumption of dogs in various Asian countries; the use...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jan 24, 2016
Role model: a cat named Utsugi
Utsugi is everything you could want. She loves people, likes kids, gets on well with other cats and tolerates dogs.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Floods bring travel chaos and damage across central Europe
A road is flooded after heavy rainfall in the municipality of Neulengbach, in northeast Austria, on Sunday.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
LDP presidential hopefuls outline approach to U.S. and China concerns
Candidates for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election stand together onstage at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday.
Tokyo’s top fashion showcase pushes rising stars to the world stage
A model displays a creation by Japanese designer Norio Surikabe during a runway show on Sept. 6 for the latest edition of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.
New mouse models can boost Japan's drug development: National Cancer Center
Hiroyuki Mano, director of the National Cancer Center Japan's (NCC) research institute, explains on Wednesday the use of mice bearing patients' cancer tissues to screen drug candidates for their efficacy.
Scientists win Ig Nobel for discovering anal breathing in mammals
Takanori Takebe (behind the lectern) speaks after his team of researchers and he were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.

Podcast

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

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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