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Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2016

Board examines the future direction of news coverage

Identity of The Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 20, 2016

Could Japan's bond bubble get Trumped?

Bond market vigilantes are keen to test the Bank of Japan's latest moves to keep yields low as U.S. rates rise.
CULTURE / NEWS AND NOTES
Nov 17, 2016

Symposium aims to unite business, academia

The KKE Vision 2016 symposium, organized by Kozo Keikaku Engineering (KKE) Inc., an engineering consulting firm based in Tokyo, was held on Oct. 26 at the Toranomon Hills Forum on the fifth floor of the Toranomon Hills complex.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Nov 16, 2016

Stefan Lippert: remembering an educator in search of excellence

Stefan Lippert, a luminary from our community of Japan thought leaders, died recently at the age of 47.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2016

SoFi expands into life insurance through deal with Protective Life

Social Finance Inc., a fast-growing online lender that focuses on high-earning millennials, is broadening its offerings to include life insurance.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2016

Witch hunts follow Thai king's death

Thailand's much revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away Oct. 13. His death has heightened the anxiety felt by some members of the Thai public about the country's uncertain future without the charismatic monarch. Increasingly many royalists are expressing their concerns through a series of witch-hunt...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2016

Keeping Japan in the U.K.

As Britain gears up for Brexit, the government is trying hard to keep Japanese companies from jumping ship.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 5, 2016

Tokyo Design Week: The professionals

Tokyo Design Week (TDW) seemed a little pared down this year, with a notable absence of a handicrafts creators' fair and only one awards exhibition. Nevertheless, it still offered the familiar lineup of products, interactive installations, architectural models, artworks and robots, as well as a new outdoor...
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2016

Getting a better grip on GDP data

The government is on the right track in trying to develop better methods to collect and analyze economic data.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 2, 2016

Chinese lawmakers poised to ban some private schools: report

China may ban for-profit, private elementary and middle schools in a move likely to tighten government control of education and cool a fast-growing but poorly regulated sector.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2016

Japan may be too scared of failure to succeed

Unless inventive, aggressive companies are around to do something productive with the cheap cash the BOJ is generating, policymakers will never be able to jump-start the economy.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2016

Pharma, aerospace industries seek Brexit assurances after Nissan deal

Britain's pharmaceutical and aerospace industries, both big exporters, are stepping up pressure on the government for assurances about their future after last week's post-Brexit deal with carmaker Nissan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 31, 2016

Honda opts for Tokyo over Silicon Valley as home for AI research center

Honda Motor Co. will spearhead its artificial intelligence efforts out of a new lab in Tokyo so researchers can work closely with its engineers to commercialize the technology.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2016

In latest crackdown, Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, closes more media outlets

Turkey said it has dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Oct 23, 2016

Time to consign 'death by overwork' to Japan's history

As 'karoshi' continues to steal young lives, workers must stand up for their own rights and watch out for their colleagues' wellbeing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

Sports seen as engine to encourage, unite people

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016

Journalism students headed for Kyoto in cultural exchange

Journalism students from universities will have the opportunity to travel to Kyoto and report on Japan with the help of local peers under a new cultural exchange initiative launched recently.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2016

Todai biomedical research fraud probe seen pointing to wider misconduct

The so-called STAP scandal of 2014 unleashed the power of anonymous online whistleblowers, who exposed falsified data in what had been hailed as groundbreaking stem cell research by the Riken institute and brought down its star scientist, Haruko Obokata.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2016

Unknown quantity: How the outcome of the presidential election in November could affect Japan-U.S. relations

"Jesus! Where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to be president?" — Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72"
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2016

Is immigration the answer?

A migration policy is being deployed to combat acute labor shortages in sectors of the Japanese economy, but migrant workers won't be enough to solve the long-term challenges of Japan's demographic implosion.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 4, 2016

Time for college football to get creative again on offense

For the longest time, MAS found the NFL predictable and tedious offensively.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2016

As developers gather at CEATEC, tech show is no longer just for consumers

Japan's biggest IT-electronics trade show is at a crossroads.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2016

Nobel winner Yoshinori Ohsumi urges investment in science

When microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi told his wife, Mariko, that he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday evening, she didn't believe him.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2016

Shimon Peres passes on

As the world remembers Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, it is important that his committment to peace not be forgotten or left unfulfilled.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 23, 2016

Rugby fever draws Japan youth to New Zealand

The rising popularity of rugby in Japan is having spinoff effects for the nation's relationship with New Zealand as students increasingly choose to study in the rugby stronghold.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 23, 2016

The AI revolution has begun

The crucial issue now facing humans is how to live in harmony with artificial intelligence.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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