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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 26, 2020

Path paved by languages, inspirational interactions

Belgium's new ambassador to Japan, Roxane de Bilderling, brings special linguistic insight to her post.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2020

Building cooperation in an unsettled world

There is still an opportunity to steer the world toward cooperation and away from potentially damaging competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2020

Ambitious Zero Emission Tokyo plan wins praise, but begs for action

Just days before the new year, Gov. Yuriko Koike revealed the Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy, the capital's long-awaited plan to eliminate carbon emissions, transition to renewable energy and take the lead in the fight against global warming.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2020

Close the glaring SDG gap

Quickly reducing global inequities is crucial to fulfilling the U.N.'s 2030 agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 24, 2020

Shaken by Kobe quake, Peruvian works to help Hyogo's Spanish speakers in times of disaster

Roxana Oshiro, a Peruvian of Japanese descent, came to Japan in 1991 and was living in a dormitory in Kobe with her husband and child when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the region in 1995.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2020

Take a fresh look at intangible assets

A key challenge for the economy going forward is to how to invigorate Japanese firms' investments in intangible assets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 24, 2020

Remembering Satoshi Kon, one of anime's best-loved creators

The Annie Awards bestows a posthumous honor on anime director Satoshi Kon, who died in 2010 at the age of 46.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2020

Global survey finds capitalism is apparently doing more harm than good

A majority of people around the world believe capitalism in its current form is doing more harm than good, a survey found ahead of this week's Davos meeting of business and political leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2020

Putin's new plan to hold power forever

The Russian leader has come up with a constitutional reform that gives him three paths to indefinite rule.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2020

U.S. to lift China currency manipulator tag ahead of trade deal

Washington's abrupt declaration Monday that China is no longer a currency cheat — two days before the signing of a trade deal with Beijing — shows how U.S. President Donald Trump has turned a routine technical report on foreign exchange into a political cudgel.
Japan Times
SUMO / Rikishi Files
Jan 13, 2020

Technical acumen couldn't get Kotomitsuki over hump

The three pillars of sumo are shin-gi-tai, which translate as heart-technique-physique.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2020

No soul-searching for Xi Jinping after Taiwan rebuffs China in election

In a democracy, two resounding election defeats in a matter of months might prompt some soul-searching in the losing camp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2020

Groups across Japan inspired by school staff disaster team set up after Kobe quake

Japanese teachers are taking lessons learned from the 1995 earthquake that devastated the city of Kobe 25 years ago next Friday and using them as part of an effort form disaster relief teams across the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2020

Trump's assassination of Soleimani is a gift to Xi Jinping

Escalating tensions with Iran will distract the U.S. its competition with China.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2020

Broaden the fight against demographic woes

There are no quick remedies for the rapid aging and shrinking of Japan's population, but inaction will only make matters worse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 7, 2020

First female on century-old Komatsu's board calls on women in Japan to lean in

Kuniko Urano is the first, yes, the very first woman board member of Komatsu Ltd., a 98-year-old company that is the world's No. 2 construction and mining equipment maker.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Jan 7, 2020

YouTuber reporter targets Japan's tech-savvy youth as print media withers

It's a quarter past 11 p.m. and Mainichi Shimbun political reporter Kenta Miyahara, having just wrapped up his nightly informal chat with a politician he covers closely, begins to set up his smartphone, tripod and lighting in a cluttered office devoid of any of his colleagues.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jan 7, 2020

Let's discuss Amazon and its taxes

A Kyodo article on Amazon provides a hefty dose of business English to start the 2020s.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2020

China's new liaison officer in Hong Kong 'confident' city will stabilize

China's new top official in Hong Kong said he is certain the city will stabilize following months of political unrest, backing leader Carrie Lam and her administration in his first public comments since being appointed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 5, 2020

Asset management in an age of long life expectancy

Come matsuri festival time, when the temple elders in well-heeled Hamamatsucho are looking for help carrying the omikoshi portable shrine, they know who to turn to.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2020

Awareness of issue of plastic garbage in Japan slowly gaining steam

At a mid-December meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization and UNESCO, Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa spoke with pride about his city's successes in the area of sustainable, environmentally friendly tourism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / New Year's Special
Jan 3, 2020

Post-Olympic economic slump unlikely to hit Japan, experts say

As Japan gears up for Olympic euphoria later this summer, some fret that the country could experience a sense of deja vu, recalling the significant economic downturn that followed the hosting of the 1964 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 31, 2019

Germany takes nuclear plant offline, with final six to close within two years

Germany will take another step toward completing its withdrawal from nuclear power when EnBW pulls the plug on the Philippsburg 2 power station on New Year's Eve, leaving half a dozen plants still to close over the next two years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2019

'Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy' spells out capital's plan to take on global climate crisis

Tucked into the tail end of the decade was Friday's release of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's "Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy," which unveils a blueprint for achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2019

For Boeing's new CEO, saving the troubled 737 Max is just the first hurdle

Boeing Co.'s incoming boss David Calhoun faces a daunting task when he takes over as chief executive officer next year: rescuing the 737 Max while mending the company's fractured relationship with U.S. regulators. But that's just the first of the hurdles awaiting him.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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