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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2013

Pyongyang's ties to Havana deep, ship bust shows

When law enforcement agents boarded a rusty, aging North Korean freighter making a rare journey down the Panama Canal last week, they had been tipped off that they would find narcotics, Panamanian officials said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 20, 2013

Yokohama to name Katsuhisa coach

A familiar face will be on the sideline for the Yokohama B-Corsairs next season. Multiple league insiders have told The Japan Times that Michael Katsuhisa will be named the second coach in team history.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2013

MHI hit for U.S. nuclear plant flaw

A California electric utility formally initiated a dispute Thursday with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. over defective steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which was retired early.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2013

Somali-American is caught up in U.S. counterpropaganda campaign

Two days after he became a U.S. citizen, Abdiwali Warsame embraced the First Amendment by creating a raucous website about his native Somalia. Packed with news and controversial opinions, it rapidly became a magnet for Somalis dispersed around the world, including tens of thousands in Minnesota.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 13, 2013

Fukuoka targeting Tuck as next coach

The Rizing Fukuoka are in pursuit of a former Chinese Basketball Association star to fill their coaching vacancy, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 13, 2013

Hot weather's cold comfort for eels

In March this year, I spent a week in Taiwan as a guest of the Taiwan Fisheries Agency. My hosts had laid on a relentless daily schedule that took in a complete circuit of the island nation, visiting nearly all the major commercial fishing ports, including Taitung on the Pacific Ocean, Tainan and Kaosiung...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 13, 2013

Illuminating the interplay between Japanese poetry and pictures

This cleverly titled book combines two subjects, for the "art" that it describes is not just the art of haiku composition but that of the pictures that frequently accompany the poems, often by the same person. "If haiku is a worldwide phenomenon, haiga (haiku painting) is almost unknown," says the author....
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 12, 2013

Summer travel biz shows signs of recovery

Thanks to UNESCO, the domestic travel industry is on the mend.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2013

Egypt's new revolution endangers democracy

If the junta-led political process can somehow roll back from exclusion and media repression, Egypt may yet see a transition similar to Turkey's after 1997.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 10, 2013

C86 sound jangles on in the Japanese indie scene

If pop culture is primarily about escapism, one of the enduring mysteries of the music world must surely be how the sounds of cold, wet afternoons in mid-1980s Manchester came to capture the imaginations of artists around the world. From the sunny shores of California to the icy hillsides of Finland,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 10, 2013

Kimo-kawaii: a chronology in 13 steps

If it's hard to look at but harder to look away, it's kimo-kawaii.
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jul 9, 2013

American Airlines celebrity poll; Cathay's Change for Good results; Jetstar available at Lawson

AA celebrity poll
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2013

Perry leaving Texas office, doesn't rule out '16 bid

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in the state's history, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014 amid speculation that he will run again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2013

4 million studying Japanese abroad

4 million studying Japanese abroad: A record 3.98 million people were studying Japanese abroad in 2012 amid widespread interest in the country, the Japan Foundation announces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2013

Wave of state abortion laws returns issue to national prominence

As a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly years ago, Republican Scott Walker pushed two key measures to limit abortions. Neither was successful.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2013

Egypt needs help for democracy and economy

The U.S. should have two priorities in dealing with Egypt: helping to restore democratic government and strengthening the country's battered economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2013

U.S. has spotty record on aid cuts after coups

The Foreign Assistance Act, a U.S. law first enacted in 1961, is pretty clear: It says, in Section 508, that the United States must cut aid to any country "whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree."
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 5, 2013

Akita asks fans to vote for All-Star logo

Usually, All-Star voting is focused on selecting players.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2013

Shuffling the books on nursing care

The health ministry's idea of having municipalities provide nursing care services to some elderly people could raise the costs of care while reducing its quality.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 30, 2013

Constitutional revision: Proposed Abe-rights look to be all wrong

After the Upper House elections on July 21, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may try to revise the Constitution. This longstanding agenda is now within reach because the Liberal Democratic Party he heads might be able to rally the necessary two-thirds of votes in both chambers of the Diet.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 29, 2013

Yoshida had experience of lifetime working with Spurs

As the final buzzer sounded and the Miami Heat captured their second consecutive NBA championship in the decisive Game 7 last week, strength and conditioning coach Nobuhisa Yoshida was no different from the Spurs players — he was completely devastated.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2013

How will Japan's farms survive?

One hindrance to the Abe government's agricultural growth policy could be the terms of trade for Japan if it participates in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2013

Saudi Arabia backsliding on women's rights

The trumped-up case in which two leading Saudi activists for women's rights were sentenced to prison is a symptom of the kingdom's regression on human rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2013

U.S. spying aimed at citizens

The U.S. government's efforts to monitor digital communications are more dangerous to civil liberties than they are to al-Qaida and other organizations like it.
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
NATO won't back Trump's new defense spending target but will raise its sights
U.S. Army soldiers with the NATO multinational battle group on the territory of Bulgaria stand in formation with a U.S. flag and an armored vehicle during a visit by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the Novo Selo military ground near Mokren, Bulgaria, on Dec. 19.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
Ukraine questioning two captured North Korean soldiers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a meeting in Rome on Friday.
Can an international makeover help Tokyo salons meet foreign demand?
Otono Kuboki, a Japanese Canadian hair stylist for salon chain Sozo, is a key figure in the company's mission to elevate the viability of Japan's hairdressing industry to foreign residents.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.

Podcast

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

Longform

A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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