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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2016

Documents indicate chemical leaks at U.S. base have polluted Okinawa water supply

U.S. documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that lax safety standards at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa may be to blame for the recent contamination of local drinking water sources.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2016

Carmakers say India's sudden rule changes raise investment uncertainty

Behind the glitzy song-and-dance sequences at the biennial Delhi Auto Expo, executives from automakers including Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Honda Motor Co., and Ford Motor Co. are expressing concern about sudden changes in regulation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AEC SPECIAL
Jan 29, 2016

Universities working to foster closer relationship

The ASEAN region is increasing in importance as a market for Japanese companies because its member states are getting wealthier and accelerating their development. Hence, increasing the number of students from the region studying in Japan is essential to nurture future businesspeople or politicians to...
Japan Times
JAPAN / AEC SPECIAL
Jan 29, 2016

Going international with 'Rikkyo Global 24'

Rikkyo University is one of the most global universities in Japan, and under its Top Global University Project, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) designated the university as a Global Traction Type school.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AEC SPECIAL
Jan 29, 2016

Sophia exchange program offers expanded horizons

Eighteen students, including those from Southeast Asia, Japan and other parts of the world, were divided into four groups to hold intense discussions in English about various global sustainability issues. They were creating a rough draft of a poster they would use for next week's presentation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AEC SPECIAL
Jan 29, 2016

Students appreciate college's international surroundings

Students from ASEAN member states are enjoying their learning experiences at Sophia University and their daily lives in an international environment provided by the most international university in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 16, 2016

Asia is imperiled by COP21's climate cop-out

The nations of the world gathered at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) last month to come to an agreement on the urgent mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, all they produced was an attractive vision statement that is more sham than solution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 2, 2016

Seeing 2015 through a fragmented media lens

Media literacy means understanding that objective reality is impossible to comprehend, and that the best you can do to make sense of the world is to know how to interpret signals. Part of that process is identifying what's at stake: Newspapers and broadcasters have parties they think they need to please,...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2015

Transformation to a more sustainable and just world

While bad news often dominated headlines in 2015, it was also a year of progress and breakthroughs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2015

New members named to Japan Times Media Advisory Board

The Japan Times on Tuesday announced the appointments of four distinguished individuals to The Japan Times Media Advisory Board, a committee of Japan-based experts tasked with advising the newspaper on its content.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2015

Test astronaut hopefuls flood Japan's space agency in search of big payday

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's pitch to find male volunteers for a two-week stress test in return for nearly double the monthly salary of a new university graduate draws more interest than expected.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2015

Singapore in the thick of U.S. strategy on China

Singapore may not want to admit it, but it is now part of the U.S. military challenge to China — and the risk that entails.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015

Japan-based aid group sets up fish, timber projects in rural Laos

Despite enjoying robust economic growth, Laos continues to face challenges in development, particularly in rural areas.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 2, 2015

Views from Tokyo: Would you like to retire in Japan?

How do people out and about in Tokyo feel about living out their twilight years on this archipelago?
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2015

Resolve the Isahaya Bay standoff

The government should get more serious about resolving the legal gridlock surrounding the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2015

Japan pushes clean-coal technology; hurdles abound

For all the talk of a solar boom in Japan, coal still has a future, and potentially a big one at that. Japan's government and industry are backing emerging coal technologies they say are less damaging to the environment. While they are pushing the most polluting fossil fuel at home and abroad, the government...
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2015

Scientists learn how some fish can supercharge their vision

Superman can use his X-ray vision whenever the need arises. It turns out that in real life, some fish and amphibians can do something nearly as super when it come to their sight.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 4, 2015

Different strokes: navigating the Japanese school system with a learning difficulty

Japan's schools can be ill-prepared for dealing with bicultural children with learning problems.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2015

Gauging Abe's 'proactive contributions to peace'

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has talked a good game about Japan playing a bigger international role, his track record so far shows little has changed.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015

U.N. climate agency says 'don't panic' as ozone hole gets wider

The U.N.'s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole this month in the ozone layer, that shields life on Earth from the sun, as it should shrink again.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015

Too early for TPP cheers

The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations were a major blow against democracy and good governance, and the deal is studded with measures distorting capitalism and free markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2015

Only India and China can end Asia's haze

Making sustainably produced palm oil more affordable for consumers in India and China is key to clearing Southeast Asia's smoggy skies.
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.”

Podcast

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

Longform

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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