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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2016

Rusty ships and unused aircraft carriers: the other side of Asia's militaries

As China spends billions to upgrade and reorganize the People's Liberation Army, the deficiencies in competing Asia-Pacific militaries are coming into focus. Even some of China's much heralded military advances are drawing attention for their shortcomings. Here is a snapshot of some of Asia's less illustrious...
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2016

How long will Monju limp on?

A glance at Monju's history would leave one wondering why no decision has been made yet to decommission the troubled facility.
Reader Mail
May 14, 2016

Trump and the U.S. military in Japan

Regarding the May 8 article "Trump proposals for Japan will not become U.S. policy, expert says," Donald Trump has thrown a stone to make ripples on the seemingly waveless waters of the Japan-U.S. military alliance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2016

Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima

The bodies of the last two crew members and the wreckage of an Air Self-Defense Force airplane have been found on a cliff in Mount Takakuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, defense officials said Friday.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2016

Washington state atomic plant restarts after shutdown over valve mishap

A nuclear power plant in Washington state was restarted on Thursday after being shut down earlier this week after a maintenance test found an issue with a valve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 13, 2016

Japan is losing its drive to get behind the wheel

Even domestic automakers seem to be concentrating on expanding overseas as the market at home looks bleak.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2016

U.S. Navy is urged to slow littoral ship deployments until more testing

Two top senators on defense issues say U.S. Navy leaders should consider delaying deployment of the new littoral combat ship (LCS) and tone down their effusive rhetoric about the vessel until it successfully completes more testing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2016

California gas leak spotlights shoddy regulation of nation's aging underground infrastructure

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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2016

South Korea-Japan ties strengthen in wake of latest North Korean nuclear test

North Korea's nuclear test this week set off alarm bells in Japan and South Korea, but its more enduring outcome may be the cementing of a fragile reconciliation that could lead to military cooperation between the two key U.S. allies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2015

Taiwan's likely first female president keeps quiet on possibility of independence from China

Taiwan's elections are just weeks away, with little clarity about how a likely win by a party that traditionally favors independence from China will be viewed in Beijing, which has threatened force to ensure the island never goes it alone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 16, 2015

Tours provide renewed interest in Japan's oldest hydro power plant

The Miyashiro No. 1 power plant, which houses the country's oldest working hydraulic generator, is attracting public attention after it started offering guided tours last spring.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2015

Senior official says Japan ready to build all submarines for Canberra in Australia

Japan is ready to match European rivals and build a fleet of submarines for Canberra entirely in Australian shipyards, a senior Japanese official said Tuesday, after stumbling in its effort to win a contract worth 50 billion Australian dollars or $34.76 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2015

ASEAN: moving beyond terrorism fears

A focus on strengthened security and basic law and order will be fundamental to the sustained growth of any ASEAN member- state's tourism sector.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2015

In Africa, good fences make for safe species

An innovative conservation project in Kenya using electric fences is both protecting endangered species from poachers and agricultural crops from foraging animals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 10, 2015

Japan's military that isn't: a short primer in self-defense doublespeak

Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, which renounces war, has been interpreted as permitting the maintenance and use of military force for self-defense, but this has led to some interesting linguistic gymnastics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 6, 2015

Verizon shift to wireless puts union ranks, with benefits, at huge disadvantage

Verizon Communications Inc., deadlocked in labor talks over pension benefits and health care that caused a strike in 2011, has gained bargaining power this time around after shedding operations that employ older unionized workers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2015

Philippines reinforcing rusting ship on Spratly reef in face of Chinese expansion

The Philippine navy is quietly reinforcing the hull and deck of a rusting ship it ran aground on a disputed South China Sea reef in 1999 to stop it from breaking apart, determined to hold the shoal as Beijing creates a string of man-made islands nearby.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2015

Rural revitalization can be green

Revitalizing rural areas, in addition to slowing the exodus of people to big cities, could also lead to improved environmental conservation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jun 7, 2015

NEC develops way to ID everyday objects

Envision a container filled with tens of thousands of metal screws made from the same mold. Is it possible to tell one from another?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 24, 2015

Fostering entrepreneurship beyond the foreign community

Some people say that as long as you have blond hair, blue eyes and white skin, you can get a job, succeed and even become a celebrity in Japan. So imagine what would happen if there were two such people, married to each other!
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015

Tokyo amends noise-pollution rules in bid to draw more nurseries

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government amended its rules on noise pollution on Wednesday in an effort to make it easier for nurseries to open in the capital, where the number of children yet to find a day care facility is the largest among all prefectures.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 16, 2015

Readers split over issue of U.S. military presence in Okinawa

Some emails and online comments in response to the claim by a U.S. military official that Okinawan protesters have faked their injuries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / IEC GENERAL MEETING IN TOKYO
Nov 4, 2014

Supporting IEC for overseas transportation business growth

Established in 1921, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquaretered in Tokyo.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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