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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Nothing harmless about Putin's new 'Moscowteers'

Across Europe, apologists for Russia and Russian policy have coalesced into what amounts to a fifth column.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Oct 26, 2015

Thinking about the difference between 'omou' and 'kangaeru'

Introduce the two verbs u304au3082u3046 and u304bu3093u304cu3048u308b, which mean 'to think.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 17, 2015

Fired up about Gifu's pottery industry

Toki, a small town in Gifu Prefecture, 37 km from Nagoya, sits above a huge clay basin. Pottery has been made here since ancient times.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015

In an about face, JCP says it would support Japan-U.S. military pact in some scenarios

The Japanese Communist Party, which has long regarded the United States as its sworn enemy, has made what appears to be a historic change of its policy stance — at least for now.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2015

Grand jury charges Fox News guest terror analyst with lying about working for CIA

A Fox News guest terrorism analyst was arrested on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on charges of falsely claiming to have been a CIA agent for decades, U.S. prosecutors said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Oct 3, 2015

Don't be green about the charm of tatami

When we were thinking of buying a condominium, we visited several old danchi — apartments built by Japan's former public housing corporation — because they were cheap and, we thought, easy to renovate. One of the units we inspected had bedroom floors made of tatami mats, and we wondered if we could...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 2, 2015

m-flo's Taku Takahashi talks about Japan's music scene, K-pop and that controversial tweet

Taku Takahashi wants you to know, he's a positive person.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2015

How Japan's devastating rainstorm came about

Torrential rain that caused flooding and the evacuations of tens of thousands of people across the Kanto region on Thursday was the result of a mass of humid air unable to escape the area, a pileup of thunderclouds — and possibly climate change, experts said.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2015

Cameron is right about how to take in refugees

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has taken a battering over his handling of Europe's refugee crisis, but his new approach is the right one.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015

Will he, won't he? Osaka Mayor Hashimoto keeps public guessing about future role in politics

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto continues to fuel speculation that his political career will not end in November and that he might end up as an outside adviser to, or even a non-elected member of, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet by the end of the year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2015

In qualified about-face, Clinton apologizes for email practices

After resisting giving an unqualified apology for using a private email server during her time as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that she was sorry.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 30, 2015

Should SEALDs student activists worry about not getting hired?

Japanese labor law effectively allows companies to discriminate against prospective employees based on their beliefs.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 30, 2015

I've often thought about your doppelganger, but have you?

Have you considered that maybe your double lives in Japan? And that you might meet them someday?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 22, 2015

Chie Suzuki: 'I'm always thinking about what to make next'

Wooden clog designer on ukiyo-e, cats and sushi
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2015

Abe adviser retracts remarks about security bills' constitutionality, vows not to resign

A key adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe retracts his remarks downplaying the need for the national security bills in the Upper House to be consistent with the Constitution.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2015

Why little Estonia's not worried about Russia

Estonian President Toomas Ilves wants to turn his tiny country into a digital pioneer to save the rest of Europe from Luddism and red tape.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2015

Most Pakistan execution drive victims aren't militants, raising questions about deterrent effect

When Pakistan resumed executions after the massacre of 134 pupils at an army-run school last December, the government promised hangings would help deter Islamist militants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2015

For industry, Nikkei deal to acquire FT raises questions about shift in standards

Despite assurances following the Nikkei's takeover of the London-based Financial Times, some staff are worried about what changes may be coming their way.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2015

Google appeals order to remove info about man's buying of sex from minor

Google Inc. is seeing to reverse a Saitama court decision ordering it to remove links to Web articles about a man convicted of paying a 16-year-old girl for sex three years ago.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 18, 2015

Despite what the media says about juvenile crime, the kids are alright

In an essay he wrote for Asahi Shimbun's Internet magazine Webronza in June, professor Mikio Kawai, a specialist in "serious crime," revealed the results of a survey he conducted last March among 1,456 "older" people. He asked the respondents if they thought juvenile crime was on the increase. Sixty-two...
MORE SPORTS
Jul 14, 2015

Tiger 'excited' about return to Old Course

Tiger Woods' love affair with St Andrews goes back 20 years and the former world No. 1 cannot wait for romance to blossom again at the 144th British Open that starts on Thursday.
Tokyo pub hit with first-ever closure order for illegal street tables
One pub in Tokyo's Shimbashi district received more than 60 warnings from law enforcement for setting up tables on the street, blocking the way for traffic.
Japan to extend financial aid to more people moving out of Tokyo
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) speaks to officials of Miyada in Nagano Prefecture on Saturday during his visit to the village.
Tokyo gears up for April launch of law against harassment by customers
Tokyo will soon require all companies in the city to make efforts to stop harassment by customers, such as by creating a manual on how to handle suspected cases.
Mount Fuji hikers to be charged ¥4,000 on all trails
Tourists gather at the Fuji Subaru Line 5th station, which leads to the popular Yoshida Trail for hikers climbing Mount Fuji, ahead of its reopening for the season in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture in June 2024.
Geely billionaire goes on a cost-cutting spree to catch rivals
Cars at the Geely Auto production base in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 16
At Tokyo Dome, a stage so big that even Shohei Ohtani felt nervous
Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the opening game of the MLB season between the Dodgers and Cubs on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome
At Ventinove, Tuscan specialties taken to new heights
Tucked away behind the historic Tsuchida sake brewery, Ventinove's location and sleek, angular architecture make for impressive destination dining.
Private clubs quietly open in Tokyo for free-spending Chinese businesspeople
Sources say a hui suo — a private club, which in Japan caters mainly to Chinese businesspeople — will soon open on the upper floors of the Moutai Building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
Japan’s youth climate activists still searching for a breakthrough
While climate demonstrations around the world often draw thousands of participants, in Japan such demonstrations rarely break the 100-person barrier.
Augmented reality artist Omega C navigates a precarious scene for XR art
Artist Adrian Steckeweh 3-D prints otherworldly clothes and accessories for himself, in a way augmenting his reality with tangible objects.

Podcast

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

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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo
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