Search - community

 
 
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017

Myanmar's decades-old jihadi curse

It is vital to address the long history of Islamist extremism that has contributed to the Rohingya's' current plight.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 30, 2017

The education system still has much to learn

There is a driven, compulsive quality to Japanese education, which emerges clearly in a report by Shukan Toyo Keizai magazine titled "Schools are breaking down."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 27, 2017

Surviving sexual assault in Japan, then victimized again

Despite signs of progress, some women still face secondary ordeals at the hands of police after rape and other sexual attacks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2017

A strategy to eliminate North Korea's nuclear threat

The U.S., Japan and South Korea need to rely on pressure and patience, deterrence and containment — not military action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 26, 2017

Japan can do more for the Rohingya

The intention was to rebuild a peaceful political society in Myanmar, but the Rohingya have been left out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017

Japan shouldn't neglect humanities studies in favor of other disciplines: Oxford professor

In June 2015, the education ministry sent shock waves through Japan's academic humanities community when it issued a notice urging national universities to restructure their humanities departments and shift their focus to fields that have greater social demand.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 25, 2017

Alex Kerr recalls 1970s Japan and David Kidd, the mentor whose influence never fades

Author and Japan hand Alex Kerr remembers the 'larger than life, outrageous, tall, skinny, blond' David Kidd and the 'golden age.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 22, 2017

The safe thrills of indoor skydiving come to Kanto

With the call of "Standby!" the butterflies in my stomach start to dance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 20, 2017

Japan doesn't need to criminalize hate speech

Considering constitutional issues and the risk of creating 'martyrs,' the current law strikes the right balance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 18, 2017

As options on North Korea run out, U.S. may turn to Pentagon, U.N. envoy warns

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

China, Russia begin joint naval exercises near North Korea

China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state's nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2017

Protesters fill St. Louis streets after cop acquitted of murdering black man

Hundreds of protesters poured into St. Louis streets on Friday, and some scuffles erupted, after a Missouri judge acquitted a former white police officer who was charged with murder in the 2011 fatal shooting of a black man.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2017

North Korea responds to latest U.N. sanctions with second missile over Japan

Hit by fresh U.N. sanctions, North Korea responds by shooting a second ballistic missile over Hokkaido and into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Sep 14, 2017

Written or rapped, Seiko Ito has a way with words

It's hard to describe Seiko Ito with one handy label. When I ask my friends to do it, they struggle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 14, 2017

Deaths of 11 elderly and medically fragile patients in care homes rock Florida

Inside a sweltering nursing home, a crisis unfolded Wednesday as 150 centers across Florida still lacked power days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2017

'Pharma Bro' Shkreli's bail revoked over Facebook post offering bounty for strand of Clinton's hair

Martin Shkreli's big mouth landed him in jail even before his fraud conviction did.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Sep 13, 2017

Hong Kong's lesson in accountability for Japan's ailing universities

One word is key to understanding why the Chinese territory's universities tend to outshine Japan's in world university rankings.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 13, 2017

What will it take to convince Japanese to 'choose family'?

Without a societal model that makes family life appear important and attractive, perhaps it's no wonder that many Japanese people have stopped choosing it.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2017

Kin held, tribal council on the run after teen pair electrocuted in Pakistan 'honor killing'

A Pakistani teenage couple who tried to elope were murdered with electric shocks in an "honor killing" by family members who were carrying out the orders of an influential tribal council, police said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 9, 2017

'The Abundance of Less': New edition revisits Japanese who live with the land

Way before Marie Kondo taught us how to clean out our closets, American Andy Couturier was learning how to live without extra stuff from folks in rural Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 8, 2017

Hiking the lesser-known parts of the Nakasendo

Peeping through the wooden slats, I start to realize that the inhabitants of the home I'm in prioritized safety and practicality over comfort.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Sep 6, 2017

The other eclipse: Nazism recasts its shadow in Japan and the U.S.

It seems Nazis are the new black. It took two days for U.S. President Donald Trump to belatedly denounce American neo-Nazis and other white supremacists. In Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, voicing admiration for German Nazis ("paleo-Nazis"?), suggested that Adolf Hitler, "who killed millions of...
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2017

Pyongyang ratchets up its provocations

Pressure must be increased on North Korea to help halt its weapons development programs, but diplomatic efforts directly involving Pyongyang should also be explored.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2017

Japan's 'Super Mario Syndrome'

The early success of video games in Japan created market conditions that smothered e-sports.

Longform

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