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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 25, 2015

Why are Japanese children the healthiest in the world?

In a country where food culture permeates all aspects of life and society, it is perhaps unsurprising that Japan leads the "World Health Olympics," in the words of Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle. In their book, "Secrets of the World's Healthiest Children," the pair proselytize for the traditional diet...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 31, 2015

Emperor Yoshihito's coronation; crowds pack Tokyo dance halls before ban; Hikari superexpress now world's fastest; nearly 600 dolphins slaughtered in Nagasaki

100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 5, 2015

Jones ready to listen to England approach

Eddie Jones is open to an approach from the Rugby Football Union about coaching England but thinks incumbent Stuart Lancaster deserves a fair review first, the Japan coach said on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2015

Article 9 sets an example for the world, Nobel contender says

The Japanese Constitution still sets an example for the world, despite a bid to circumvent its pacifist restraints, the head of a potential Nobel Peace Prize contender says.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2015

It's time for world to ratify CTBT

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty still hasn't come into force, and all countries everywhere should do everything they can to get the remaining eight key nations on board.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2015

Europe's, and the world's, failings

A failure to forge a coherent and morally acceptable refugee policy is just one more crisis in what has become an annus horribilis for Europe.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 4, 2015

Japan took past lessons to heart in win over Cambodia

National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic believes Japan owes Singapore a debt of gratitude for providing the wake-up call that fueled Thursday's World Cup qualifying win over Cambodia.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Aug 31, 2015

India to be world's most populous country

India is set to overtake China and become the world's most populous country in less than a decade — six years sooner than previously forecast, the United Nations said on July 29.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2015

Ayana shatters Dibaba's double dreams

Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a stunning display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 meters by more than 17 seconds at the IAAF World Championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2015

Coe defends 'ostensibly clean' athletics

Part of Sebastian Coe's new job as head of world athletics will be to shift the conversation about his "ostensibly clean" sport from doping to spectacular performances, he said on Sunday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 23, 2015

Bolt scrapes into 100-meter final

Defending champion Usain Bolt made a meal of it but recovered from a stumbling start to reach Sunday's 100-meter final at the world championships, setting up his Beijing showdown with in-form American Justin Gatlin.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2015

Kis-My-Ft2 "Kis-My-World"

"Kis-My-World," the fourth studio album from Johnny & Associates' boy band Kis-My-Ft2, is all about positivity. On album opener " '4th' Overture," the guys preach hope and then shift into an upbeat vibe for the rest of the album.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 18, 2015

Abe's address fails to achieve desired closure

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech did not succeed in providing a sense of closure. In some ways it reopens old arguments, implying that Japan was not really responsible for its role in the war.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 17, 2015

Abe's unconvincing attempt to whitewash Japan's history

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's WWII anniversary statement glosses over unpalatable facts and attempts to interpret them in a favorable way for Japan.
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2015

Free the world of nuclear weapons

The 70th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should remind leaders and citizens of Japan and other nations of the need to eliminate nuclear weapons.
JAPAN / History
Jul 25, 2015

Winds of war: Japan's balloon bombs took the Pacific battle to American soil

In May 1945, a pastor from Bly, Oregon, led his wife and a group of children on a day trip near Klamath Falls. They were all looking forward to hours of fishing and picnicking in fine weather. Everyone got out of the car while the Rev. Archie Mitchell was parking along a remote logging road and unloading...
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court upholds law
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok remains both intriguing and complicated. The ban is set to take effect just one day before his inauguration, and while it has been reported that President Joe Biden won’t enforce the ban on day one, the decision on what to do long-term will become Trump’s problem almost immediately.
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers
Roki Sasaki pitches for Japan during the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 11, 2023.
Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses
The average figure of winter bonuses agreed on by labor unions and employers stood 4.93% higher than a year earlier.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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