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Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Feb 2, 2016

Jetstar to fly to Manila; Cathay route turns 50; More flights to PNG

Jetstar to fly to Manila
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 23, 2016

Tabloids go nuclear on North's bomb test

On Jan. 6, North Korea once again stunned the world with a test of what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb, ratcheting up tensions in northeast Asia.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2016

Opposition leaves Diet floor in boycott of Amari speech

Opposition lawmakers mount a humiliating boycott of embattled economy minister Akira Amari's annual policy speech in the Diet.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 9, 2016

'Comfort women' problem requires a grand gesture

Due to his unassailable nationalist credentials, Prime Minister Abe is uniquely positioned to make a powerfully symbolic gesture of contrition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Jan 3, 2016

Options available to mitigate dangers of living alone with dementia

At first glance, it's hard to tell what's wrong with Keiko Sawada. As casual exchanges continue, however, it becomes increasingly clear the former bar hostess has serious memory problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2015

Before Paris terrorist attacks, authorities across Europe missed many red flags

In hindsight, there were multiple chances to stop the terrorists who attacked Paris.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 12, 2015

Roster, coach change but Tokyo's game still same

The Tokyo Cinq Reves had an atrocious 2014-15 season, losing 47 of 52 games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 29, 2015

Oketani learning from former Chicago Bulls coach Cartwright

The Osaka Evessa made a big hire during the offseason, luring Dai Oketani, the winningest coach in bj-league history, to return to his Kansai roots.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 17, 2015

Councilors get loud on library revamps

As testimony to their characteristically low profile, Japan's public libraries seldom make the news, although two recent exceptions come to mind.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 15, 2015

Retooled Shimane makes strong start

After a dreadful start, the Shimane Susanoo Magic became one of the league's most improved teams as the 2014-15 season marched on.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2015

Tide turns for LDP factions in reshuffle

Wednesday's Cabinet reshuffle has caused a commotion among intraparty factions of the ruling LDP, with the faction led by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida hit hardest.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2015

Did Charlie Hebdo mock the dead refugee boy?

If the people who now wax indignant about the Aylan Kurdi cartoons supported Charlie Hebdo last winter and joined demonstrations carrying 'Je suis Charlie' signs, they clearly did it for the wrong reasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015

Women's tech group helps level the coding field

To outsiders, the world of computer programming may seem to be the exclusive domain of male geeks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 22, 2015

Abe catches heat from the weeklies in the dog days of summer

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces such a constant stream of stumbles and irritants, it's hard to identify which of them is causing his biggest headache.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2015

LDP lawmaker Takaya Muto quits party over money scandal

A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who has been accused over an alleged money scandal quit the party on Wednesday after apologizing for "causing great trouble" to the LDP.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jul 13, 2015

'One Piece' sets Guinness record for manga

The popular manga series 'One Piece' was officially recognized by Guinness World Records on Monday as the comic book series with the most copies published by a single author.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 11, 2015

Dark humor won't shield us for much longer

'I hope," read an email from a colleague boarding an Osaka-bound shinkansen in Tokyo last week, "nobody sets himself on fire."
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2015

Abbott's bullying of public broadcaster backfires

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has bungled once again by trying to bully Australia's national broadcaster into toeing the government line.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jul 4, 2015

Could Hamp's detention reinforce prejudice?

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Julie Hamp, Toyota Motor Corp.'s first female managing officer, on June 18 on suspicion of importing oxycodone, an opioid used to relieve pain. The drug is tightly controlled in Japan but can be imported into the country with a prescription if certain procedures...
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2015

Shifting the scales of juvenile justice

In light of 13-year-old Ryota Uemura's recent murder in Kawasaki, the country is once again split over whether or not to revise the law governing crimes committed by minors.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2015

Security bolstered as Charlie Hebdo is honored in New York

The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was being honored on Tuesday at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 18, 2015

Porn is in the iPhone of the beholder

"Her lips languorous like a loose-wound spool, the fragrance of her perfume reaching to the skies. And how lovely when she moves, swaying back and forth. ... When compared to this creature, a man's wife can hardly seem more than a salted fish past its prime!"
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 16, 2015

Balance, team defense are powering Niigata

The Niigata Albirex BB don't have a player in the league's top 10 in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals or blocks.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 2, 2015

Playoff race gathering momentum

It's been an up-and-down season for the Yokohama B-Corsairs.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2015

New Ebola infections continue to drop but Guinea still a concern

The three nations hardest hit by West Africa's Ebola epidemic recorded the lowest weekly total of new cases so far this year in the week leading up to March 22, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 5, 2015

Do-it-all forward Charlo having special season for title-chasing Phoenix

Mo Charlo's name isn't a long-winded, multisyllabic tongue-twister. It's easy to say — and easy to remember.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2015

Crude oil trades near two-month high as drilling slows in U.S., Libya pipeline fire slows flow

Oil traded at an almost two-month high in London amid speculation that a slowdown in U.S. drilling may curb production.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 14, 2015

Media total up the targets for terrorist attacks

The 67-second video on YouTube opens with a black slate that reads, "A Message to Japan." The video then shows a kneeling journalist, Kenji Goto, clad in an orange outfit.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
Osaka Expo's Japan Pavilion completed
A ceremony is held to mark the completion of the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka on Saturday.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
NFL comeback star Damar Hamlin shares life-saving message in Tokyo
Damar Hamlin poses with students at The American School in Japan in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Thursday.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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