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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 15, 2017

Fight to save net neutrality rules faces long odds in U.S. courtrooms

Within minutes of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulations, threats of lawsuits to block the move rolled in.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 15, 2017

'Star Wars' fans get a first look at 'The Last Jedi'

The planets have aligned and the Force is even stronger for the "Star Wars" community. On Thursday evening, hundreds of fans filled Toho Cinemas Roppongi for one of the first global premieres of "The Last Jedi," the latest film in the well-loved series, with many attendees dressing up as their favorite...
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 12, 2017

Race for two Olympic spots still wide open

Satoko Miyahara and Wakaba Higuchi came into the Grand Prix Final with excellent chances to solidify their positions as the favorites for Japan's two spots for women for the Pyeongchang Olympics.
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 10, 2017

Ex-Toshiba President Nishida, who played key role in success of Dynabook notebook computers, dies at age 73

Former Toshiba Corp. President and Chairman Atsutoshi Nishida died of acute cardiac infarction at Toshiba General Hospital in Tokyo on Friday afternoon. He was 73.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2017

Technophobes and the future of jobs

What if your profession has never required much computer literacy — and then all of a sudden it does. Should you be fired?
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2017

Osaka regales top World Expo official, but concerns linger over hosting 2025 event

In an attempted display of local enthusiasm for the 2025 World Expo, Osaka rolled out the red carpet this week for a senior official from the organization that will decide next November who will host the event.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 5, 2017

Alan Greenspan's 'conundrum' said revived as banks mollycoddle markets

Alan Greenspan's conundrum is back, and central bankers' new-found love of treating markets with kid gloves is playing a large part.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 4, 2017

20 years after Kyoto Protocol, where does world stand on climate?

On Dec. 11, 1997, representatives from over 150 nations gathered in Kyoto to hammer out what would become the world's first international agreement to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 3, 2017

Global citizen keen to take on new environments

Fikdanel Thaufik cannot pinpoint exactly how many languages he speaks. 'For sure, Indonesian,' Thaufik said laughing. 'And English — that's international.' But as the vice president and representative of Garuda Indonesia's Japan, Korea, and U.S. regions slowly lists off languages, whereas most of us would recall time spent in a classroom or poring over textbooks, Thaufik appears to be flitting through memories of all the places he's lived and the countless people he has met throughout his life.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 2, 2017

Master class: Conductor Seiji Ozawa passes on his knowledge to a new generation

An old piano sits by a window in the corner of a tiny room in Seiji Ozawa's office in Tokyo's Seijo neighborhood. The 82-year-old conductor's father apparently bought it for him more than 70 years ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 29, 2017

'And Then There Was Light': Moments of beauty engulfed in miserabilism

Tatsushi Omori's films have been pushing boundaries since his 2005 debut "The Whispering of the Gods," with its story of a young murderer's return to a Christian community presided over by the priest who abused him as a child.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 28, 2017

Savor authentic organic mint mojitos without the trip to Cuba

For longtime fans and newbies to the classic mojito, look no further than GINZA 300BAR, the only bar in the world to have its mojitos made with organic mint recognized by the Cuban government.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2017

Measures to fight passive smoking diluted again

The LDP's pro-tobacco lawmakers are winning their battle against the health ministry's efforts to reduce indoor smoking in public places.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2017

Saudi Arabia has overreached on Iran, Lebanon

Saudi Arabia and Iran's proxy battles are at the root of much of the death and destruction in the Middle East in recent years.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 24, 2017

Brazil striker Robinho gets nine-year rape sentence

An Italian court sentenced former AC Milan and Brazil forward Robinho in absentia to nine years in prison on Thursday after convicting him of taking part in a gang rape of an Albanian woman in 2013.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2017

Founder of South Korea's top love hotel app aims to make business family-friendly

Lee Su-jin used to work at a love hotel in South Korea, changing sheets and cleaning up after couples who had paid for a few hours of privacy. Sixteen years on, he is using the knowledge he gained to transform the industry.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 21, 2017

Junpei Mizobata plunges headfirst into the absurdist world of Harold Pinter

As the saying goes, "You can't judge a book by its cover." In the same way, if you thought the 28-year-old ikemen (drop-dead gorgeous) actor Junpei Mizobata had just been cast to fill seats for the upcoming staging of one of the world's most well-known but challenging modern plays, you'd be doing a great...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 20, 2017

SoftBank's Dennis Sarfate, Hiroshima's Yoshihiro Maru win NPB MVP awards

Dennis Sarfate considers himself a traditionalist, and as such, he might not have cast a ballot for himself, a reliever, in the MVP race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2017

As Merkel's bid to form new coalition fails, Europe faces a weakened Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel may be running out of road after 12 years at the country's helm.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2017

A standard approach to fiscal reconstruction

If it's really serious about rehabilitating its fiscal conditions, Japan should first get over deflation, even by expanding fiscal spending — and it still has room for fiscal expansion.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 16, 2017

D'or Fischer's rim-protecting skills vital for Shiga Lakestars

The Shiga Lakestars' rise to playoff contender occurred after a poor start.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 15, 2017

A son echoes his father's questions about identity in Japan

'Russo-Japanese' Chuk Besher spent years researching Japan's multicultural history. Much later, son Noah, 8, had a question: 'What does 'half' mean?'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2017

Japan's 'taxi prince' fights to keep Uber at bay

It's impossible for Ichiro Kawanabe to order up an Uber in Japan. The ride-hailing company has banned him from having an account.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 14, 2017

Good defense has Celtics on 12-game win streak

It wasn't a great start for them — OK, the Warriors aren't going 80-2 — but Golden State is back at the top of the Western Conference, as expected.
PRESS / Events
Nov 14, 2017

脳科学者・茂木健一郎氏講演「ジャパンタイムズ・僕の読み方」
12月10日、日本新聞博物館(横浜)にて開催

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は12月10日、脳科学者・茂木健一郎氏による講演会「ジャパンタイムズ・僕の読み方」をニュースパーク(日本新聞博物館、横浜市)にて開催します。ジャパンタイムズとニュースパークが共催中の企画展「英字新聞が伝えた『日本』—...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2017

The 'new battlefield': Oil sanctions on North Korea

Does China have the resolve this time to countenance the prospect of harming North Korea?

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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake