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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Mar 9, 2019

'Japan in the World': A comprehensive analysis of Japan's international image

Published near the height of Japan's global economic power in 1993, 'Japan in the World' brings together essays that reflect on the country's place in international affairs.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2019

Six years into Abe's womenomics push, women in Japan still struggling to shine

Six years have passed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to create a "Japan in which women can shine," urging more working mothers to take on leadership positions with pride.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 5, 2019

Chinese defense spending to grow 7.5% in 2019 as Beijing seeks 'world-class' military

China's defense budget will jump 7.5 percent this year, down slightly from last year's 8.1 percent, as Beijing grapples with ongoing territorial disputes and seeks to create a "world-class" military, a draft budget from the annual session of the country's rubber-stamp parliament showed Tuesday.
JAPAN / Beyond Tokyo
Feb 24, 2019

As the world drowns in plastic, Kameoka in Kyoto and other cities across Japan fight back

Plastic pollution in the ocean has become one of the world's most urgent environmental problems. Footage of vast fields of floating plastic debris between California and Hawaii — now commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — have driven home the gravity of the problem, with scientists and...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 18, 2019

Orimo continues to speak mind about Japan

Legendary star player Takehiko Orimo has always been brutally honest and outspoken about Japanese basketball, and his stance on the Akatsuki Five is no different.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Feb 16, 2019

Osaka in the spotlight ahead of G20 and elections

January and early February in Kansai, and Japan as a whole, is a busy time for local leaders. New Year's greetings are exchanged by (mostly) elderly men at stuffy buffet parties in luxury hotels. Their job is to stand around holding a white paper napkin-covered drink and toast to, well, something, after...
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 13, 2019

Wrestlers put aside differences to promote U.S. sumo

Kelly Gneiting is a religious fundamentalist.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Feb 9, 2019

A weekend in Toyota and Nagoya: Where technology meets tradition

Toyota will host four games for the Rugby World Cup at its 45,000-capacity Toyota Stadium. Read our guide to the city to find out what to do when you're in Toyota and neighboring Nagoya for the weekend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2019

Abe calls for rebuilding of trust in international trade at World Economic Forum meeting in Davos

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the stage at the World Economic Forum's 2019 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, where he stressed Japan's commitment to enhancing a free, open and rules-based international order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019

The world's think tank dilemma

Foreign influence-peddling and populist attacks on truth pose a threat to think tanks and to democracy itself.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 12, 2019

Japan's vernacular press coverage tiptoes around tattoo controversy

Before the Olympic Games come to Tokyo in the summer of 2020, Japan will get a chance to prove its mettle as an international sporting events host with the Rugby World Cup this fall. The games will be spread out among 12 stadiums nationwide, which means the whole country will be the focus rather than...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 12, 2019

Eagles announce plans to make Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi world's first cashless stadium

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles want you to leave your cash at home.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Jan 11, 2019

A weekend in Oita: If the city’s not enough, head to the country

Nestled along the east coast of Kyushu, the city of Oita is home to almost half a million people, making it by far the largest urban center in Oita Prefecture. However, aside from the prefectural art museum, there is little that is unique about this coastal conglomerate, especially when compared to larger...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2018

Christian revivals around the world are prompted more by politicians than churches

Christmas is invariably the time for a grouch that neither Christ nor mas(s) feature much in a festival meant to rededicate Christian believers to the worship of the son of God. Materialism, especially for children, swamps, on this view, any reflection on the meaning of a Christian — or religious —...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2018

Departure of Jim Mattis stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing

The abrupt resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has governments from Seoul to Brussels on edge, as the reliability of American alliances and the direction of policy under an erratic leader comes increasingly under question.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 11, 2018

Climate policies put world on track for 3.3 C warming, still far above target in Paris accord, study shows

Average world temperatures are on track to far exceed the central goal set in the 2015 Paris agreement on limiting global warming, a study showed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 30, 2018

WHO reports worrying increase of measles cases in 2017 as parents shun vaccinations

Measles is on the rise around the world and especially in Europe and Latin America, in part because parents shun vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon's detention
A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo arrives at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, late Saturday.
German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
German Ambassador to the U.S. Andreas Michaelis has described U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's agenda for his second White House term as one of "maximum disruption."
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for breast cancer drug
Daiichi Sankyo's headquarters in Tokyo
TikTok shuts down U.S. access as Trump seeks app's reinstatement
After months of legal tussles, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the name of national security.
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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