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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 10, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu leads list for season's top efforts by Japan skaters

With the epic Olympic season now concluded, Ice Time has come up with a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 9, 2018

Host cities prepare for 2019 Rugby World Cup with ball-shaped lanterns and manjū cakes

Cities and prefectures hosting games in the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC) to be held in Japan in fall 2019 are gearing up to promote the sports spectacle as the application deadline for priority ticket sales for their residents draws near.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 7, 2018

Life for rent: Exploring the mysterious world of human rental services in Japan

Hideki Nakahara, 66, is a retired Japan Airlines employee with years of experience in human resources.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 7, 2018

Tak Tokumine: It's all about love and noodles

Founder of Japan Centre and Shoryu Ramen says the U.K. is now his home.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2018

Track mentors developing ambitious plans for Japan's runners before 2020 Olympics

Japan's track and field athletes have enjoyed some notable achievements in recent years, including medal-winning feats by the men's 4x100-meter relay team and Yuta Shitara's recent national marathon record-breaking performance.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 3, 2018

Could Hanyu headline a new pro tour in the future?

A thought crossed my mind recently.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2018

Protein engineering may be science's future

Some scientists think designing new proteins could become as significant as tweaking DNA.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2018

The challenges facing Japan's universities

Cultivating students' power to think requires a strong financial foundation
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 31, 2018

A new generation of Japanese chefs comes to the fore at Asia's Best 50

Just as surely as spring brings blossom and fresh foliage, it also heralds the announcement of the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings. And this year there was intense celebration by many of Japan's top chefs to match the festivities going on underneath the billowing sakura (cherry trees) back...
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 31, 2018

Japan Times 1918: Japan now has female street car conductors

A private street-car company, the Mino Denki Kido Kaisha, in the Nagoya district, following the example in other belligerent countries has made the interesting experiment of employing women conductors.
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LIFE / Travel
Mar 30, 2018

Thawing out on the stove train through Tsugaru

In his 1944 semi-autobiographical "Return to Tsugaru," Japanese author Osamu Dazai (1909-48) revisits his native Tsugaru, a peninsula in northernmost Aomori Prefecture and, apart from praising its people, has mostly unflattering things to say about the place. Forty years later, British writer Alan Booth...
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JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Preferential visa system to be extended to foreign fourth-generation Japanese

The preferential visa program for foreign descendants of Japanese will be extended to the fourth generation this summer, the Justice Ministry says.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Law on drone assistants to be scrapped in favor of remote observation

A law requiring that a safety assistant be present during long-distance commercial drone operations will be scrapped, according to new rules announced Thursday by the transport and industry ministries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2018

As wild weather worsens, Philippine migration takes on a female face

When the rains failed in 2015 and drought gripped southern Mindanao in the Philippines, Corazon Vegafria knew what she had to do: move to the city of Koronadal, about an hour away by bus, and find work as a domestic helper to support her family.
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JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Robots making inroads in Japan's elder care facilities, but costs still high

Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a seniors' exercise group. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, "right, left, well done!"
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 27, 2018

Wakaba Higuchi seizes on defining moment at worlds

"Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss."
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JAPAN / Society
Mar 26, 2018

Japan tries to tackle health problems of aging homeless

Public and private efforts are gathering pace to address the increase in the number of elderly homeless Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2018

Hiring Bolton is Trump's most dangerous decision yet

No human being on Earth is less qualified to be Trump's national security adviser than John Bolton.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 24, 2018

Delete Facebook? Protecting privacy is harder than that

Anyone tempted to #DeleteFacebook after the personal data of millions of users fell into the hands of a political consultancy is still likely to be monitored by the social network, which tracks nearly 30 percent of global website traffic.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2018

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said to side with carmakers' calls to ease fuel rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that a landmark Obama-era effort to cut vehicle greenhouse gas emissions is too aggressive and agrees with automakers that the standards should be revised, according to people familiar with the matter.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2018

Millions more were hungry in 2017 amid famine and conflict, report says, and the numbers are rising

Conflicts and climate disasters, particularly drought, drove the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger up by about 15 percent last year and the situation is getting worse, a report said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 22, 2018

NeoPhoenix star Robert Dozier provides leadership, confidence for club

With power forward Robert Dozier in the lineup, the San-en NeoPhoenix are a more complete team. A more balanced team. A more dangerous team.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2018

Ask voters if they want more driverless cars

The ugly optics of the Uber self-driving car accident in Tempe highlight bigger ethical problems with the technology.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 21, 2018

Springtime in Japan brings the sadness of the eikaiwa exodus

Budding English skills built up over years at conversation school can wither as junior high school clubs take over students' lives.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 20, 2018

Children of condemned Aum guru Shoko Asahara reviled by society as criminals

In the early hours of May 16, 1995, police raided the Aum Shinrikyo cult's facilities in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. At 9:45 a.m., cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was arrested and taken into custody.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 20, 2018

Uno aims for first senior world title in Milan

Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno and four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara will lead Japan's team at the world championships this week in Milan. With two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu sitting out the competition, Uno has a chance to step out of his famous teammate's shadow by winning his...

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