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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2015

Abe and history: What's next?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to dramatically and definitively address the 'comfort women' issue head on.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 30, 2015

Angela Ortiz: 'I'd like to see Tohoku contributing to Japan and the world'

NGO founder on aid initiatives and the Knights in White Lycra.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 27, 2015

Views from Yokohama: Is technology making the world better or worse?

Luddites and tech fans are interrogated on the wide streets of Yokohama.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2015

Is the world getting more peaceful? Maybe not

While some academics believe the world is getting more peaceful, new research suggests they might be getting their math wrong.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2015

Why Putin treats fantasy as history

In the worldview of Russian President Vladimir Putin, winning matters more than truth.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 11, 2015

Imperial family will pay close attention to Abe's statement

The Abe administration's effort to break away from the postwar regime is a defiant political move to file a formal objection to the postwar Imperial family and to put Japan's best 'knowledgeable and thinking people' into a subordinate position.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015

China invites Russian troops to march in World War II parade

China has invited Russian troops to march in a September parade in Beijing to commemorate the end of World War II, the Defense Ministry said Monday, a move likely to further put off Western leaders from attending.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2015

Understanding the Lusitania's role in history

It is commonly but wrongly said that the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, altered history's trajectory.
Reader Mail
May 2, 2015

The world needs Rall's indignation

Thank you, Japan Times, for publishing Ted Rall ("Proof the U.S. is rotten to the core," April 28) and thank you, Ted Rall, for your continued righteous indignation about the injustices of this world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 25, 2015

The temporal shift of Ainokura village

The tour conductor waved her flag furiously as she directed the bus driver into the last remaining slot in the parking lot that serves the village of Shirakawa-go.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Apr 25, 2015

Welcome to a “Bravely” new world; Future awaits for giant mecha; Shooting with your own Type-A fighter plane

Welcome to a "Bravely" new world, it's as good as the "Default"
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2015

Why prosecuting Auschwitz crimes still matters

The best symbol of German atonement for World War II is Chancellor Angela Merkel's relentless efforts to negotiate compromises in conflicts others want to resolve by force.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2015

Message should be repeated

If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe truly endorses the thinking behind his predecessors' war-anniversary statements, he should not hesitate to repeat their words.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2015

Turkish denial causes genocide issue to fester

The 1915 Armenian genocide will remain a contentious issue until Turkey comes to terms with its past.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Apr 3, 2015

Barista champ puts Fukuoka on the map

Yoshikazu Iwase has a tough act to top. As he heads to the World Barista Championship (WBC) in Seattle this month, he'll be following in the wake of Maruyama Coffee's Hidenori Izaki, the barista prodigy who last year became the first Japanese — and, indeed, Asian — competitor to win the title.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2015

South African doctors perform world's first penis transplant

South African doctors have successfully performed the world's first penis transplant on a 21-year-old man whose organ had been amputated three years ago after a botched circumcision.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Mar 14, 2015

Supporting Tohoku's recovery

Giving back to society is very important to Philip Morris Japan (PMJ), the Japanese local subsidiary of leading global tobacco company Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI). In addition to its ongoing programs targeting domestic violence and child abuse, PMJ was quick to respond to the immediate needs...
Japan Times
JAPAN / UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Mar 14, 2015

'Implant Structure' transforms global construction methods

Four years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, which killed thousands of people and damaged many properties. Japanese, as well as people around the world, vividly remember the deadly natural disaster, with some of the destroyed areas in the Tohoku region still unrestored.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Mar 7, 2015

An Artist of the Floating World

Released in 1986, this relatively short novel is dense with ideas and possibilities. Set in Japan in the late 1940s, the story is narrated by Masuji Ono, a celebrated painter who once created propaganda for the Imperial Army. He now finds himself labeled a traitor by the younger generation, a reputation...
WORLD
Mar 5, 2015

World Press Photo award withdrawn after controversy

World Press Photo withdrew one of its leading global awards for photojournalism on Wednesday after a controversy over standards that focused on allegations about the ethics of an Italian prizewinner.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 4, 2015

John Caird delivers home truths with 'Twelfth Night'

As an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Caird may be one of the leading pillars of the English theater establishment, but in a recent interview with The Japan Times, this acclaimed director of plays, musicals and opera declared, "In a sense, some part of me is becoming...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 3, 2015

Samsung unveils sleek new Galaxy phones to battle Apple

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled its latest Galaxy S smartphones, featuring a slim body made from aircraft-grade metal, in a bid to reclaim the throne of undisputed global smartphone leader from Apple Inc.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Feb 28, 2015

War and National Reinvention

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a conflict which many of Asia's current foreign policy headaches grew out of. It's strange then that the role East Asia played in the Great War has often been overlooked by commentators. In that context, Frederick R. Dickinson's "War...

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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