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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
May 19, 2018

Hideo Yokoyama's 'Seventeen': A plane crash, a newsroom, an all-engrossing thriller

Based on the author's own experiences as an investigative reporter at a local paper in Gunma Prefecture, 'Seventeen' uses the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 as the catalyst for a gripping newsroom drama.
EDITORIALS
May 17, 2018

End big power firms' stranglehold on electrical grid

The big power companies' stranglehold on the transmission network is suppressing the development of renewable energy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2018

North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over U.S. push for 'unilateral' denuclearization

North Korea abruptly threatened to cancel the summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if the U.S. presses ahead with demands Pyongyang unilaterally relinquish its nuclear arsenal.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
May 16, 2018

Little time for Akira Nishino to choose World Cup squad

While coaches all around the globe are putting the finishing touches to their squads for the World Cup this week, Akira Nishino will be making his first selection as Japan manager.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2018

North Korea wants the world to watch as it blows up its nuclear test site, but are there ulterior motives?

North Korea wants the world to watch as it blows up its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, the country has said, announcing that it will hold a "ceremony" between May 23 and May 25, inviting foreign journalists to witness what it said would be a "transparent" event.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 11, 2018

Slow-paced Izu Oshima is anything but sleepy

A mere Jetfoil away from Tokyo, travelers to Izu Oshima island can expect volcanic hikes, fresh local cuisine and an abundance of hospitality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2018

Trump is master of the art of making America grate

The U.S. president's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal will worsen ties with Europe, destabilize the Mideast and complicate efforts to reverse North Korea's nuclearization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2018

Cracks in British nuclear reactor ring power alarm bells

Cracks in the core of a Scottish nuclear reactor could signal that most of Britain's aging plants will not be able to supply the country with much-needed power for as long as predicted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2018

Mind games: North Korean detention may have scarred U.S. prisoners

Three Americans released from North Korean captivity Wednesday are at risk of a range of symptoms, from crippling anxiety to severe depression, as a result of the trauma experienced during their imprisonment.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 9, 2018

Amazing transformation puts Sanfrecce firmly in driver's seat

No one who watched Sanfrecce Hiroshima barely avoid relegation last season could have imagined that they would top the J. League table after 13 games of the 2018 campaign.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2018

Is Karl Marx still relevant?

His predictions have been falsified, his theories discredited and his ideas rendered obsolete. So why should we care about his legacy in the 21st century?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 3, 2018

Nariaki Obukuro comes out of left field

Nariaki Obukuro bristles at the suggestion he makes J-pop. He prefers his music being described as J-pop-adjacent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2018

A showcase of humanity's vilest and noblest manifestations

Calling the Holocaust unfathomable is a moral flinch from facts that demand scholarship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2018

The whole world needs to eat better

Governments can save lives by improving people's diets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2018

The Commonwealth — mother of all networks

The web of former British colonies fits like a glove with the new wave of globalization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2018

Canned chūhai drinks thrive on salaryman buzz

"When life gives us lemons, we make -196˚ C Strong Zero Double Lemon!"
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2018

China flexes its maritime military muscle

It is up to Japan, working with allies and partners, to make it clear to decision-makers in Beijing that military force for anything but defense is a mistake.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2018

Forging a permanent peace on the peninsula

The upcoming inter-Korean summit is laden with complexity and uncertainty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2018

Young Japanese turn to financial education to prepare for future of uncertain pensions

Education programs to help people make financial plans for their future are spreading as young Japanese face a bleak horizon of uncertain pension benefits.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Beyond Omotenashi
Apr 15, 2018

Visitors to Okinawa invited to be citizen scientists as tourism takes its toll on coral

Divers equipped with a simple color chart and an app can help keep an eye on the island prefecture's delicate coral ecosystem.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Apr 12, 2018

Hiroshima hibakusha turns to tanka for anti-nuclear message

For Sachiko Tanaka, her battered Japanese dictionary, the Kojirin, is not just any other lexicon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2018

Ex-Speaker John Boehner morphs from strong marijuana foe to pot industry adviser

The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 10, 2018

Baseball hardly recognizable in new era of analytics-driven strategy

"You can't tell the players without a scorecard!" is the exhilarating cry of the program vendor one usually hears when first entering a big league ballpark.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 10, 2018

'I can only speak my own truth': Otoboke Beaver rocks tunes not politics

More than 100,000 people are expected to attend this month's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the Southern California desert. While heavyweight North American pop stars such as Beyonce and The Weeknd are grabbing the most attention, the lineup also features dozens of noteworthy names — including...
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2018

Japan celebrates 30th anniversary of Seto-Ohashi Bridges

A ceremony was held Sunday to celebrate Tuesday's 30th anniversary of the Seto-Ohashi Bridges, a series of bridges connecting Kagawa and Okayama prefectures across the Seto Inland Sea.
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.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2018

Act on daunting demographic challenge

An estimate by the nation's leading demographics institute serves as a reminderto the nation of the threat many municipalities face as their populations shrink.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Apr 1, 2018

Zozotown founder Yusaku Maezawa follows eclectic path

Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup cans, a painting by Takashi Murakami and a word sculpture by Jack Pierson are some of the pieces decorating the head office of Start Today Co., operator of Japan's largest online fashion mall, Zozotown.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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