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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 24, 2016

Multimedia producer Randall Murchison: 'Remain thankful for whatever makes you wiser'

Media coordinator on balancing art and industry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2016

Scientists say world could pass key temperature-rise mark in decade

The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 22, 2016

United Nations pledges to fight drug-resistant superbugs

United Nations member countries pledged for the first time on Wednesday to take steps to tackle the threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs in a coordinated effort to curb the spread of infections by pathogens that defy antimicrobial medicines.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2016

Kerry calls for Russia, Syria to ground warplanes to salvage truce

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing cease-fire and find a way "out of the carnage.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2016

Growth in senile dementia cases

Japan must prepare to handle a larger number of senile dementia cases as the size of its eldlerly population increases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2016

Japan's jobs-for-life system a reason for static wages

In contrast to job-hopping Americans, Japanese workers rarely jump to different companies, likely frustrating policymakers' efforts to drive wages up.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2016

Emoji: The evolution of emoticons

The ideograms that were once eyed with skepticism have transformed into a universally accepted part of daily communication.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 17, 2016

Reds rally past FC Tokyo, reduce Frontale's lead at top of table

Urawa Reds cut Kawasaki Frontale's lead at the top of the overall J. League table to two points after coming from behind to beat FC Tokyo 3-1 on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2016

In sexless Japan, almost half of single young men and women are virgins: survey

In a survey of young people, around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women who responded said they'd never had sex.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2016

Historical facts vanish in Putin's memory holes

Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2016

Hungary's refugee response just the beginning

Global refugees are more numerous today than at any other time since 1950, but in 20 years there will probably be five or 10 times as many — and the borders will be slamming shut everywhere.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2016

Bigger, tastier and pinker: Australia's $1.5 billion super shrimp farm

Somewhere in the vast fishing waters off Australia's northern coast, the hunt is on for the Adams and Eves needed to start a super race of shrimp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2016

Japan tries to decode Duterte after joint U.S. patrols halted

A day after the Philippine president said he plans to halt joint maritime patrols with foreign navies, Japan's government was trying to make sense of developments, with one senior official saying Tokyo will persevere with a nuanced approach to ties.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2016

The world has a sex problem that hurts growth

Gender inequality is taking an immense economic toll.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016

Team Clinton attacking Trump's lies with ... lies

Why are Hillary Clinton's people resorting to the exact same style of lying that they claim to criticize about Donald Trump?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016

Clinton never learns she can't hide every stumble

The drip-drip-drip of revelations about Hillary Clinton's actions have been far worse for her than if she'd been more forthcoming in the first place.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016

Why burkini bans are unwise

Using bans to force immigrants to assimilate isn't the best way to integrate them into mainstream society.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 13, 2016

Yosa Buson: A Japan-China relationship that works

Of all the eminent Edo Period Japanese artists being celebrated this year, the honors have definitively gone to the eccentric painter Ito Jakuchu (1603-1868), whose 300th anniversary is celebrated in at least four retrospectives nationwide, some recently finished and others forthcoming Artists' reputations...
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 12, 2016

Let's discuss helping foreign residents and tourists in natural disasters

Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, enterprises in the public and private sectors are taking steps to make sure foreign residents and tourists will know what to do in the event of natural disasters.
EDITORIALS
Sep 12, 2016

North Korea's latest nuclear blast

The international community must reassess its efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 10, 2016

Countryside games add challenges, concerns for NPB teams

Japan's schedule of countryside games (those played away from the home franchise stadiums of the 12 Central and Pacific League teams) has concluded for the season. The last scheduled game, where the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were to have played the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday at Asahikawa was rained...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 9, 2016

Badminton riding wave of popularity after Japan squad's success in Rio

Led by the gold medal-winning feat of the world's No. 1-ranked female doubles pair, Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, the Japan badminton squad achieved real success in last month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and it's helped boost the popularity of the sport here.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2016

Some like it hot: Scientists drill off Japan for sizzling life

Scientists will start drilling off Japan this month to seek the hottest place where life can survive in a hellish uncharted realm deep below the seabed.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016

Uzbeks paid dearly for U.S. support of Karimov regime

U.S. interest in their country has made Uzbeks' lives unspeakably miserable. And unless something radically unexpectedly takes place, that's likely to continue.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Kotozakura unburdened by weight of history after claiming first title
Kotozakura speaks during a news conference in Fukuoka on Monday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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