Search - article

 
Menu
Search
 
November 26, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
14,652 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 5, 2018

Views From Tokyo: What do you think about Mio Sugita's remark that LGBT people are 'unproductive'?

People in the Japanese capital were asked for their thoughts on the position of the LGBT community in Japnese society, in the wake of a ruling party politician's contentious comments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2018

As Trump threatens tariffs, China's industrial ambitions loom large

Conflict over China's industrial policies is at the center of a trade war that's set to escalate should President Donald Trump go ahead with planned tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods as soon as this week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 3, 2018

Five deaths go unreported at Gifu city hospital

Five patients in their 80s passed away while staying in rooms with broken air conditioning at Y&M Fujikake Daiichi Hospital in Gifu.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 3, 2018

As state subsidies decline, Nagoya University turns to crowdfunding to support student activities

Amid cuts in government subsidies for national universities, Nagoya University has turned to crowdfunding to support student activities and educational projects.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2018

Democrats blast Trump move to withhold 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records

Senate Democrats criticized the withholding of documents ahead of Tuesday's start of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as a top Republican predicted he would be approved by a healthy margin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2018

May stands firm on her Brexit plan, but skepticism among other lawmakers persists

Prime Minister Theresa May said she will not allow compromises to her Brexit strategy that go against the national interest, seeking to allay fears among some in her Conservative Party that she will cave in to Brussels' demands in negotiations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 1, 2018

Tabloids in Japan unafraid to question Imperial scandals

The domestic press is more deferential to Japan's Imperial family than the British press is to its royal family. To secure access, Japan's mainstream media must play by the rules of the Imperial Household Agency, which controls said access and watches the resulting coverage closely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2018

Can U.S. media stand up for press freedom?

Donald Trump's Twitter onslaught is in danger of drowning press freedom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2018

Chinese state-run media blasts Trump tweets as 'messages from some alternative universe'

Chinese state-run media unleashed an unusually strong rebuttal to tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing Beijing of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server, blasting the remarks as seemingly "from some alternative universe."
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018

As world changes, Europe rethinks strategic dependence on Trump's U.S.

In 1776, the New World declared independence from the old. Today, it is the Old World that is declaring independence from the new.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2018

Tokyo protests Beijing's exclusion of Sankei Shimbun reporter from covering diplomatic meeting

The ban runs counter to Japan's support for “basic human rights, including freedom of expression, and the rule of law,” the government's top spokesman said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2018

Trump's bogus Google claims stir up a tech risk

Trump is wrong on the facts, but his complaints underscore the business threats to tech companies from growing and largely disingenuous complaints by right-wingers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 27, 2018

Diary entry shows late Emperor's anguish over war responsibility

The diaries of the late Chamberlain Shinobu Kobayashi from 1987, when Emperor Showa was 85 years old, reveal how the Emperor was troubled by his war responsibilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 27, 2018

University student cycles from Aichi to Miyagi to spread messages of hope from disaster victims

Kenshi Yamamoto, a 20-year-old university student from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, made a 1,746 kilometer round-trip bicycle journey earlier this month to Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to challenge post-disaster media coverage that he believes focuses excessively on depressing news.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 24, 2018

Europe's new GDPR data law upends global online advertising

Europe's new data privacy law has put a small army of tech firms that track people online in jeopardy and is strengthening the hand of giants such as Google and Facebook in the $200 billion global digital advertising industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2018

Bidding Sir Hugh Cortazzi farewell

Sir Hugh Cortazzi was instrumental in building a foundation of goodwill between Japan and the United Kingdom.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 20, 2018

Tokyu Corp. is taking over Shibuya's walls

Tokyu Corp. will use the walls of shops and residential buildings to roll out its new promotional campaign to advertise businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 20, 2018

Aichi man recalls abuse his family faced when branded spies before World War II

It was when Hisao Mesaki, now 85, returned to Japan from Saipan in early 1941 with his parents and siblings that an offhand remark to his new classmates aroused suspicion he was from a family of spies.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 19, 2018

Eelgrass on the rebound in coastal district

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium organized a two-day study tour in Okayama Prefecture on June 8 and 9, centered on inspecting successful models of sustainable societies. The first day (featured in a July 16 article) was spent in Maniwa, while the second took place in the coastal district of Hinase...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2018

The GSDF is taking to the waves, but should it?

The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade is set up to conduct landing operations to retake Japanese territory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Aug 19, 2018

Fukushima's recovering farmers scramble to deal with scorching weather

Amid scorching temperatures that have gripped the entire nation, farmers in Fukushima Prefecture are beginning to see the high temperatures and scarce rain take a toll on their carefully tended produce.
Reader Mail
Aug 17, 2018

Donald Trump obviously a racist

The article "One year after Charlottesville rally, Trump still flirts with racially tinged rhetoric" in the Aug. 14 edition skirted one conspicuous fact: Donald Trump is clearly a racist. Those reluctant to accept this should wake up — unless they enjoy being enslaved by the shackles of bigotry in...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2018

Jared Kushner Russia policy role grew after unreported March 2016 Henry Kissinger lunch

In March 2016, as the U.S. foreign policy establishment shunned presidential candidate Donald Trump, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was invited to lunch for a think tank urging engagement with Russia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018

Two pioneers in the new politics

Britain's Boris Johnson and America's Alex Jones work to create and further the themes and dramas of contemporary populism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 13, 2018

Tweet requests public understanding for ambulance crews' need to hydrate

Amid a sharp rise in ambulance dispatches caused by this summer's deadly heat waves, a Twitter post by the Nagoya Municipal Fire Department is attracting attention for asking the public to show patience with the ambulance crews' convenience store breaks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 13, 2018

Watermelon snow is speeding up the melting of glaciers, Japanese scientists report

The phenomenon known as watermelon snow, when snow is colored red,is caused by an algae that speeds up the melting of glaciers, according to new research.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

Solitude appears to have an image problem in Japan

"Is solitude an illness?"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2018

Lefties push back against Japan's 'righteous' spin

Yu still remembers her mother's firm words: "You're using your other hand."
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.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
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.
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 and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world
mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER