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LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 11, 2017

Japan Post mulls drone use between post offices

Japan Post Co. said Aug. 4 it is considering using drones to move packages between post offices.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 11, 2017

JR Tokai goes its own way against luxury sleeper trains

More and more Japan Railway companies are trying to attract new customers by offering luxury sleeper trains and unique services on their trains such as baths in tubs made of cypress and gourmet meals by top-class chefs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 9, 2017

Severe school anxiety puts teens at risk

For the past two weeks there have been projections about a spike in juvenile suicides as the new school term approached. Suicides among junior high and high school students rise around Sept. 1, and teachers and parents were urged to pay close attention to young people.
Reader Mail
Sep 8, 2017

Humans can — and should — learn much from the tortoise

The article headlined "After two-week escape, tortoise on the run no more" in the Aug. 17 edition made me ponder not only the lifestyle of tortoises but also our way of life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Sep 8, 2017

Okinawa bus tour services share staff with other firms in the off-season to tackle labor crunch

Twenty-one bus tour guides of Naha Bus Co. and Ryukyu Bus Kotsu are now working at a call center in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, to take customer orders for women's clothing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2017

Lawmaker Yamao resigns from the DP after alleged extramarital affair deepens opposition party's crisis

Long considered a rising star, Shiori Yamao exits the Democratic Party amid an emerging scandal, dealing a blow to the nascent leadership of the struggling opposition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2017

Former diplomat fears war on horizon

A former key Foreign Ministry negotiator sees a window of opportunity in which both sides can be persuaded to pull back, but it will only last a year or so.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2017

Nazis and elite hipsters

German Deputy Finance Minister Jens Spahn's apparent bet on the rise of Trump-style populism is risky.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2017

Obama betrayed the 'dreamers' before Trump did

U.S. President Barack Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform, including protection for the dreamers, in his 2008 campaign, but he never delivered.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2017

What Twitter taught me about (nuclear) war with North Korea

Can words alone mitigate the obvious gravity of nuclear holocaust?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 4, 2017

Akita's Omagari fireworks competition held after heavy rain

About 18,000 fireworks shot into the sky at Omagari fireworks in Daisen, Akita Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 4, 2017

Seto man and his snow monkey entertain audiences for 23 years and counting

Jubei, a Japanese macaque, works hard to entertain the public together with his trainer, Yasutaka Kawabe, 44, from Kamamachi in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. The duo attracts audiences with well-coordinated moves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2017

Battling nuclear demons: Mental health issues haunt those who were the first line of defense after 3/11

Ryuta Idogawa traces the onset of his battle with mental illness to a moment not long after his parents had been relocated to Saitama from their hometown of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, in the spring of 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 2, 2017

No one else wants Okinawa's U.S. bases

On Aug. 15, the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese surrender, there was a symposium in Tokyo about changing the Constitution. One of the panelists, documentarian Tatsuya Mori, pointed out that earlier that day Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given remarks at an annual memorial event, and at no point did...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2017

U.N. human rights expert says Trump's hostility toward media has a purpose

U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on the media are part of a global trend of hostility to freedom of speech and damage the U.S. public interest, a U.N. human rights expert said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2017

Japan's maritime diplomacy mission in S.E. Asia

The Abe administration is taking steps to counter Beijing's growing maritime assertiveness in the South and East China Seas.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2017

Wasteful spending on medical public works

Unless the current structure is fixed, there will be no hope of medical science becoming a core of the government's growth strategy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 28, 2017

Nagoya group looks to turn disposable diaper waste into fuel

Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya to research ways to turn them into fuel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2017

China's rural early-childhood development centers may help reduce numbers of school dropouts

Every day after lunch, Qu Yexiu used to potter around her house in northwest China doing housework and looking after her 2-year-old grandson.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2017

Is violence the way to fight racism?

If fascism is the danger, a tactic that plainly failed in pre-war Europe is not the answer.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Aug 25, 2017

『ジャパンタイムズ社説集』最新号発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、『ジャパンタイムズ社説集2017年上半期』を出版しました。
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2017

DP leadership race comes at a critical juncture

For the sake of its credibility, the Democratic Party needs to decide during this leadership election just where it stands on many vital issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 21, 2017

The failure of Abe's Trump-dependent diplomacy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's diplomacy faces the risk of coming to an end without tangible accomplishments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2017

Quieting down the language of war

Cool heads and clarity need to prevail to prevent an escalation in the North Korea crisis.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 21, 2017

Memorial ceremony marking 72 years since the end of WWII held

The government hosted the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead at the Nippon Budokan stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 21, 2017

Japanese war memorabilia pile up at museums, while online auctions of artifacts remain unregulated

More and more people whose relatives lived through World War II are donating inherited personal items to peace memorial museums throughout Japan. Such artifacts offer a lens through which visitors are afforded view of Japan's wartime experience. But many museums face difficulties, including insufficient...
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Aug 20, 2017

Fukushima Medical and Ohio State team up on radiotherapy

Fukushima Medical University has launched an international exchange program with Ohio State University that will focus on developing experts in cancer radiation therapy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 19, 2017

Japan grapples with its new arrivals

Given its current popularity in certain U.S. political circles, it was inevitable that the word "fake" would eventually find traction in Japan. The September issue of the monthly magazine Bungei Shunju applies it to the headline of an article by journalist Miyu Suzuki titled "'Fake refugees' being forced...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Aug 19, 2017

Pickle your own veggies with a traditional Japanese nukadoko

The nukazuke method of pickling vegetables in a fermented rice bran bed called a nukadoko was developed in the 17th century. Since vegetables pickled in a nukadoko absorb Vitamin B1 from the rice bran, they helped to prevent beriberi, an illness stemming from a lack of the vitamin that was so prevalent...

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