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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 26, 2017

Stockbreeding industry interests and the Kake Gakuen case

The opening of the first university veterinary medical department in 50 years is part of an effort to overhaul interests controlling the nation's livestock industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 24, 2017

Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's cetenarian doctor, dies at 105

What is the term that Shigeaki Hinohara advocated?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 24, 2017

Man travels by wheelchair through Japan, propelled by the kindness of strangers

Tokyo resident Yusuke Terada, who has trouble walking due to cerebral palsy, recently launched a project called Helpush, where he travels throughout Japan with the assistance of strangers who help push his wheelchair.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jul 23, 2017

Filling the void: Disseminating 'blackness' in Japan

I decided it was time to find out about the true state of scholarship in Japan pertaining to Africans and the African diaspora, and the people behind it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 22, 2017

Try checking into a love hotel for a good night's sleep

Around the end of each year's rainy season in July, it's common for the media to run articles on the subject of sleep. Hot weather is not the only factor that makes Japan less conducive to sleeping in summer. Since daylight savings is not practiced, the sun rises before 5 a.m., affecting many people's...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 21, 2017

Championing TPP 2.0 could give Abe his global moment

To save his political hide, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should do something arguably no Japanese leader has done in decades: project strength and leadership abroad.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2017

Will the Doklam standoff lead to a second Sino-Indian war?

While domestic calculations hold New Delhi back from going to war with Beijing, in China's case it is its international image that prevents it from doing so.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2017

Trust is falling in Western democratic institutions

One clue to understanding the loss of trust in the professional integrity of the Western media is their unrelenting efforts to demonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 18, 2017

Nagoya assembly creates day care room for nursing mom among ranks

The Nagoya Municipal Assembly has created a private day care room for one of its members with a 1-year-old son, the first such facility among governments in the Tokai region and a rarity in other parts of Japan as well.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 16, 2017

Date goes whole hog into boar leather business in Fukushima

Wild boar leather is said to breathe well and resist chafing. It is used in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, to make products like babies' first walking shoes because it is soft and fits well.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 15, 2017

Fundraising loopholes, a political norm

The Liberal Democratic Party lost a large number of seats to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's upstart Tomin First Party in the Tokyo assembly election. Media surveys reveal that the public is dismayed by recent scandals involving the LDP, in particular the one surrounding educational company Kake Gakuen, which...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 15, 2017

Who is keeping an eye on Japan's surveillance power?

Utopias and dystopias have this in common: surveillance. From Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) to George Orwell's "1984" (1949), from Plato's "Republic" (c. 380 B.C.) to Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" (1921), the view prevails that people behave better under scrutiny. Why conceal good deeds? For no reason. Therefore...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2017

Why Donald Trump's supporters admire Japan

U.S. supporters of Donald Trump find much to admire in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2017

Anti-conspiracy legislation fights terrorism and organized crime

The scope of Japan's anti-conspiracy law is much more restricted than similar legal steps taken in other countries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 10, 2017

In Japan everything counts in its own way

When emails first hit Japan in the mid-1990s, these were counted in u901a (tsu016b), the common classifier for letters. However ...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 10, 2017

Venomous fire ants found at Osaka port

Venomous fire ants, native to South America, have been found, including a queen ant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 10, 2017

Aichi aquarium displays invasive alligator gar caught in Nagoya Castle's moat

One of the alligator gars caught in the vast moat of Nagoya Castle last year has been turned into a specimen for display at Hekinan Seaside Aquarium in Aichi Prefecture, giving visitors the chance to fully observe the long carnivorous fish indigenous to North America.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2017

Weakened May appeals to opponents to help deliver Brexit success

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will call on opposition lawmakers to help steer Britain out of the European Union as she seeks to reset after her standing was diminished by last month's disastrous general election.
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2017

Poor handling of government documents

The government must come up with a better way to maintain official documents and make them available to the public.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 8, 2017

Shogi: A measure of artificial intelligence

Though last Sunday's Tokyo assembly elections garnered the most media attention, another contest came in a close second, even if only two people were involved. Fourteen-year-old Sota Fujii's record-setting winning streak of 29 games of shogi was finally broken on July 2 when he lost a match to 22-year-old...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 7, 2017

Lower tariffs on EU cheese imports may not translate to reduced prices for 'fromage' lovers

Japan and the European Union just announced a deal on free trade and will seek to reach a final agreement by the end of this year. The EU has already promised to phase out its 10 percent levy on Japanese automobiles, while Japan says it will eliminate taxes on a raft of food items.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2017

Boxing legend Gushiken inspires younger Okinawa generation

Yoko Gushiken, a boxing legend who hails from Okinawa, hopes young people from prefecture will be brave enough to take on any challenge and succeed in any field.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2017

Modi's actions fail to live up to his words

Three years into his five-year term, it is more accurate to describe Modi's record as 'maximum talk and boast, minimum action and results.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2017

To comprehend Trump, read this

Three books and two magazine articles shed a lot of light on the U.S. president's baffling behavior.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2017

Ministry unveils plan for facial recognition to speed up airport entry/exit process

The Justice Ministry expects the plan, which doesn't require advance registration, to work better than a fingerprint-based system launched in 2007
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2017

Tokyo election loss places Abe in jeopardy

It wasn't so long ago that Shinzo Abe appeared on course to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 3, 2017

New service connects Japanese travelers to compatriots living abroad

A website created by a Nagoya-based venture firm offering help from Japanese living overseas is gaining popularity with travelers.

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