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CULTURE / Music
Mar 31, 2016

Ryuichi Sakamoto offers his thoughts on politics, Japan and how his music will change 'post-cancer'

"The Professor" is back in town. Last weekend, Ryuichi Sakamoto took the stage at Tokyo Opera City for the debut concert of the Tohoku Youth Orchestra, a 105-strong ensemble of young musicians from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which counts him as its musical director.
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 26, 2016

In Japan, all other fruits bow to the top banana

Everything you wanted to know about Japan's lingering love affair with bananas but were afraid to ask.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016

Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train

Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2016

Campaign office says Rubio, wife paid $526,000 in taxes between 2010-2014

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, paid $526,092 in taxes on $2.29 million of income from 2010-2014, his campaign said Saturday, in a move meant to pressure billionaire rival Donald Trump to release his taxes, too.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 12, 2016

Biggest ever infectious disease survey to speed end of trachoma

Surveyors were taken hostage in Yemen, accused of being representatives of Dracula in Papua New Guinea, worked in sandstorms and temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius in Ethiopia.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016

Students from rural areas, poor families at academic disadvantage: OECD study

Students living in rural regions of Japan are more likely to underperform academically compared to their peers from urban areas, according to a new international report released Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 29, 2016

Congress to probe whether NSA back door led to Juniper hacking

A U.S. congressional probe into the impact of a hack of Juniper Networks Inc software will examine the possibility that it was initially altered at the behest of the National Security Agency, a lawmaker said in an interview on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 28, 2016

Lackluster polls, maneuvering by LDP may give DPJ a drubbing in July election

The Democratic Party of Japan is in the throes of an identity crisis, a fact not lost on delegates meeting for the party's annual convention Saturday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2015

New members named to Japan Times Media Advisory Board

The Japan Times on Tuesday announced the appointments of four distinguished individuals to The Japan Times Media Advisory Board, a committee of Japan-based experts tasked with advising the newspaper on its content.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 28, 2015

Pumping more money into schools is no panacea

Government preoccupation with spending on education is a distraction from more fundamental issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2015

Gulf War trauma kicked off Japan's retreat from pacifism in '91

As the first Gulf War raged in February 1991, Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Nozomu Yoshitomi was supposed to be conducting war games with U.S. officers at a military facility in Tokyo. But the Americans appeared distracted, watching the conflict live on CNN. On another TV, local news showed Japanese...
EDITORIALS
Dec 8, 2015

Alliance must make sense to voters

Votes won't support opposition party alliances that are based solely on political expediency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 6, 2015

Entrepreneur envisions world where elderly care is fulfilling work for young people

Amid the government's fight with the issue of Japan's aging society, and concerns over whether it can truly cope with the problems involved — including worker shortages in the nursing care sector — one young entrepreneur may have found the key.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 22, 2015

Osaka group preps Kansai solution to Futenma base row

If a group of Osaka residents has its way, the U.S. Marine Corps base at Futenma in Okinawa may not end up in the northern part of the island, but in one of five spots in their prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015

At least 19 dead after Islamists seize hotel in Mali capital

Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali on Friday before Malian commandos stormed the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2015

Misunderstood male-female ratio in education

An analysis of data underscores the importance of avoiding generalizations about the gender gap in education.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Sep 26, 2015

'Munich 72 and Beyond' chronicles aftermath

Forty-three years ago this month, the Munich Massacre shocked the world.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 17, 2015

Well-traveled Cousin joins Brave Warriors

Well-traveled big man Marcus Cousin, who patrolled the middle for the Kyoto Hannaryz during the 2012-13 campaign, has finalized a deal to play for the Shinshu Brave Warriors this season, according to published reports on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2015
Sep 9, 2015

Comfortable, accessible city serves as 'gateway to Asia'

The city of Fukuoka, which the national government designates as a National Strategic Special Zone to attract global startups, is the perfect location for test marketing in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 2015

Three more years for Abe

Does the ruling party have a promising future when it needs the nudging of retired veterans to stir up policy discussions or internal competition?
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2015

Dearth of competition in the LDP

The dearth of any challenge to Shinzo Abe's leadership from within the LDP is disappointing given that many of his key policies are being questioned by the public.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2015

The Soviet Union's lessons for China's purges

To achieve his goal of consolidating Communist Party rule in China, President Xi Jinping needs to secure the PLA's unimpeachable loyalty — and that requires the purge of unreliable or corrupt officers.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2015

What Greece needs to prosper

The remedy for Greece lies in adopting the right structural reforms, including dismantling corporatist arrangements and practices that obstruct innovation and entrepreneurship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2015

A portrait of 'Rain Man,' the convicted Libor-rigging trader and former Tokyo resident

He was so obsessed with the numbers that he did not see his downfall coming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 2, 2015

Getting Japan's youth engaged in disaster preparedness

Even though earthquake-prone Japan has seen numerous warnings that massive, devastating temblors could strike at any time, including in the Tokyo metropolitan area and in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast, data shows the nation's youth don't seem to have the same sense of preparing for a disaster...

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