Search - people

 
 
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2018

Abe touts fast change to Constitution in LDP election pamphlet

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pledging to move quickly toward changing the Constitution, according to an internal campaign pamphlet seen by Bloomberg News, ensuring the divisive proposal is a key part of his bid for a historic third consecutive term as ruling party leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2018

Chinese-built port evokes dreams of El Dorado in Cameroon as CHEC expands Africa reach

Every day at sunrise, Alain Eko walks half an hour on a footpath cutting through a coastal forest to the edge of what's to become the biggest deep-water port in central Africa.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 29, 2018

Akira Nishino reflects on Japan's wild World Cup ride

Former national team manager Akira Nishino admits he still has regrets about Japan's exit from this summer's World Cup in Russia, but he believes the team has a bright future under successor Hajime Moriyasu.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2018

Historic Tokyo house to become gathering place for executives and entrepreneurs

A 91-year-old historic residence in Tokyo will turn into a business hub starting next month with a goal of helping company executives and entrepreneurs cultivate new ideas and communicate freely, operators of the facility announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 29, 2018

'And Your Bird Can Sing': A vague take on the complexities of youth

The work of the late novelist Yasushi Sato, who took his own life in 1990, has been enjoying a minor cinematic renaissance over the past decade. Starting with Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's "Sketches of Kaitan City" in 2010, the author's stories have spawned four films to date.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / IDEAS IN ACTION
Aug 29, 2018

The sky is the canvas: Tokyo startup looks to launch world's first artificial meteor shower

It was literally an out-of-this-world idea that seemed unfeasible when it struck her nearly two decades ago: Made-to-order shooting stars. But Lena Okajima's audacious project to reproduce nature's fireworks for mass entertainment is getting ready for takeoff.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2018

Activists alarmed over bottlenose dolphin, penguins abandoned at closed Japanese aquarium

The plight of a lonely bottlenose dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium since the start of the year sparked protests this week, with activists and ordinary people alike calling for the animals to be saved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2018

Architect Renzo Piano offers new bridge design for hometown Genoa after tragedy

Italy's best-known architect, Renzo Piano, offered on Tuesday to donate the design for a bridge to replace the one that collapsed in his birthplace of Genoa this month, saying he cannot think about anything else after 43 people were killed in the tragedy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2018

U.S. Rohingya report 'consistent' with U.N. findings of genocide by Myanmar regime: Nikki Haley

Findings of a U.S. State Department investigation into Myanmar's Rohingya crisis are "consistent" with those of a report by U.N. investigators released this week that called for Myanmar's commander-in-chief and other generals be tried for genocide, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2018

White House probing Google after Trump accuses it of hiding 'fair media' coverage of him

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Google's search engine was hiding "fair media" coverage of him and said he would address the situation, taking a swipe at the internet giant without providing evidence or giving details of action he might take.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2018

Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release

The father of a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram called on Tuesday for the government to do more to secure her freedom after audio of her begging for help was released.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2018

Fukushima to remove controversial statue of child in radiation protection suit

Fukushima Mayor Hiroshi Kohata announced a decision on Tuesday to remove a controversial statue of a child in a radiation protection suit that has drawn waves of criticism since it was unveiled early this month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018

An education in modernist art teaching

The Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto surveys German, Japanese and Indian Bauhaus developments as part of a wider collation of international exhibitions and research in preparation for next year's Bauhaus centenary anniversary in Berlin.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2018

Japan will overhaul Immigration Bureau to create agency for expected surge of blue-collar workers under new status

The move comes as the government seeks to accept more foreign workers and introduce a new status of residence amid a serious labor crunch.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2018

LDP's No. 2 faction pushes Abe for constitutional referendum by next summer as leadership election approaches

The second-largest group in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a national plebiscite on the issue to generate political momentum for revising the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 27, 2018

New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gets to work as government support plummets

Australia's new prime minister toured drought-hit farms Monday to show voters after a week of turmoil the government was back to work, but a leading opinion poll showed it now faces an even greater chance of electoral defeat after changing leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2018

North Korea expels detained Japanese tourist as neighbors' hot-and-cold relationship continues

Man who allegedly broke the law during a recent tour of the country was freed on humanitarian grounds, according the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2018

Japan's child abuse hotline may go toll-free to reduce high hang-up rate

The welfare ministry has decided to make calls to its child abuse hotline free and increase staffing at child consultation centers, informed sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2018

Myanmar generals had 'genocidal intent' against Rohingya, must face justice: U.N. report

Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent" and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law, U.N. investigators said Monday.
Aug 27, 2018

MIHO SHIPYARD Launches 70M-type Training Vessel

MIHO SHIPYARD CO., LTD. (3797 Miho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan; President: Kengo Suzuki) launched KAPITAN GREGORIO OCA, a 70M-type training vessel built for the International Mariners Management Association of Japan on August 9, 2018.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2018

Londoners still driven from capital as home prices remain out of reach

Londoners are buying more homes outside the capital as prices remain too high, even after the end of a decade-long housing boom.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2018

Notting Hill Carnival crowds defy London rain for annual revelry

London's famous Notting Hill Carnival transformed the streets into a sea of color and sound on Sunday as revelers joined one of Europe's largest open-air parties in their thousands despite heavy rain in the British capital.

Longform

Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo