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Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 10, 2018

Hiroshima hibakusha recalls warmth of Southeast Asian students who helped her survive A-bomb blast

Meiko Kurihara was a 19-year-old mobilized student at Toyo Kogyo (now Mazda Motor Corp.) when the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
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BUSINESS
May 10, 2018

California becomes first U.S. state to require solar panels on new homes

Builders in California will be required to fit solar panels on most new homes from 2020 under new building standards adopted on Wednesday — the first such move in the United States — that could provide a big boost to the solar industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2018

Why killing the nuclear pact was only the first step

Netanyahu sees Trump as a partner for broader regional change.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 9, 2018

Future without sumo unthinkable for Hakuho

The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, which gets underway on Sunday, is shaping up to be a make-or-break one for several wrestlers.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2018

Kim, Xi talk denuclearization as North Korean leader makes second secret visit to China

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he was committed to giving up his nuclear weapons if security guarantees were met, during a surprise visit to the Chinese port city of Dalian just weeks ahead of a planned summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese...
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2018

Finance Ministry 'sisters' needed

Japan's male-centric workplace culture is a breeding ground for scandals.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2018

Time to ban weapons of male destruction

The world cannot afford to trust the impulsive men who have their fingers on the triggers of some 15,000 nuclear warheads.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
May 8, 2018

Rafael Arutunian looking forward to coaching teen star Marin Honda

Rafael Arutunian is going through a bit of deja vu right now.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2018

The funny side of Edo Period culture

Sometimes vulgar or ridiculous, and occasionally cliched, the toba-e of Nichosai, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai and Kyosai at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts offer a panorama of what the historically amusing.
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WORLD
May 8, 2018

Lockheed resumes F-35 jet deliveries to Pentagon after deal to cover production error costs

The U.S. Department of Defense resumed accepting F-35 jet deliveries from Lockheed Martin Corp. last week after reaching an agreement on covering the costs to fix a production error, the Pentagon said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2018

More of Japan's non-Japanese are living on welfare

The number of non-Japanese here relying on social welfare has grown significantly over the past decade, a labor ministry official said Monday, as the elderly in their ranks increase at a rapid pace.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
May 7, 2018

In Japanese, many 'ands' make hard work

There's a lot to consider when making connections in Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
May 7, 2018

Tokyo-based bus firm brings fresh local produce, as well as passengers, from rural Gifu

Highway express buses between the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture and Tokyo are being used to transport fresh fruit and vegetables to supermarkets in the metropolis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2018

Conservatives steal liberal term as Illinois counties declare 'sanctuary' status for gun owners

Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy to skirt the law: sanctuary.
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WORLD
May 7, 2018

Most U.S. Facebook users as active or more since privacy scandal

Most of Facebook's U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners' permission, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
May 5, 2018

Coca-Cola Frozen Lemon: What's Coke without the fizz?

It's hot out. Accordingly, everyone is seeking out cooler treats to get them through a summer that hasn't even fully settled in yet. Coca-Cola Japan is betting that people need a fix of cool in 2018, and have introduced a new product that takes their signature soda once more into uncharted territory....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 5, 2018

Why cleaning is good for you, according to Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto

Turn cleaning from the ultimate chore to a restorative feature of your life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 5, 2018

Japan 1943: 'Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto dies a gallant death in action'

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, died a gallant death in a plane during an engagement with the enemy while personally directing the general strategic operations on the front line in April, it was revealed in an announcement issued by the Imperial headquarters on Friday.
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WORLD
May 5, 2018

Last big group of caravan asylum-seekers cross into U.S.

Seventy men, women and children poured through a U.S. port of entry early Friday to seek asylum, the largest single group yet accepted by U.S. officials from the caravan of Central American migrants that enraged President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 5, 2018

Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting

President Donald Trump enthusiastically embraced the National Rifle Association on Friday, vowing not to tighten U.S. firearms laws, despite suggesting just weeks ago after a Florida school shooting that he would take on the powerful gun-rights group.
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2018

A new status for foreign workers

The creation of a new term-limited residence status for veterans of the notorious foreign trainee program would be a welcome step forward.
Canada has a new prime minister with a very hard first assignment
Mark Carney, Canada's incoming prime minister (center), during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. Carney has been sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister, bringing the former central banker to power in the middle of an explosive trade war with the U.S.
Despite tough talk, economic woes may force Iran to bargain with Trump
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting with students in Tehran on Wednesday.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
As Trump thaws ties, Russia has a new public enemy No. 1: Britain
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives to attend a summit held at Lancaster House in central London on March 2.
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
As pollen season peaks, Japan's allergy struggle emerges from hibernation
Urbanization is amplifying pollen-related allergies as grasslands and soft soil give way to concrete and asphalt.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
Drones, budgets and infighting: Taiwan's daunting defense challenges
Officials from Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the Ministry of National Defense’s research arm, say the lessons from the Ukraine conflict are clear for the democratic island: drones and other autonomous systems are crucial for its defense.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
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