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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2017

Small tsunami detected after M7 undersea temblor strikes near New Caledonia, prompting evacuations

A powerful magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, sending small tsunami toward New Caledonia and neighboring Vanuatu, where authorities ordered evacuations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 20, 2017

Bangladesh says it's in talks on Rohingya repatriation deal but Myanmar insists refugees must prove residence

Bangladesh is in negotiations with Myanmar aimed at a deal to repatriate displaced Rohingya and Dhaka's foreign minister will address the matter at talks in Myanmar this week, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2017

Lobbyists of every stripe swarming U.S. Congress to protect their interests in GOP-led tax legislation

Recreational vehicle retailers from across the country were sipping morning coffee at a convention in Las Vegas earlier this month when word whipped through the hotel's "dealers' lounge" that the U.S. Congress was considering tax law changes threatening their businesses.
WORLD / Society
Nov 20, 2017

Algeria plucks 286 boat migrants en route to Europe

Algeria's coast guard has picked up 286 illegal migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Europe by boat, the Defense Ministry has said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 19, 2017

1968: The year Japan truly raised its voice

During a recent conversation with a student in his sixth year at a university renowned to be an incubator for Japanese politicians, 23-year-old Atsugi Fukuhara tells me that he wants to stay a student forever.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2017

New rules for managing official documents

Draft guidelines for managing official documents mark a step forward.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2017

Want to increase workplace productivity?

Companies are not investing enough in strategic employee communications to produce an engaged workforce.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2017

Japan to expand SDF base in tiny but strategically important Djibouti

Japan has agreed to lease 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of empty land in the strategically important African country of Djibouti for use by Self-Defense Forces troops conducting antipiracy missions in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2017

Yokota's mom to Abe: Hold abduction talks with North's Kim now

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should hold talks on resolving the abduction issue while the U.S. is still actively involved, the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota said.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 18, 2017

Going electric: Celebrating Japan's powerful e-bikes

With electric bikes accounting for nearly 6 in 10 bicycles manufactured nationwide last year, the future looks especially bright.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 18, 2017

Donald Trump's visit dominates Japan's conversation online — until he leaves

Japanese netizens spent the days following U.S. President Donald Trump's first visit to Japan trying to figure out who came out of the trip looking the best. A week later, a consensus was seemingly reached.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Nov 18, 2017

Baskin Robbins' Booya! Minion ice cream: a cute cacophony of banana, pineapple, soda and chocolate

Baskin Robbins is cashing in on the Minions' success with a series of items themed after the overall-sporting twerps.
JAPAN / Media / Pulsations
Nov 18, 2017

The changing face of the shichi-go-san rite of passage

Children nationwide on Wednesday celebrated shichi-go-san, an annual traditional rite of passage for children reaching the ages of 7, 5 and 3.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Nov 18, 2017

Japan's shifting attitudes toward prostitution

Sex is a necessity and a pleasure; it's also a problem. It exalts some, degrades others. It generates offspring. It's dynamite. Taboos concerning it are as old as humanity. Laws regulating it predate civilization. Nowhere is the human libido absolutely unfettered. Incest is nowhere tolerated, marriage...
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2017

Disaster agency to deploy gas detectors for Rugby World Cup and Olympics

The disaster agency plans to deploy infrared devices that can spot poison gas as part of counterterrorism measures for the Rugby World Cup and Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2017

China hopes to build nuclear-powered space shuttle by 2040

China is hoping to achieve a "major breakthrough" in its space program by 2040 — including the development of nuclear-powered space shuttles that will allow for the mining of asteroids and "large-scale space exploration" — state-run media have reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2017

Sicilian Mafia unlikely to ever again allow one 'boss of bosses' like Salvatore Riina

The death of Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore "Toto" Riina on Friday does not mark the end of Cosa Nostra, but the crime group is unlikely to allow one man such power ever again, a top magistrate and former mobster said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2017

Strong 6.3 earthquake rattles remote part of Tibet

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck a remote part of Tibet on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2017

North Korea rules out negotiations on nuclear weapons

North Korea on Friday ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint U.S-South Korea military exercises continue, and said that Pyongyang's atomic weapons program would remain as a deterrent against a U.S. nuclear threat.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2017

Nissan exec says with existing factories 'maxed out,' automaker may build new plant in U.S.

Nissan Motor Co. is squeezing all it can from its U.S. assembly plants and will need to build an entirely new factory if it keeps growing in the lucrative American auto market, a top executive said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2017

Nissan cites poor communication in safety check malpractice, acknowledged to have started as early as 1979

Nissan Motor chief Hiroto Saikawa blames a lack of communication between workers and managers as a root cause of its decades of improper vehicle checks.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2017

A standard approach to fiscal reconstruction

If it's really serious about rehabilitating its fiscal conditions, Japan should first get over deflation, even by expanding fiscal spending — and it still has room for fiscal expansion.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2017

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi: From salaryman to business titan

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a name likely to be seen on a list of well-known Japanese business leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2017

Airbnb's Japan unit denies violating antitrust laws after raid by FTC in October

Airbnb's Japan arm reveals it was raided by the Fair Trade Commission last month but denies any wrongdoing.
Nov 17, 2017

Pubcen Inc. Unveils its Lifelog / Content Curation Service

Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan – November 17, 2017 – Today Pubcen Inc. (CEO & Co-Founder: Takao Sato) launched its flagship cloud service, “Pubcen.” People throughout the world perpetually create digital content for their online lives via SNS and cloud services. Pubcen gathers the digital...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 17, 2017

U.S. towns, cities fear taxpayer revolt if Republicans kill local levy deductions

From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax-overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.
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.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
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.
Bonsai thefts sweep Japan as miniature trees grow more popular
According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, there were about 30 cases of bonsai theft last year.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Concerns grow over possible U.S. tariffs on Japan's auto sector
Toyota vehicles are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Nagoya in June last year.
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
By Tomoko Otake

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