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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018

Anniversaries loom for gum producer Lotte and the Yoshiwara red-light district

In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the war and, under the name Takeo Shigemitsu, founded Lotte Co. in 1948. The brand's name was inspired by Charlotte, the heroine of Johann Wolfgang von...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2018

China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power

China's plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea's ruling dynasty and charges of creating a dictator by a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 26, 2018

In Japan's Diet, is there such a thing as too much time for questions?

It may be hard to find a workplace more rife with inefficiency and inertia than the national Diet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2018

The machines are taking over space exploration

Even the hardiest astronaut can't compete with robot labor, but there's a silver lining.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 20, 2018

THE 9th JAPAN TIMES SPELLING BEE
TO BE HELD MARCH 3

Tokyo, Feb.20, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 9th Japan Times Bee will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
Feb 20, 2018

SENDING JAPAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SCRIPPS’ FINAL!
THE 9th JAPAN TIMES SPELLING BEE TO BE HELD MARCH 3

Tokyo, Feb.20, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 9th Japan Times Bee will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2018

Japan, U.S., Australia and India look to establish alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative

Four nations discuss establishing a joint regional infrastructure project in an attempt to counter Beijing's multibillion-dollar initiative and growing influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2018

Malaysia further downgrading ties with North Korea a year after airport assassination, sources say

One year after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur's airport, Malaysia is further downgrading once-close ties with Pyongyang, sources familiar with the government's plans said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 13, 2018

China's Xi stresses military modernization in pre-new year visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed military modernization and technological advances during meetings with servicemen and women ahead of the Lunar New Year, state media said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2018

Trump picks U.S. Pacific Command chief Harry Harris to be ambassador to Australia

U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris — known for his strident views on China's military expansion and nuclear-armed North Korea — to be the United States' next ambassador to Australia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018

China's winter resorts face tougher terrain despite Olympics excitement

At its peak a decade ago, the Muchengjian mine churned out mountains of coal on the western outskirts of Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018

Gravediggers say Myanmar forces and Buddhist villagers executed Rohingya after torching their homes

Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterward, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the gravediggers said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2018

It's when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 3, 2018

Model children: Taking a behind-the-scenes look at the world of youth modeling

In a set design that could double as a Mad Hatter's tea party, 10-year-old Kiina Matsunaga sits wrapped in a pink blanket pouring tea for a white rabbit. The tiny blue cups match the color of her psychedelic hair. A photographer puts down her camera and huddles with the stylist before spending a few...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 3, 2018

Japan Times 1993: Female workers don't like to drink with boss

Japanese women love to drink with friends — provided they are not office colleagues — and hate to drink with their bosses, according to a survey released Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2018

Global takeaways from Trump's Davos speech

The U.S. president's speech was crafted for a kind of virtual togetherness — a merging of 'America First' with everybody else as partners.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 22, 2018

Ski lift: North Korea may capitalize on joint Olympics training visit

South Korea's offer to send athletes to a North Korean ski resort for joint training ahead of next month's Olympics risks giving Kim Jong Un's regime legitimacy and some much-needed cash, North Korean defectors and experts say.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2018

Veteran U.S. diplomat Richardson to work toward securing Reuters reporters' release

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Monday he would work toward securing the release of two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar in his capacity as a member of an international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine state.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jan 14, 2018

Japan Post chief sees bright future beyond mail services

Even for Masatsugu Nagato, an experienced business executive who has worked in prominent companies, making Japan Post Holdings Co. stand on its own two feet as a private company comes as a daunting challenge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018

Coming of age: 1 in 8 new adults in Tokyo are not Japanese, ward figures show

The foreign community is younger overall than the native population across the 23 wards, figures show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2018

South Korea will not seek renegotiation of 'comfort women' deal with Japan

At the same time, Seoul indirectly urged Japan to extend a fresh “voluntary, heart-felt apology” for the victims.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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