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JAPAN / Internationalization of Japanese Universities
Oct 22, 2018

Changing practices increase options for foreign students

The number of Japanese universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses that can be completed totally or partially in English is increasing every year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 13, 2018

Politics and cinema intermingle at Busan International Film Festival

The 23rd edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened Oct. 4 as Typhoon Kong-rey approached the South Korean port city. When the storm peaked on Saturday morning, some public events were cancelled, but the screenings continued and were still packed with press, industry people and, most...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2018

Why Japan's first submarine visit to Vietnam matters

While the move may appear routine, its significance is unmistakable.
Japan Times
Rugby / RWC Countdown
Sep 19, 2018

Brave Blossoms icon Goromaru calls for better promotion of Japanese rugby

Rugby icon Ayumu Goromaru is deeply concerned with the status quo surrounding his sport since the Japan's national team's sensational World Cup campaign in 2015.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 24, 2018

Europe's new GDPR data law upends global online advertising

Europe's new data privacy law has put a small army of tech firms that track people online in jeopardy and is strengthening the hand of giants such as Google and Facebook in the $200 billion global digital advertising industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2018

Sony's catch-up plan to break into pro camera market

Eight seconds — that's how long a cowboy needs to stay on a bucking bronco to qualify for a rodeo score. For photographers, that's barely enough time to take just a few blurry, often unusable pictures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 31, 2018

Payment due: Pacific islands in the red as debts to China mount

Just over a decade ago, deadly riots in the capital of Tonga, Nuku'alofa, destroyed much of the small Pacific nation's central business and government districts.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2018

Protect the socially weak from heat waves

The nation must do more to protect its growing elderly population against the perils of extreme weather.
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2018

Mixed anti-smoking efforts

Tokyo is taking a stronger stance than the Diet in clamping down on smoking in public places. Other prefectures and cities should follow suit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018

Subaru and Mazda seek advantage from being among last to sell electric vehicles

American Subaru owners are a green bunch. They tend to bike, camp and kayak more than other drivers and inordinately live in the parts of the U.S. with the toughest emissions mandates. The company plays to this ecological image by producing more than 1 million vehicles each year without sending any waste...
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CULTURE / Music
May 30, 2018

From a POW camp to esteemed music halls nationwide: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 marks 100 years in Japan

It's rare that a concert has so much impact that people still talk about it 100 years later. However, that's certainly the case for a performance a century ago by some German prisoners of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in Tokushima Prefecture. It was the masterpiece's first performance in a country...
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LIFE / Lifestyle
May 12, 2018

War games: Examining the fascination with recreational airsoft combat games in Japan

I know that scores of heavily armed people are out there lying in wait to shoot me, but I can't see them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2018

Even in nature, there are perils in sexual inequality

New research suggests major sex differences can be hazardous to a species's health.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 19, 2018

Readers weigh in on top underrated players

It's often easy to identify the superstars in sports.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 16, 2018

In Shohei Ohtani, Japan finally has its world-beater

It must take a considerable amount of willpower for Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama not to respond to questions about his former player Shohei Ohtani with a simple, "I told you so." Although the sly smile he lets slip on occasion more or less does the job.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 15, 2018

As HMI expands, sights set on drawing Indian visitors

When 24 million people visited Japan in 2016, it marked the first time the number surpassed 20 million, a figure that the government had hoped to meet by 2020.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2018

Why global speculators love the yen

The yen's extremely high sensitivity to global events is a serious problem for Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2018

Kim Jong Un and wife attend groundbreaking K-pop concert in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade as tensions between the two countries thaw.
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JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Japan high schoolers least obese but least confident, four-nation poll finds

Japanese high school students have lower physical and mental self-confidence but healthier eating habits than their American, Chinese and South Korean counterparts, according to a study released Friday by the National Institution for Youth Education.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2018

Philippines' city of the future: New Clark

He may never set foot in New Clark City, but taxi driver Edgard Labitag hopes the Philippines' first green, disaster-resilient, high-tech metropolis will ease the pressure on Manila — meaning fewer hours stuck in traffic and more time with his children.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 29, 2018

B. League in need of draft shake-up

Every new sports league encounters challenges related to its competitive structure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 25, 2018

Hands-on leadership, empathy buoy chairman

Sachin N. Shah's love for Japan began with a Toyota Tercel, his first car after he moved from India to an American-Italian neighborhood in the United States in the 1970s.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2018

Japan's overworked and underpaid teachers

The nation's school teachers are in dire need of better working conditions.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 1, 2018

Can Japan's women skaters catch up with Russians?

In the wake of Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva winning the gold and silver medals in such dominating fashion at the Pyeongchang Games, many are wondering how the Japanese women can close the gap on the powerful Russians going forward.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2018

Japan asks wrong question about Olympic Games

Only bold reforms, not sporting events, will ensure the big wins that Abenomics promises
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 10, 2018

Juliet Knapp: A life of theatrical management

Name: Juliet Knapp
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BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Feb 5, 2018

Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai says Asia key to making firm global industry leader

Tadashi Yanai — head of the clothing giant Fast Retailing Co., which runs the popular Uniqlo casual wear brand — may be in the later stages of his career as a business manager, but he has no plans to take it easy.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018

Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream

"She is the one I trust the most."
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 30, 2018

Guts and glory define the Sakamoto story

Kaori Sakamoto's ascendancy continues unabated.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 9, 2018

Ted Barton foresees rise in Japan skating, defends International Judging System

At last month's Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Ice Time sat down with ISU announcer Ted Barton, whose voice is well known to Japanese skating fans, for a discussion on a wide range of skating issues, including the International Judging System.

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