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Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Aug 9, 2017

Economic revitalization chief Motegi to tackle education, labor reforms

The new Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to carry out drastic reforms to the nation's labor and education systems in a bid to wean the country off its "one-track" career tradition as the population rapidly ages, the newly appointed economic revitalization minister said in an interview Wednesday....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2017

Japan's five-year cancer survival rate at 65.2%, survey of 209 hospitals shows

The survey covered 214,500 people diagnosed with cancer in 2008 at 209 hospitals designated for cancer treatment as of 2015.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2017

Amending the Constitution not an end in itself

The Abe administration should not seek to amend the Constitution just because political circumstances make it possible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2017

China banks appear to get temporary U.S. reprieve after U.N. sanctions deal

The Trump administration appears to be granting Chinese banks dealing with North Korea a temporary reprieve from threatened U.S. sanctions to give Beijing time to show it is serious about enforcing new U.N. steps against Pyongyang, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Working to boost regional business

The year 2017 is a landmark for the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which was established half a century ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Deep commitment to temple preservation

Sophia University has a long and amicable relationship with Cambodia originating in professor Yoshiaki Ishizawa's long-term commitment to preserve and restore the Angkor Wat temple complex, a World Heritage site and one of the most important archeological sites in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

ASEAN, Japan offer tourists great diversity

Tourism is one of the key industries in the respective ASEAN member states. The ASEAN member states are enriched with attractive tourism destinations that include renowned resorts surrounded by breathtaking nature and historical places that are designated as World Heritage sites.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 8, 2017

Buddhist hells are frighteningly human

Popularly known as Genshin (942-1017), the high-ranking Buddhist prelate Eshin Sozu was said to have been born following his devout mother's prayers to the Kannon of Takaoji Temple in Taima, Nara Prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017

Diplomacy to defuse India, China border crisis slams into a wall, sources say

India's diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks said, prompting Chinese state-run media to trumpet rhetoric of "unavoidable countermeasures" on the unmarked border.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2017

Impeach me, please!

If U.S. President Donald Trump must flirt with impeachment to retain his command of the media, so be it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2017

Today's nuclear North Korea is yesterday's China

As U.S. policymakers ponder how to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, it is important for them to remember that they are not in uncharted territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2017

Why shirtless Putin is having the last laugh

He wants to be seen as a strong man unconcerned by sanctions. Western media laps it up.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 8, 2017

Patience with young players yielding returns for Red Sox

Patience is a virtue, they say. But it is one rarely exhibited in MLB, especially when it comes to rookies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2017

Military can destroy drones over domestic U.S. bases: Pentagon

The Pentagon has given more than 130 U.S. military bases across the United States the green light to shoot down private and commercial drones that could endanger aviation safety or pose other threats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2017

Software engineer held for hacking Indian biometric ID platform

Police have arrested a software engineer for stealing sensitive information on more than 50,000 people from India's Aadhaar biometric identity program, the first criminal charges stemming from a government initiative that's been criticized for lacking privacy protections.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2017

The LDP's tobacco addiction tells a much bigger story

If Prime Minister Abe and his party were less beholden to vested interests, his efforts to defeat deflation would gain more traction.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Aug 7, 2017

New defense chief Onodera suggests Japan should consider acquiring ability to strike North Korean missile bases

Courting controversy, Japan's new defense chief says the ability to strike North Korean missile bases might be pursued by the Self-Defense Forces.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 7, 2017

Kagoikes arrested over alleged Moritomo Gakuen subsidy fraud

The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office's special investigation unit on July 31 arrested Yasunori Kagoike, 64, former chief of Moritomo Gakuen in Osaka, and his wife, Junko, 60, for allegedly defrauding the central government of public subsidies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 7, 2017

Let's discuss Japan's life expectancy records

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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2017

WeWork to pump $500 million into Southeast Asia and South Korea

WeWork Cos., the world's largest provider of shared work spaces, will invest $500 million in Southeast Asia and South Korea as the New York-based company steps up its expansion in global markets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2017

Aussie man held in Islamic State-linked terror sweep charged with weapons offenses, freed on bail

An Australian man who was detained during raids to disrupt what authorities described as an Islamic State-inspired plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight has been charged with weapons offenses and released on bail, police said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2017

In China's hotels, small VPN gaps in 'Great Firewall' are closing

In China, the plush international hotel lobby has been one of the few places to find gaps in the "Great Firewall," a sophisticated system that denies online users access to blocked content such as foreign news portals and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter .
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2017

The policy that could ease Syria's suffering

A new strategy is required that recognizes a political resolution to the Syrian war is highly unlikely and focuses instead on freezing the conflict to bring relief to civilians.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 5, 2017

Commune 2nd: Al fresco food, drink and community

Tokyo has never been big on outdoors dining. Save for the old-school beer gardens that mushroom in midsummer, there are too few opportunities in the inner city to drink, snack and while away the time al fresco. At least there's Commune 2nd.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 5, 2017

Beleaguered Abe on the ropes as support weakens

The public has seen the true face of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and doesn't like what it sees.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 5, 2017

There's no fool like an old fool

'I want to do whatever I want until I get sick and you have to look after me.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2017

U.S. ends search for sailor missing during exercise in South China Sea

The U.S. Navy has suspended search operations for a missing sailor believed to have fallen overboard Tuesday from a ship in the South China Sea.
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.
China deploys food as a high-impact, low-cost weapon in tariff fight
Boxes of imported pork from the U.S. at a cold storage warehouse in Shanghai
Sumo in March comes in like a lion
Onosato (right) has eased to a 3-0 start in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.
Lack of exemption from U.S. steel tariffs 'regrettable,' says Japan
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday
Tokyo livestream murder victim stabbed over alleged debt dispute
Tokyo police at a site where a woman had been stabbed while livestreaming in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
‘We are not Ukraine’: Top Taiwan officials temper comparisons after U.S. U-turn
People hold a Ukrainian flag and a Taiwan flag during a protest to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Taipei on Feb. 23.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
Slowly but surely, Osaka emerges from Kyoto’s fine-dining shadow
Bar Bota, the 37th-floor watering hole at the Four Seasons Osaka, looks out on a glittering cityscape better known for its cheap eats and drinks.

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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