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EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2017

Qatar, cut off

The rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar reflects a struggle for power and influence in the Persian Gulf region.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 14, 2017

Dividing assets: a thorny issue in divorce cases, whether international or domestic

A reader wrote to Lifelines recently about the subject of dividing property upon divorce.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017

Philippines says U.S. Special Forces on ground near besieged Marawi, but not fighting

Armed U.S. troops are on the ground near the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines, but are not involved in fighting Islamist militants who have held parts of the city for more than three weeks, a Philippines military spokesman said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2017

Kawasaki hamstrung by government stance on military exports

An executive at one of the country's biggest defense companies has bemoaned government barriers to exporting military equipment, as changes to the law have failed to bring the bonus some expected for the domestic industry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2017

Trump authorizes Mattis to set troop levels in Afghanistan: U.S. official

U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, opening the door for future troop increases requested by the U.S. commander.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017

U.S. looks to block Chinese stakes in artificial intelligence, technology with military uses

The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national security, current and former U.S. officials have told Reuters.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017

Crown Prince Naruhito says he will devote his 'heart and soul' to job as emperor

Crown Prince Naruhito said on Tuesday he will devote himself "heart and soul" to his job as emperor, just days after a law was enacted allowing his father to abdicate, which would be the first such abdication in two centuries.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2017

An extraordinary moment of political theater

Former FBI Director James Comey's testimony confirmed the dangerous inclinations of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2017

Giving Japan a military

Abe's proposed consitutional revision provides a solid legal basis for the SDF while holding sacred the universal values of the Constitution about which the Japanese people feel strongly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2017

Can America and China escape Thucydides' trap?

An American scholar-analyst makes a historical case for the threat of a U.S.-China war.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2017

Comey's 'smoking gun' could take out Trump

If the American people think Donald Trump is a crook, they will have to vote to flip the House and the Senate from red to blue in November 2018 so impeachment proceedings can begin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 13, 2017

'Tadahiko Ikegaki: Ribbons and Prisms'

June 17-July 15
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2017

Cybersecurity firms warn of easily modified malware that could cause power outages

Two cybersecurity firms have uncovered malicious software that they believe caused a December 2016 Ukraine power outage, they said on Monday, warning that the malware could be easily modified to harm critical infrastructure operations around the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2017

U.S.-backed militias reach walls of Raqqa's Old City, face up to 4,000 Islamic State fighters

U.S.-backed Syrian militias advanced further into Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa from the east on Monday, reaching the walls of the Old City, a war monitor and a militia spokesman said on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2017

Masahide Ota, former Okinawa governor and noted historian, dies at age 92

Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota, a noted historian and survivor of the Battle of Okinawa, succumbs to pneumonia.
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2017

Another stunning United Kingdom ballot result

British Prime Minister Theresa May's lost election gamble has put her own position in jeopardy and destroyed the foundation of her Brexit policy.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 12, 2017

Introducing the term 'shikkari'

'Shikkari' expresses strength and stability, and shows when something is done firmly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2017

Militant Philippine brothers highlight Southeast Asia's Islamist 'time bomb'

On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a "Walking Time-Bomb."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2017

Ex-U.S. Attorney Bharara tells of 'unusual' direct calls from Trump before axing

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara revealed on Sunday that he received a handful of "unusual" phone calls from Donald Trump after the November election that made him feel uncomfortable, and said he was fired after declining to take the third call.
Osaka Expo-linked spending expected to hit ¥1 trillion
The Osaka Expo site on Yumeshima island in December.
The North Korea taekwondo supremo that Austria can't kick
The entrance sign of the headquarters of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is pictured, on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria, on March 5, 2025. While the sports organization has faced accusations of working for Pyongyang, ITF has denied "any wrongdoing," insisting the federation promotes taekwondo worldwide.
Amid labor shortage, Japan approves guidelines to upskill foreign workers
A Vietnamese worker harvests tomatoes at a farm in the city of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in 2018.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida to step down
Makoto Uchida, CEO of Nissan, will step down from the post at the end of this month.
Man arrested after fatal stabbing of woman in Shinjuku Ward
Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police examine the scene where a woman in her 20s was stabbed on Tuesday morning in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
‘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.
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.
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.
Cherry blossom season set to kick off on March 21 in Tokyo
A Weathernews forecast shows the cherry blossom season will begin on March 21 in Tokyo.

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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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