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Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 4, 2016

Riken mind bender stays one step ahead of virtual reality

Imagine you are standing on the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped bridge suspended 1,200 meters above the Colorado River. You are likely to get dizzy and freeze up at the thought of venturing out onto the 10-cm thick glass.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 3, 2016

'Bull sumo' on the subtropical island of Tokunoshima

It was 5 p.m. when my plane touched down onto the small airstrip at Tokunoshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture that, in its climate and fauna, bears a strong resemblance to nearby Okinawa.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2016

How Russian propaganda works in the West

The 'crazies' that populate the alternative news sphere, those dismissed by the mainstream, consume pro-Vladimir Putin information with their general diet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Nov 27, 2016

A reading list for Japan's music scene

Sometime in the spring of 2014, a friend of mine who works for a small publishing company asked if I would write a book about the Japanese music scene for him.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2016

Japan's top buzzword candidates for 2016 range from Pikotaro to 'the Trump phenomenon'

The 30 nominees for Japan's top buzzwords of 2016 were announced Thursday by the Jiyukokuminsha publishing house, covering a variety of new popular terms ranging from the "Shin Godzilla" film to the "Zika fever."
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2016

EU plans online screening for visa-free travelers

Millions of tourists and business people visiting Europe will have to complete a €5 ($5.35) online security check before arrival if an EU plan to tighten controls on foreigners who do not need visas wins approval.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2016

Ahead of U.S. visit, Abe says he hopes to build 'relationship of mutual trust' with Trump

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vows to the Diet that he will forge a strong relationship with the incoming president.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2016

Russian hackers accused of post-election attacks on U.S. think tanks

A Russian hacking group began attacking U.S.-based policy think tanks within hours of Donald Trump's presidential election victory, according to cyberexperts who suspect Moscow is seeking information on the incoming administration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2016

Donald Trump and a world full of distrust

The West's political systems will remain on life support until their entrenched elites feel sufficiently vulnerable to stop ignoring the needs of those who have been left behind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2016

Poll finds 14% of Japanese adults living alone have no cash in the bank

Fourteen percent of Japanese adults living alone have no money in the bank to guard themselves for rainy days, according to a recent survey of several thousand people by the nation's Central Council for Financial Services Information.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2016

Brace for the ultimate Washington gridlock

News of another FBI review of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's emails may not change the outcome of the election. But it could poison a Clinton presidency.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2016

Scandal rocks Seoul

The furor that has erupted in Seoul is not likely to topple South Korean President Park Geun-hye, but it will create a vacuum at the apex of government and may well render her a lame duck.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2016

Japan demands talks with U.K. government over Brexit strategy

Japan warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that her government must improve its communications about Brexit, or risk endangering inward investment in the U.K.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2016

Probing unexpected patient death

The system for investigating unexpected patient deaths needs major improvement.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2016

China eyes biggest opening for private business in decades

After weak first-quarter investment figures added to concerns about the outlook for China's economy, one of the government's most powerful policymaking bodies commissioned a study of private businesses to discover how to turn it around.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 27, 2016

Flashpoints in Asian waters

There are four flashpoints in East Asia and Japan will be greatly impacted if a crisis develops in any of them.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 26, 2016

Japan's Filipinos heed Pope Francis' call to action on refugees and climate

Pontiff's emphasis on mercy for migrants and warnings about climate change resonate with the community in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2016

Can the ultimate marketing campaign sell peace?

A Peace Age is possible, if we try hard enough.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2016

Ex-SDF officer believed responsible for blast in Tochigi posted warnings on social media

Toshikatsu Kurihara had been posting online messages about family troubles and warned of a desperate move.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2016

Protecting people against quakes

The government should focus on improving defenses against quakes rather than spending resources on the extremely difficult task of predicting when they will strike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2016

Shibuya's tourism car gets Sanrio makeover to ward off Halloween chaos

In a bid to thwart the more rambunctious revelers who gather in Shibuya Crossing on Halloween night, the green train car and information center in front Shibuya Station has been dressed up to look like Sanrio's popular character Pom Pom Purin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 22, 2016

Welcome home, Okinawa

Under the slogan "Let the whole world move to the Uchina beat," Okinawa will host the prefecture's largest international event, the sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival from Thursday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Oct. 30. (Uchina means Okinawa in the island's language, while Uchinanchu means an Okinawan person)....
WORLD
Oct 21, 2016

Islamic State seizes 550 families as human shields in Mosul: U.N.

Islamic State militants have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State group locations in the Iraqi city, probably as human shields, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court upholds law
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok remains both intriguing and complicated. The ban is set to take effect just one day before his inauguration, and while it has been reported that President Joe Biden won’t enforce the ban on day one, the decision on what to do long-term will become Trump’s problem almost immediately.
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers
Roki Sasaki pitches for Japan during the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 11, 2023.
Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses
The average figure of winter bonuses agreed on by labor unions and employers stood 4.93% higher than a year earlier.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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