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EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2016

An unnerving debate in the U.S.

Hillary Clinton has offered what the world expects from a U.S. president. We hope American voters appreciate that fact.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 28, 2016

'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies': The undead can't liven up a classic

Arriving just in time to miss peak steampunk by a year or two is "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," a one-joke movie that is itself based on a one-joke book, Seth Grahame-Smith's 2009 mash-up of the 1813 Jane Austen novel with B-movie zombie horror.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 28, 2016

Shep Gordon lives life like a movie

Behind every star, you can be sure there's a schmoozing, shouting manager who got them where they are. It's not a profession noted for its integrity; managers most often make news when being sued by a former client. Yet comedian Mike Myers ("Austin Powers") likes his manager so much, he made a film about...
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2016

China to prosecute former chief in Xinjiang city of Hotan for corruption, abuse of power

China will prosecute a former Communist Party boss in the western city of Hotan, in the troubled Xinjiang region, an anti-graft watchdog said on Wednesday, as President Xi Jinping pushes on with a years-long crackdown on corruption.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2016

Renho launches fiery critique of Abenomics in first Diet debate as DP leader

In her first parliamentary face-off with the prime minister, Renho unleashes a broadside against Abe's eponymous program.
WORLD / Society
Sep 28, 2016

Women a minority among top earners, researchers say

Women account for a fraction of the richest people in eight of the world's wealthiest countries and the gender gap gets wider the higher the income bracket, a study by the London School of Economics showed on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2016

Singapore accuses Chinese paper of fabricating South China Sea story

Singapore's ambassador to China has accused a major state-run Chinese newspaper of fabricating a report about Singapore's position on the South China Sea, but the paper stuck by its story.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2016

Duterte woos army as opponents warn of discontent in ranks

Five months after his landslide election victory, Rodrigo Duterte can't stop campaigning. Yet rather than courting Filipino voters who put him into office, he's now giving out handguns and G-Shock watches to soldiers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2016

A first: ICC sentences Islamist rebel to nine years for Timbuktu antiquities destruction

War crimes judges on Tuesday sentenced a former Islamist rebel who admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali's 2012 conflict to nine years in prison, in the first such case to focus on destruction of cultural heritage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2016

In first debate, Clinton rips Trump over Japan comments, reassures nervous Asian allies

In a message that appeared directed at a wary Japan, Hillary Clinton offers reassurances that as president she would honor security commitments in Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2016

Trump's strengths didn't help him this time

In Monday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump failed to convince doubters he's qualified to become president.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2016

Labor panel meets after report Japan may open doors to nursing staff and construction workers

A government panel on labor reforms such as a narrowing of the pay gap between regular and nonregular workers held its first meeting Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 27, 2016

Amid charges of sexism, city in Kyushu pulls video promoting local eels

A promotional YouTube video made by the city of Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, featuring a young woman in a swimsuit who morphs into an eel has been pulled following a public outcry that it was sexist.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2016

MetLife to offer staff buyouts amid investment squeeze

MetLife Inc. said its Japanese business will offer early retirement packages to some staff as the insurer consolidates operations in Tokyo to help counter pressure from low bond yields.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 26, 2016

Let's discuss anime and manga tourism

Anime and manga will play a bigger role in promoting tourism across Japan under an initiative to make better use of the nation's pop culture.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2016

Human genome editing

Given the potential benefits and risks of genome editing, the government should develop strict rules to regulate the technique.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016

Turkey's growing freedom deficit

Today, Turkey is further than ever from creating a society whose members feel free to speak openly and honestly.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016

Training the Mideast's health care professionals

Given the region's public health challenges, affluent Gulf Cooperation Council countries must step up their health care game.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016

Federal Reserve's mission is to escape Jupiter

The Fed should should instead hold off raising interest rates until economic conditions are so strong that it needs to raise them rapidly.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 26, 2016

Plan to fix day care crunch belies decades of pent-up demand

The shortage of day care facilities is a long-standing issue in Japan, where the ranks of working mothers keep swelling, both out of choice and necessity.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2016

Japan scrambles jets as China warplanes fly through Okinawa strait

The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft on Sunday as at least eight Chinese fighters and bombers — and possibly more than 40 — passed through a critical international entryway into the Western Pacific.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2016

Abe opens extra Diet session, urging action on Constitution and TPP

Abe gets a 66-day extraordinary Diet session underway with a speech vowing additional fiscal measures for the economy.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 25, 2016

Wozniacki halts Osaka's run in Pan Pacific Open final

Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki denied teenage sensation Naomi Osaka her first title on the WTA Tour with a 7-5, 6-3 win in the Pan Pacific Open final on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2016

Trump's potential guest at first debate: Gennifer Flowers

Donald Trump has threatened to invite Gennifer Flowers, who had an affair with Hillary Clinton's husband, to attend Monday night's presidential debate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2016

As Diet opens, emboldened Abe sets sights on constitutional revision

After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in July's election, all eyes are now on just how serious he is about pursuing his goal of amending the pacifist Constitution.
Tokyo responds to Trump remarks on 'interesting' Japan-U.S. security pact
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 7.
As Trump hails taking back of Panama Canal, Hong Kong Inc. walks tightrope
Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, at the Panama Canal. Conglomerate CK Hutchison, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, has agreed to sell its ports network, including assets along the Panama Canal, to a U.S. consortium led by BlackRock.
Some 44% of Japanese lawmakers back selective dual surname system
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda addresses a rally calling for the introduction of a system allowing married couples to choose whether to use the same or different family names on Feb. 26 at parliament.
Foreign single mothers struggle with language barriers and visas
Forbidden from seeing friends and forced to devote herself to housework, Reina (whose name has been changed), a 37-year-old Filipino national living in the city of Nagoya, became socially isolated.
Bank of America CEO willing to hire in Japan amid revival
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
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.
‘Granny hobbies’ are the new self-care
Yarn shortages are a sign that hobbies like knitting and crochet are gaining in popularity.
Can Shiori Ito’s documentary open Japan’s black box?
Shiori Ito is the first Japanese director to have been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature film. "Black Box Diaries," which tells the story of her quest for justice following her rape in 2015, hasn't been released in Japan.
Japanese stocks stalled at 1989 levels as investors weigh tariffs and rates
An electronic sign displays the benchmark Nikkei stock average on a street in Tokyo. The stock average has been range-bound between about 38,000 and 40,000 since hitting a new all-time high in July last year.
Redevelopment and resistance in historic Nishiogikubo
Tsuyoshi Mizukoshi, owner of a pub in Nishiogi’s commercial area, is a community organizer who is rallying local residents against the road development plan.

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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