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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 14, 2017

Testing time for the Constitution at 70

So you fancy yourself as a scholar on Japan's supreme law? Try testing your knowledge of the Constitution's birth with this quiz.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 13, 2017

Japan's fisheries still swimming upstream

In March, the internet news site Videonews.com posted a conversation between environmental journalist Tetsuji Ida and Waseda University researcher Yasuhiro Sanada, who writes about fisheries. During the talk, Sanada said that whaling is a "dead industry," and seemed to think that the ongoing controversy...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
May 13, 2017

Brut Wine Bar pop-up brings taste of Israel to Tokyo

On a cool afternoon in mid-April, Israeli chefs Yair Yosefi and Omer Ben-Gal, co-founders of Brut Wine Bar in Tel Aviv, examine a shipment of fresh silver-skinned sawara (Spanish mackerel) from Tottori Prefecture in a tiny kitchen on Cat Street — in the middle of Tokyo's bustling Harajuku neighborhood....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 13, 2017

'The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia': A look at Okinawa's distant past

On May 15, Japan will mark the 45th anniversary of the return of Okinawa. For 27 years prior, the U.S. administered the islands, a continuous period of occupation that began after the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945. This makes the new translation of Mamoru Akamine's 'The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia' both welcome and timely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 12, 2017

Is the sun setting on the U.S. imperium?

U.S. policy on Asia seems adrift under the Trump administration.
OLYMPICS
May 12, 2017

Olympic bid inspectors get full LA experience

The International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission got the full Los Angeles experience on Thursday, playing basketball at the Staples Center, hitting Santa Monica beach and negotiating the city's notorious traffic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 11, 2017

Online agency seeks to streamline adoption in Japan

From a baby expected to be born in October in Osaka Prefecture to one in Tokyo with a due date in July, information of upcoming childbirths is listed on a website run by an Osaka-based nonprofit adoption agency urging prospective parents-to-be to register online.
EDITORIALS
May 10, 2017

The pendulum swings in South Korea

The Abe administration must move fast to build relations with the new South Korean president to minimize the impact on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2017

Toshiba warns Western Digital to stop impeding chip unit sale

Toshiba Corp. has told partner Western Digital Corp. to stop interfering in plans to sell its memory chip business, warning it may take legal action to prevent the U.S. company from derailing the sale.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 6, 2017

Calling card: the evolution of business cards in Japan

On the afternoon of Jan. 26, 1948, a man claiming to be a public health official walked into a branch of Teikoku Ginko (Imperial Bank) in Tokyo's Shiinamachi district and told all 16 people present that dysentery had broken out in the neighborhood.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2017

Guo Wengui exposes Beijing's dilemma

The Chinese government's pursuit of billionaire Guo Wengui is once again raising charges that its anticorruption campaign is as much a tool to eliminate political opposition as it is an effort to clean up the CCP.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Easily accessible from Tokyo, Hakone is home to many popular tourist attractions

Hakone flourished as a stopover on the road connecting Tokyo and Kyoto many years ago. It is said that many people have healed away the weariness of travel in this town where people today still enjoy the hot springs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 1, 2017

Why are Japanese teens so glum?

Young people in Japan score distressingly low in OECD measurements of well-being.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017

The bumpy road to adulthood is getting longer

If adulthood in America ever equated with marrying and settling down, it doesn't now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2017

Ahead of next iPhone, Idemitsu Kosan leads way after developing OLED screen

The iPhone's success has transformed the fortunes of dozens of suppliers, from glass manufacturers to the maker of robots that cut metal cases.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2017

Taliban's brazen attack on Afghan soldiers eclipses Trump's 'mother of all bombs'

Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local soldiers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2017

Macron's advance in French runoff stalls populist wave in Europe

The populist tsunami that slammed into Britain last year, before sweeping across the Atlantic to the United States, may have faded on the shores of France on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2017

Seek constructive economic talks with the U.S.

The Japan-U.S. economic dialogue should focus on constructive discussions, not minor trade discrepancies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2017

Western Digital makes case for taking over Toshiba chip unit

Western Digital Corp. is making a forceful case for its bid to take control of Toshiba Corp.'s memory-chip business amid a fierce bidding war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2017

Japan and Australia move to bolster defense ties in Asia

At a meeting of their defense and foreign policy chiefs, semi-allied Tokyo and Canberra agree to cooperate more closely on their response to North Korea's saber-rattling.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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