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Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jul 12, 2019

Rugby World Cup fever set to bring masses to Japan

The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been dubbed by organizers as a "once-in-a-lifetime" event. And for many of the more than 400,000 foreigners expected to travel here, it will be their one and only chance to visit Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2019

Iran says it will enrich uranium 'at any level,' challenging U.S.

Iran said on Sunday it is fully prepared to enrich uranium at any level and with any amount, in further defiance of U.S. efforts to squeeze the country with sanctions and force it to renegotiate a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2019

Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings

Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom's ultraconservative Wahhabi school of Islam for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 4, 2019

Brave Blossoms unveil new uniforms

The Japan Rugby Football Union revealed the new jersey for its national team, which could help the Brave Blossoms achieve a feat at the upcoming Rugby World Cup on home soil, on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2019

Keep up aid for kids in poverty

More can be done to break the vicious cycle of poverty that passes from parents to children over and over.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2019

Apple design chief Jony Ive, Steve Jobs' confidant, to leave tech giant and start own firm

Jonathan "Jony" Ive, a close creative collaborator with Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs whose iPhone and other designs fueled Apple's rise to a $1 trillion company, will leave later this year to form an independent design company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2019

A peek at the West's failed fight against China's 'Cloud Hopper' hackers

Hacked by suspected Chinese cyberspies five times from 2014 to 2017, security staffers at the Swedish telecommunications equipment giant Ericsson took to naming their response efforts after different types of wine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 8, 2019

For artist Jun Arita, home is where the art is

Art, says New Zealand-based Jun Arita, is not about the money, it's about making connections and creating something meaningful.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2019

Campaigning on welfare pledges, Danish center-left opposition wins election

Denmark appeared set to become the third Nordic country in a year to form a leftist government as voters in Wednesday's parliamentary election rebelled against austerity measures and dealt a blow to right-wing nationalists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019

Nippon Steel's reinvention of its namesake metal could make car bodies 30% lighter

Imagine the weight of 24 elephants bearing down on a tiny spot the size of a postage stamp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2019

Nissan pushes back on Renault's renewed efforts to merge

Nissan Motor Co. is opposing renewed efforts by alliance partner Renault SA to merge under a holding company because such a structure won't help turn it around, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 5, 2019

Reputation and success developed via resilience

LIFE.14 works with a diverse clientele, providing photography and video services for embassies, chambers of commerce, major corporations and nonpolitical organizations, and President Antony Tran's background is equally eclectic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2019

Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns with U.S. lawyers

The U.S. State Department allowed seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, in what some experts say could be a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution's...
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Emperor Naruhito’s Ascension
May 1, 2019

A lifelong passion for water studies

Emperor Naruhito, who ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday following the abdication of his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito on Tuesday, is the first emperor who has studied outside Japan. He is known for his wide range of interests in foreign countries and also for his compassionate personality. This...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 1, 2019

China's vast fleet seen tipping the balance of power in the Pacific

A generation ago, from mid-1995 into early 1996, China lobbed missiles in the waters around Taiwan as the self-governing island prepared to hold its first fully democratic presidential election. Washington forcefully intervened to support its ally, sending two aircraft carrier battle groups to patrol...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2019

Iran says leaving nuclear NPT one of many choices after U.S. sanctions move

Quitting a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is one of Iran's "numerous choices" after the United States tightened sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was on Sunday quoted as saying by state media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2019

How China is replacing America as Asia's military titan

In 1938, in the midst of a long campaign to bring China under Communist Party rule, revolutionary leader Mao Zedong wrote: "Whoever has an army has power."
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2019

Measures needed to address social recluse problem

The government should explore effective measures of support that suit the diverse circumstances and backgrounds of the hikikomori's problems.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Halal grows ahead of 2020 Games
Mar 25, 2019

Food options expanding for Japan-bound Muslims

There was a bit of a scrum outside Ajiran ramen house on Feb. 27, when around 30 media representatives and food buffs waited to sample the fare on offer at the newest noodle shop on the block in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2019

Apple's iPhone struggles unravel ambitions of Japan Display

When Japan Display Inc. broke ground on a new factory in central Japan in 2015, the future looked bright for one of the world's top vendors of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 23, 2019

Flower power: A Tokyo florist's decision to close his shop amid a shrinking market affects a wider community

It's 2:30 a.m. and dark outside. Tsuyoshi Hirasawa can see his breath in the February chill as he turns the key in the ignition of his white Honda minivan. The large hands gripping the steering wheel are rough and leathery from years of working with water, soil and the stems and branches of plants he...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2019

LDP picks former assemblyman Yanagimoto to take on Osaka Ishin's Ichiro Matsui in mayoral race

Former Osaka municipal assemblyman Akira Yanagimoto of the Liberal Democratic Party has been tapped to run against Ichiro Matsui, the governor of Osaka Prefecture and head of Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), in next month's Osaka mayoral race, with the focus on whether to abolish Osaka's 24 wards and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2019

Osaka's governor-mayor duo quit in audacious bid to swap posts in name of merger referendum quest

Frustrated by their failure to merge Osaka's wards, Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura shock political circles by quitting to run for each other's positions next month.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 21, 2019

Organizing committee chief Akira Shimazu hopes World Cup will be catalyst for growth

With half a year to go until the first-ever Rugby World Cup in Asia, organizing committee chief Akira Shimazu insisted that the hosts are focused on making the tournament in Japan a "ground-breaking" event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 12, 2019

Japanese companies warming up — slowly — to four-day workweek

Once synonymous with long work hours, Japanese companies are beginning to embrace — or at least consider — the idea of a four-day workweek.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 9, 2019

Yu Nakamura: A sweet affinity between Japan and Thailand

An entrepreneur and cultural innovator, Yu Nakamura helps Thai farmers with her coconut sugar business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2019

Bypassing U.S. regulators, Takeda takes its dengue shot to the tropics first

A new vaccine for the dengue virus is taking a potentially risky road to prevent the mosquito-borne disease that infects nearly 400 million people each year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Jan 26, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era: The fragmentation of the family in Japan

Hatsune is Akihiko Kondo's dream wife.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2019

Reviewing the lay judge trial system

Resolving issues surrounding lay judges hold the key to sustaining the system.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?