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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2015

Of 20 leading economies, Japan worst at getting women on company boards

Women hold only 3 percent of seats on the boards of directors at Japan's largest companies, the lowest ratio of 20 major economies, a new study shows.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2015

Seattle dog learns how to ride bus to park without her owner

Every dog has its day — at least on one Seattle bus route.
WORLD
Jan 14, 2015

Czechs discover antenna used in plot to kill Nazi kingpin Heydrich

A British-made radio antenna used in the World War II plot to kill Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich has surfaced in a Czech village.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2015

U.S. man, 19, pleads not guilty to trying to join Islamic State

A 19-year-old man from suburban Chicago pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges of trying to provide material support to Islamic State militants after he tried to travel with his two younger siblings to the Middle East to join the Islamic State.
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2015

Launch secrecy oversight panels

The designation of some government information as 'secret' continues as allowed under a new law, but the sole mechanism for overseeing the process has not been launched.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2015

Lecturer resigns after stripping on campus for student lover

A 55-year-old part-time computer science lecturer resigned from Taisho University in Tokyo on Thursday after being found naked in a corridor.
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015

Veteran Algerian militant hails Paris killings

Veteran Algerian militant and former al-Qaida fighter Mokhtar Belmokhtar praised a deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper and urged Muslims in the West to carry out similar attacks, a monitoring service said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 12, 2015

The No. 1 way to master ichi is by taking one step at a time

Welcome to the first month of the new year, which in Japan comes with the very straightforward name ichigatsu (一月) — literally, "month one".
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jan 12, 2015

If the au fits, wear it

Today we will introduce the meanings and usage of the verb u5408uff08u3042uff09u3046 that means to fit. u5408u3046 is used to describe how something or someone (X) fits with something or someone else (Y) using the pattern X(a thing or person)u306fY(a thing or person)u306bu5408u3046, as in u4ecauff08u3044u307euff09u306eu4ed5u4e8buff08u3057u3054u3068uff09u306fu79c1uff08u308fu305fu3057uff09u306bu5408u3063u3066u3044u308b (My current job suits me).
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2015

The campaign to glorify Gandhi's assassin

A strident new campaign by a radical Hindu group seeks to rehabilitate the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 as an Indian hero who was inspired by 'love of country.'
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2015

Koreans need to stay outraged over 'nut-rage'

The Heather Cho kerfuffle — involving 'nut-rage' aboard a Korean Air fligh — offers the South Korean news media a chance to right a political system that has veered off course.
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015

Solar, nuclear, climate progress possible on Obama India visit

There could be progress on U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, solar power and climate change when U.S. President Barack Obama visits India in two weeks, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015

Gun from Paris deli siege linked with jogger shooting two days earlier

Bullet casings found at the site where a jogger was shot and wounded on the evening of Jan. 7 match the gun found at the scene of a fatal shooting in a supermarket in east Paris two days later, the Paris prosecutor said citing ballistics tests.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2015

Netanyahu tells French Jews a welcome awaits them in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with France on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 11, 2015

JX-Eneos outplays Denso in fourth quarter, claims Empress Cup

The Sunflowers players and staff insisted after the game that what separated them from their opponents was their spirited mentality rather than their skills.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2015

Scrutinized Chinese officials frozen in headlights of Xi's anti-graft campaign

The sustained scrutiny of Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has been traumatic for many Communist Party and government officials who have grown rich on their power to dispense favors. With so much attention on their lifestyles, spending, travel, entertainment and networks of friends...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2015

Xi a keen student of U.S. power

Xi Jinping is being called China's first U.S.-style president because of how he has cultivated a distinctly presidential approach abroad, overseen loans and trade deals with strategic partners and used the 'bully pulpit' at home to advocate a clear policy direction.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2015

U.S. border drone program understates cost, efficiency: report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection drones have had "minimal" impact on stemming illegal immigration and the agency has drastically understated the program's cost while failing to prove its value, an inspector general's report says.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Jan 10, 2015

Kenyan greats call for law to punish dopers

Is it time to make doping in athletics a criminal offense?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Jan 10, 2015

Point systems stir privacy fears among Net users

The battle for point card supremacy in loyalty programs is hotting up across the country, causing consumers to express concern over privacy issues as a growing number of companies get in on the act.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 10, 2015

'You shouldn't worry about life too much'

Save the Children Japan CEO Kunio Senga on astronomy, mangoes and patience
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2015

Half of new adults strangers to romance: survey

Nearly half of Japan's 20-year-olds have never been in a romantic relationship and 1 in 5 has never fallen in love, a survey by a marriage counseling firm says.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2015

Tail of crashed AirAsia plane raised by Indonesian search team

Indonesian search and rescue teams raised on Saturday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, and will soon search it for the flight recorders.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 9, 2015

Martinez struggling to keep Everton competitive

So David Moyes is not such a bad manager after all.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2015

Avoid trap of pitting Islamism against nativism

Many people fear dreadful political reactions to the brutal attack on the headquarters of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Government partly responsible for 2015 river flooding, court finds
A man wades through a shopping area flooded by the Kinugawa river in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2015.
Apple to keep DEI efforts, though some adjustments possible
An Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, on Monday. Apple Inc. Apple investors rejected a proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, but CEO Tim Cook some some adjustments may occur.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Osaka University develops new method for pancreatic cancer testing
Researchers from Osaka University (center) have developed a new method to test for pancreatic cancer.
Jose Ando's rapid rise from first pages to the Akutagawa Prize
Jose Ando purposefully wrote his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Dtopia” to be accessible to an audience beyond Japan and to spark conversations about race, gender and the effects of modern entertainment.
Standoff in the skies: Witnessing an unsafe intercept over the South China Sea
A Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy helicopter is seen from aboard a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft in the skies above Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 18.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
Japan looks to save seafood and seaweed farming from warming oceans
Asian seabass are bred at the Songkhla Coastal Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Research and Development Center in southern Thailand.

Podcast

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

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The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.
The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble
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