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BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 10, 2013

Korean Air rail discounts; Cathay's extra miles; Air France kids treats

Korean Air rail discounts
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 10, 2013

For customers of Japan's biggest bank, it's about to become harder to avoid fees

Banking at convenience stores will soon be more expensive.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 9, 2013

Otaku culture gets under the skin

Tattoos in Japan have long moved on from the kind often romanticized by the West — that imagery of flamboyant yakuza that so many seem reluctant to relinquish. But a brief glance at the policies of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto reveals a nation still unwilling to allow tattoos into mainstream society...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2013

Moral high ground as a tool

Admirable as Nelson Mandela's saintly virtues were, he also had to be cunning, iron-willed, bullheaded and contemptuous at times to engineer the political miracle in South Africa.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2013

Mandela's walk from prison to reconciliation

Nelson Mandela's greatest legacy to South Africa, indeed the entire world, was to preach and practice reconciliation between former sworn enemies after putting 27 years in prison behind him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2013

Amazon tries 'selling' Cyber Monday

Leave it to the country's online retail giant to create Japan's version of America's latest Christmas shopping spree.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2013

46 Thais deported aboard one plane

Japan deported 46 illegal Thai immigrants Sunday in the second round of a new mass deportation program that makes use of a government-chartered plane, the Immigration Bureau said Monday.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2013

Re-examining Yasujiro Ozu on film

Yasujiro Ozu once had a reputation for making films only other Japanese could understand.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2013

The Japan Times review of 'Ukigusa (Floating Weeds),' Nov. 26, 1959

'Ukigusa" is the latest film of Yasujiro Ozu, the director whom most Japanese consider "the most Japanese director."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 7, 2013

Wabori: Traditional Japanese Tattoo

It may not have been their sole purposes for visiting Japan during their respective reigns, but Queen Victoria's grandson George V and the last emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, both received tattoos on visits to Japan, despite the government's ban on a craft reserved primarily for the branding of criminals....
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 7, 2013

Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy that won't go away

Dec. 8 (Japan time) is the 72nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the infamous attack launched by Imperial Japanese forces against the United States that continues to reverberate in the popular imagination.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Dec 7, 2013

Tales from on the trail of Okinawa's rail

Thirty-one years ago I set off on a quest to look for a species so rare that it seemed as mythical as a Phoenix. Not only was it almost unknown, but also the Okinawa Rail had only recently been discovered. It was, as reporters like to say, a species new to science. Nothing was known about its numbers,...
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2013

Mandela saved nation from race war

To fully appreciate what former South African President Nelson Mandela was able to accomplish, it is necessary to harken back to the South Africa he found when he emerged from prison in 1990, and what the country was like in those critical four years between his release and his election to the presidency...
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2013

Diet enacts controversial state secrets bill

The Upper House passes the state secrets bill despite soaring opposition over the lack of an independent oversight body to check the government's decisions.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2013

Why is the U.S. OK with Israel having nukes but not Iran?

Could Iranian officials have a point when they sometimes respond to accusations that Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapons capability by not-so-subtly nodding to the one country in the region that does have nuclear weapons: Israel?
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2013

Six reasons to worry about the Iran nuclear deal

The interim nuclear agreement between the Great Powers and Iran is creating a lot of anxiety for people who support the deal, because not much proof has been offered to suggest that it will actually work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2013

Pension investment fund must ditch JGBs: Ito

The world's biggest retirement fund needs to cut bond holdings now because the Japanese government will follow an advisory panel's recommendation that the wealth manager seek higher returns, the panel's head said.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2013

Amari admits he has early-stage tongue cancer, vows to stay on

Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari, a key policymaker and trade negotiator of the Cabinet, confessed Thursday that he has early-stage tongue cancer but vowed to stay at his post.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 5, 2013

Silent cinema takes a Grimm turn in 'Blancanieves'

A wise man once told me that however original and unique you may think your great new idea is, you'd better act on it quickly, because somewhere in the world someone else is having the exact same idea at the exact same time.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2013

Economics that aids people

Confronted with a worldwide, systemic economic crisis, isn't it time we rethink the foundation of mainstream economic theory and move to change the way we measure the quality of life for mankind?
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2013

Thai angst and the battle for royal intervention

The battle in Thailand has been redrawn into one between ethical rule centered on the monarchy as the face of moral authority against the supposedly corrupt Yingluck Shinawatra regime.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 5, 2013

Act on Handel's message of good will to all

George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" premiered in Dublin in April 1742 and has since been performed in churches and concert halls worldwide, eventually becoming a popular Christmas tradition.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 5, 2013

Don't choke on your traditional Japanese New Year's meal

Suffocating on osechi, Japan's selection of traditional New Year's dishes, really does happen. Which is why Osaka-based food manufacturer Fukunao Medical Foods Co. is holding an event on Dec. 7 where osechi cuisine specially prepared for people with chewing problems and dysphagia will be available for...
CULTURE / Film
Dec 5, 2013

'Dear Mr. Watterson'

Director: Joel Alan Schroeder
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
U.S. Marines start to leave Japan, decades behind schedule
U.S. Marines during training in Okinawa last month.
Japan may ease privacy rules to aid AI development
Under the law, information such as race, social status, medical history and any criminal record is designated as sensitive personal information, and obtaining such information requires prior consent from the individuals concerned.
Who will speak for the trees?
Ancient trees and animals play crucial roles in ecosystems, carbon storage and even human health, yet their populations are dwindling due to deforestation, fishing and climate change.
Man served fresh warrant over murder and robbery in Osaka Prefecture
Hiroto Oki leaving the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters for prosecution on Tuesday in Osaka's Chuo Ward.
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.
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
As Ukraine rift emerges, Kyiv's envoy says Japan must take on bigger global role
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky speaks during an interview at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
Shimane and Tottori to bewitch tourists with supernatural charms
In Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, an entire street is dedicated to Japanese spirits, monsters and ghouls — a sign that the overall region is rich in spine-tingling tourist draws.
Japan release of Shiori Ito's documentary in limbo
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Tomoko Otake

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