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Reader Mail
Jun 12, 2008

Question for next U.S. president

Let me congratulate U.S. Democratic Party candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for having fought very courageously for the presidential nomination. Although I welcome last week's outcome, I can't get rid of lingering thoughts that Clinton could also prove just as capable.
COMMENTARY
Aug 7, 2007

A question of G8 legitimacy

Viewed from the media coverage of the Group of Eight Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, the gathering was dominated by three main issues: environment, missile defense and clashes between demonstrators and police.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 14, 2004

Japan and the immigration issue

Japan is not ready or willing to accept an immigrant influx, says Barry Brophy One of the great givens regarding Japan's aging population and declining birthrate is that an influx of immigrants, or "replacement migration," is needed if the nation's pension burden is not to become unmanageable, and the...
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2004

Tokyo, Hokkaido police to question trio of freed hostages

Tokyo and Hokkaido Prefectural Police investigators will soon question the three Japanese released Thursday after being held hostage for more than a week in Iraq to learn more about their ordeal, police sources said Monday.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 25, 2001

Pick a question, any question

Good news: We members of the Japanese masu-komi were privileged to attend the premiere press conference for Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes."
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2001

Tanaka fails in bid to limit rival's question time

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka threw the Lower House Committee on Foreign Affairs into turmoil Friday after requesting that scheduled questions by Muneo Suzuki, a rival politician within her Liberal Democratic Party, be limited.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 1997

Renewal of U.S. paper pact 'out of the question,' exec says

The United States is expected to demand this month that Japan introduce a new set of measures to expand foreign paper makers' sales, but a senior Japanese industry official has said such a bilateral arrangement is "out of the question."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2023

How Hong Kong is faring three years after China’s crackdown

The Lee administration’s policy toward its critics has led many to question whether freedom of speech is still a right in Hong Kong.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / The Year Ahead
Jan 2, 2023

The Ukraine war and Asian security

The real question facing leaders across the Indo-Pacific is whether the region can build a structure of peace to prevent national ambitions and hostilities from escalating to open warfare.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 14, 2022

Tourists will love the yen. Will Japan love them back?

With the yen near the cheapest level in decades, Japan is set to reopen its borders — but it should think about what type of tourist nation it wants to be.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2022

Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products

IQOS is available in more than 60 countries under widely varying regulations, and sticks come in flavors such as menthol, cherry and grape, which critics say help attract younger users.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2022

Should the U.S. have a monarchy?

A U.S. monarchy is a terrible idea, but the very question says a lot about the current state of thinking on the American right.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 11, 2022

Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass COVID-19 checks

The dominance of the relatively milder omicron variant and the availability of vaccines and treatments means governments should consider more strategic policies, some experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 19, 2022

Scientists question data behind an experimental Alzheimer’s drug

Studies linked to Cassava Sciences, once a stock market favorite, have been retracted or challenged by medical journals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2022

Ukraine war forces a question: How far east does Europe go?

After Russia invaded, Ukraine asked to join the European Union, quickly. Moldova and Georgia have asked too. Member states would rather not answer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2022

New COVID-19 variants complicate the question of vaccine mandates

Officials mulling new pandemic policies need to know how quickly vaccine protection wanes. But scientists don't have a clear answer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2020

WHO coronavirus vaccine drive bedeviled by familiar question: Who pays if things go wrong?

Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It's not clear and that's a big problem in the battle to beat COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2020

Trump is putting the credibility question to test

The longstanding academic debate over reputation and foreign policy is having real-world effects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2019

Nissan board due to question CEO Hiroto Saikawa on 2013 house purchase

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa is due to be questioned by the board on Monday about allegations by a former senior executive that he broke company rules to pay for a house in Tokyo, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2019

Warren Buffett confronts tech-driven change while Berkshire investors question moves

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. overpaid for part of venerable food giant Kraft Heinz Co. and failed to realize the potential of Amazon.com Inc., snapping up stock in the internet retailer only after it had already risen by thousands of percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2019

Canadians question ratification of North American trade deal with Trump tariffs still intact, Ottawa official says

Many Canadians question why Ottawa should ratify a new North American free trade deal given Washington's refusal to lift U.S. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from its northern neighbor, a top Canadian official said on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2019

Find an answer to the question of same-sex marriage

The government, lawmakers and other parties concerned should hold broad discussions on the issue to reach a concensus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2018

APEC's relevance called into question after forum fails to reach deal on communique amid Sino-American clash

The "C" in APEC stands for Cooperation. But when the two biggest members are fighting a trade war and using the forum to attack each other's policies, it was always going to be hard work delivering on that.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Oct 21, 2018

Is Yumeshima safe as a casino site? Some question Osaka's pitch after flooding at Kansai airport

Less than two months ago, Typhoon Jebi ripped through western Japan and slammed a tanker into the only bridge leading to Kansai International Airport, forcing it to shut down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2018

Trade, technology and Xi Jinping's question

We may have reached a turning point in the march of technological progress — and we are navigating it very badly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2018

Dissent surfaces as China begins to question its readiness for trade war with U.S.

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to match U.S. President Donald Trump blow for blow in any trade war. Now as one gets closer, some in Beijing are starting to openly wonder whether China is ready for the fight — an unusually direct challenge to the leadership of the world's second-largest economy....
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

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

Longform

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