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WORLD
Jan 25, 2013

Communists celebrate 40 years since Paris peace deal

Hanoi AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2013

U.S. Mumbai plotter avoids death but gets 35 years for cooperation

Chicago AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2013

Why the future of aviation needs the Dreamliner

As Boeing showed off its multibillion-dollar baby on the Dreamliner's promotional world tour in 2011, one quirky feature was regularly pointed out: a sleekly designed but redundant ashtray, a compliance with regulations laid down in a different age.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 25, 2013

Infobar wows again with interface innovation

On Thursday, KDDI Corp.'s au brand unveil the latest model of the Infobar smartphone series, which will hit the Japanese market after mid-February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2013

Firms starting to see value in hiring grads who have studied overseas

With many Japanese companies taking advantage of the strong yen to globalize their business, some job-placement agencies are launching new services to meet the demand for global-minded personnel.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2013

Grains turned wolves into man's best friend

You know that dog biscuit shaped like a bone but made mostly of wheat? The fact that your dog is satisfied with it instead of going for a piece of your thigh may be one of the big reasons why its ancestors evolved from wolves to house pets.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2013

Smokers who quit by about age 40 can stave off early death, study finds

Smokers who quit by around age 40 can stave off an early death, according to a landmark study that fills key gaps in our knowledge of smoking-related health ills.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Jan 24, 2013

Fish dish that predates your fridge

Before refrigeration became widespread in the late 1950s, fresh, unprocessed fish was only available to the well-to-do or people living on the coasts.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 24, 2013

Deflation watch: Retort curry

What effect has deflation had on ready-to-eat curry?
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 24, 2013

Tokyo goalkeeper Gonda sets bar high for coming season

FC Tokyo goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda is far too modest to accept the plaudits that have come his way after a string of fine performances for club and country last season, but there is certainly nothing humble about his ambitions for the year ahead.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2013

U.S. chimps may be retired from research

New U.S. federal rules proposed Tuesday would severely restrict medical and behavioral research on chimpanzees and send nearly all of the government's remaining 450 research chimps into retirement, an unfunded project that could cost $25 million.
Reader Mail
Jan 23, 2013

Xenophobic nationalist nonsense

I was dismayed at the vitriol expressed toward Emmanuelle Bodin by Shigure Tatsushige in his Jan. 20 letter. The idea that people should be deported because they left an area that was hazardous to the health of them and their families is ridiculous.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 23, 2013

Humble origins of great architectural photography

The last couple of shows at the Shiodome Museum have been colorful and varied affairs, but the latest exhibition, showcasing Yukio Futagawa's photos of traditional Japanese houses taken in 1955, strikes a very different note. There is an absence of color and accompanying objects, and in its place a sense...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 23, 2013

Alabama Shakes tap the roots of Southern blues-rock

Here's a question: what do Russell Crowe, Robert Plant, Jack White and David Byrne all have in common?
JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2013
Jan 23, 2013

Japan searches for growth areas to drive economy

While the media have highlighted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's large-scale government spending on public works, and high expectations for his so-called Abenomics drove share prices up and weakened the yen, the important question is; what industries does Abe's administration want to promote as driving forces...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2013

7 JGC workers in Algeria confirmed dead; three still missing

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in an emergency meeting late Monday night, announced that Tokyo has confirmed the deaths of seven Japanese workers, killed during hostage crisis at a natural gas complex in Algeria.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2013

The problem of power harassment

One in four workers in Japan experienced power harassment over the past three years, according to a recent survey by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. The poll of 4,580 companies with 30 or more employees, conducted between July and September of 2012, also found that 45.2 percent of the surveyed...
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2013

Kada steps down as leader of Nippon Mirai, takes adviser role

Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada was named a policy adviser to Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan) Sunday, ending her official leadership role with the ill-fated party she founded in late November for December's Lower House election.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2013

Militants' aim: massacre or money?

As Algerian security forces on Sunday tallied up the bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility in the aftermath of a bloody international hostage crisis, debate was emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaida that seized the plant had been intent on a massacre or whether it had simply...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2013

Five myths about the next defense secretary

1. Chuck Hagel is anti-Israel.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2013

Japan's leaders must see the need for sustaining a fiscal Big Bang

With Japan's stock market surging even before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his plans for economic stimulus, we would have expected the usual anti-stimulus critics to be silent, at least for a while. But no. Already we hear the usual complaints — more printing of money, more public debt, more...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2013

Abe strikes control pose as Japan scrambles for information

With the whereabouts of 10 of the 17 Japanese taken hostage at a gas complex in Algeria still unknown, the government desperately tries to gather more information.
Japan's Iwaya vows to push ahead with sanctions against Russia
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya meets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and counterparts from other countries at the State Department in Washington on Jan. 21.
Japan’s English-language education doesn’t pass the test
One-third of elementary school students in Japan do not like learning English, according to a 2021 poll, an 8% rise since 2013. The pressure of taking proficiency tests is eroding children's engagement with studying English and its benefits.
Naturalized Japanese can soon list Taiwan as original nationality
Naturalized Japanese citizens from Taiwan will be able to list Taiwan as their place of origin in their family register instead of China from May.
Japan backs nuclear power in climate plan criticized as insufficient
The government has made a shift toward nuclear amid predictions of higher electricity demand stemming from semiconductor production and data centers for AI in the decades to come.
Singapore says Asia now views U.S. as a ‘landlord seeking rent’
According to a prepared text of Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen's remarks posted on a government website over the weekend, the image of the U.S. "has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent."
Can Ishiba's 'joyful Japan' policy revitalize the nation's rural regions?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives fruit from tangerine farmers of Shizuoka Prefecture in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The government's new regional revitalization plan focuses on convincing younger workers to choose a career and life somewhere other than a major urban center such as Tokyo.
Japan’s English-language education doesn’t pass the test
One-third of elementary school students in Japan do not like learning English, according to a 2021 poll, an 8% rise since 2013. The pressure of taking proficiency tests is eroding children's engagement with studying English and its benefits.
Black History Month in 2025: The boundaries between 'us' and 'them'
Kendrick Lamar performs at the halftime show of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sky not the only limit for JAL and ANA’s climate goals
All Nippon Airways aircraft at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in August 2024. ANA has staked a lot on greener kinds of jet fuel, with 70% of the emissions reductions under its net-zero emissions plan coming from them.
The different faces of ‘Asura’ through the generations
Netflix series “Asura,” directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, is a remake of a classic TV drama (known as “Like Asura” in English), created by Kuniko Mukoda and broadcast by NHK between 1979 and 1980.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tokyo Koon stands at the forefront of tackling the so-called 2025 issue, also known as the “Magnetic Tape Alert.”
The race to save 20th-century history
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