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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015

Polar bears' numbers to fall as Arctic ice shrinks, detailed study predicts

Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around midcentury as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on Thursday in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 18, 2015

Retracing forced laborers' journey, Koreans finally bring their loved ones home from Hokkaido

A decade-long effort by civic groups in Japan and South Korea culminates in a 3,500-km journey to bring back the remains of wartime forced laborers.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2015

Japan sees record number of overseas tourists in October

A total of 1.82 million people arrived in Japan in October, a record high and up 43.8 percent from the same period a year ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 18, 2015

Fukada's 'Sayonara' captures android intimacy

'We all die alone" is a thought voiced by the famous (Hunter S. Thompson and Orson Welles among them), but it seems to state the obvious. We also all have toothaches alone, do we not?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2015

Subaru maker to raise profit forecast on high U.S. crossover demand

Yasuyuki Yoshinaga has a problem that other automaker bosses would love to have.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2015

Obama takes Pacific trade agreement momentum to Asia summits

U.S. President Barack Obama heads to Asia on Tuesday with an ace in his hand that wasn't there last time he visited the continent — a long-awaited Pacific trade pact that's just off the printer.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015

Russian Navy's red tide rising

Short of naval assets but wanting to flex its muscles at sea, Russia is employing a maritime version of the 'hybrid warfare' it used to take control of Crimea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2015

Market for luxury jets seen slipping for first time since 2009

Global long-term spending on private jets is starting to slow for the first time since 2009 as slumping commodity prices sap demand in emerging markets, according to an industry forecast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 16, 2015

Tours provide renewed interest in Japan's oldest hydro power plant

The Miyashiro No. 1 power plant, which houses the country's oldest working hydraulic generator, is attracting public attention after it started offering guided tours last spring.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 15, 2015

Asia's music cultures come together at gig

Music director Kishiko Kawaguchi will host a concert Nov. 29 that some Japan Times readers can attend free.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Nov 13, 2015

Sept Bistro: Japan-style hamburgers in a French-style restaurant

Japan does adaptive innovation well: just look at the nation's cars, video games and, yes, hamburgers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 12, 2015

Roster, coach change but Tokyo's game still same

The Tokyo Cinq Reves had an atrocious 2014-15 season, losing 47 of 52 games.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 12, 2015

Cero helps radio station InterFM897 celebrate its new look

The members of Cero have just finished recording their radio show, "Night Drifter," when I meet them at the InterFM897 studios in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. When I walk into the studio, one of the group immediately points out my T-shirt, which has an air-brushed depiction of a beach at sunset with the word...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

Putin's daughter and Russia's second-generation elite

Since Vladimir Putin began cementing his grip on Russia in the 1990s, many of his friends have grown famously rich.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2015

Russia's travel ban on Egypt taking a heavy toll

Vladimir Putin's decision to stop flights to Egypt is having a major impact not just on the Russian travel industry but also on a public that has few other inexpensive alternatives for overseas travel.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 11, 2015

Let women and the world into kabuki and watch it flourish

Kabuki has the ability to enrich the imagination of the world; it should not be held back by insular vision and outmoded conservatism.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2015

Maeda, Fukudome among Golden Glove recipients

Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda added another accolade to his already lengthy list when he was revealed as one of this year's Mitsui Golden Glove recipients on Tuesday afternoon.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2015

Coordinated European raids target Iran's 'Rocket Kitten' cyberspy group

European authorities have taken action to take down a cyberespionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Nov 6, 2015

Maruyama Coffee lets the beans explain themselves

From the hip barista conjuring latte art to the kissaten (traditional Japanese coffee shop) owner working an archaic siphon machine, there's a lot of fuss and theater involved in preparing coffee. So it can be hard to get excited about the French press sometimes. It's the saxophone of brewing methods:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015

Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner

She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2015

Trudeau set to take office in Canada, make half of his Cabinet female

Justin Trudeau promised in June that half of his Cabinet would be female if he was elected Canada's prime minister. On Wednesday, he was set to get the job and make good on the vow — bruising the egos of some experienced men who won't make it to the top tier of government.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 2, 2015

Let's discuss the tilting Yokohama condo scandal

An employee at the center of a data falsification scandal involving a tilting condo in Yokohama oversaw piling work at 41 projects in nine prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 2, 2015

Does biometric authentication hold the key to a bright future or Pandora's box?

Forgot your password? Maybe that won't be an issue in the near future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2015

During visit, Kerry raises human rights issue with autocratic central Asian states

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday met Uzbekistan's autocratic ruler and officials from other Central Asian states accused of being among the world's worst human rights offenders.

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