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WORLD
Jun 18, 2013

Deadly coronavirus dates to 2011: study

The new coronavirus that has killed 33 people since September may have emerged almost a year earlier than the first known case and circulated unnoticed for that time, a study has shown.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 30, 2013

Study casts doubt on theory of caring dino dads

Male dinosaurs may not have had a caring side after all.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2013

Obama to order NASA to bag asteroid, send astronauts to study it

The next giant leap in space exploration may be a short hop on a small space rock.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2013

Abe launches panel to study Japan version of national security council

Shinzo Abe kicks off a study panel tasked with establishing a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council, vowing to enhance the flow of information while consolidating command.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Jan 19, 2013

Hague treaty not priority, past bill needs study: Tanigaki

Although the Liberal Democratic Party-led government is moving toward signing the Hague Convention on cross-border parental child abductions, the issue may not be a priority in the next ordinary Diet session, Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2012

Fault study at Oi nuke plant may impact all offline reactors

Toyo University professor Mitsuhisa Watanabe, a polemicist on active faults, has fought a long losing battle against Japan's nuclear industrial complex.
Reader Mail
Jan 23, 2011

Give the jobless a chance to study

Regarding the Jan. 17 editorial "Students feel heat of joblessness": Having lived in Japan for three years and with a degree in economics, I would like to suggest a solution to the problem of homelessness in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2010

Nobelist urges youth to go abroad, study

Nobel Prize laureate Akira Suzuki urged Japanese youngsters Monday to study abroad and broaden their views, just as more are growing hesitant to do so.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2009

Global crisis study group proposed

A semigovernmental organization for international economic exchanges has proposed formation of a study group involving Japan, the United States and European Union to work out regulatory measures to deal with the global financial crisis.

Longform

An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it