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COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2011

China's selective respect for treaties

Beijing continues to declare that its rise will be peaceful, but other countries are watching its actions to judge whether it will behave like a responsible power.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2011

Return to contaminated areas?

The government on Sept. 30 lifted its evacuation advisory for residents in specified areas 20 to 30 km from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The decision covers the entire town of Hirono and parts of the cities of Minami Soma and Tamura, the town of Naraha, and...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2011

Ex-East Bloc states reflect on the Arab Spring

A seamless political thread running through the current U.N. General Assembly debate has been that of the Arab Spring, the movement that has shifted the political sands throughout the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2011

NEC touts 'smart innovation' for competitiveness

Fusing technologies of electronics industries, a Japanese strength, with other businesses is vital for the nation to increase its global competitiveness, NEC Corp. Chairman Kaoru Yano said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2011

Why Messi finishes first on and off the pitch

There was no one happier in Barcelona on Saturday, Sept. 19, than 11-year-old Soufian of Morocco. He had seen his hero Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer player, lift his hands and slap his thighs after scoring the first goal against team Osasuna — gestures that Soufian knew indicated that the goal...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2011

Toyota, Honda lose market share in U.S. sales rebound

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., still struggling to deliver enough vehicles to dealers, lost share of the U.S. market as Nissan Motor Co. grew more than expected and industrywide sales were the best since April.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2011

Imagining a euro-less world

For the fathers of the euro, the end of the Cold War in 1990 was a time for worry as well as celebration. As they looked to the future, they were also obsessed with the continent's bloody past.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2011

Resources used up this year

This year, humanity used up its annual "allotment" of renewable resources on Sept. 27. Dubbed Earth Overshoot Day by the Global Footprint Network (GFN) and its member organization nef (New Economics Foundation), Sept. 27 was the day on paper when humanity began adding to its ecological debt.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 1, 2011

Not just cats — will dogs also get nine lives?

They say cats have nine lives, but dogs? With the help of the Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support, dogs may soon get nine lives too.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 1, 2011

Tevez a disgrace to beautiful game

Selfish, shameful, unprofessional, pathetic, inexcusable, disgraceful, inexplicable, intolerable and reprehensible but not unsurprising.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2011

It's 1987 without the bubble as the labor force shrinks

The labor force shrank in August to its smallest size since October 1987, when the Nikkei 225 average was 185 percent higher and land prices were 85 percent greater than Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2011

Toyota wins dismissal in first acceleration case

Toyota Motor Corp. won dismissal of the first sudden acceleration lawsuit set for trial in California in 2013 because a federal judge determined it should have been filed in state court in Utah.
COMMENTARY
Sep 30, 2011

The challenge of managing a flammable Earth

To what extent will our future on Earth be shaped by fire? As the world gets hotter, the risk of more and bigger fires increases.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2011

¥10 million 'for Tohoku' left in lavatory

Saitama KYODO
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 30, 2011

Aoki fitting in nicely with his new Evessa teammates

For a brief moment, forget about the playbook and toss the scouting report in the metaphorical recycle bin. Realize that all teams could build something special if they had the same fundamental tools at their disposal.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2011

The real financial rogues

The story of the latest "rogue trader" who allegedly cost his Swiss employer $2.3 billion in fraudulent trading is a marvelous one, especially since the alleged rogue, Kweku Adoboli, was praying on his Facebook page for a miracle more than a week before UBS realized that a large pot of its money had...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 28, 2011

Eat a potato chip and send a kid to college

Three major manufacturers have set up a fund for orphans' continuing education
COMMENTARY
Sep 28, 2011

Let Greece default and live

Few things are as galling as being right too soon. Back in 1970, dissident Soviet historian Andrei Amalrik wrote a book boldly called "Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?"
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2011

Aussie pronatal policy is not a model for Japan

Since reaching a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.57 in 1989, Japan has been deeply concerned about demographic trends and future prospects. Below replacement fertility — measured as less than 2.1 children per woman — has been a feature of Japanese demography since 1974.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2011

Long-range plan for Afghanistan would help

The U.S. focus on Afghanistan largely centers on withdrawing most forces by 2014 and reducing the cost of the war. These are important issues: By the end of fiscal year 2013, the United States will have spent $560 billion on the war, and current annual costs are more than $110 billion.
COMMENTARY
Sep 27, 2011

Groping for a path to jobs

Market turmoil and the continuing slowdown in growth have led to increased unemployment especially in the developed economies of Western Europe and in the United States.
EDITORIALS
Sep 27, 2011

Health side of tobacco tax

Health and welfare minister Yoko Komiyama on Sept. 9 said that the price of a pack of cigarettes should be raised ¥100 each year to around ¥700 at least and the jurisdiction of tobacco-related administration should be transferred from the Finance Ministry to her ministry.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2011

KDDI goes WiMAX with new handsets

Aiming to differentiate itself from its smartphone rivals, KDDI Corp. unveiled a new handset lineup Monday that features models compatible with the high-speed WiMAX network.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2011

Delays over, Boeing has high hopes for slick 787

Boeing Co. was to hand over the first 787 Dreamliner on Monday to end more than three years of delays for a plane the company says will become a benchmark for decades in terms of technology and passenger amenities.

Longform

Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?