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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2017

Why the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts should be abolished

It's a government frill that needs to be sheared.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017

Participation in discussions on global issues essential

The Japan Times had the privilege of welcoming William Hiroyuki Saito, a special advisor to the Cabinet Office on cybersecurity to a lecture held at The Japan Times' Nifco Hall on March 13.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2017

Toyota to bring premium brand Lexus to India

Toyota Motor Corp. is bringing its premium Lexus brand to India more than two decades after introducing the marque in China, an acknowledgment of the second-most populous country's growing potential as a source of luxury demand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 27, 2017

Japan's coveted cherry blossoms and other ecosystems threatened by alien species

Spring has come — the season when cherry blossoms bloom nationwide.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Mar 25, 2017

More than fare trade: backstreet by taxi

A combination of rain showers and tax prep in March signal Tokyo's segue into spring.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 25, 2017

Designer Mikio Sakabe: 'Fashion itself is the creation of newness'

Fashion designer on why there's no real difference between being young or old.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 25, 2017

'Teika: The Life and Works of a Medieval Japanese Poet': Unpacking ancient poetry wars

Teika lived from 1162 to 1241, and was a highly influential Japanese poet. Paul S. Atkins' new study of his work aims to reintroduce him to a non-native audience and to analyze why his verse had such a large impact on the trajectory of Japanese poetics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2017

London attacker Khalid Masood was a criminal with militant links

Before he killed at least four people in Britain's deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Masood was considered by intelligence officers to be a criminal who posed little serious threat.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2017

Skin powered by the sun? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feeling

Amputees with prosthetic limbs may soon have much a better sense of touch, temperature and texture, thanks to the energy-saving power of the sun, British researchers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 18, 2017

Asking the tough questions on Fukushima

In January, regional newspaper Fukushima Minpo interviewed Yosuke Takagi, state minister of economy, trade and industry. While talking about reconstruction plans for areas near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Takagi mentioned resurrecting Dash-mura (Dash Village), a farm created from...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 18, 2017

The Japan tabloid guide to health and happiness

An alien first encountering Japan's weekly tabloid magazines might conclude he has come to Earth in a nation of inquisitive hypochondriacs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2017

In first, government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster

A Japanese court has ruled that the government and the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were responsible for failing to take preventive measures against the March 2011 tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017

Fukushima moms don lab coats to measure radiation in food, sand and soil

At a laboratory an hour's drive from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a woman wearing a white mask over her mouth presses bright red strawberries into a pot, ready to be measured for radiation contamination.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2017

U.S. hate crimes, up 20% in 2016, fueled by election campaign, report says

Hate crimes in nine U.S. metropolitan areas rose more than 20 percent last year, fueled by inflamed passions during the presidential campaign and more willingness for victims to step forward, a leading hate crimes researcher said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2017

Clash of style and substance as Merkel makes Trump serious study before their key meeting

She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from being Europe's most powerful leader.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2017

Relief over Tillerson at State Department replaced by unease

U.S. diplomats breathed a sigh of relief three months ago when Rex Tillerson was nominated as secretary of state, welcoming the oilman as a seasoned manager who would shield them from ideologues ready to gut America's foreign policy machinery.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2017

North Korean missile splashdown closest so far to Japan's mainland, government says

One of the missiles fired into the Sea of Japan on Monday landed about 200 km north of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017

India's democracy is strained by illiberalism

India continues to be robustly, even chaotically, democratic. But its freedom is under growing threat.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2017

What path will Japan take?

Japan's continuing importance should not need restating, but its future prospects are not so clear.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2017

Abe's nationalism hurts Japan

Shinzo Abe spends too much time thinking about 1940 rather than making Japan great again in 2040.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2017

Mizuho plans fund to build dorms for foreign students in Japan

Mizuho Bank Ltd. said Tuesday it plans to launch a ¥10 billion fund with a real estate developer and a trading company to build dormitories for international students studying in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2017

Japan pushes for tighter control on drug pricing, crimping big pharma profits

President Donald Trump has pledged to reverse what he describes as "astronomical" drug prices in the United States. Thousands of kilometers away, Japan, long a profit sanctuary for multinational pharmaceutical companies, is taking a similar tack.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

Beijing's freezing cabbies don't like electric cars

In its impatient drive to become a leader in renewable energy and conservation, China often underinvests in the infrastructure needed to realize its ambitions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 6, 2017

Japan ready to begin quest for WBC title

For Japan, the preparation has finally come to an end.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017

Liberal democracy in retreat?

Having already come under siege in many of its outposts around the world, is liberal democracy now at risk of losing its citadel, too?
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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