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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2017

Fight over Alaska Arctic drilling has just begun, opponents vow

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, won a decadeslong battle on Wednesday to open part of an Arctic wildlife reserve in her state to oil and gas drilling, but Democratic senators and conservationists vow the war has only begun.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 21, 2017

Plastic found in mussels from Arctic to China — enters human food

Tiny bits of plastic are contaminating mussels from the European Arctic to China in a sign that the global spread of ocean pollution can end up on people's dinner plates.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 20, 2017

December 21, 2017

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017

Local Japanese governments face difficulty with returning remains of dead North Korean sailors found adrift and the costs of dismantling boats

With a record number of wooden boats from North Korea having drifted into Japanese waters this year, local governments are finding it difficult to deal with the growing number of bodies of dead sailors and disposing of the vessels.
Dec 20, 2017

vKirirom Pte. Ltd., Ranked 28th in “Deloitt 2017 Technology Fast 500TM Asia Pacific”

vKirirom Pte. Ltd., Ranked 28th in “Deloitte 2017 Technology Fast 500TM Asia Pacific (APAC)”
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2017

Long-range cruise missiles for the SDF's arsenal

The addition of long-range cruise missiles to the SDF arsenal should be carefully discussed in the Diet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2017

Why we don't need to fear the net neutrality repeal

After net neutrality ends, ISPs are unlikely to do anything that riles consumers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 18, 2017

Japan set to bank ¥40 billion per year for tourism sector with new departure tax

From January 2019 Japan is set to impose a ¥1,000 tax on everyone departing the country, to secure funding for tourism infrastructure and promotion amid record-breaking arrivals of international travelers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 18, 2017

IPC officials press for greater hotel accessibility in Tokyo area for 2020 Paralympics

With less than 1,000 days before the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Japan is accelerating efforts to prepare lodging facilities to accommodate the athletes, spectators and others who will visit Japan for the event.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 17, 2017

Furthering Pakistan-Japan bonds through education

What the world needs now is less individualism and more Japanese-style consensus-building, said Pakistan's Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2017

Sex allegations bring down another congressman: Nevada's Rep. Ruben Kihuen will not seek re-election

U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen announced on Saturday that he will not seek re-election, becoming the latest member of Congress to end his legislative career in the face of sexual harassment allegations.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2017

Nurture as important as nature for success

The world would be a better, richer, more equal place with less emphasis on natural talent and more on humans' potential to improve.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Dec 16, 2017

20 years on, the Kyoto Protocol initiated awareness

In the midst of serious news about North Korean missiles and constitutional revision, as well as a steady diet of BLT (bright, light and trite) stories and corporate propaganda that clog our intellectual arteries, it's easy to lose track of what developments are critical to life itself.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 15, 2017

More restaurants go smoke-free for Tokyo 2020, but izakaya fear alienating regulars

More and more major restaurant chains are making their outlets completely smoke-free ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Reader Mail
Dec 15, 2017

Aeon's porn ban a step in right direction

Before living in the pornography-free United Arab Emirates as a student, I did not realize the effect that seeing pornographic magazines every day had on me.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 14, 2017

Tokyo may be too late to the financial hub party

The capital has many things going for it, but time isn't among them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2017

After Russia ban, IOC chief confident Tokyo can avoid drug scandal at 2020 Games

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said Wednesday in Tokyo that Japan can be confident of weeding out drug cheats at the 2020 Tokyo Games, in the wake of a doping scandal that led to Russia being banned from next year's Pyeongchang Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 12, 2017

Fleet expansion; award-winning design; in-flight Wi-Fi

Fleet expansion
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Dec 12, 2017

“The most memorable Japan news events of 2017” as chosen by English-language instructors from AEON Ltd. “Overworked Japan slowly adopting fixed rest hours” wins first prize

English conversation school AEON Ltd., (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Yoshikazu Miyake) conducted a survey of 511 of its English-language instructors on “the most memorable Japan news events of 2017.”
Dec 12, 2017

“The most memorable Japan news events of 2017” as chosen by English-language instructors from AEON Ltd.
“Overworked Japan slowly adopting fixed rest hours” wins first prize

English conversation school AEON Ltd., (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Yoshikazu Miyake) conducted a survey of 511 of its English-language instructors on “the most memorable Japan news events of 2017.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 11, 2017

A chance encounter led Hiroki Watanabe to Dhaka, where he is tackling child poverty through education

It was a sight that presented such a stark contrast to his own fortune; a young boy standing at the entrance to a slum in Phuket, Thailand, as Hiroki Watanabe passed by in a luxury bus on his way to a yacht race.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2017

Firms finish building equipment for hydrogen-fueled power generation, ahead of tests set to begin in Kobe in February

Several companies have finished building hydrogen-fueled power generation equipment that will supply electricity and heat to public facilities in Kobe in a demonstration test scheduled to begin in early February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 9, 2017

Open waters: Opening of ports 150 years ago remains a watershed moment in the nation's history

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, which ended about 250 years of self-imposed isolation and marked the beginning of Japan's efforts to become a major international power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 9, 2017

Without an official father, kids can be stateless

On Nov. 29, the Kobe District Court dismissed a suit against the state filed by a woman in her 60s who claimed that the law that allows only men to deny paternity of a child is unconstitutional, since it discriminates against women. She said the law meant she was unable to register her daughter as the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 9, 2017

Diego Pellecchia: When heavy metal and noh collide

Noh scholar and practitioner talks about what noh, heavy metal and fantasy literature have in common.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 7, 2017

Brave Thunders captain Ryusei Shinoyama surprised and upbeat about team's impending ownership change

Energetic veteran Ryusei Shinoyama said that he did not get upset with the announcement because he is competing in an anything-can-happen professional sports circuit.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo 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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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