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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018

Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko's overtime goal against Sweden

Ayaka Toko's overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night in a 5th-8th classification-round game.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2018

Smile Japan records first-ever Olympic victory by trouncing combined Korea squad

Smile Japan scored a historic victory with a 4-1 triumph over Korea on Wednesday in their final Group B preliminary-round game at Kwandong Hockey Centre.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 14, 2018

ASEAN's role in Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy

Foreign Minister Taro Kono's visit this week reinforced Southeast Asia's importance in Japan's regional vision.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018

Abe explains uncompromising stance on inserting 'explicit SDF mention' in Article 9

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to compromise on the substance of constitutional amendments, emphasizing his commitment to the ambitious goal of altering the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2018

Japan women's hockey team aiming for medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

The Japanese women's national hockey team hasn't posted a single win in its previous two trips to the Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 26, 2018

With EVO Japan 2018, Japanese gamers finally get the home advantage

The video game tournament known as Evolution Championship Series had humble beginnings. Starting in California as a 40-person tournament between friends in 1996, it has since grown into arguably the world’s most celebrated fighting game tournament, complete with large cash prizes and major corporate...
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 16, 2018

Time for a Japan Figure Skating Hall of Fame

I was hit by a thunderbolt last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jan 14, 2018

Japan Post chief sees bright future beyond mail services

Even for Masatsugu Nagato, an experienced business executive who has worked in prominent companies, making Japan Post Holdings Co. stand on its own two feet as a private company comes as a daunting challenge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 31, 2017

Japan in 2018 — 10 possible surprises

Here are some far-out predictions that, if they come true, would be truly earthshaking. Enjoy, and best wishes for a successful and happy 2018.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 25, 2017

Stop pleading for Xi to visit Japan

Abe should focus on long-term objectives in Sino-Japanese ties, not short-term gains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2017

What the world can learn from Japan's factories

Countries hoping to revive their manufacturing sectors should look east for answers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2017

Japan-Thailand ties in a new era of uncertainty

Thailand's changing political landscape raises several important questions for bilateral relations.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Dec 19, 2017

Establishment of Japan Times ESG Consortium

Tokyo, Dec 19, 2017 ー The Japan Times (Minato-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will establish a new consortium in January 2018 named the “Japan Times ESG Consortium” to disseminate information in English overseas about corporate Japan’s ESG (Environmental / Social / Governance) initiatives...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2017

Japan Times advisory board weighs in on the paper's past and future

The Japan Times Media Advisory Board met at the newspaper's office Oct. 24 to review the redesign implemented on April 1 and news coverage over the past year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 2, 2017

Japan's plan to export arms is lacking ammo

When U.S. President Donald Trump was here last month, he said Japan should be buying more military hardware from America, and seemed to believe it would. Trump's penchant for talking off-the-cuff is well-known, but Japan's reluctance to address the matter forthrightly may have more to do with the fact...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 21, 2017

Japan and the Indo-Pacific geopolitical calculus

History warns us against writing off Japan too hastily. It may not be a traditional great power on conventional criteria but it remains a consequential power in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2017

Why Japan's low birth rate makes economic sense

Japan's shrinking population may present a hidden advantage to navigating this century's artificial intelligence revolution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2017

Japan and the U.S. don't have a trade problem

Japan is a good trade partner and a key source of investment into the U.S. Monetary easing, rather than aggressive jawboning, is the best approach to the imbalances that remain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2017

Trump touts solidarity with Japan but refuses to shy away from trade

In his high-stakes summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. leader Donald Trump keeps the heat on North Korea but also mentions his dissatisfaction with U.S.-Japanese trade.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2017

Trump warns China it could face 'big problem' with 'warrior nation' Japan over North Korea

Taking a page from former U.S. leader Richard Nixon, current President Donald Trump has warned China that it must do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions or face "a big problem" with "warrior nation" Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2017

Abe and Trump to rekindle friendship, but not all see rapport as positive for Japan, survey says

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are said to have a good personal relationship, 43.7 percent of those who responded to a recent survey by The Japan Times viewed it as bad for Japan, while 14.1 percent said it was bad for the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 24, 2017

An idea buds in the U.S. that Japan should go nuclear

Opinion is growing within certain quarters of the U.S. that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons to reduce America's defense burden.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2017

The enduring basis of strong India-Japan relations

Compelling economic and geopolitical factors are drawing Japan and India closer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 15, 2017

The need for more proactive communications

Businesses and brands must be prepared to default to more diversity rather than homogeneity in their relations with stakeholders and consumers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 12, 2017

Motosada Zumoto and the origins of The Japan Times

A 10-minute walk from JR Sapporo Station brings one to a small, white clock tower in the city center. The 13-meter-high Western timepiece is an iconic image of the city and Hokkaido.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2017

Japan has to spend a little less on its well-off elderly

Lowering pension and medical benefits to well-off elderly people looks like Japan's least-bad option to rein in its debt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2017

The time for 'nuclear sharing' with Japan is drawing near

Japan is facing an existential threat and needs to respond accordingly.
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.

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