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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2017

Pop-up Tokyo restaurant highlights dementia awareness

Diners have no complaints about the service at a pop-up restaurant in central Tokyo where the 17 waiters and waitresses all suffer from dementia.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2017

Gas stations disappearing from rural areas

Gas stations provide vital functions for their community, especially in times of crisis. More needs to be done to preserve their numbers in depopulated areas.
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 Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2017

Yuriko Koike criticizes Abenomics at meeting of group seeking to launch new party

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics economic policy mix on Saturday, saying it has failed to meet expectations and inspire confidence.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 16, 2017

Documentary filmmaker Megumi Sasaki learns to live in the moment in New York

For a long time Megumi Sasaki felt that something did not quite fit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2017

Plan to fell symbolic trees near Meiji University ahead of 2020 Games draws local flak

Making the streets in the nation's capital more accessible ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 — particularly for those with disabilities — will come at a cost.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2017

South Korea confirms traces of radioactive gas from North Korea's nuclear test

South Korea said on Wednesday traces of radioactive xenon gas were confirmed to be from a North Korean nuclear test earlier this month, but it was unable to conclude whether the test had been a hydrogen bomb as Pyongyang claimed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2017

Normalized Sino-Japanese diplomacy, 45 years on

To improve bilateral ties, it's important for both China and Japan to drive forward civil exchanges in some form that is not influenced by political agenda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2017

Japan's regional bank consolidation 'inevitable' as BOJ's prolonged ultraeasy policy hurts profits: FSA

Further consolidation among Japan's regional banks is inevitable given the rapidly aging population and ultralow interest rates, according to an adviser to the Financial Services Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2017

DP lawmakers unhappy with JCP election alliance consider exiting party

Several Lower House members of the Democratic Party are considering quitting over its election cooperation alliance with the Japanese Communist Party, sources familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 9, 2017

Kano Ozawa breathes fresh air into opera direction in Turin

In the Roman amphitheater of Verona, Italy, the elephants and horses in ancient Egyptian regalia marched onto stage to the thunderous chords of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Aida." The singers filled the balmy night with their voices, soaring over the trumpets and crashing cymbals of the orchestra — and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Sep 8, 2017

Okinawa bus tour services share staff with other firms in the off-season to tackle labor crunch

Twenty-one bus tour guides of Naha Bus Co. and Ryukyu Bus Kotsu are now working at a call center in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, to take customer orders for women's clothing.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2017

Want hydrogen with your fish? Japan eyes home delivery of clean fuel in rural north

Want a canister of clean energy to go with your basket of carrots and fresh fish?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW 2017
Sep 5, 2017

Japan must adhere to cap on social spending, new labor minister says

Japan needs to hold fast in limiting the rise of social welfare spending, said Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato in a recent interview.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2017

North Korea conducts sixth nuclear test, says it has developed 'perfect' H-bomb

North Korea claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, presenting the U.S. and its allies with a new and more potent challenge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Sep 3, 2017

Line CEO Takeshi Idezawa hears voices guiding smartphones evolution

Since its messaging app debuted in June 2011, Line Corp. has shaken up the online communications landscape in Japan and morphed into a player in smartphone communications infrastructure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2017

Tight market and new labor law improving job security for Japan's army of contract workers

Japan's labor market is getting so tight that companies are starting to convert contract and part-time workers into full-time, regular employees to prevent them from leaving — a move that could lift wages and spending but squeeze profits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2017

Salvage best parts of TPP for future trade agreements

The best achievements of the Trans-Pacific Partnership don't have to be lost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2017

Central government to let ministry staff use pre-marriage names on externally used documents

The government takes another step toward loosening restrictions on the use of pre-marriage names by civil servants by allowing their use on ID cards and in external communications.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2017

Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India

After years of foot-dragging, India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion project to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2017

Energy hogs: China targets farm animals' waste as a 'clean' power source

China will pay farmers to turn animal waste into fertilizer and power, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday, as Beijing cracks down on agricultural pollution that has for years leaked into rivers and lakes, angering Chinese residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2017

Defense spending set to reach a record, as ministry seeks anti-missile measures in budget request

The Defense Ministry on Thursday requested a record-high budget of ¥5.26 trillion for fiscal 2018, underscoring heightened concern over what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the "unprecedented" and "grave" security threat posed by North Korea's military provocations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 years of Malaysia-Japan ties
Aug 31, 2017

Many areas continue to benefit from bilateral ties

Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 years of Malaysia-Japan ties
Aug 31, 2017

ASEAN profit seen by investing in Malaysia

History has proven that Malaysia is a resilient nation, despite multiple challenges faced by the global economy. The country has a well-diversified economy resting on the back of solid economic fundamentals. With a stable economic and political environment, good infrastructure and proximity to the large...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
‘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.
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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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