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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

Child refugees pay the highest price

It is estimated that approximately half of the 19.5 million registered refugees at the global level are children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jun 26, 2016

Atomic safety and shinkansen issues complicate Upper House equation for Kansai voters

Nuclear safety, route plans for new shinkansen and maglev lines, and the ruling coalition's economic policies are some of the top local issues on the minds of Kansai voters as they head into the pivotal Upper House election next month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 25, 2016

Route 58: a drive through Okinawa's peculiar past

The telegraph poles that once lined Okinawa's Route 58 have long gone, but the great coastal avenue still reminds me a little of the Dire Straits song "Telegraph Road." Like the lyrics of Mark Knopfler's extended anthem, Route 58 is a journey through time, a digest of history.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2016

Brexit could hamper Japan's efforts on EU deal: analysts

Britain's historic decision to leave the European Union could hamper Japan's efforts on a trade deal with the EU as well as its relationship with Asian and other global partners, analysts said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2016

Reflecting on a potential cure for warming

A technology called albedo modification, which boosts the reflectivity of the Earth's atmosphere, holds tremendous potential to cure climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016

America has long fostered a culture of violence

We cannot decry the consequence of our actions if we foster a culture of violence in the United States.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 20, 2016

Repetition and role-play are crucial for speaking success in Japanese

Applying repetition to speaking practice will help you sound more natural and bring phrases to your tongue more easily.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 18, 2016

Why are Japanese women still bewitched by the Brontes?

Some years ago a sassy Osaka lady asked me to introduce her to the pleasures of Western literature. I duly handed her a variety of classic books, including "The Turn of the Screw," "Heart of Darkness," "Lolita" and "A Study in Scarlet." They were all methodically if unenthusiastically read, but when...
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2016

The need for more scholarships

The ruling and opposition parties must follow through on their promises to increase university scholarships and prevent more students from having to take out crippling loans.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2016

More senior citizens on welfare

An increasing number of elderly people are living in poverty.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2016

Mass shootings actually inspire looser gun laws in America

The pattern seems clear: A mass shooting is followed by loud calls to tighten America's gun laws, yet there is no change before the next massacre.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016

The working women windfall

The world has a $12 trillion incentive to accelerate progress toward achieving gender parity.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2016

Cloistered nun gets PhD in rocket engines

A nun in India has received a PhD for her study of scramjet engines, devices that can be used in space craft, news reports said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2016

Don't worry about a robot invasion just yet

Numerous factors argue against the doomsday specter of robots creating mass unemployment.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2016

A U.S.-Japan-Taiwan grand bargain for Senkakus

Japan should recognize Taiwan in exchange for Taipei's acknowledgement of Japan's sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2016

Computer programming seen as key to Japan's place in 'fourth industrial revolution'

The life of Emi Morikawa, 17, changed dramatically after she learned computer programming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 9, 2016

'Nihonium' name chosen to thank Japanese public for support

The new atomic element came to fruition thanks to a long-term project funded by taxpayers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 8, 2016

Views from Tokyo students: How will you decide how to vote in next month's election?

Hosei University students about the issues that could determine how they vote in July's House of Councilors election, the first in which Japanese 18- and 19-year-olds will be able to cast ballots.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 8, 2016

'The Kodai Family': A daydream believer and her mind-reading prince

Doesn't everybody want somebody who understands their true inner self? For some, it's a spouse, for others, a friend; for others still, it's Mom. Some, however — and not all under the age of 5 — have this meeting of minds and hearts with a figment of their imaginations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2016

How long before North Korea can nuke the U.S.?

North Korean leader Kim Jing Un's ultimate ambition is to be able to hit U.S. cities from a submarine that could hide itself at sea.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jun 5, 2016

Japan's police still unfettered by the law, or the truth

Repeat-offending Ibaraki police called to account for backsliding on the issue of hotel snooping.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 5, 2016

Landmark dyslexia event in Yokohama aims to educate and inspire

The Asia Pacific Dyslexia Festival & Symposium in Yokohama will be the first major event focusing on dyslexia ever held in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 4, 2016

The struggles of a local sumo hero

An oft-repeated question these days, and one not necessarily confined to sports media, is whether 29-year-old wrestler Kisenosato will make it to sumo's highest rank. Or is he destined to remain a perennial bridesmaid?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 4, 2016

Illegal poaching, logging and mining worth up to $258 billion: report

Illegal logging, mining, poaching and other environmentally destructive trade earned criminal gangs up to $258 billion last year, the United Nations said in a report published on Saturday.

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