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WORLD
May 5, 2015

Five U.S. aircraft landed at wrong airports since 2012, says safety board

Five U.S. aircraft, including a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo plane, landed at the wrong airports in recent years due to preventable air traffic control errors, U.S. safety experts said on Monday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 4, 2015

Let's discuss caregivers in the news

A total of 78 people from the Philippines and Indonesia have passed the caregiver certification exam for fiscal 2014, the welfare ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Apr 29, 2015

A child rape at St. Mary's school in Tokyo, then a 50-year wait for closure

My dear children, whom Jesus, our Saviour, has loved so much, whom he bends down to embrace and bless, come to us, stay with us. We will be the guardian angels of your innocence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 27, 2015

New rules are pushing Japanese corporations to tap more outside directors

More Japanese firms are appointing outside directors to strengthen their corporate governance, pushed by a revised law and new rules that are set to come into effect in the coming months.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2015

U.S. towns pulled into Japanese politics

A recurring news story over the past several years concerns claims of the harassment of Japanese nationals residing on the East and West coasts of the United States. Most appear to have originated from municipalities where South Korean immigrants and Korean-Americans have successfully campaigned to erect...
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 24, 2015

'Pink flower' stocks aim to change attitudes toward women

Japan's use of the stock market to change companies' attitudes toward women is showing signs it's working. As an investment strategy, it has been less of a success.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Apr 13, 2015

Japanese 'maternity harassment' activist wins U.S. award

A Japanese activist who advocates female empowerment was among 10 women awarded this year's International Women of Courage Award.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2015

Flush with cash from would-be pilgrims, Indonesia's Islamic banks expect lending to rise

Flush with cash transfers from the state-controlled Hajj fund, Indonesia's Islamic banks expect loan growth to triple in 2015.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2015

Why Chinese tourists love Japan

Despite the apparent ill will that Beijing, and occasionally the Chinese public, express toward Tokyo, Chinese tourists can't seem to get enough of Japan. In 2014, Chinese visits to Japan increased 83 percent on the previous year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2015

Mizuho seeks to build on No. 1 M&A rank by hiring bankers abroad

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., which vaulted to the top spot among Japan's merger advisers this year by working with Japan Post Holdings Co. and Itochu Corp., plans to build on that position by hiring bankers in the United States and Asia.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2015

Visa overstaying cases show first uptick since '93

The number of people in Japan overstaying their visas climbs for the first time in more than two decades as visitors from Thailand and Vietnam spike.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2015

To counter China and South Korea, government to fund Japan studies at U.S. colleges

The Abe government has budgeted more than $15 million to fund Japan studies at nine universities overseas, including Georgetown and MIT, as part of a 'soft power' push to counter the growing influence of China and South Korea.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 14, 2015

Darvish joins growing list of Japanese pitchers with major injury woes

Yu, too?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 12, 2015

Oceans yield 1,500 new creatures in past year; many others lurk unknown

Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world's oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant jellyfish, and reckon that most species of marine life are yet to be found.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2015

Hybrid war: the real reason fighting stopped in Ukraine

Moscow is using the war in Ukraine as a giant training exercise for conducting a new kind of asymmetric warfare known as 'hybrid war.'
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2015

Lull in Putin's 'hybrid war'

President Vladimir Putin understands how insurgencies work better than any other Russian leader, and we are watching this play out right now in eastern Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 28, 2015

Inflammatory articles aren't helping mags' circulation numbers

In a controversial column by 83-year-old author Ayako Sono that appeared in the Feb. 11 issue of the Sankei Shimbun under the headline "Maintain a 'suitable distance,'" Sono suggested that when and if Japan changes its immigration policies to accept more foreign workers, they should live in racially...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2015

Belling the nuclear wildcat

The only guarantee of zero nuclear weapons risk — five years after U.S. President Barack Obama's stirring speech outlining his dream of nuclear disarmament — is to move to zero nuclear weapons possession by a carefully managed process.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 25, 2015

Japan's Academy Prizes — the fix is in?

Comedian, actor and director Takeshi Kitano had some scathing things to say about the Japanese film industry at last year's Tokyo International Film Festival, where he was given a career achievement award. One target he singled out was the Japan Academy Prizes — the local equivalent of the Oscars —...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 23, 2015

Pena alone can't lift Rakuten's power profile

If the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seal the deal with Wily Mo Pena, as reported on Monday by Daily Sports Online, it will help the Eagles avoid taking a step back in the power department, but it won't solve all the team's problems.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 22, 2015

More tips for filing your U.S. taxes from Japan

With the help of a tax specialist, Lifelines tackles a number of queries in response to the special on U.S. taxation a few weeks back.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2015

Twisted spending priorities of a graying nation

All Americans ought to want effective and efficient government, but government is being strangled as the rising costs of baby-boomer retirees reduce the capacity of other programs to fulfill their missions.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 10, 2015

Horiguchi lands UFC flyweight title shot against Johnson

Several years ago, Kyoji Horiguchi went basically straight from high school to the gym, where he began training with the Krazy Bees MMA team, soon finding himself under the wing of Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, one of Japan's biggest MMA stars. In a few weeks' time, Horiguchi will get the chance of the lifetime,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2015

A year on, Crimeans prefer Russia

Poll data suggests that a majority of Crimeans see Ukraine as a poor and unstable country where the media are hostile toward them.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2015

20 million tourists no pipe dream

The goal of attracting 20 million foreign visitors to Japan annually by the time Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympic Games is no longer considered the stuff of dreams if the tourism industry doesn't forget the basics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2015

Farming reforms set to test Abe's resolve

After December's landslide re-election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's program to revive the nation's economy is set to meet perhaps its stiffest challenge, the nation's sclerotic farming industry.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2015

China's new economic reality

Economic reforms in China will be meaningless unless they are accompanied by political reforms.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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