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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2017

Budding inventors find encouragement in Sony's Seed Accelerator Program

Sony Corp., which is emerging from five years of brutal restructuring that gutted its workforce and product lineup, wants to show off a few new things.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Major role in ensuring Asian stability, success

I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to ASEAN on the 50th anniversary of its founding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Program provides international immersion

Rikkyo University in Tokyo has launched the Global Liberal Arts Program (GLAP) this spring to nurture young talent to become global leaders, with the foundation of education based on Christianity and liberal arts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2017

Parkgolf and other netlabel acts are seeing more success offline

Tokyo's first netlabel parties were filled with nods to internet culture. You'd see customers ordering their drinks via Twitter, robotic hands clapping in time to DJ sets, and people live-streaming themselves from the dancefloor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2017

The Bank of Japan's head deserves a second term

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should let BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda finish the work he started.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017

A year on, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has more plans to reform the capital

A year since becoming Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike is riding high.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2017

China sacks senior Xinjiang party official for not fighting extremism

China has sacked and will prosecute a senior official in its violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang after a probe found he wasn't doing enough to tackle extremism in one of the most sensitive parts of the country and had taken bribes.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 4, 2017

Ito aims to end taibatsu by coaches in Japan

Corporal punishment has long been a tradition in the Japanese school sports scene, just as it has in Japanese society as a whole.
Reader Mail
Aug 4, 2017

Abysmal handling of documents

The July 10 editorial titled "Poor handling of government documents" interested me because of my own government experience. The law indeed has flaws, but why is the Diet unable to fix it?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2017

Lessons in losing international influence

What's happening now in the U.S. and U.K. shows how poor leadership can be devastating to a country's international standing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 3, 2017

'The May Sun': Cycle of life flowers in photo exhibition

The natural beauty of flowers has inspired artists for centuries, but for American nature photographer Terri Weifenbach, flowers have given rise to reflection on the cycle of life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

As manga goes digital via smartphone apps, do paper comics still have a place?

Japan's famed manga industry is turning the page to an unknown chapter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 30, 2017

Red tape must go if Japan is to woo seafaring visitors

Japan has no system in place for admitting small craft into its waters. As a result, pleasure boats are, across the board, treated the same as commercial ships.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2017

Southeast Asian art gets its biggest showing in Japan

A few years ago, at the press conference for Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei's solo show at the Mori Art Museum (MAM), Fumio Nanjo, the museum director, talked about the direction the museum would be taking from then on; they were no longer so interested in "the West" and were aiming to focus more on Asia....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2017

Germany's top automakers sued in U.S. over two-decade tech-suppression 'cartel'

German's major automakers were accused in a U.S. lawsuit of acting as a cartel, colluding for nearly two decades to limit the pace of technological advances in their vehicles and stifle competition — allegations that widen the scope of the latest scandal to hit the nation's auto industry.
Reader Mail
Jul 28, 2017

Finding comfort in DNA influence

About the Natural Selections column July 22 headlined "Can DNA influence collectivist society?" — Interesting thought. If it's true, it means that we cannot hope to change things much with education, politics and culture. So be it. In a world that sometimes seems to be changing too fast, it feels good...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 28, 2017

Tokyo forum for women empowerment takes stock of progress, challenges still to come

Looking back at her university years in the early 1980s when Japanese companies could openly discriminate against women in recruitment, Keiko Honda now feels gender equality in Japan has come a long way.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 25, 2017

Straddling East and West in art

Hybridity and eclecticism may be key concepts in much contemporary art, yet they are not new phenomena. In the Taisho Era (1912-1926), Tetsugoro Yorozu virtually personified the idea of hybrid art: As Japan rushed toward modernization, he not only experimented with the very latest forms of Western art...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 24, 2017

Let's discuss Japan's univesity admissions

Upcoming changes to Japanese university admissions have students, parents and teachers raising their hands to ask questions.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured 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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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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