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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2019

Hit by tougher standards and falling prices, Japan's cryptocurrency players face a pivotal 2019

Japanese crypto-exchange operators unexpectedly faced major problems last year due to the unprecedented hack in late January of Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc., which lost digital tokens estimated at the time to be worth ¥58 billion and caused commotion across the industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 11, 2019

Japan an underdeveloped country for women

Despite its rich, industrialized economy, Japan has yet to achieve much progress in equality between men and women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 11, 2019

Moon Jae-in doubles down on his unpopular economic agenda for South Korea

Moon Jae-in began his second full year as South Korea's president with a reminder of what didn't work in the first — namely his economic policies.
EDITORIALS
Jan 10, 2019

Face challenges of a shrinking, aging population

In addition to taking measures to raise the fertility rate, the government should introduce policies geared to the reality that the aging and shrinking of the population will continue for the foreseeable future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2019

Russia's press poses a problem for Putin

Semi-authoritarian regimes don't fully control the people's behavior and Russia's media is stirring more anger than outsiders may expect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2019

With strong China focus, VW spearheads $300 billion global drive to make all cars electric

Global automakers are planning a $300 billion surge in spending on electric vehicle technology over the next five to 10 years, with nearly half of the money targeted at China, accelerating the industry's transition away from fossil fuels and shifting power to Asian suppliers of batteries and EV technology....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jan 10, 2019

As the heavyweights return, will 2019 be a smash year for anime?

When looking forward to the coming year in anime, it may be helpful to jump in the time machine and hop back to 2016. That's the year Japan was hit with a flood of smash original anime films, including the sleeper hit "In This Corner of the World" and Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name." By the time 2016 was...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 10, 2019

Perfume goes back to dance basics ahead of Coachella debut

Perfume keeps finding new opportunities more than 15 years into its career. This spring, the electro-pop trio embarks on its latest international tour, with stops in Asia and North America, but the real development comes at the very end of that jaunt when the group plays the Coachella Valley Music and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 10, 2019

A whole lotta love: Japanese lesbian couple plan wedding photos in 26 countries

A Japanese lesbian couple plan to stage wedding photos in every country around the world where same-sex marriage is legal, in a push to increase understanding of LGBT communities at home, they said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2019

Beijing announces deployment of 'carrier killer' missile after U.S. warship sails near South China Sea islets

Beijing has announced that its so-called carrier killer anti-ship missile has been deployed to the country's northwest, just a day after the U.S. Navy sailed a warship past disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 10, 2019

Venezuela defense minister asked Maduro to resign over alleged sham re-election: Washington Post

Venezuela's defense minister told socialist President Nicolas Maduro to step down last month, and said he would offer his own resignation if he did not, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous U.S. intelligence official.
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2019

Chinese economy sets off alarms

Alarm bells in China should set off similar warnings in Asia and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2019

Is Beijing's patience wearing thin on Taiwan?

China may be reaching for the moon, but Xi's latest speach is a reminder that its top territorial ambition lies much closer to home.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 9, 2019

January 10, 2019

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 8, 2019

The toxic influence of Japan's rural political interest groups

It's time to reduce the political power of Japan's dwindling rural, primary-sector interests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2019

North Korea's Kim travels to Beijing for meeting with Xi after warning of alternative path

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spending his birthday in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Tuesday — which was believed to be his 35th birthday — for his fourth summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as talks on a second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump gather steam.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

America's pullout from the Middle East is overdue

Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and reduce forces in Afghanistan has exposed the hollowness of arguments in favor of endless intervention.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

This is the year we must act

Without a new paradigm for managing globalization, fragmentation and political despair will become the new normal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

A thimbleful of optimism

Amid today's global conflicts, debasement of public debate, attacks on democratic institutions and escalating geopolitical tensions, it is hard to find much cause for hope. But it's still possible to restore faith in our shared humanity.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Jan 7, 2019

Join in the chatter during film awards season

With the Golden Globes finished, the race to the Oscars is on. It's time to try out your Japanese on the topic of movies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 7, 2019

Tabloid mag under fire for publishing list of Japanese colleges where girls are 'easily available' for sex at drinking parties

A tabloid magazine has ignited intense backlash on social media after it published a list of colleges whose students are "easily available" for sex after drinking, underscoring what critics described as the country's systematic objectification of women.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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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