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CULTURE / Film
Dec 21, 2016

Finding courage and hope in 2016

The Year of the Monkey is drawing to a close. Despite the events in the real world, this year at least brought us some soulful films. Perhaps the filmmakers wanted to prepare us for the impending yuckiness of future reality. Still, my picks for the best films of the year intriguingly combined sweetness...
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 21, 2016

Japan may have to wait for more Club World Cup heroics

Kashima Antlers showed how far Japanese soccer has come when they gave Real Madrid a mighty scare in the Club World Cup final last Sunday, but it may be some time before a J. League champion gets to take advantage of Japan hosting the tournament again.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2016

Slow progress for Japan and Russia

Siberian energy deals are set to warm Japan-Russia ties while the peace treaty is put on ice.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2016

Putin's oil and gas deals magnify military power in Middle East

After reinventing itself as a major power in the Middle East by force in Syria, Russia is now using its other strong suit, energy, to expand its influence across the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2016

Undersea arms race: Seizure of U.S. drone shines spotlight on China's nuclear submarine strategy

With its controversial seizure and return of a U.S. underwater drone, Beijing may have inadvertently thrust into the spotlight one of the main motivations behind its ramped-up moves in the South China Sea: the quest to create a safe-haven for its sea-based nuclear deterrent.
WORLD
Dec 20, 2016

'Surreal' declared Merriam-Webster's 2016 word of the year

In a word, 2016 was "surreal."
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016

Should South Korea be worried?

South Korea's domestic political turmoil is a bigger threat to its national security than U.S. foreign policy under a Trump presidency,
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JAPAN / JAPANESE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 19, 2016

Nation committed to foster more globally minded youth

Over many decades, Japan has contributed greatly in the areas of global cooperation and coordination, through its generous donations of funds to the U.N. Despite such generosity, the number of Japanese working for international institutions remains low and has been increasing only marginally over the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / JAPANESE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 19, 2016

Critical thinking essential in global environment

What is the key to developing flexibility in thinking — a crucial ability to live and work in the era of globalization? A recent classroom visit may have revealed a possibility for the future of universities in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Dec 18, 2016

A 'Big Bang' in the ring kicks it old school in Japan

American 'joshi puroresu' follows her dreams and finds fresh challenges in the 'mecca of wrestling'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2016

Holiday lights burn bright along Meguro River thanks to biodiesel fuel initiative

Organizers of an elaborate midwinter light display running until January along the Meguro River in downtown Tokyo, a popular cherry blossom viewing spot in spring, are going off the grid as a way to limit harm to the environment.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 18, 2016

South Korea's year of reckoning, from H-bomb test to Park impeachment

It began with a nuclear explosion and ended with a street party where some 800,000 people sang and smiled in the freezing Seoul sunshine to celebrate the impeachment of their president. Even for a country with a modern history as tumultuous as South Korea, 2016 has been an eventful year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 17, 2016

Charity in Japan begins at home

Domestic nonprofit organizations face a number of obstacles in their attempts to make a difference in people's lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2016

Koike backs Ariake Arena as 2020 volleyball venue after ¥6.5 billion discount

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gets on board with the plan to build Ariake Arena to host Olympic volleyball in 2020, but not before scoring a significant discount.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2016

Japan places a big bet on Asia's casino bubble

The odds are stacked heavily in favor of the LDP-dominated Diet legalizing casinos but Tokyo may be too late to the party.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2016

Line seeks to shake up messaging business to spur growth

Line Corp. is planning to shake up its staff and business to build on the 20-plus percent share gain since the messaging company pulled off the tech world's biggest public offering of the year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 14, 2016

The shape of Japan's foreign policy in the Trump era

It might seem promising that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama this month. But both events actually presage a potentially destabilizing time for Japan — and all of East Asia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 14, 2016

Is Southeast Asia now Japan's competition?

Japan is an Asian entertainment powerhouse, is it not? This October's Japan Contents Showcase, which was held in Tokyo's Odaiba and Shibuya areas, included markets for film and TV (TIFFCOM), animation (TIAF) and music (TIMM), with 356 Japanese companies selling to 1,539 registered buyers, most from Asia....
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2016

Putin set to arrive for summit with Abe, but island dispute progress seen as unlikely

Despite the onsen rapprochement, the meeting is seen as unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the territorial row.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2016

Philippines' Duterte says he may not 'be around' till end of term

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he might not "be around" until the end of his term, and that, after winning the presidency at 71, he had found out late in the day that "I don't need it at my age."
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 14, 2016

Actor Alan Thicke, dad on 'Growing Pains,' dead at 69

Canadian actor Alan Thicke, best known for his leading role in the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains" and the father of singer Robin Thicke, died on Tuesday. He was 69.
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WORLD / Society
Dec 14, 2016

Guns fall silent in Aleppo as deal lets civilians, rebels exit amid reports of atrocities

Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended on Tuesday after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a cease-fire.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 13, 2016

Hanyu adds to legacy with latest triumph

Yuzuru Hanyu's victory at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille, France, on Saturday made it five straight years that a Japanese man has won the title at the event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 13, 2016

Young artists to keep your eye on

In Kurt Vonnegut's 1982 novel "Deadeye Dick," a Japanese man walks into an all-night drugstore and gestures for the protagonist, Rudy Waltz, to follow him outdoors. There they gaze at the decapitated cupola of Rudy's childhood home, glistening white in the moonlight. It reminds the homesick man of Mount...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2016

Putin awaits 'fantastic' Trump team as Exxon ally tipped for secretary of state

With two decades of deal-making in Russia's vital oil industry under his belt, Rex Tillerson is Vladimir Putin's kind of man.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016

Emergence of political Islam puts Indonesian president in difficult situation

As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia's biggest mass demonstration since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grappled with a dilemma: should he join the rally or stay away?

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