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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2018

Japan's Self-Defense Forces may create new training units for growing number of female officers

The Self-Defense Forces is considering adding training units to cater to an increasing number of female personnel, sources with knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2018

Buyers seek out works by emerging black artists at America's biggest contemporary art fair in Miami

Wilbur Ross inspected a pair of hands in cuffs sticking out from a wall and clutching a wad of U.S. currency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 7, 2018

Abuse is the norm for Japan's hometown tax donation system

On Sept. 11, then-Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda gave a news conference at which she stated the government's intention to revise laws for local taxes.
Japan Times
Dec 7, 2018

Yamaha Motor Releases New NOZZA GRANDE in Vietnam

— 125cc Scooter with HYBRID System —
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 7, 2018

[VIDEO] Roppongi Hills Christmas 2018

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 6, 2018

December 6, 2018

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2018

Tokyo Metro says new station will be called Toranomon Hills, as trend of mixing Japanese and English draws satirical pushback

Following a recent naming trend that mixes Japanese and English words, Tokyo Metro Co. has announced that a new station set to open ahead of the 2020 Games will be called Toranomon Hills.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Dec 6, 2018

Counting down to the Year of the Boar: Festivals, foxes and fireworks welcome 2019 in Tokyo

With the end of the year drawing closer, the pressure is on to figure out how to greet the Year of the Boar. If the dwindling number of viewers staying in to watch NHK's annual music showcase "Kohaku Uta Gassen" is any indication, more and more people in the Kanto region are choosing to head out for...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Dec 6, 2018

Bridges built by the power of K-pop and J-pop

This year hasn't been a particularly warm one for the relationship between Japan and South Korea. Ongoing tension stemming from Japan's colonization of its neighbor up to the end of World War II — and efforts to complicate what happened during this period — have bubbled up once again, affecting everything...
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 5, 2018

December 5, 2018

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2018

The U.S. and China are the closest of enemies

Both countries are becoming more alike — particularly in their belief that there can be only one winner.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2018

Democrats preparing to probe Trump's FBI HQ plan: lawmaker

President Donald Trump's role in decisions about a new FBI headquarters will face intense scrutiny when Democrats take control of a key U.S. House of Representatives committee in January, one of the panel's leaders said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2018

The extraordinary life and times of George H.W. Bush

The 41st U.S. president cared more about his legacy than the 1992 re-election he lost.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2018

The United States, China and the preferred superpower

For Japan, the U.S. has traditionally held the role — but that was before the Trump administration.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 3, 2018

Japanese volunteers spring to action after fatal child abuse case

Five-year old Yua Funato was found unconscious at a Tokyo apartment in March, her feet severely frostbitten and her face and body covered with bruises that were inflicted by her 33-year-old stepfather. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital from pneumonia-induced sepsis caused by malnutrition.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 2, 2018

December 3, 2018

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?