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BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2017

Women and minorities take more seats in U.S. boardrooms, study says

White men still overwhelm the boardroom but, for the first time, women and minorities together accounted for half of the new independent directors appointed by corporate America this year, a recruitment firm said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2017

Tesla still in production 'hell' as factory issues delay Model 3: Musk

Tesla Inc. still hasn't figured out how to overcome manufacturing challenges that threaten its viability as an automaker, with glitches on the battery line pushing out production targets for the Model 3 sedan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2017

Fake news isn't the only way to skew perceptions

Biased news, which may delivered even by traditional news organizations, can be very damaging, not least for political leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2017

Manafort gave wildly varying estimates of his wealth to banks

When Paul Manafort wanted to borrow money in the past five years he gave lenders wildly varying estimates of his wealth, ranging from $19 million to $136 million, according to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 1, 2017

[VIDEO] Tokyo Motor Show 2017

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CULTURE / Music
Oct 31, 2017

Kenshi Yonezu hopes for more fireworks on new album 'Bootleg'

For Hatsune Miku's 10th birthday, Kenshi Yonezu wrote the turquoise-haired anime darling an apocalyptic song. "Suna no Wakusei" (English title: "Dune") finds Yonezu, under the alias Hachi, programming the avatar for singing-synthesizer software Vocaloid to sing about a "desert planet" where life has...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 31, 2017

What makes a National Treasure?

Together, Japan's National Treasures provide a cacophonous ode to the nation and its heritage for its historical, cultural, geographical and stylistic dissonances. Yet, this is the first time in 41 years that 210 such works (or sets) have been displayed en masse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2017

Why economic growth is no longer enough

Gains in capital productivity are not being translated into higher median incomes — a breach of the social contract on which liberal economies rest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2017

Dennis Sarfate feels collapse in 2016 motivated Hawks this season

Dennis Sarfate showed up early to practice on his day off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017

China versus the Washington Consensus

China's continued economic success calls into question longstanding assumptions about the optimal balance of state and market mechanisms in driving economic development.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017

Heading for a NAFTA showdown?

U.S President Donald Trump's war over the North American Free Trade Agreement is heating up.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2017

Hawks win Game 2 of Japan Series after contentious call

All anyone could do was wait. A decision that could have a big impact on the complexion of the Japan Series hung in the balance, as the umpiring crew checked replay after replay in the bottom of the seventh inning at Yafuoku Dome.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 29, 2017

A return to Resolute: Exploring the wintry climes of northern Canada

We sailed from Greenland, across Baffin Bay, on Aug. 4, 2017. The sea was calm, and largely free of ice floes, although still dotted here and there with icebergs. The following day we reached the small community of Pond Inlet, more than 600 kilometers above the Arctic Circle in the north of Baffin Island....
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2017

Hawks erupt for seven runs in fifth inning, pound BayStars in Game 1

The day before this Japan Series was scheduled to start, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks closer Dennis Sarfate said his team had the best starting rotation, best lineup and best bullpen in the league.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2017

How would the U.S. look built from scratch?

Our leaders fail us in innumerable ways, but perhaps their worst sin is to accept things the way they are simply because that's the way they have always been.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017

Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa, BayStars' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo determined to deliver quality Japan Series

While one team is no stranger to the biggest stage, the other squad returned there for the first time in nearly two decades.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 27, 2017

October 28, 2017

EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2017

The case for further opposition realignment

The opposition camp needs to find a way to put its forces together to serve as a viable contender to the ruling coalition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2017

Xi aims for a 'new era' of international influence and power

Many analysts have written about the arrival of Xi's 'New Era.' Few have explored the foreign policy implications.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 27, 2017

Winners and losers in the election

Last week's Lower House election was quite different from the contests the ruling alliance won in recent years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2017

Small Japanese credit union outperforms mega-banks by lending to geisha and local startups

Kikuno Kashima, a Tokyo geisha, couldn't get a bank loan to open a club for her patrons and select guests until a tiny credit union agreed to lend her the money. Now she's part of a lending model that's doling out cash to startup companies and yielding surprisingly high profits in the process.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2017

Assad regime to blame for April sarin attack that killed dozens of civilians: U.N.

The Syrian government of Bashar Assad is to blame for a chemical attack on the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed dozens of people last April, according to a report sent to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2017

Abe's post-election policy targets wages but delays fiscal reform

The prime minister's economic agenda is shaping up after his election win with a focus on steering firms to hike wages, and with moves to shift fiscal prudence targets.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2017

Fighters land rights to prized slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya

The most celebrated high school slugger in recent memory will don the colors of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2018.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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