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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2018

Abe-Ishiba debate highlights candidates' lack of concrete plans to tackle fundamental problems

A debate illustrates Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba's differences on how to overcome some of the most fundamental problems Japan faces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2018

Who really creates growth in an economy?

Contrary to the post-crisis consensus, strategic public sector investment is critical to growth.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2018

Mitsubishi Heavy to invest additional ¥200 billion in Japanese jet project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to make a fresh investment of ¥200 billion in the Mitsubishi Regional Jet project, sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2018

Massive Russian war games see naval forces hunt submarines in Pacific waters north of Hokkaido

Russian naval vessels have conducted anti-submarine drills in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific waterway between Russia and Hokkaido, as part of the country's largest military exercise in decades.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 15, 2018

Naoko Mori: From 'Miss Saigon' to 'Doctor Who'

An upbringing outside of Japan led Naoko Mori, then a teenager, to pursue varied career in acting
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2018

Why Putin is softening on internet memes

The Kremlin is having second thoughts about jailing people for silly social media posts it calls 'extremist.' It wants to look scary, not ridiculous.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 15, 2018

Tokyo International Film Festival announces opening, closing films and pre-festival screening of 2017 award-winner

It was announced this past week that the Tokyo International Film Festival will kick off its 31st edition on Oct. 25 with the film "A Star Is Born," starring pop star Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in his directorial debut.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

On accelerating sanitation, clean water access

Faced with a fast rate of urbanization and population growth, national and local governments are finding it difficult to provide essential services such as safe drinking water and sanitation, especially in the socioeconomic context of lower and middle-income countries. Performing utilities have a key...
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

IWA Awards: Recognizing excellence in global water sustainability

With 71 years of history in bridging science and technology with other sectors, the International Water Association is committed to recognizing the special contributions and achievements of its members and water sector professionals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

Recovery, reuse of phosphorus from wastewater

Phosphorus (P) is essential to human life and vital for food production. It is the critical building block of DNA, cell membrane and bones, and plays a crucial role in cellular energy metabolism. Today, P is mostly obtained from mined phosphate (Pi) rock, but natural reserves of Pi rock are concentrated...
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

Digital Water Solutions: Creating abundance

Water challenges are complex and interrelated. Globally, water demand is threatening to outpace supply. In addition to water stress and scarcity, the world is also faced with the negative effects of extreme weather events, disasters and poor water quality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

A city on the go: Tradition, interactive art and phenomenal eats

To first-time visitors, welcome to Tokyo. It's a vast, entertaining city bursting with a seemingly immeasureable number of things to do during any visit. Even residents usually try focus on one category — for example, food, as Tokyo has the greatest number of Michelin-starred restaurants in the world;...
Japan Times
JAPAN / IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
Sep 14, 2018

Leading voices and thought leaders shaping the future of water at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018

Agenda-setting thought leadership from the most prominent figures within the water sector and beyond. The following keynote speakers are top specialists in their fields and will provide the overarching narrative for the congress. Keynotes and supporting panels will frame the discussions and topics that...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2018

High debt limits China's range of weapons in defending against Trump's tariff blitz

Ten years ago, China shielded itself from the global financial crisis with a wall of stimulus. Facing U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught, that feat of self-preservation looks much harder to repeat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2018

China's industrial output tops forecasts but investment growth sinks to new low

China reported better-than-expected industrial output and retail sales on Friday, but a key investment gauge fell to a fresh record low, highlighting the challenges facing Beijing as it tries to support the economy in the face of rising U.S. tariffs.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 14, 2018

[VIDEO] Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2018

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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018

Why Serena Williams owes a triple apology

Serena Williams was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse in last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka.
Sep 13, 2018

Yamaha Motor Announces Collaboration with AI Computing Company NVIDIA

Accelerating Automation of Driverless Agricultural Vehicles and Low-speed Vehicles with AI
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 13, 2018

New star Naomi Osaka arrives in Tokyo to hero's welcome

It was March and Naomi Osaka had just won the biggest match of her life, fulfilling the promise that many pundits had long foreseen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 12, 2018

Namie Amuro: Celebrating J-pop's first queen

For millions of Japanese music fans in the 1990s, Namie Amuro wasn't just the Heisei Era's defining pop star, she was someone they grew up with.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

'Omotenashi' underlies Japan's low economic productivity

On a narrow side street in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs of Tokyo, a new apartment building is being built from scratch. Six construction workers are putting up the four-story building using prefabricated parts, while another six workers are manning the different roads leading into the construction...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

Japan must do more to support its alliance with the U.S.

Tokyo will have to invest more energy in its long-standing security partnership with Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2018

The Swedish vote is another populist failure

The election was a warning to centrists to do more to integrate immigrants.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2018

'Misato Kurimune Solo Exhibition "Still Remained"'

Sept. 14-Oct. 13
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2018

Second Kim-Trump summit could lay groundwork for arms control talks — and de facto nuclear state recognition

A second meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being planned, the White House said Monday. Such a summit, some experts say, could help break the current impasse in denuclearization talks and lay the groundwork for what ultimately may be the only way forward:...
Japan Times
Sep 11, 2018

Yamaha Motor and Gogoro Begin EV Business Collaborative Study

Iwata and Taipei, September 11, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, President: Yoshihiro Hidaka) and Gogoro Inc. (Headquarters: Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Founder and CEO: Horace Luke) announced today that they have begun a study towards collaboration in the electric vehicle...
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 11, 2018

In sign of further easing of childbirth controls, China shuts family planning offices

China's health commission is getting rid of three offices that were previously dedicated to family planning, it announced late on Sunday, the latest signal that Beijing may further reduce restrictions on childbirth to combat an aging population.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 10, 2018

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green draws crowds in first Japan visit

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green revealed that he was persuaded by Rakuten chairman Hiroshi Mikitani to come to Japan.
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2018

Naomi Osaka, our newest hero

We hope that Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Women's Open championship will help Japan to better appreciate its diversity and the richness and opportunity it creates.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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