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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2015

Boston bombing jury faces one major question: another death?

From the moment U.S. prosecutors stand up on Wednesday and begin their case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, their minds and those of their defense counterparts will be focused on just one thing: The death penalty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 2, 2015

Hokuriku shinkansen setting tourists abuzz

On March 14, the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will open as an extension of the Nagano Shinkansen Line, directly connecting Tokyo with Kanazawa and shortening the travel time to the scenic capital of Ishikawa Prefecture to 2½ hours from four.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Mar 2, 2015

“Japanese History in Simple English” and “American History in Simple English”on sale now

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2015

Bangladesh pays tribute to American blogger killed in machete attack

Bangladeshis on Sunday paid tribute to an American critic of religious extremism killed in Dhaka, the latest in a series of attacks on writers who support free thinking values in the Muslim-majority nation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 1, 2015

In lycra and online, foreigners are doing their bit for Tohoku

Four years on from the catastrophic events of March 2011, Lifelines introduces two examples of how foreign nationals are pitching in for Tohoku and having fun in the process.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2015

The not-ready-for-prime-time Republicans

In their first couple of months dominating the U.S. Congress, Republicans have passed no major legislation, taken largely negative positions and may be about to impede the operation of a crucial government department. In short, they're not where national leaders hoped they would be.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 1, 2015

Insect snacks creep into Thai stores

Street vendors selling deep-fried insects as snacks are a familiar sight in Bangkok, but a Thai entrepreneur is trying to give edible bugs a more upmarket appeal.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 28, 2015

China inadvertently promotes Islamic extremism

March 1, 2014, was China's 9/11. That was the day Islamic Uighur terrorists slashed their way into the collective consciousness of the country's ethnic Han majority.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Feb 28, 2015

Omotenashi — Japanese hospitality?

As the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee's appointed "Cool Tokyo" ambassador, multilingual television journalist Christel Takigawa set media buzzing worldwide with her Sept. 7, 2013, speech to the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires in which she made great play of the word "motenashi" by attaching...
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2015

A realistic view of honest folks

Police say Tokyo residents handed in ¥3.34 billion in lost cash last year, clear evidence that Tokyo's reputation for safety remains intact. Yet, nationwide losses from phone scams are on track to suprass the 2013 records.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2015

Teachers, pupils: no talking online

At least 11 prefectures and three cities have banned middle and high school teachers from all communication with students by email, messaging apps or phone after local boards of education found that 205 teachers instigated obscene acts with students in 2013.
Reader Mail
Feb 28, 2015

Right-wingers toe the U.S. line

The other day, while driving in Naha, I encountered a sound truck operated by ultra-nationalists. It was blaring out Imperial Japanese Army tunes with two national flags hoisted on top: One was the Rising Sun and the other was the Stars and Stripes. Clearly these right-wingers identify themselves not...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 27, 2015

Most Tokyo wards less keen on recognizing same-sex unions

Most of Tokyo's wards are hesitant to propose or consider certificates that would declare same-sex unions as equivalent to marriage, The Japan Times finds.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 27, 2015

Bunkyo plans measures to aid sexual minorities

Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward will consider measures relating to sexual minorities by March 2016, a ward official said, following a recent proposal by Shibuya Ward to issue certificates recognizing same-sex unions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Feb 27, 2015

'The Anime Encyclopedia' goes full digital

"The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation" will be released March 3.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2015

Americans must tell Washington no more war

No matter how disastrous the outcome, the American war lobby of fools lives on, insisting that the idea to go to war was sound and that any problems resulted from engaging too few troops, not doing enough bombing, ending an occupation too soon or spending too few dollars.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 27, 2015

Chelsea's struggles boost Tottenham in League Cup final

Jose Mourinho calls himself a Special One and when it comes to winning finals it is impossible to dispute this.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 27, 2015

Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for abusing Indonesian maid

A Hong Kong mother of two who punched her maids, beat them with mops and threatened to kill their relatives was jailed for six years on Friday in a case that triggered outrage and exposed the plight of millions of domestic helpers across Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2015

U.K. authorities linked 'Jihadi John' to militant killed by U.S. drone in Somalia

British authorities have linked Mohammed Emwazi, a Londoner identified by U.S. national security sources as "Jihadi John," the knife-wielding militant who appeared in videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, to another British militant killed in Somalia in a U.S. drone attack.
OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2015

Olympic TV plan gains momentum

Olympic officials say it's the right time for a $600 million gamble.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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