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EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2017

Judging the Abe administration

Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2017

Can we avoid the 'Thucydides Trap'?

When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international politics, major conflict often ensues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017

Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat

Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 10, 2017

Political risk seeps into yen trade as Japan's Abe faces popular upstart in October election

It's been five years since politics captured much attention from the foreign-exchange world in Japan, but traders are now gaming out potential scenarios for the yen after the Oct. 22 general election.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2017

Tokyo remodels the 'design event'

If Akio Aoki had his way, there would be one new word included in dictionaries across the globe: "Designart."
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2017

Asia-Pacific region at higher risk from disasters, U.N. warns in report

Natural disasters could become more destructive in the Asia-Pacific region, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other area of the world, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2017

Kobe Steel's admission over falsified data sends shock waves through manufacturers across Japan

Revelations renew concerns about the integrity of Japanese manufacturers, and follow scandals involving rupturing Takata air bags and unauthorized inspections at Nissan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017

For Catalonia, a deal like Basque-Spain accord may be effective if expensive antidote to secession

As Spain and Catalonia head toward a constitutional collision over the region's claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2017

At debate, Abe pins election hopes on tough stance against North Korea

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe justifies his decision to call a snap election as a chance to seek a mandate from the public about his North Korea policy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2017

Unending ruthless air raids

There are many sources to learn the facts behind the world's unceasing aerial bombardment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2017

Russian diplomat's photo of children blowing bubbles takes top prize in Tokyo competition

A photograph by Andrey Kuzhabekov, second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo, features a group of children playing with soap bubbles at Yoyogi Park in the city. The image evokes a longing for simpler times in our past and the natural joys that have become increasingly rare in today's complicated...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2017

Time for South Korea to face its looming crisis

In the 1990s, South Korea waited for a crisis to erupt before responding with necessary reforms. But now the country is confronting a new set of internal and external risks.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 6, 2017

England uninspiring in victory over Slovenia

Gareth Southgate wanted England to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in style. Harry Kane's late winner in the 1-0 win over Slovenia on Thursday sealed England's place in Russia, but a match of numbing tedium was so poor Sunday's now academic final group match in Lithuania will test the loyalty of...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017

Fans express mixed feelings as Shohei Otani's move to majors looms

Since he turned pro in 2013, everybody knew that Shohei Otani would set out for the United States to play at the highest level in the major leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017

Reliever Hisashi Takeda leaving Fighters after 15 seasons

Three-time Pacific League saves leader Hisashi Takeda will part with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in hopes of signing with another team, the club announced Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2017

The return of the madman theory

America's madman doctrine is back with a vengeance, but this time it's far less clear if it's merely an act.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 5, 2017

Kibo no To puts tax hike insanity in the spotlight

Win or lose on Oct. 22, the energized opposition force coalescing around Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is already changing the political conversation for the better in three specific ways.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 5, 2017

Taking in the flavors of the season

Restaurants at The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka, are offering autumn menus created with rich and colorful seasonal ingredients.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Oct 5, 2017

AmPm's Spotify strategy bears fruit

Japan's biggest breakout musical act of 2017 wear polar bear masks. The duo AmPm debuted this past spring, cloaked in fuzzy headgear and withholding all biographical information. In just over six months, the pair have had their easy-breezy electronic music released via Dutch label Armada Music and performed...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2017

Carlos Ghosn's protege faces first crisis with 'shocking' Nissan Japan recall

Carlos Ghosn, one of the auto industry's most celebrated turnaround artists, saved Nissan Motor Co. by managing himself out of numerous tight spots. Now his hand-picked successor faces a big test of his own, just six-months into his tenure as Nissan's chief executive officer.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 5, 2017

[VIDEO] 2017 FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup in Tokyo, Japan

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2017

Russia quietly throws North Korea lifeline in bid to stymie regime change

Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any U.S.-led push to oust Kim Jong Un, as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow U.S. troops to deploy on Russia's eastern border.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2017

Otani dazzles in likely last start before heading to majors

The real Shohei Otani made his first appearance of the season on the last day of baseball at Sapporo Dome this year. It may have also been his final time on an NPB mound.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2017

Negative obituaries prove Hugh Hefner was right

Critical obituaries of Hugh Hefner show puritan values still resonate loudly in America.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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