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EDITORIALS
Oct 25, 2017

Don't discount North Korean 'failures'

While North Korean successes demand the most attention, it is time to again pay attention to the dangers posed by North Korean failures.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 25, 2017

PanCAN Japan makes strides against pancreatic cancer

PanCAn Japan supports research projects and advocates for new medical techniques to improve both treatment for pancreatic cancer patients and early detection of the disease.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2017

IS is defeated but not vanquished

Vigilance and equal determination from law enforcement and security agencies are needed now more than ever to make sure Islamic State doesn't take up terrorist activities with new determination.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 24, 2017

An idea buds in the U.S. that Japan should go nuclear

Opinion is growing within certain quarters of the U.S. that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons to reduce America's defense burden.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2017

Australia to spend up to $195 million housing refugees after PNG detention center closes

Australia will spend up to 250 million Australia dollars ($195 million) housing nearly 800 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea for the next 12 months after its controversial detention center closes this month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Oct 22, 2017

Anime tourism invites overseas fans to join festivities

Yuwaku Onsen is a 1,300-year-old hot-springs resort tucked between mountains along the Asano River south of Kanazawa. Ten mid-size traditional inns line its slim main street, leading to a small hillside shrine and a man-made pond.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2017

U.S. says cyberattacks have targeted nuclear, energy, aviation, water and critical manufacturing industries

The U.S. government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyberattacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 21, 2017

Cultural disorientation is dancer Yumi Umiumare's artistic drive

At a certain level, the act of resettling overseas unsettles the idea of home itself. It ruptures the narrative of belonging that we construct through attachments to people and places. For the immigrant, home is no longer an immutable fact, but a space between memory and desire — always elsewhere....
Reader Mail
Oct 20, 2017

Learning from the wisdom of seniors

The article "Number of people in Japan aged 90 and above tops 2 million for first time" (in the Sept. 19 edition) made me ponder the relationship of young people and seniors.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 19, 2017

U.N. jury still out on whether to declare Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya genocide

The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera, Asia-Pacific chief at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 18, 2017

Views from Osaka: Will you vote on Sunday? If so, based on what? If not, why not?

Japanese citizens in Kansai's commercial capital were asked whether they plan to cast a ballot in the Oct. 22 Lower House poll — and why (or why not).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2017

Koganecho: An old site in a new light

Koganecho Bazaar 2017's “Double Facade: Multiple Ways to Encounter the Other” show is a bit of a mess.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2017

What North Korea learned from the Kosovo War

Pyongyang views NATO's willingness to use force in Kosovo just four years after Washington signed the Dayton Agreement with Milosevic in 1995 as proof that U.S. public statements on the use of force should not be taken at face value.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2017

Austria's millennial hope walks a fine line

If Sebastian Kurz fails to control the scary forces bubbling under the Freedom Party's surface, both Austria and the EU will regret that he got his chance to run a nation as early as he did.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2017

Trump likely to meet families of abductees to North Korea on November visit to Japan

White House releases details of U.S. president's five-nation Asian tour, set to kick off in Japan on Nov. 5.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 17, 2017

A divided Iraq tests U.S. influence as fight against Islamic State wanes

After years of focusing divided Iraq on a shared fight against the Islamic State group, the United States is now straining to leverage its limited influence to avoid a full-blown conflict between the Iraqi and Kurdish forces it has armed and trained.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2017

U.S. preservation group puts Kenzo Tange-designed Kagawa gym on monuments watch list

World Monuments Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization aiming to preserve imperiled cultural heritage sites, has named the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, designed by the late renowned architect Kenzo Tange, on its 2018 World Monuments Watch list.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2017

The Iran nuclear deal is bad — and necessary

So long as Tehran remains compliant, the nuclear deal — however bad it is — remains our best chance to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 16, 2017

Edano taking center stage as CDP gains momentum

Yukio Edano, founder and president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, is taking the spotlight ahead of the general election.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 16, 2017

Japanese women graduating from motherhood

The Japanese u6bcd (haha, mother) of lore gave her children unconditional love while protecting them from the wrath and u7406u4e0du5c3d (rifujin, unreasonableness).
Oct 16, 2017

vKirirom Pte. Ltd. succeeded in fund collecting 5.3 million US dollars in total from angel round

vKirirom Pte Ltd. (Singapore, CEO: Takeshi Izuka), which is an Asia unifying holding company that runs vKirirom Nature City and also holds A2A town (Cambodia) Co.,Ltd that runs vKirirom Pine Resort and Kirirom Institute of Technology(KIT), has succeeded in collecting total of 5.3million US dollars through...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Oct 15, 2017

Duck and cover: Regulation by and for the state, through the Japanese people

Bureaucrats rustle up policies that require citizens to do their duty, however irrationally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2017

Are we at the demise of dollar diplomacy?

Pundits have been saying last rites for the dollar's global dominance since the 1960s. They may finally be right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2017

Balance of power: Shift toward renewable energy appears to be picking up steam

Five years ago, Japan introduced a feed-in tariff system in a bid to promote the introduction of renewable energy on a large scale following the collapse of public trust in nuclear power due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and subsequent triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 14, 2017

Sound artist Aki Onda explores memory through sound

'I never miss Japan,' says New York resident Aki Onda. 'Now I have a distance — that's why I enjoy going back to Tokyo.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2017

Kobe Steel scandal widens to 500 firms

Chairman says all business sections being probed, promises to shoulder clients' costs.
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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