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WORLD
Oct 2, 2014

New York transit authority sued for denying anti-Islamic bus ad

An anti-Islam group filed a civil rights lawsuit against New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Wednesday for refusing to run a "Hamas Killing Jews" advertisement on city busses, the group's attorney said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 1, 2014

Singin' ballet star leads top show's Tokyo cast

Any pantheon of classic Western musical comedy films would include 1952's "Singin' in the Rain" starring the legendary actor and dancer Gene Kelly. Set in late- 1920s Hollywood as it was transitioning from silent films to talkies, it depicts a romance between an established leading man named Don Lockwood...
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2014

Drawing more tourists to Japan

Aided by robust travel demand from East Asian countries, the number of foreign visitors to Japan reached 8.63 million in the January-August period, and officials estimate the annual figure will reach 12 million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2014

'Abenomics' colors Japan's art market after years of pallid returns

Just a decade ago, a lithograph by artist Yayoi Kusama would sell for several hundred dollars at best. But now her pieces, some just the size of a magazine, can fetch as much as $74,000.
WORLD / Society
Oct 1, 2014

Iranian prisoner executed for heresy, rights group says

A former psychologist has been executed for heresy in Iran after eight years in detention, human rights groups said, in the latest example of what activists say is a worrying rise in the use of death penalty by the Islamic Republic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 1, 2014

Rice is nice when the price is right

Is the big drop in rice prices a good thing or a bad thing?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2014

U.S. lawmakers lambaste Secret Service boss over White House breach

U.S. lawmakers scolded the head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday over a security breach that allowed a knife-wielding intruder to run deep into the White House, and Director Julia Pierson promised them it would never happen again.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 30, 2014

Wild card Ito stuns top-seeded Wawrinka at Japan Open

Wild card Tatsuma Ito shocked top seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-5, 6-2 in their first-round match at the Rakuten Japan Open on Tuesday afternoon.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2014

Kuwait revokes citizenship of leading opposition activist

Kuwait revoked the citizenship of a prominent opposition activist Monday, something he said was a political move by a government that has vowed to crack down on people deemed to be undermining state stability.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Sep 30, 2014

Quebecoise shines as 'minyo' singer

Learning to play the three-stringed Japanese traditional instrument shamisen topped Canadian Maud Archambault's list of things to do while in Japan. She arrived here in 2001 to explore one of her fields of study: Japanese culture.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2014

Abe likely to visit Yasukuni Shrine again while in office, aide says

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine again while in office, although he may wait until after a visit to China in November to avoid jeopardizing the chances of a summit with President Xi Jinping, according to one of his aides.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2014

Abe outlines plans for rural revitalization, sends signal to China in Diet speech

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a key policy speech pledging to prop up declining provincial economies, while apparently signaling his willingness to improve relations with China.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2014

The population downtrend

Japan's demographic woes continue as January-June figures indicate that the number of deaths will likely outnumber births at a pace faster than in the previous year.
WORLD
Sep 28, 2014

U.S. airstrike in Syria killed Khorasan Group leader al-Fadhli: jihadist

A Twitter account run by an al-Qaida member said the leader of the al-Qaida-linked Khorasan Group was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria, SITE monitoring service said Sunday, following several days of uncertainty over whether he survived the raid.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2014

Europe takes control of Ryder Cup

Captain Fantastic Paul McGinley hailed "a great team performance" after Europe crushed the United States in the Ryder Cup foursomes for the second day running to gallop into a commanding 10-6 lead on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2014

Europe could jump-start a sustained recovery

Europe has a real chance to conclude a bargain if member countries implement fiscal and structural reforms in exchange for short-run relaxation of fiscal constraints focusing on growth-oriented investments.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 27, 2014

Shinkansen at 50: fast track to the future

On the 50th anniversary of the iconic bullet train's inaugural run, we examine how developers turned an ambitious dream into a high-tech reality
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 27, 2014

Hard work pays off for gutsy Giants

The Yomiuri Giants made it three Central League pennants in three seasons on Friday night in Yokohama.
Japan avoids commenting on Cleveland-Cliffs CEO's provocative comment
Cleveland-Cliffs is reportedly in talks with North Carolina-based steelmaker Nucor to acquire U.S. Steel.
Miyazaki quake falls short of triggering Nankai Trough megaquake advisory
A mirror reflects a collapsed house in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, nearly one year after a major earthquake struck nearby on New Year's Day in 2024.
South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe
A screen displays a news report on the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Wednesday. Investigators arrested Yoon after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration.
BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers environmental profile
In November, BlackRock and rivals were sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states that claimed their activism cut coal production and boosted energy prices.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
From wrath to radiance: Why the 'Manyoshu' feels like paradise lost
The entrance gate to Arakura Sengen Shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, with Mount Fuji in the distance.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.
Due north: Foreign-born guides introduce Hokkaido’s unique charms
Lantoko, a company operated by Taiwan native Ping-Fang Lan, offers drift ice walking tours and other exhilarating experiences in and around Shiretoko National Park.
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.

Podcast

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

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?
By Tomoko Otake

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