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JAPAN
May 9, 2016

Tokyo-based international school reaches out to alumni after ex-teacher jailed for sex abuse

Nishimachi International School is trying to reach alumni from the 1980s after a teacher from that period was convicted of child sex abuse in England.
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2015

U.S. pays stubborn cost for 'exorbitant privilege'

The dollar's role as the dominant international currency is bad for U.S. manufacturers and their workers.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 16, 2010

Halley's Comet, first international radio broadcast, tsunamis lash coastline, Japan tops creditor list

100 YEARS AGO
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2008

Combating climate change

SINGAPORE — Two recent news reports have underscored China's voracious appetite for oil and the impact of unrestrained burning of coal and other fossil fuels on global climate change. Both point to the need for Japan, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand — the six Asia-Pacific...
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2022

Xi’s return to the international stage offers hope and concern

It is good to have Xi Jinping back on the global stage as it gives the world a better indication of Beijing's intentions — for good or ill.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2022

Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products

IQOS is available in more than 60 countries under widely varying regulations, and sticks come in flavors such as menthol, cherry and grape, which critics say help attract younger users.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 31, 2015

Karuizawa boarding school touts international diversity, hard truths

One tiny experience in your life may floor you and open the door to an entirely new world. Though rare, it sometimes happens when one stumbles upon a totally different culture.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2014

China banking on infrastructure

It's hard to fault the ambitions of China and 20 other nations in agreeing to start up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. After all, Asia does need infrastructure. But there are fears that AIIB is aimed partly at undermining prevailing norms on international lending.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 30, 2014

New station to boost Shinagawa's international role

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced in early June it will open a new station on the Yamanote loop in Tokyo in time for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2008

The international community is betraying Afghanistan

HONG KONG — It is a magnificent land, a high plateau, landlocked, bitterly windswept and freezing in winter; sweltering, parched and dry in summer. It has a proud stiff-necked people who reflect the tough climate, rugged, stubborn, fiercely tribal, traditionally loyal but with a tenaciously vicious...
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 10, 2008

Stricken land of soldiers and slaves

The Saffron Revolution is Burma's 9/11; much will never be the same again after the killing, arrest and torture of monks by the government.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 17, 2007

Schools single out foreign roots

Since 1990, when Japan started allowing factories to easily import foreign labor, the number of registered non-Japanese (NJ) residents has nearly doubled to more than 2 million.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2006

JAL reports 23 billion yen group net loss

Japan Airlines Corp. reported Monday a group net loss of 23 billion yen for the first three quarters of fiscal 2005, slumping from a net profit of 79.2 billion yen it logged in the same period the previous year.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

JAL reports plunge in interim profits, sees red for full year

Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday that the Sept. 11 terror attacks caused its interim net profit to plunge 61.3 percent to 16.4 billion yen and may lead the group into the red by the end of fiscal 2001.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2023

The race to win the AI competition could doom us all

Some of the downsides of Silicon Valley are a readiness to ignore dangers and seek immediate returns, especially as it pertains to AI.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2021

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily prepared to suspend operations, reports say

The company will meet again on Friday to decide on the date to stop publishing the flagship newspaper of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, reports said.
Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2020

Government, don’t forget about international students

Regarding the July 22 article “Japan to dial back entry restrictions on some foreign residents,” first and foremost, I would want to thank The Japan Times for prompt updates about Japan for us English speakers; your daily reports of what is happening inside Japan gives us an inside look into the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2019

Japan may take South Korea wartime labor dispute to ICJ, NHK reports

The case cannot go to trial, however, without agreement from South Korea, Kyodo News reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2017

80 years on, mystery of U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific remains unresolved

On June 28, 1933, Nellie Simmons Meier sat at her desk and cast an expert eye over the imprint before her, searching for telltale signs much as she had done since she first started such readings as a young girl.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 14, 2017

Liberating young minds with technology

Education in Japan, within the nexus of business, science and internationalization, is currently developing progressive initiatives.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2016

Russia makes U-turn after evicting Amnesty from Moscow office

Human rights group Amnesty International can return to the Moscow office it was evicted from this week, a Kremlin human rights adviser said on Thursday after discussing the matter with President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2015

Bringing pressure on Africa's ivory poachers

Poaching for ivory is taking a horrible toll on endangered species in Africa, but there is cause for hope as well.
Saudi Arabia fans in the stands at King Abdullah Sport City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 10
SOCCER
Nov 12, 2024

FIFA must halt Saudi World Cup bid over human rights, says Amnesty

Saudi Arabia is the lone bidder for the 2034 edition.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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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