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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 2, 2017

Disco dancing the night away

Live Disco Night 2017 will take place on March 2 at the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya, featuring two bands, Ginza Kento's Bless of G.K. and The Mint Factory.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2017

Komatsu joins peers in signaling mining rebound remains elusive

Komatsu Ltd., the world's No. 2 supplier of construction equipment, said industry-wide demand from miners fell 13 percent in the last quarter, signaling that the rebound in commodities prices is yet to feed through into better sales of the giant trucks and excavators used in extracting minerals.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 31, 2017

The future looks bright for artists in the ancient capital

"Kyoto Art For Tomorrow" at The Museum of Kyoto draws together single pieces by 43 up-and-coming artists under the age of 40. Focusing on a new generation, the exhibition looks forward to the international attention Japan will receive for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Indeed, the show adopts Pierre de Coubertin...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2017

How much does Japan pay to host U.S. forces? Depends on who you ask

Ahead of the visit to Tokyo by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday, the government appears to be missing a critical piece of information: How much does Japan pay to host U.S. military bases?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2017

How dangerous is Putin?

Sooner rather than later, Russian President Vladimir Putin's economic incompetence will catch up with him.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2017

U.S. suffers an excess of intellectual emptiness

Both U.S. President Donald Trump and higher education suffer from a 'storm of outraged ego.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2017

The Bank of Japan has a 'Toyota problem'

BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's fight to lift inflation is being stymied by stingy Japan Inc.'s refusal to fatten paychecks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 30, 2017

Samurai Japan's stars have to come to grips with WBC ball

Throwing a baseball isn't rocket science. Unless, apparently, that ball is the official baseball of the World Baseball Classic and is being thrown by a member of Samurai Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2017

Toyota surrenders sales crown to VW as threat of trade barrier looms

Toyota Motor Corp. has lost its crown as the world's best-selling automaker to Volkswagen AG, ending a four-year reign that saw emerging challenges ranging from the threat of U.S. trade barriers to slowing demand in China after a tax increase.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2017

WBC duty means quick turnaround for foreign stars

Now that spring camps are only a few days away for NPB teams — some players are already working out "independently" together — the foreign contingent has begun trickling into the country. It was mostly the first-year foreign players the past couple of weeks, but now the veterans have started showing...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 29, 2017

Caroline Kennedy's legacy in Japan will be her message of equality and reconciliation

Caroline Kennedy left a deep impression upon Japan and will long be remembered for her positive role here.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2017

International law is under siege in the South China Sea

China is the latest to flout international law, but the United States and Russia paved the way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2017

Understanding the real cost of protectionism

Does Donald Trump know that one American company might be 'destroying' more American jobs than China is?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 28, 2017

2017: a year for sumo nostalgia

On Jan. 22, 30-year-old ozeki (champion) Kisenosato (real name Yutaka Hagiwara) emerged victorious in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with an outstanding record of 14 wins and only one loss. His promotion to history's 72nd yokozuna (grand champion) was confirmed by the Japan Sumo Association three...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 28, 2017

Sino-Japanese propaganda wars are heating up

Both Japan and China are wielding history like a cudgel to bash the other and assert a sanctimonious nationalism that impedes reconciliation.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 27, 2017

January 28, 2017

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2017

Vague U.S. policies may speed China's buildup

Without clarity on how it intends to prevent China's militarization in the South China Sea, the Trump administration may give Beijing an excuse to do it even faster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2017

Dow tops 20,000, raises hopes of recharged rally, fears of teetering precipice

The Dow Jones Industrial Average index's pop over 20,000 on Wednesday crowns a frenetic post-U.S. election rally that featured the second fastest-ever climb between 1,000-point milestones in the Dow's 120-year history.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2017

U.S. adds extra aircraft to marine force in Australia

The United States will send extra military aircraft to Australia's tropical north this year, a U.S. Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday, bolstering its military presence close to the disputed South China Sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017

Is Baseball Hall of Fame a museum or a shrine?

If Cooperstown wants admission to mean enshrinement, it must embrace and articulate the hall's ethic — that real success must be honorably achieved.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017

Aligning the West to face an uncertain world

The populist forces that are now pulling at the threads of the post-1945 international order must be resisted.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 24, 2017

Japan fills out team for World Baseball Classic

Samurai Japan mostly filled out its roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, adding eight players, but no major leaguers, to the 19 names released in December.
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.
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
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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