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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 13, 2014

Osaka finds right formula after stumbling out of gate

The Osaka Evessa opened their 10th season with four losses in their first five games, including a 22-point beatdown by the host Shiga Lakestars on Oct. 18.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2014

China not ready to write off the Shinawatras

Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatras' recent trip to China and Japan should remind the Thai junta that no country will put all its eggs in one basket.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014

'Ikiru Monotachi e: The message from the nature'

Himeji City Museum of Art has been holding exhibitions featuring contemporary artists from Harima and Tajima in Hyogo Prefecture since 1986. This year, under the theme "Ikiru Monotachi e" ("To living things"), the exhibition explores the value of life and our environment through the works of four artists...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2014

Americans, Costa Rican institute win Blue Planet Prize

The Asahi Glass Foundation has awarded the 2014 international Blue Planet Prize to economist Herman Daly of the University of Maryland and ecologist Daniel Janzen of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad of Costa Rica.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2014

Takata chairman stays out of sight as air bag crisis imperils dynasty

Takata Corp. Chairman Shigehisa Takada's failure to come forward and address an air bag crisis ensnaring the world's biggest automakers risks shaking investor confidence in the 81-year-old company's prospects.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2014

Takata coverage suspended by SMBC Nikko, citing air bag crisis

Takata Corp. was suspended from coverage by a securities firm that said the lawsuits and recalls the air bag maker faces in the U.S. cloud its earnings outlook.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2014

Regional banks Higo, Kagoshima to merge in 2015

Regional lenders Kagoshima Bank and Higo Bank have agreed to merge next year to tackle the intensifying competition, shrinking population and economic stagnation afflicting the industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 8, 2014

Kendama: a whole new ball game

Almost every child that has grown up in Japan has seen a kendama, a wooden traditional Japanese toy consisting of a ken (sword) and tama (ball) connected by a length of string.
COMMENTARY / Japan / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 8, 2014

Right-wing witch hunt signals dark days in Japan

Many Japanese and long-time Japan observers have expressed dismay about the recrudescence of self-righteous nationalism under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has emboldened right-wing extremists now threatening democratic institutions and civil liberties.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 8, 2014

Hanging around the threat of extinction

Night falls; stars are showing; yet I'm still perspiring. We set off in darkness into a night filled with hope. Our goal is to see one of the rarest creatures on Earth, a species once considered extinct, and for which even now fate hangs in the balance.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014

Redefining the concept of business confidence

Amid the constant stream of security and data breaches and allegations of financial manipulation, American business leaders are feeling the type of public disdain and lack of trust once reserved for politicians.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014

West must better understand Iraq to defend it

U.S. and allied airstrikes against Islamic State might unseat the group's fighters in critical areas of Iraq, but as things stand, troops from a rebuilt Iraqi Army will be needed to hold and govern liberated territory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2014

Scientists devise family tree of the world's insects, the first animals to colonize land

They pollinate our flowers, vegetables and fruit. They spread deadly diseases. They flash in the summer night. They bore into the wood in our homes. And they serve as supper for birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals — including people.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 5, 2014

Parasyte: Gory invasion of the cannibal body snatchers

The closing film of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, Takashi Yamazaki's "Kiseiju: Part 1 (Parasyte: Part 1)," arrives in theaters with a lot of hype. Based on Hitoshi Iwaaki's best-selling manga about the stealth invasion of Earth by alien parasites, the film is the first of a two-part...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Nov 5, 2014

Does social change in Japan come from the top down or bottom up?

Should bad social habits be thrown out the second-floor window, or patiently cajoled down the stairs and out the front door? Discuss.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2014

Seniority pay on its way out?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed a review of the seniority-based wage system prevalent among Japanese companies with a call for higher pay to recruits and a shift to paying wages according to performance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2014

A chain reaction of empowerment

More than anything, the world needs people who will take active steps to transform their own local community when it comes to dealing with any of the bewildering array of threats confronting humanity today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / IEC GENERAL MEETING IN TOKYO
Nov 4, 2014

Understanding importance of standardization

The increasing globalization of the world economy and the development of frontier technologies are adding further weight to international standardization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / IEC GENERAL MEETING IN TOKYO
Nov 4, 2014

Raising Asian involvement

Asia has been lagging behind Europe and the U.S. in the standardization of electrical technology, and the trend has been that Western countries have set the standards and Asian ones have followed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IEC GENERAL MEETING IN TOKYO
Nov 4, 2014

Overview of the Tokyo General Meeting

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is holding its 78th General Meeting from Nov. 4 to 15 at the Tokyo International Forum. This is the first General Meeting to be held in Japan in 15 years. As it is being held the same year Junji Nomura was named IEC president, expectations are mounting...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / IEC GENERAL MEETING IN TOKYO
Nov 4, 2014

Seamless factory automation

Having its strengths in motor design and production as well as machine control, the products of the Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Factory Automation Systems Group, are not only used at production sites, but also in intelligent buildings, as well as a myriad of other areas.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2014

Avoiding Western networks

All five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have vested interests in developing long-term alternative financial institutions for parking their money and moving it internationally, independent of the West's bullying instincts and addiction to sanctions.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 2, 2014

Denmark considers phasing out coal by 2025 in big green shift

Denmark should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in fighting global warming, adding to green measures ranging from wind energy to bicycle power, Denmark's climate minister said on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 1, 2014

Debating the merits of lifetime employment

Some years ago I worked for a language-teaching service that offered in-house classes for companies. One client was a major electronics manufacturer, and many of the students were trained engineers assigned to the sales division.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘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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