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EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2017

The Democratic Party in disarray

The DP leadership needs to take the revolt and defection of its members seriously and rebuild the party before it's too late.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2017

Pachinko industry raises money for low-income students, but critics call it a marketing stunt

The pachinko industry is urging customers to donate steel balls from their winnings to help put hard-up students through university.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2017

Reconstruction chief Imamura resigns over latest Tohoku gaffe

The minister for disaster reconstruction, Masahiro Imamura, stepped down Wednesday over a gaffe where he said it was better the 2011 quake and tsunami hit the Tohoku region and not near Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2017

Internal U.S. State Department memo strengthens case to stay in Paris climate accord

An internal U.S. State Department memo says the Paris climate accord imposes few obligations on the United States, bolstering the case for Trump administration officials who want to stay in the deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2017

Brexit to dominate as May sets out plans for U.K. re-election

Whatever Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives promise in their manifesto before a June election, managing Britain's exit from the European Union will limit her opportunity to push wide-ranging radical domestic change.
EDITORIALS
Apr 25, 2017

A political earthquake rocks France

The May 7 presidential ballot will mark the first time in the modern French republic that no major party is represented in a presidential election.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2017

Tokyo evasive on report of secret deal with NSA over mass surveillance program

The government's top spokesman on Tuesday declined to comment on — but did not deny — a report alleging that Tokyo has secretly and closely cooperated with the U.S. National Security Agency in intelligence-gathering, having been provided with an extremely powerful mass-surveillance tool that can...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 24, 2017

Prewar bayonetting martial art makes return to schools

A little-known Japanese martial art called jukendo came under the spotlight recently after it was stipulated in the revised junior high school curriculum guidelines for the first time as one of nine martial arts schools can choose to teach students.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2017

Even a horrific killing isn't enough to shake Pakistan's blasphemy laws

The murder of Mashal Khan is the latest tragedy connected to blasphemy accusations in Pakistan. His death won't be the last.
EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2017

Erdogan's referendum win is Turkey's loss

The West must now prepare for an even more contested relationship with Turkey.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 20, 2017

Putin-run intel think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election in Trump's favor: documents

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters' faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2017

Teach patriotism, not chauvinism

Despite its politically incorrect connotation today, patriotism is essential in any democratic society.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2017

Trump more believable and moral than Putin?

In the Syrian strikes Trump effectively followed the policy of 'bomb first, prove later' — exactly the sequence Bush followed in Iraq in 2003 to commit the greatest geopolitical blunder since World War II.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Apr 15, 2017

The real Moritomo Gakuen story is clear as mud

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." — Mark Twain
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2017

North Korea may have sarin-tipped missiles, Abe says

Pyongyang may have missiles armed with chemical weapons like VX and sarin at its disposal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells the Diet.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 12, 2017

Resisting Trump's America: why we march in Japan, again

On April 15 we will gather again in Tokyo to peacefully protest in solidarity with over 150 sister marches worldwide to demand the release of President Trump's complete tax returns since 2005.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2017

Why Westinghouse was doomed at its creation

The world has spent nearly 60 years trying to make economic sense of nuclear power, with limited success. It may be time to pull the plug.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2017

Tillerson heads to Moscow with call from West for Russia to ditch Assad

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson carried a message from world powers to Moscow on Tuesday denouncing Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad, as the Trump administration took on America's traditional mantle as leader of a unified West.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2017

Abe backs U.S. missile strike on Syria but might draw backlash from Putin

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praises the U.S. missile strike on Syria, but some say that could harm his chances of settling Japan's island dispute with Russia.
Reader Mail
Apr 7, 2017

Don't put Tohoku on back burner

The aftermath of a natural disaster is never dealt with easily, especially when it comes to developing emergency housing for the surviving victims. Japan is no different, but it does have its own unique issues — namely, a nuclear meltdown and a disproportionately elderly affected-population.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2017

'Amakudari' remains an issue

Bureaucrats landing jobs in the private sector on the basis of the powers of government ministries and agencies sows the seeds of corruption.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2017

Trump officials alarmed China may bid for Toshiba's Westinghouse unit

The Trump administration is so alarmed that Chinese investors may try to purchase Westinghouse Electric Co.'s nuclear business that U.S. officials are trying to find an American or allied buyer for the company instead, two people familiar with the matter said.
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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