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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Sep 4, 2016

JBC marks 100 columns and a million page views

Column has been shining a critical light on issues affecting Japan's foreign residents since 2008.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2016

Takashi Niigaki emerges from the ashes of a scandal with a symphony to call his own

On Feb. 6, 2014, composer Takashi Niigaki faced a crowd of reporters at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo and took a deep and apologetic bow. He had just revealed that he was ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, who was celebrated as "Japan's Beethoven" before being exposed as a fraud. Niigaki confessed to...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Sep 3, 2016

For elderly residents, city life doesn't get old

The government in Japan is facing an immediate demographic crisis with regards to seniors, whose numbers relative to the general population are increasing rapidly. One of the main problems is where they are going to live out their lives.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 3, 2016

The cat's meow of creature comforts

This month, On: Design lets the cat out of the bag about The Japan Times' love of pets by allowing Chibi-chan, my adopted stray, to review a few products that she claims may persuade her to become a house pet.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2016

China criticizes U.S. case against ex-Air China employee accused of smuggling packages

China's Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized the U.S. indictment of a former Air China Ltd. employee for smuggling packages on behalf of Chinese military personnel stationed at China's U.N. mission in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2016

One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor at the top

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2016

Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief ahead of Suu Kyi's visit

The United States is considering further easing or lifting sanctions against Myanmar around the time of a White House visit this month by the country's new leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. officials said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2016

DP's leadership race begins

The Democratic Party needs to choose a leader capable of transforming the party into contender capable of taking over the reins of government.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2016

Report: White nationalists use Twitter with impunity, dwarf Islamic State's use; Trump camp no comment

White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with "relative impunity" and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 2, 2016

Honda slams referee after 'ghost goal' haunts Japan's loss to UAE

Japan forward Keisuke Honda once again issued a damning verdict on the standard of Asia's referees after the Samurai Blue were denied a seemingly legitimate goal in Thursday's 2-1 World Cup-qualifying loss to the United Arab Emirates.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 1, 2016

Fine French fare high above the city; N.Y. chef brings talents to Tokyo; reopening sees accommodation plan

Fine French fare high above the city
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2016

Strong link found between Zika and autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barre

A comparison of rates of Guillain-Barre syndrome before and after Zika arrived in seven countries has found a strong association between the virus and the illness, researchers from the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2016

Saudi-led airstrike kills at least 16 members of Yemeni imam's family

At least 16 members of the extended family of a Yemeni mosque imam were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike on their family home in northern Yemen by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, a Reuters witness, a medic and a resident said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2016

Why Central Asia is less stable than it appears

Kept relatively peaceful by a handful of aging authoritarian leaders, the region is a ticking time bomb.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2016

Ukraine ends visa-free deal with North Korea to keep out 'ineligible persons'

Ukraine has revoked a Soviet-era deal that allowed visa-free travel for North Koreans, the latest setback for isolated North Korea, which has been under growing pressure since the U.N. Security Council imposed toughened new sanctions in March.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2016

Britain's Corbyn set to win bigger mandate in Labour leadership vote

Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing head of Britain's opposition Labour Party, is set to win a leadership race with even more support than when he was first elected last year, according to a YouGov poll in The Times on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2016

Australia tells new lawmakers to take cautious view of Chinese investment

Australia has urged legislators to take a more cautious approach in backing China's pursuit of "legitimate interests" and stay alert to the motives guiding its investments, in a briefing book published by the nonpartisan parliamentary library.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2016

SWIFT discloses more cyberthefts, pressures banks on security

SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its members' banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February's high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2016

A new generation of jihadis awakens in Indonesia

During a May 2011 shootout, Indonesia's counterterrorism forces killed the leader of a militant group thought to be behind a series of failed bomb attempts around the city of Solo in Central Java.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2016

U.S. woman held in China for over year now charged with spying

An American businesswoman held in China since March last year has been charged with spying, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, the latest development in a case that has added to U.S.-China tensions.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016

Japan's defense diplomacy with ASEAN member-states

The situation in the South China Sea is prompting the Ministry of Defense and the SDF to expand Japan's presence and strengthen partnerships in the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016

The iconoclast of Timbuktu and the world court

Making the act of deliberately 'destroying cultural heritage' a crime is a step in building an international human rights law that applies to everybody.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 29, 2016

Finally, Carp looking like real deal

The Hiroshima Carp, it seems, have arrived. After a long stretch of bad years and recent seasons of being a few pieces short of a whole, the Carp are finally in the thick of a pennant race again.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 29, 2016

As Obama heads to Laos, signs of a tilt away from China

The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple on the diplomatic circuit. And yet its sleepy capital will spring to life this week when global leaders arrive for an Asian summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2016

Abe dangles $30 billion at Africa leaders in Nairobi in counter to China

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge Saturday to invest $30 billion to boost African growth and infrastructure over the next three years comes as he seeks to win over national leaders already being wooed by China and the U.S.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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