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EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2014

Tolerating the voices of children

People must realize that children are the future of rapidly graying Japan and work to create an environment in which their presence is not only welcome but encouraged.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 13, 2014

Osaka mayor mulls options in event of snap Lower House election

If a snap Lower House election is held next month, one of the candidates may be Osaka Mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2014

Republicans vow to fight EPA in Congress over China emissions breakthrough

Republican congressional leaders on Wednesday wasted no time in criticizing what they called President Barack Obama's "one-sided" climate deal with China, using the announcement to declare war on the administration's plan to use executive actions to combat carbon emissions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014

Takata says it has modified compound involved in air bag recalls

The composition of an air bag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a global car recall has been modified, a company official says.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2014

China flouts efforts to protect world's wildlife

It would be nice to believe China's rhetoric that it cooperates with other countries in protecting wildlife. Yet, for two decades at least, Chinese consumer demand has been directly linked to the precipitous decline of wildlife populations around the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SYMPOSIUM ON EUROZONE
Nov 11, 2014

Europe, Japan face similar problems

Europe and Japan may want to learn from each other when it comes to dealing with mounting government debt, opportunities for the Japanese food industry, whether Japan and Britain should strengthen their ties in trade and consumption tax increases.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2014

GOP takeover could mean trouble for Japan

Perhaps no one in Asia is happier than Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to see Republicans take over control of the U.S. Congress. In fact, Japan's plummeting currency and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal put Abe in a tough corner.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014

Tokyo admits 'differing views' on Senkakus, opening door to Abe-Xi meeting

The leaders of Japan and China appear to be set to hold their first summit-level talks since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power nearly two years ago.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2014

The GOP retakes Congress

Despite the Republican Party retaking control of the U.S. Senate and increasing its holdings in the House, it's difficult to be optimistic about legislative progress in Washington over the next two years given the deep fissures within the GOP itself.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014

Did Islamic State call a convention of nuts and have 15,000 show up?

If an estimated army of at least 15,000 violent, crazy people — many carrying U.S. passports or passports from countries where they don't need visas to come to the U.S. — have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight along Islamic State and similar extremist groups, shouldn't everyone start thinking outside the box for ways to track them?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2014

Ancient Russian's DNA sheds light on Neanderthal interbreeding

DNA extracted from the skeleton of a man who lived in Russia about 37,000 years ago is giving scientists new insights into the genetic history of Europeans including interbreeding that took place with Neanderthals more than 50,000 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2014

BOJ has ECB in a bind as euro soars versus yen

Mario Draghi had something new to worry about as he prepared for Thursday's European Central Bank policy meeting: the euro-yen exchange rate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2014

An opportunity for Abe and Xi

One reason for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping's newfound flexibility toward each other may be domestic political shifts in both countries that have created a more equal balance between conservative, nationalist groups and more internationally oriented business interests.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2014

'Tagasode Screens: The Kimono as Painting Theme'

"Whose outfits are these?" is a question you might ask when viewing tagasode (someone's sleeve) painted screens, which feature kimonos lined up and hung on racks as their subjects.
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 5, 2014

To hike the consumption tax, or not

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must address concerns about the economy's health before he makes a decision on whether to raise the consumption tax.
Reader Mail
Nov 5, 2014

Japan's own form of terrorism

Regarding the Oct. 31 Kyodo article "University may cave into sex slave threats": One reads with incredulity the reports that the president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Hokkaido is considering not renewing a contract by a professor who wrote articles concerning forced prostitution in World War II....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2014

Poll on national character finds love of Japan is increasing

The latest government survey on national character has found that 83 percent of Japanese, if they were to be reborn, would choose to live in Japan rather than anywhere else.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014

Optimize the troubled eurozone

Europe's leaders must recognize that the eurozone, as currently constituted, is larger than Europe's optimal currency area. Some member countries — certainly Greece, and probably Italy and Spain — need an independent monetary policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014

Virgin Galactic crash won't deter space tourists

Grisly though it sounds, one strong customer market for comparatively high-risk Virgin Galactic space tourism flights of the future may be affluent people with a terminal medical diagnosis.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014

Bovine voter registration in rebel-held Ukraine

A cow, literally, could have voted in the elections for rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Nobody really cared who would win.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2014

BOJ money no substitute for tapping China's market

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks for new growth engines to reinvigorate Japan, he's ignoring obvious ones — like making bolder structural reforms and tapping China's market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2014

Ahead of anticipated electoral drubbing, Obama faces pressure to reboot presidency

A reshuffling of President Barack Obama's staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressional elections, which were likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 3, 2014

Nishikori rises to No. 5

When Kei Nishikori became the first Asian man to break into the top 10 in the ATP Tour rankings back in May, he said his next goal was to make the top five.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014

Foreign servicemen find final resting place on Japanese soil

There are several largely overgrown graves dedicated to European and American servicemen who died in the early 19th and early 20th century on Japanese soil.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2014

Too soon for a nuclear restart

The city assembly and the mayor of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, have given their nod to restarting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant, although the concerns of many local residents have been left unaddressed.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘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.

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