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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Feb 12, 2003

Mountain man who walked the path of art

"Born alone, will die alone; come alone, will be gone alone; study alone, walk alone": This is said to have been the mantra of one of Japan's greatest 20th-century artists, the boisterous, arrogant and brilliant Rosanjin Kitaoji (1883-1959).
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2003

Bill would allow more politicians to practice law

The government may allow certain former and current Diet members to practice law even if they have not completed the required training process, it was learned Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Lower House approves legal education bills

The House of Representatives passed three bills Tuesday aimed at improving the educational system for legal professionals in a bid to increase both their quality and number.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Shiokawa says Japan still open to Indonesia's ODA needs

Despite a planned cut in the overall amount of official development assistance dished out to Indonesia in fiscal 2002, Japan will attach "due consideration" to Indonesia's needs, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa told visiting Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Japan could be key to Asia recovery

Asian countries should cooperate in tackling a looming global recession, and Japan can play a key role in doing so, according to an executive of an international business organization.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2001

Long road ahead for planned judicial reform

Following Tuesday's proposals by the Judicial Reform Council, which came after two years of strenuous deliberations, attention has shifted to how the government will introduce the sweeping changes in cooperation with judicial parties.
JAPAN
May 22, 2001

Judicial reform panel calls for more lawyers, jury system, faster trials

The Judicial Reform Council released on Monday a draft of its final report on structural legal reforms, calling for more lawyers and better public access to them, more public participation in the judiciary, and juries whose decisions would be nonbinding.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 1999

ASEAN's confidence returns

Southeast Asia is back. That is the message sent by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations last weekend after their annual two-day summit. With member economies set to expand between 2 and 3 percent this year and looking forward to "higher and sustainable growth" in the future, the heads...
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1999

Airbus predicts Japan will need 660 planes by 2020

Japan needs to buy some 660 aircraft, amounting to $92 billion, during the coming 20 years to meet growing passenger demand, Airbus Industrie said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2023

Putin’s nuclear scare tactics will fall flat

Ukraine and the West are smart to take Russia’s nuclear doctrine at face value: No nukes will fly until and unless Russia faces an existential threat. So far, it hasn’t.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? Tune in to find out.

Modi playing on-air host to the world’s most populous nation is one way he has made himself intimately omnipresent across India’s vastness.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

'Nowhere to run': Islands stress climate risk at finance summit

Rising sea levels and cyclones made more deadly by global warming have put some areas on the front lines of climate impacts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2023

The Olympics are a giant money sink. So what?

Staging the world’s greatest games is about way more than just making a profit
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2023

Dysfunction and dissonance define U.S.-China relations

The bad news of spiraling U.S.-China relations is that it has the potential to descend into a kinetic conflict that could have negative ramifications for Japan and the broader Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2023

The Carlos Ghosn show has a bizarre sequel

A provocative lawsuit brought by Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive architect of the Renault-Nissan alliance, makes it harder for the French and Japanese carmakers to move on.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023

Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion in Lebanon courts

Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of underreporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2023

Blinken meets Xi as U.S. and China look to rein in soaring tensions

The U.S. secretary of state's meeting with Xi came just hours after China’s top diplomat said Washington and Beijing must choose between “cooperation or conflict.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023

Ancient Amazon charcoal seen as next big thing in carbon markets

Known as biochar, this black substance can store carbon for hundreds of years and improve soil quality at the same time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 18, 2023

How Japan's top soccer league is striving to become a climate leader

As the league continues to grow, and as climate change wreaks havoc on operations, its quest to bring healthier lifestyles to the Japanese public has expanded into environmental issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2023

Hong Kong student indicted over social media posts made from Japan

The case adds to fears over a sweeping national security law that is being deployed beyond Hong Kong's borders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2023

Coding to training: Philippines tackles online child sexual abuse

Inside an unmarked building in a Manila business district, a war is being waged 24/7 against dark and mostly hidden crimes — the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 17, 2023

The top U.S. envoy is bound for China with a low bar for a successful visit

Experts agree that few, if any, concrete deliverables are likely to emerge from Antony Blinken's trip. But, some say, that shouldn’t get in the way of talking.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2023

U.S. airman who leaked files is indicted on charges of mishandling secrets

Jack Teixeira’s disclosures have bared rifts between the United States and its allies and given Russia information about intelligence-gathering methods.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2023

Nissan COO who led turnaround after Carlos Ghosn is stepping down

The announcement comes after the company said last month that Ashwani Gupta, who took charge as COO in December 2019, won’t be reappointed to its board.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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