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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2014

Adolf Eichman: a murderer's warped idealism

A biography on Adolf Eichmann rebukes those who refuse to see the Holocaust as proof of the power of the most dangerous things — ideas that denigrate reason.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2014

Germany's secret credit addiction

Recent data shows Germany's unsustainable credit-fueled expansion is ending.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014

MLB offense rebounds in Game 4, triumphs over Japan

The MLB All-Stars can't win their series against Samurai Japan but that doesn't mean they can't go down swinging.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014

Rays outfielder Zobrist gets crash course in Japanese baseball culture

They play the game with the same rules on the same diamond. But how they develop their game based on practice looks to be a little different between Japan and the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014

Cano sustains fractured toe, done for series

The MLB-Japan All-Star Series show will go on, but it'll be without its leading man.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014

Infielders Kikuchi, Escobar showcase defensive skills in MLB-Japan All-Star Series

One thing an event like the MLB-Japan All-Star Series does is allow fans to ask the question, what if? What if this NPBer or that NPBer was in the major leagues and vice versa.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2014

Questionable ODA policy shift

The Abe administration plans to introduce new ODA guidelines that will pave the way for aid to armed forces of other nations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 15, 2014

Tomonoura: lost in a storied landscape

The priest from Fukuzenji Temple is sitting cross-legged on a cushion in front of us like a Zen-sage. He has his back to a window of the Taichoro Guesthouse as he explains the significance of the astounding view before us. We are looking out at the nearby islands of Sensuijima and Bentenjima floating...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 15, 2014

Holiday gifts they'll cherish from cover to cover

As the holiday season rolls around, it's time to dash about in a mad panic in search of gifts that say "I've given this one some thought, honest." Or you can just let us do the thinking for you, with gift suggestions from our regular book reviewers — tailor-made for the Japanophile reader.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2014

Eastern Europe's 25 years of transition

Four key ingredients contributed to Central and Eastern Europe's successful transitions after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 15, 2014

[VIDEO] Midtown Christmas 2014

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2014

Orioles reliever Hunter impressed by Japanese players' skills

Tommy Hunter's favorite thing about his first trip to Japan has been the food, sushi in particular.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2014

DPJ will oppose tax hike to 10%, saying Abe failed to meet conditions

Reversing its earlier stance, the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, said Friday it will oppose the planned sales tax hike to 10 percent from 8 percent next October.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014

China banks on a new world order

China's approach to influencing global governance is only beginning to emerge. One hopes that it starts off on the right foot.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014

Battle against Ebola raises ethical questions

The tiny number of Ebola cases in rich countries — and the ensuing panic-inducing headlines and quarantine measures — have brought home the global nature of infectious disease today.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014

America's money politics

The success of big money was even greater than widely expected in America's mid-term election.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014

Republican rethink about U.S. foreign policy

U.S. military misadventures are leading Republicans to think afresh about the world and American foreign policy.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2014

DPJ, Ishin no To reject alliance over possible snap election

The Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party of Japan will not form a broad cooperation agreement in the event that a Lower House election is held next month, as both parties continue to jostle for position and stake out their territory.
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
WORLD
Nov 12, 2014

UNHCR official: 13.6 million displaced by wars in Iraq, Syria, and world not responding as winter looms

About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and many are without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2014

Despite denial, don't be surprised if Abe calls snap election

The possibility that the prime minister will dissolve the Lower House is gaining credence, especially if he decides not to raise the consumption tax again.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 11, 2014

Ogre You Asshole's 'Papercraft' marks end of a conceptual trilogy

When it came time to make a fourth full-length, 2011's "Homely," Nagano rock act Ogre You Asshole was ready for a change.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2014

Putin's defense of Hitler pact should worry all

The fact that — in 2014 — Russian President Vladimir Putin is openly prepared to defend the 1939 Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact — an archetype of cynical, totalitarian politics — should concern us all.
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.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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