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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2015

Consumer spending recovery hampered by pension payment cuts

More than a year after a consumption tax increase tipped Japan into a recession, efforts to clamp down on soaring pension payments are suppressing a recovery in consumer spending.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 18, 2015

Wenger pays heavy price for fielding weakened team

Barcelona fielded its strongest side away to Roma, as did Real Madrid at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, Paris Saint-Germain hosting Malmo, Atletico Madrid away to Galatasaray, Bayern Munich away to Olympiakos and Juventus at Manchester City. None of them lost; in fact, all the European powerhouses won except...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2015

Foreign Joso flood victims hit out at city's monolingual response

One week after an unprecedented flood overwhelmed the city of Joso in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japanese-Brazilian resident David Kiyoshi Shibata believes it's a miracle he's still alive.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2015

A coup in Canberra

Australia and the region are best served by stable and enduring leadership in Canberra.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2015

Tokyo conference urges Japan to make most of new global attention

While the world watches Japan's on-again, off-again economic recovery, a forum of roughly 200 corporate decision-makers and former government officials has discussed how to turn that attention to the nation's advantage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2015

Japan through the lens of its film genres

As a new reporter for a movie trade magazine, I quickly learned that every film has its genre — even ones that don't play by genre rules. The industry slices genre-straddling films into discrete categories: action, comedy, sci-fi, etc. Call it crude, but this system serves a purpose: If you're a buyer...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2015

A crisis of shame engulfing Eastern Europe

Only when Eastern Europe comes to terms with its murderous past will its people be able to recognize their obligations to save those fleeing in the face of evil.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2015

Japan flying surplus fish across Asia as domestic demand falls

The country that gave the world sushi now finds itself with too much fish.
Rugby
Sep 15, 2015

Brave Blossoms' Ives healthy, ready for RWC

Japan lock Justin Ives has declared himself fit for the Brave Blossoms' Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 15, 2015

An Obama visit to Hiroshima would send the right message

A visit to Hiroshima by U.S. President Barack Obama could serve as a step toward realizing his vision of 'a world without nuclear weapons.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2015

The folly of China's forex policy

China should start developing stable and liquid financial markets that are not subject to official manipulation. Only then will the international community embrace the renminbi as a proper international and reserve currency.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2015

U.S. airman who disarmed train gunman to receive Purple Heart

A U.S. airman who helped disarm a gunman on a Paris-bound train last month will receive a Purple Heart medal, the U.S. Air Force leader said Monday, in an unusual award of the honor to a serviceman wounded while not in a combat zone.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015

Dream Games provide taste of sport's future in Japan

It's been obvious for many years that Japan's basketball leaders needed to take bigger, bolder steps to promote the game across the archipelago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Sep 15, 2015

Invitation to free English kogei tour at Mitsukoshi

Free gallery tours in English will be held at the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store to provide non-Japanese with the opportunity to learn about Japanese kogei traditional crafts on Sept. 19 and 20, starting at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015

South Korea learns to wield middle-power diplomacy

Park Geun-hye attending the World War II anniversary parade in Beijing is the most visible image yet of an emerging China-South Korea alliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2015

China experts highlight need for economy based on consumption, innovation

Can the Chinese economy continue to thrive? This was the question that dominated discussions among leading Chinese and foreign business executives who gathered at a World Economic Forum meeting in the northeastern city of Dalian last week.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 14, 2015

Let's discuss the lifting of evacuation orders in Fukushima

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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2015

SoftBank's slide gives Son $13 billion reason to consider buyout

Months after Masayoshi Son is said to have shelved a plan for a management buyout of SoftBank Group Corp., there are still 13 billion reasons to take the company private.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2015

China's island-building taking a toll on the South China Sea

China's activities are endangering fish stocks, threatening marine biodiversity and creating a long-term threat to some of the world's most spectacular sea life.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2015

Garbage imperialism? Nope, all trash is local

The developed world is doing better about handling its electronic waste, but a crisis is looming in developing nations as gadgets become more affordable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2015

Abundant autumn sanma are a symbol of sustainable fishing

Autumn's silvery little fish, the sanma, has arrived. To officially mark the beginning of the season, the annual Meguro Sanma Festival — which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year — was held last weekend in Tokyo, where sanma were grilled and offered to a crowd of over 30,000.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 11, 2015

[VIDEO] Flood waters at Kinugawa River, Ibaraki Pref., Sept. 10, 2015

Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.
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.”

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