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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Feb 21, 2014

Record trade deficit pressures Abenomics

Japan's record trade deficit adds to sinking consumer confidence and an April consumption tax increase, threatening to undermine Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to engineer a sustained recovery.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2014

The dollar and the damage done to markets

Put three financial events together, including the torpedoing of International Monetary Fundreform, and what you get is a U.S. that has renationalized the international lender-of-last-resort function.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2014

Golden rice should be embraced as a lifesaver

With regard to the use of genetically modified organisms, regulations to protect the environment and the health of consumers should be maintained. What needs to be rethought, though, is blanket opposition to GMOs, especially when a lifesaver grain is at stake.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / ICE TIME
Feb 21, 2014

Scandalous outcome: Skating judges steal Kim's title, hand it to Sotnikova

Yuna Kim got robbed on Thursday night. Plain and simple.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 21, 2014

The Japan Times On Sunday wins Award of Excellence in International design competition

The Japan Times, Ltd. is pleased to announce that The Japan Times On Sunday, its Sunday newspaper, has received an Award of Excellence for Redesign (Overall newspaper) in the 35th annual "The Best of News Design" Creative Competition, run by the American-based Society of News Design.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 21, 2014

『The Japan Times On Sunday』紙面デザインが優秀賞受賞

＜ 第35回米ベストニュースデザインコンペで日本からは唯一の入賞！＞
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2014

Sotnikova stuns Kim to win Olympic gold in Sochi

Russia's Adelina Sotnikova pulled off an upset of epic proportions by defeating Yuna Kim for the gold medal at the Sochi Games on Thursday night at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2014

Kim leads after short program in Sochi; miscues put Mao in 16th

Defending Olympic and world champion Yuna Kim took a narrow lead after the short program at the Sochi Games on Wednesday night with an exquisite performance.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2014

Takeuchi settles for silver in women's parallel giant slalom

Tomoka Takeuchi captured the silver medal in the women's parallel giant slalom snowboard event at the Sochi Games on Wednesday afternoon.
COMMENTARY
Feb 20, 2014

Legacy of carnage and ruin

This is probably, but not certainly, the year that sees the end to the United States' three-decades-long effort to establish permanent American strategic bases in the Muslim Middle East and in Muslim Asia.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 20, 2014

Cracking the code of computer education

Last week, my inbox began to fill up with angry emails. Had I seen the dreadful/unbelievable/disgraceful/hilarious (delete as appropriate) "Newsnight" interview with Lottie Dexter? I hadn't, and as I'd never heard of Ms. Dexter, I wasn't unduly bothered. After all, life is too short to watch every edition...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 20, 2014

Land boom gives boost to REIT bonds

The nation's real estate investment trusts are offering the most bonds since 2012 as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus steps spark a property-market boom and cut costs for REITs to refinance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2014

Osaka: What did you make of ANA's 'blond, big-nosed foreigner' ad?

All Nippon Airways caused quite a stir last month with the release of an ad many foreign residents found offensive. But what did foreigners and natives in Japan's comedy capital make of it
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014

NHK chief tells board 'comfort women' remarks no big deal

The controversy swirling around NHK shows no sign of simmering down, with Chairman Katsuto Momii reportedly playing down the explosive nature of the remarks he made at his first news conference in January over the wartime brothels used by the Imperial Japanese military.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014

Forum offers chance to learn about working for NPO

People who want to work for a nonprofit organization will have a chance Saturday to learn firsthand what the job entails at the NPO Shigoto Forum 2014 in Tokyo, a job fair focusing on nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 19, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics men’s curling team norway

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 19, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics men's biathlon 15-km mass start

Japan Times
OLYMPICS / ICE TIME
Feb 19, 2014

Kim primed for shot at second gold

Yuna Kim went through another seemingly effortless practice on Tuesday afternoon at the training rink next to the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2014

Pussy Riot members released after detainment in Sochi

Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were detained on Tuesday in connection with a theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi, less than two months after their release from prison under an amnesty.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 18, 2014

AKB48 "Tsugi no Ashiato"

No Japanese music group has been more interesting these past two years than AKB48, but "interesting" doesn't always mean "good." Several of the 89-members-and-growing outfit's most notable moments have been ugly (the Minami Minegishi head-shaving scandal tops that list), but the idol group has also made...
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 18, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics ice dancing free dance

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 18, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics women's 12.5 km mass start biathlon

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 18, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics men’s figure skating final

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 18, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics men's aerials

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2014

Kasai leads way as Japan takes bronze in large hill team jump

Japan captured the bronze medal in the large hill team jump at the Sochi Games on Monday night.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.

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