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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2014

EU effort bound for conflict

The EU's effort to build a political association with Ukraine in order eventually to make Ukraine an EU member has been extremely reckless and was inevitably destined to end in conflict.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2014

China's credit boom raises flags on risk levels

The growth of credit in China at a breakneck pace, including the spike in local-government debt by 70 percent since 2009, is raising serious concerns about the level of risk in China's financial system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2014

In Sochi, a backlash against the backlash emerges

As the sport got under way in earnest in Sochi on Friday, and the first medals were won, the tide of public opinion in Russia and the world began to turn, slowly.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2014

Mao's mishap hurts Japan's medal hopes

Another disappointing performance by Mao Asada on Saturday night redues Japan's chances at a medal in the inaugural Olympic team event.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2014

Japan women set to meet Sweden in Olympic opener

Japan's women's hockey team held its final practice Saturday morning before its opening game against Sweden on Sunday. Japan is making its first appearance at the Olympics since the 1998 Nagano Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2014

Uemura reflects on Olympic career

Freestyle skier Aiko Uemura, who advanced through the qualifying round in moguls on Thursday to make Saturday's finals, is cherishing what will likely be her final shot at Olympic glory.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 8, 2014

2014 Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014

Mao maintains confidence ahead of second Olympic appearance

Mao Asada went through her paces Friday afternoon in her second practice session since arriving for the Sochi Games.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 7, 2014

'Cove' to become 'aquatic nook' as Abe takes aim at improper eigo

Some say that Shinzo Abe's latest proposed tax increases, part of the 'fourth arrow' in his popular 'Abenomics' policy, are going a step too far. Dubbed the 'language tax,' the new levy is aimed at word usage.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2014

Securing the Sochi Olympics

Parallel to the Sochi Olympics, another contest is already under way between the terrorists who seek to disrupt the games and the security forces of the Russian state.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2014

Health minister looks to bolster hospital translation services

To make Japan's medical facilities more accessible to foreigners ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the health ministry is looking to bolster multilingual services at hospitals, an official said Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014

Suzuki happy to skate for Japan once again

Akiko Suzuki completed her first workout here on Friday morning since arriving for the Sochi Games and took time afterward to reflect on a career that is nearing its end.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2014

Volleyball coach Sato speaks out after dismissal

You are given a big project and asked for a long-term commitment. And then you are ousted based on your short-term showing?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014

Hanyu dazzles in team competition

Japan is in fourth place after the first day of action in the inaugural team figure skating event at the Sochi Olympic Games on Thursday night.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / ICE TIME
Feb 6, 2014

Mao gets to work in Sochi; expected to skate in team event

Mao Asada completed her first practice at the Iceberg Skating Palace on Thursday morning ahead of the start of the team event this evening.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2014

Hashimoto's self-serving gambit

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's resignation Friday before the city assembly is nothing more than a political maneuver to bypass a snag he encountered in his plan to integrate Osaka Prefecture and the city of Osaka.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2014

Hollande's split may scar the female electorate

French President Francois Hollande's glacial dismissal of the 'official' First Lady — 18 words long, including three uses of the personal pronoun 'I' — will do him no good with the French electorate.
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2014

Let's not ban the fun at Zushi

Regarding the Jan. 30 front-page article "Zushi looks to tame its unruly summer beach": The people of Zushi and city officials point out that young beachgoers are too wild and out of control. Huh?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 5, 2014

U.S. and Japanese apologies for war crimes could pave way for nuclear disarmament

Acknowledging responsibility for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's rampage across Asia could serve as first steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 5, 2014

Watanabe opts to go to George Washington U.

Japanese basketball phenom Yuta Watanabe will commit to George Washington University next season, he revealed on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2014

Hashimoto may face only a JCP candidate in election

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may run against only a Japanese Communist Party candidate in the snap election he forced by announcing his resignation Monday, while tensions between his Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) group and its coalition partner, New Komeito, escalate over the future of his Osaka integration...
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.
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.
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.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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