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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2018

Japan launches next-generation destroyer carrying latest version of the Aegis anti-missile system

A launching ceremony for an 8,200-ton, 169.9-meter warship for the Maritime Self-Defense Force was held Monday at a plant in Yokohama's Isogo Ward as Tokyo keeps steadily bolstering its defense capability against North Korean and Chinese missiles in close cooperation with U.S. military forces.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2018

Feeling the heat of climate change

Japan has to rethink fundamental assumptions about energy use and urban planning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 29, 2018

Japan embraces esports after lagging global peers but seeks a star to put it on the map

Esports is quickly establishing itself as a way for video game lovers around the world to make a name for themselves — and a living — from their favorite pastime.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 28, 2018

Soaring temperatures force Japan to confront entrenched ideas on handling the heat

A  heat wave has gripped Japan over the past week or so, peaking with the highest temperature ever recorded in the country on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2018

Japan's universities need more global ties

Japanese universities are becoming regionally more powerful, but they still have a long path ahead to rank among the top universities in the world.
Reader Mail
Jul 27, 2018

Poor names for Olympic mascots

The two names chosen for the 2020 Olympic mascots are fraught with problems.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 27, 2018

[VIDEO] Kicking off the 2-year countdown to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with mascots Miraitowa and Someity

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MULTIMEDIA
Jul 26, 2018

July 27, 2018

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 26, 2018

Man vandalizes Trump's Hollywood sidewalk star with a pickax, is arrested

A man with a pickax vandalized U.S. President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early on Wednesday and later surrendered to police, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2018

Protect the socially weak from heat waves

The nation must do more to protect its growing elderly population against the perils of extreme weather.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2018

LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita faces backlash after describing LGBT people as 'unproductive'

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker has drawn a fierce backlash after labeling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community "unproductive" in terms of childbirth, and warning that a society that accepts same-sex relationships risks "increasing unhappy people."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Reconstruction of Tohoku
Jul 24, 2018

Fukushima reduces radiation concerns with stricter regulations

One of the government's missions is to minimize fears of radioactive contamination stemming from Fukushima's nuclear disaster caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2018

Fossil fuel doublespeak

Too many government are supporting the expansion of fossil fuel production.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2018

Regional gas and electric heavyweights Kepco and Osaka Gas slug it out in Kansai region battleground

Retail power and gas heavyweights Kansai Electric Power, or Kepco, and Osaka Gas are locked in a struggle for dominance in the Kansai region — which includes Osaka, the nation's second-biggest city, and boasts an economy nearly the size of South Korea's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2018

In Tokyo, inventors showcase new creations that offer relief from sweltering heat

A jacket with built-in fans, a road coating that reins in heat, and factory mist sprayers were on offer at a three-day trade fair in Tokyo that wrapped up Friday as the capital struggles with record heat two years before it hosts the Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 19, 2018

Wage, hours policies by South Korean leader Moon backfire for jobless, low income workers

President Moon Jae-in wants South Koreans to work less and earn more — and to achieve that his government has hiked the minimum wage and slashed the maximum length of the working week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

Tokyo wants people to go to work earlier to ease train crush

Being pushed onto already jam-packed trains during Tokyo rush hour is never a pleasant commuter experience. It only gets worse during the humid summer months.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Jul 17, 2018

Japan's latest big thing: 'virtual YouTubers'

YouTube erected a platform where commoners could climb the ladder to stardom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2018

Trade war imperils world growth, IMF warns

Escalating trade tensions are threatening to derail a global upswing that is already losing momentum amid weaker than expected growth in Europe and Japan, warns the International Monetary Fund.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 17, 2018

Communist-run Cuba starts rolling out internet on mobile phones

Communist-run Cuba has started providing internet on the mobile phones of select users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end, in a further step toward opening one of the Western Hemisphere's least connected countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2018

'Akira': Looking back at the future

On the 30th anniversary of the release of the animated version of 'Akira' in Japan, we examine the enduring legacy of Katsuhiro Otomo's sci-fi classic.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jul 15, 2018

Spirit of proactivity crucial in high-demand market

For RGF Executive Search Japan CEO Struan McKay, the recruitment industry is often misunderstood.

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