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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 12, 2016

Japanese tourists' longing for Hawaii is still worth banking on

Airlines, travel agents and the Hawaiian tourist industry are betting big that the postwar Japanese love affair with Hawaii will endure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2016

Trudeau sees no flood of Americans to Canada if Trump wins

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday joked that he is not expecting an influx of unhappy Americans across the border if firebrand Republican Donald Trump becomes president.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2016

DPJ, Ishin no To narrow names of new opposition party down to two

After weeks of intense debate, the Democratic Party of Japan and Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) are finally on the verge of sorting out the first daunting challenge of their scheduled merger later this month: what to name their new party?
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2016

The world is witnessing a new interventionism

The consequences of Russia's intervention in Syria stretch far beyond the Middle East, heralding a new era in geopolitics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2016

Nikon, Casio in short sellers' sights as tech pessimism abounds

Hedge funds have boosted their bearish bets on Japanese technology companies such as Nikon Corp. and Casio Computer Co. as the industry struggles to deliver the next killer product.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2016

Toilet-maker Toto looks to Chinese to change cultural habits to boost sales

Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan's largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016

Taking power of sport to Tohoku

Like most people in Japan, I remember vividly where I was on March 11, 2011. I was training in Phoenix, Arizona, for the 2011 World Athletics Championships. I watched in disbelief as the tragedy unfolded in the Tohoku region on TV, feeling utterly helpless. I was frustrated that there was nothing I could...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 10, 2016

Softbank named top B. League partner

The B. League officially revealed on Thursday that Softbank Group Corp. has become the circuit's top partner, starting with the inaugural 2016-17 season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 10, 2016

BOJ should ease further, says Abe adviser Honda

The Bank of Japan should use a combination of a more-negative benchmark rate and enlarged asset purchases "sometime, before long" to help the economy, according to Etsuro Honda, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 9, 2016

Japan women's basketball coach names preliminary squad for Olympics

Head coach Tomohide Utsumi revealed a group of 18 as his preliminary Japan women’s national basketball team, which has already earned a spot in this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, at the Japan Basketball Association office on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2016

LDP ponders bid by inspirational sports writer in Upper House election

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering fielding famed sport journalist and educator Hirotada Ototake, who was born without limbs due to a congenital disorder, as a candidate for an Upper House election this summer, reports said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 9, 2016

Japan national team balancing present needs with future development

With the Olympic men's basketball qualifying tournaments set for July, Japan national head coach Kenji Hasegawa assembled 27 players from the NBL, bj-league and college ranks for a two-day training camp that started Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2016

Trump's luxury hotels in Indonesia could face backlash over his anti-Muslim remarks

Few villagers living near a half-built golf course in Indonesia's West Java province know the name Donald Trump, and fewer still are aware that one of his firms will be managing a six-star hotel and luxury resort in their backyard.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2016

Pressed by critics, Trump says he'll pick foreign policy team 'in due time'

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump acknowledged on Tuesday he did not yet have a foreign policy team and dismissed criticism that his harsh rhetoric on immigration and threats to gut global trade deals would damage America's standing on the world stage.
EDITORIALS
Mar 8, 2016

China's sweeping military reform

Given the huge size of its armed forces and military spending, China needs to be transparent about its defense policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2016

Ronald Reagan owed his great success to Nancy

Without his wife Nancy, Ronald Reagan would not have come to the place he occupies in history.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2016

How South Korea is failing half of its population

Park Geun-hye's failure to act on this $13 billion problem hurts growth in Asia's fourth biggest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2016

Philippine court shakes up election race by allowing Poe to run

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a senator who spent much of her life in the United States is eligible to run for president, reversing a decision by the election commission and putting her in line to reclaim her position as front-runner.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2016

Revised third-quarter GDP figures show 1.1% contraction

The economy contracted in the October-December quarter, according to revised government data that underscores growing concern that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflation program is falling short of expectations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2016

Disbelief turns to panic as foreign diplomats voice alarm to U.S. officials about Trump

Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to U.S. government officials about what they say are inflammatory and insulting public statements by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, according to senior U.S. officials.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2016

Kuroda should rethink the quest for 2 percent inflation

Rather than becoming more and more aggressive, the BOJ might instead consider lowering its inflation target.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016

How China's rich shape national policymaking

China's richest people account for close to 4 percent of the members of the body that officially acts as the national legislature. They want to influence policymaking.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016

Marco Rubio is the Republican war candidate

Candidate Donald Trump is more ostentatiously irresponsible, but President Marco Rubio would be far more dangerous.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2016

Angry blog post sparks movement for improved day care

What started out as a mother's online rant about Japan's notorious day care center shortage has evolved into a national movement, galvanizing angry mothers into staging a demonstration and online campaign blasting the government.

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