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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2019

North Korea fires two apparent missiles one day after South severs intelligence-sharing pact with Japan

North Korea fired two apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday morning, the Japanese government and South Korean military said, a day after Seoul severed a key intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2019

Can Japan-South Korea relations be saved?

By continuing to freeze the bilateral relationship, the two countries prevent themselves from pursuing policy issues that are critical to their futures, including the endgame for the denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 20, 2019

The spirit of Satchmo survives in Tokyo

Yoshio Toyama and his wife, Keiko, have spent most of their lives as unofficial musical ambassadors between Japan and the American city of New Orleans.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 19, 2019

Let's discuss Tokyo's Olympics plans

An official from the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics wants Japan to think long-term.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2019

Italy's 5-Star says Matteo Salvini is no longer a credible partner

Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said Sunday that Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, was no longer a credible partner, apparently closing the door on any possibility of resurrecting the ruling coalition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 13, 2019

The Theatre Olympics goes back to its roots for ninth iteration

Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama Prefecture to attend Tadashi Suzuki's renowned acting classes or to see the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) and other invited artists perform at the site's specially crafted indoor and outdoor theater...
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 10, 2019

Reborn-Art Festival: A Tohoku community gets a new lease on life

Climbing the stairs of Ishinomaki's first department store, built in 1930, I can hear the sound of a man singing and the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar. The voice is not one of a professional crooner; it's raspy and unsure, and sounds like an amateur retelling a tale of sorrow without too much...
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WORLD
Aug 9, 2019

Rome bans sitting on Spanish Steps, puzzling hot, tired tourists

You can walk up and down Rome's famed Spanish Steps all you want but don't try sitting down to take in the moment any more because police will shoo you away with a whistle and threaten you with a fine.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 6, 2019

With pro-constitutional revision forces just shy of the necessary seats, the DPP may be the party to tip the scales

A tug-of-war between the pro- and anti-revision forces has been playing out within the DPP, with leader Yuichiro Tamaki wavering between the two sides.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 6, 2019

Nikkei reverses losses as Beijing firms up yuan

Traders in Tokyo braced for slaughter Tuesday, but while blood flowed at the opening bell, stocks reversed their course and survived the day as the walking wounded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019

China hits back at Trump with weaker yuan, halt on crop imports

After trying to placate Donald Trump for more than a year only to face tariffs on virtually all of its shipments to the United States, China is signaling it's ready to play hardball.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2019

New U.S. defense chief insists he wasn't told to review $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing contract

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he heard questions from people in the White House about a Pentagon cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion, but wasn't directed to order the review that's under way.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Aug 4, 2019

What makes a good teacher? It depends on who you ask

When considering your role as a teacher it is best to think about what your students and employer want, and don't forget to take cultural differences into account.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2019

Diving into the world of political performance at Aichi Triennale

The political function of art is a perennial question in the field of aesthetics. In classical Athens, Plato argued that art as a form of imitation was limited in its ability to communicate knowledge about political life. In contrast, Aristotle saw this mimetic gap as a space for imagining new political...
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2019

New Zealand's indigenous Maori protest over 'stolen children'

Thousands of Maori people protested across New Zealand on Tuesday calling for an end to the practice of taking at-risk children away from their families, as tensions grow between the indigenous community and the government.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 29, 2019

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya announces plan to start pro rugby league in Japan

The "idea" of establishing a pro rugby league in Japan isn't new one. There just hasn't been anyone to take the lead and run with it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2019

The seas are unsafe in a transactional world

As the recent spate of ship seizures show, tit-for-tat is the new normal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2019

Nazi salute in Dresden shows cracks with Angela Merkel and Germany's establishment

Angela Merkel was expecting a friendly chat with business women when she visited Dresden earlier this month. Instead, far-right protesters jeered the German Chancellor's arrival.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 22, 2019

Let's discuss whaling

Whale meat auctions were held Thursday in different areas of Japan earlier this week, the first since the country ended its 31-year commercial whaling hiatus, with some cuts selling for over ¥10,000 per kilogram.
EDITORIALS
Jul 17, 2019

Address Japan's demographic challenges

Even though there's an election this Sunday, politicians aren't engaging in active discussions on ways to address Japan's demographic woes.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2019

Polish opposition, unveiling election pledges, promises to eliminate coal

Poland's biggest opposition group, the European Coalition, plans to eliminate coal from power production by 2040, its leader said on Saturday as he unveiled pledges ahead of an autumn election to be fought against the coal-friendly, conservative government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 11, 2019

Taiwan president leaves for Caribbean tour, warns of threat from 'overseas forces'

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, and, in a veiled reference to China, warned democracy must be defended and that the island faces threats from "overseas forces."
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 8, 2019

Let's discuss Kim Kardashian West's Kimono line

An English lesson that focuses on an article about Kim Kardashian West and a controversy she caused by naming a fashion line, Kimono.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 6, 2019

Cosplay conquers the world

The art of dressing up as characters from anime, manga, video games or TV shows has evolved into a global phenomenon.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2019

Tehran fumes after Britain seizes Syria-bound Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar

British Royal Marines seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran's fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 4, 2019

Italy's Matteo Salvini brands release of migrant rescue ship skipper as politically biased

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday denounced a judge who freed the German captain of a charity rescue ship accused of forcing an Italian naval blockade and suggested the ruling was politically motivated.

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