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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 28, 2015

Soraku-en: Kobe's well-grounded garden

On Jan. 17, 1995, as the city of Kobe suffered one of the country's worst earthquakes in living memory, the rocks, artificial hills and root systems of Soraku-en, a Meiji period (1868-1912) circuit garden, held firm.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 27, 2015

Pope Francis meets homeless on private visit to Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis made a surprise personal visit to 150 homeless people on a special tour of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the latest nod to his vision of creating a church for the poor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015

German police search house of co-pilot who flew A320 into mountain

A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings Flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2015

Sunken warship spurs Korea tensions five years after crew deaths

Seconds after impact, the 1,200-ton South Korean navy ship Cheonan tilted and began to sink. Petty Officer Jeon Jun Young's first thought as he scrambled through darkened corridors to escape was that North Korea had attacked.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 25, 2015

Jean-Marc Vallee's interlocking tales of heartbreak and lovesickness

It can be hard to find a movie with soul, but "Cafe de Flore" may have too much. This 2011 film by Quebecois filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee tells an ambitious multilayered story that explores love and the idea of soulmates across two eras and cities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015

Noodle-maker revolutionizes ramen culture in the U.S.

At the huge, brightly lit factory in Teterboro, New Jersey, machines from Japan gently mix eggs and flour and turn them into sheets of yellow dough that are then cut into thin wavy ramen.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015

Saitama city blocks 'one-sided' exhibit on 'comfort women'

The city of Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, is refusing to let a citizens' group use a municipal facility for an exhibition on “comfort women,” claiming the display would promote the views of a particular group on the controversial issue.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2015

Olympic heptathlete champion Ennis-Hill set for competitive return

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will return to competition for the first time in almost two years when she runs in the 100-meter hurdles at the Great City Games in May.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2015

How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank

Sometimes geopolitical shifts happen by accident rather than design.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 23, 2015

Where did all the Japanese fathers go?

Aside from ikumen (イクメン, men who play a role in raising their children), Nihon no otōsan (日本のお父さん, Japanese fathers) are a pretty sad lot. The vast majority of them have been and continue to be kaya no soto (蚊帳の外, literally "outside the mosquito net," meaning "left out")...
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2015

U.S. probes reports on Nissan air bag recall failure

U.S. regulators are looking into whether a recall last year by Nissan Motor Co., the nation's second-largest automaker, failed to fix a flaw in the air bag control systems on almost 1 million vehicles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2015

Malaysia parties promise Islamic penalties in bid to lure votes

Six months after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stood before the United Nations and urged Muslims worldwide to be moderate in their religion, members of his own party are supporting a law that punishes adulterers with death and thieves with amputation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2015

Nothing will silence anti-coup Thais in Japan

It is difficult to estimate how many Thais who oppose the current military government in Bangkok reside in Japan, but clearly some of them have become more politically active than their counterparts living in Western countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Mar 22, 2015

Election results in Kansai will weigh on Abe's plans

In Kansai, the outcome of the national unified local elections on April 12 and 26 might change Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's budget and policy priorities.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 21, 2015

Celebrating 50 years of antipathy, recriminations

On March 1, South Korean President Park Geun-hye renewed her call for Japan to come clean on its colonial and wartime atrocities, including the sexual enslavement of women. Her speech was delivered on the anniversary of the anti-Japanese uprising by Koreans in 1919 and in a year when South Koreans will...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2015

Netanyahu's surprise victory

The Israeli election results represent an impressive personal comeback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reflect the sense among Israeli voters that, more than ever, they feel threatened by numerous enemies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2015

Michelle Obama, Akie Abe pledge bilateral effort for girls' education

Visiting U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pledged Thursday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in helping girls around the world receive an education, especially in developing countries.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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