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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2020

In Fukushima, a 'village' aims to lure young people back to disaster-hit town

In a deserted part of Fukushima Prefecture dotted with vacant lots, a sleek modern building stands out. In a workshop inside, a woman with a ponytail wearing purple protective eyeglasses carefully melts a tiny glass tube into the shape of a plum blossom.
Japan Times
WORLD / Commentary
Jan 30, 2020

Why is Tokyo defying population outflows among world's 'superstar' cities?

Like a lot of big cities in the developed world, Amsterdam lost population in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s as its inhabitants opted for newer dwellings and more space outside the city. During those same decades, newcomers arrived in large numbers from former and current Dutch territories as well...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 29, 2019

Student's death reveals dark side of Bhutan-Japan exchange program

A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka.
EDITORIALS
Dec 17, 2019

A big trade win for Trump

A restoration of order to regional trade relations is welcome, but there was no reason to have to endure the uncertainty, confusion and pain in the first place.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2019

Saudi Arabia opens new logistics zone in Jeddah, considering private investors in bid to diversify from oil

Saudi Arabia launched on Sunday a new logistics zone open to private investors in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, as part of a wider industrial initiative to diversify the economy away from oil and create jobs for Saudis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Sep 11, 2019

How much Japanese-language skill do you need to work in Japan?

Back in the bubble period, I was able to get a job at a Japanese bank in Tokyo with language skills that were intermediate at best. With a lot of intensive effort (and classes kindly paid for by my employer) I was able to improve quickly and was eventually writing reports in Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2019

Nothing to fear from a U.S. recession

Japan now needs to worry more about a China and Asia economic slowdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2019

Titanic shipyard Harland and Wolff to file for insolvency

Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, was put into administration on Monday after its bankrupt Norwegian owner failed to find a buyer and calls for its nationalization were rebuffed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2018

Japan, look in the mirror called Germany

Germany today reflects Japan's future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018

Trump, U.S. defense industry work to save much-touted $110 billion Saudi arms deal

The Trump administration and the U.S. defense industry are scrambling to save the few actual deals in the much-touted $110 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia as concerns rise about the role of the Kingdom's leadership over the death of a prominent critic.
Japan Times
Hungary report 2018
Oct 23, 2018

Historical anniversary signals long standing friendship
A message from the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán on the Hungarian-Japanese Memorial Year

In 2019, Hungary and Japan will be celebrating 150 years of diplomatic relations. We not only cherish our ties going back to 1869, but we are also proud of how deep our cooperation has been over the past centuries. Japan is our strategic partner in the region, with whom we cooperate closely — not only...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2018

Moms continue to face hurdles returning to work as Abe wavers on day care and women's empowerment goals

Two years ago, an online rant about the lack of day care in Japan went viral on social media and seemingly started a movement, prompting working mothers to stage demonstrations in which they demanded the government take them seriously and offer more child care.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2018

Probe deeper into education ministry scandals

If a structure of collusion between the education ministry and the sector that it oversees is behind the bribery cases, it needs to be exposed and fixed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018

Trump's Mexico trade deal reveals another deficit

It never fails to amaze how little Donald Trump, that lifelong businessman, understands about business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2018

Children of poor, jobless single moms have become an underclass in Japan

The beating of a 4-year-old boy last Christmas Eve went on through the night. Covered with bruises and having suffered catastrophic internal bleeding, he was pronounced dead at an Osaka hospital. Soon after, his mother and her two boyfriends were arrested.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2018

Construction app offers fix for Japan's supertight labor market

One of Yosuke Kobayashi's biggest headaches has been finding enough workers to build hotels, restaurants and bath houses for his construction company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 3, 2018

Why we need globalization

Free trade, migration and foreign direct investment promise far-reaching potential gains for all parties involved.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2018

Will Trump rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Let's hope so

Reentering the trade agreement could make the U.S. a winner.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2018

Trump takes a hard line on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on solar panels raises the prospect of retaliation and shows a disregard for the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017

Saudi Arabia's populist temptation

A sharp fall in oil revenues has rendered Saudia Arabia's long-standing political order unsustainable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2017

Why Japan's low birth rate makes economic sense

Japan's shrinking population may present a hidden advantage to navigating this century's artificial intelligence revolution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2017

China emerges as job market of choice for analysts fleeing EU's MiFID II

Karen Tan finished her master's degree in mathematics at the University of Cambridge three years ago and set her sights on a career in U.K. finance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2017

Heading for a NAFTA showdown?

U.S President Donald Trump's war over the North American Free Trade Agreement is heating up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2017

Automakers launch coalition to get Trump to back off trade talks, say 'we're winning with NAFTA'

Major automakers, suppliers and auto dealers launched a new coalition on Tuesday to urge U.S. President Donald Trump not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2017

As Houston eyes immigrant labor to rebuild, Texas prepares to implement Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities

In the coming weeks, as Houston turns its attention to rebuilding areas devastated by Tropical Storm Harvey, people like Jay De Leon are likely to play an outsized role — if they stay around.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2017

The Democrats are a lost cause

As long as the Democratic Party's leadership is owned by big-monied special interests, it will never give the people what they want and need.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 8, 2017

Living doll: Licca-chan's legacy lives on

As Takaratomy's popular toy celebrates its 50th birthday, we examine how it has evolved over the past five decades to reflect the times.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2017

The tight labor market and stagnant wages

Despite the tight labor market, wage growth remains stagnant and personal consumption weak.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
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