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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 23, 2016

Uninvited pair of animal invaders leave island in a tizzy

When a boar and a deer show up offering diversity and hope to repair our ecosystem, we should be honored that they'd even consider taking up residence here.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2016

A Japanese perspective on China's G-20 gathering

China needs to demonstrate 'reciprocity' if it wishes to act as a superpower.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 19, 2016

How the U.S. military spies on Okinawans and me

Documents reveal that the U.S. Marine Corps is amassing information on Okinawan anti-base protesters as well as journalists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

An opportunity to gain new perspective

With the World Forum on Sports and Culture, Japan will soon take an important step on its exciting journey toward the year of 2020 when the Summer Olympics and Paralympics will take place in Tokyo.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2016

Singapore comes under pressure over female genital cutting of babies

Medical clinics in Singapore are carrying out female genital cutting on babies, according to people with first-hand experience of the procedure, and despite the growing global condemnation of the practice that world leaders have pledged to eradicate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2016

Achieving a virtuous cycle for conservation

A virtuous cycle, whereby local producers have a direct interest in protecting wildlife because they are benefiting from its legal trade is the best long-term solution to the problem of sustainability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 1, 2016

Religious reflections: Pope John Paul II's enduring legacy in Japan

The iconic pontiff's visit 35 years ago may offer some insights into what we can expect from a possible papal stopover in 2017.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Sep 25, 2016

Sagamihara massacre begs question: Do we want a society that only values usefulness?

The twisted thinking behind Japan's worst postwar massacre may have its roots in the way the modern world teaches us to judge the worth of others.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 22, 2016

Disabilities group cries foul over name secrecy in Sagamihara care home massacre

Members of People First said Wednesday the withholding of names went to the crux of why they felt discriminated against.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2016

Getting migration governance right

At this month's summit, U.N. member governments should acknowledge the gap between the ideals they espoused last year and the harsh realities many migrants and refugees still face today.
EDITORIALS
Sep 12, 2016

North Korea's latest nuclear blast

The international community must reassess its efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 30, 2016

New digital currency Monero spikes after giving criminals more secrecy

Forget Bitcoin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2016

Sahra Halgan sings recognition for Somaliland

We in the West are used to thinking of music mainly as entertainment. On occasion, it can fulfill a religious function, or be deployed to argue one political point or another. But for Sahra Halgan, the purpose of her music is to bring recognition to Somaliland, a self-declared state unrecognized by the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 20, 2016

Japan's architects are building a better future

Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 18, 2016

Aborigines fight planned nuke waste dump on land they call sacred, fearing 'cultural genocide'

Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of "poison stuff" that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swaths of South Australia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 17, 2016

Celebrating Japan's multicultural Olympians

Meet the athletes flying the flag for Japan and challenging the conventional definition of what it means to be Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 9, 2016

Refugee reluctance clashes with labor realities as asylum seekers, banned from working, build Japan's roads

Mazlum Balibay paves Japan's roads, digs its sewers and lays its water pipes — all for a country that doesn't want him.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 7, 2016

Japan's Minor Offenses Act has major untapped potential

Law has the teeth to tackle everything from peeing and posters to more serious matters.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2016

Broken promises for the children of Syria

The Syrian civil war has decimated the education system there and in the surrounding countries, and an international response is needed to address the crisis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 17, 2016

Feeling despair from a distance as black lives taken

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it — always." — Mahatma Gandhi
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2016

Ruling on South China Sea disputes

Now more than ever, all parties in the South China Sea disputes need to take a cool-headed approach.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2016

Recent Brexit vote makes prospect of a united Ireland suddenly thinkable

Protestant unionists are queuing for Irish passports in Belfast and once quiet Catholic nationalists are openly campaigning for a united Ireland, signs of deep shifts in the United Kingdom's most troubled province since Britons on June 23 voted to leave the EU.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

U.K. torn between global leadership, nationalism

Britain has always been conflicted in its patriotic nationalism and its desire, bred of an extinct empire, to be a world leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2016

Travelers to U.S. urged to be vigilant after mass shooting

The Foreign Ministry has urged travelers to exercise caution when visiting parts of the U.S. that could be targets for terrorism, following Sunday's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016

Trumpism suffers a loss in London

Trumpism, or the politics of hate and fear, suffered a major defeat last week with the election of a Muslim as mayor of London.
Reader Mail
May 7, 2016

Former expat finds much in Japan to blame

Japan has messed me up and everyone there is to blame.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2016

Trying to save the planet one light bulb at a time

The market, rather than government, is helping to address climate change.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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