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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2019

Several of Theresa May's ministers plotting to oust her from top job: newspaper

Prime Minister Theresa May's top ministers are moving to oust her within days, The Sunday Times reported, as her Brexit strategy lay in tatters just weeks before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2019

Gillette's bad medicine for toxic masculinity

Women's defense will come from within.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2019

Brexit: A cultural morphology

How the deep forces of British history, from royalism and classism to nationalism and imperialism, combined to trigger the Brexit moment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

America's pullout from the Middle East is overdue

Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and reduce forces in Afghanistan has exposed the hollowness of arguments in favor of endless intervention.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 28, 2018

Looking ahead to the best Japan travel destinations in 2019

As 2018 comes to an end, The Japan Times' Escape section looks forward to next year and the opportunities for travel around the country in 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2018

Suicides of middle-aged men in Japan tend to surge on Monday mornings: research

The research group is hoping the result will be utilized to devise effective suicide prevention measures, such as expanding phone consultation services at times when most suicides occur.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Nov 4, 2018

An empty space on a Japanese train, a full mailbox of diverse views on the 'gaijin seat'

Baye McNeil's recent Black Eye column on the 'gaijin seat' garnered a great deal of attention. Here are some readers' responses.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Sep 23, 2018

Abe's work-style reforms give Japan's employers the green light to demand unpaid and unsafe overtime

New law caps overtime at unhealthy levels and sets up a system that will legitimize the principle of working for nothing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 15, 2018

Ensuring Tokyo Bay is fit for swimming ahead of the 2020 Olympics

If you squint your eyes, it almost looks like Club Med: an expanse of blue sea, a stretch of beach, white tents and umbrellas on the sand, and plenty of staff ready to help out. However, this isn't a tropical paradise, it's Tokyo Bay and Odaiba Plage is an attempt to turn it into a swimming spot.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2018

Ford may slash 12% of jobs in revamp of Europe operations: U.K. media

Ford Motor Co. may cut up to 24,000 jobs and stop producing models such as the Mondeo as it tries to revive its European business, the Sunday Times reported over the weekend.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2018

Can U.S. media stand up for press freedom?

Donald Trump's Twitter onslaught is in danger of drowning press freedom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 21, 2018

Lessons from the 30 years of the Heisei Era

Policy discussions during the Heisei Era had the characteristics of being molded by the opinions exchanged on TV news and variety shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Jul 15, 2018

NewsPicks founder Yusuke Umeda aims to lead business news into social media age

Five years ago, Yusuke Umeda was in search of a media industry business model strong enough to survive a difficult time in journalism.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 12, 2018

Former UCLA, Japan pro basketball player Billy Knight dies in suicide after abuse charges

The basketball world is mourning the passing of Billy Knight. The death of the former UCLA basketball shooting guard, whose long overseas career included stints with four pro teams in Japan, has sent shock waves throughout the sport.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2018

The debt shackles return despite global expansion

Global growth is accelerating, but before we break out the champagne we should acknowledge the long-term risks to sustained expansion.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Mar 9, 2018

第五回Satoyamaカフェ 2018年3月21日開催

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018

Shogi showdown pits 'god' against 'genius'

The match of the century. The battle between a "god" and a "genius." The faceoff between the undisputed champion of shogi and his touted successor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2018

Has #MeToo had its intended effect?

For the first time, we must grapple with crime not just as a social problem, but also as a social matter.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jan 12, 2018

キックオフフォーラム（参加無料）を2月13日（火）に開催

　Japan Times Satoyama推進コンソーシアム（代表：末松（神原）弥奈子、株式会社ジャパンタイムズ・代表取締役会長）は、2018年2月13日（火）にキックオフフォーラムを開催します。
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jan 9, 2018

英字新聞ジャパンタイムズと英会話イーオンの共催セミナー第6弾開催

日 時：2018年3月4日（日）13:00-16:00（開場・受付12:30）
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 18, 2017

In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 3

The last in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Dec 11, 2017

イーオンの外国人教師が選ぶ「2017年最も印象に残った日本の出来事ニュース」
「長時間労働是正のための働き方改革」が1位に

英字新聞を発行する株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤 丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」）と、英会話教室を運営する株式会社イーオン（本社：東京都新宿区、代表取締役：三宅義和、以下「イーオン」）は、日本に暮らす外国人が、今年ニュースを賑わした日本の出来事についてどのようにとらえているのかを調査すべく、イーオンに在籍中の外国人教師511名を対象に、「2017年、最も印象に残った日本の出来事・ニュース」について調査を実施しました。...
Japan Times
PRESS / Services
Nov 21, 2017

ジャパンタイムズが、ソニーのデジタルペーパーを用いた実証実験開始

　株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）は2018年1月より、ソニーの電子ペーパー端末であるデジタルペーパー「DPT-RP1」を用いた新しい新聞配信サービスの実証実験を開始します。
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2017

Abe and Trump to rekindle friendship, but not all see rapport as positive for Japan, survey says

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are said to have a good personal relationship, 43.7 percent of those who responded to a recent survey by The Japan Times viewed it as bad for Japan, while 14.1 percent said it was bad for the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 22, 2017

Jimmy Carter has offered to travel to North Korea to help defuse tensions

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help defuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 14, 2017

'Asia's Reckoning': Australian journalist sheds light on Asia's fraught and complex ties

Wittingly or otherwise, Japan, the United States and China — Asia's top powers — all have their guns simultaneously trained on each other, in what Australian journalist Richard McGregor likens to a geopolitical Mexican standoff in his new book, "Asia's Reckoning."
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 28, 2017

Let's discuss fashion-sharing services

The fashion industry in Japan has begun offering people the option of renting clothes instead of buying them.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Jun 20, 2017

Notice of Change in Shareholder and Board Members

Nifco Inc., (Representative Director: Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Headquarters: Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, the parent company of The Japan Times Ltd.,) today completed the transfer of 100% shares of The Japan Times, Ltd. to News2u Holdings, Inc. (Representative Director: Minako Kambara Suematsu, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 17, 2017

Let's discuss job hunting in Japan

A job interview can be an etiquette minefield.
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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