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Reader Mail
May 5, 2018

No welcome mat at Narita International

When I, a web developer and blogger from India, reached Japan at Narita International Airport, an official asked me questions, including "why have you come to Japan?" I replied to her that I came for tourism, to visit Tokyo Tower and some other places.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 4, 2018

Japan's bull market wouldn't be the same without Abe

The prime minister's likely successor won't be as knowledgeable about economics or have the personal authority to be able to rein in the bureaucrats.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 3, 2018

How Japan can fix its gaping gender gap

The World Economic Forum's 2017 gender gap index ranks Japan 114th out of the 144 countries surveyed — this must change.
JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2018

Ex-aide to Abe likely to admit meeting with Kake official in LDP move to mitigate opposition criticism

Tadao Yanase, a government official allegedly involved in the favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is expected to admit he met with a Kake Gakuen representative in April 2015.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2018

Irish emigrants set to flock home for key vote on abortion

Christine Howell planned to spend two years straight traveling and working in Australia from her arrival in Melbourne last December without breaking her trip to return home to Ireland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 30, 2018

Rohingya refugees plead for UNSC help but China and Russia expected to veto tough action

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh made emotional pleas to the U.N. Security Council on Sunday for help to return safely to their homes in neighboring Myanmar and for justice over the reason they fled — accusations of killings, rapes and arson.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 28, 2018

Confronting the definition of a 'moral education'

How can people be taught to be good? What does "good" mean? "Moral education," the education ministry explains on its website, "aims to develop a Japanese citizen who will never lose the consistent spirit of respect for his fellow man; who will realize this spirit at home, at school and in other actual...
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2018

Make wise use of SDF's Iraq logs

A mechanism should be established to properly assess the records of past SDF missions so that what was learned will be utilized in planning future activities and formulating policy.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2018

Opposition parties abstain from Diet deliberations over alleged sexual harassment by Finance Ministry official

The parties stepped up political pressure on Finance Minister Taro Aso to resign immediately, after the official implicated in the allegations quit abruptly over the claims the day before.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2018

With Trump golf outing, will Abe find himself in the bunker or on the green?

Yes, they will hit the links again after all. The question is, will Prime Minister Shinzo Abe find himself in the bunker or on the green when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump this week?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018

Britain prepares for a Norwegian Brexit

May and Corbyn can accept the Norway model, but what about their followers?
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2018

Document suggests Kake Gakuen vet school bid was of personal interest to Abe: report

Report sources document quoting then-secretary to Abe as saying the project was 'the prime minister's matter.'
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2018

Financial Bureau head admits official asked Moritomo Gakuen to lie about waste removal

A Finance Ministry official asked Osaka-based school operator Moritomo Gakuen last year to lie about how waste was removed from property it had purchased from the ministry in a controversial deal.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

Disclosure that GSDF hid discovery of Iraq logs reignites doubts over civilian control of Japan's armed forces

The ministry acknowledged the activity logs, from an Iraq mission, had been kept hidden from top officials for more than a year ,despite an earlier claim that they didn't exist.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2018

Lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels seeks to grill Trump under oath

Adult film star Stormy Daniels' lawyer asked a federal judge for permission to question U.S. President Donald Trump under oath over an agreement to keep her quiet before the 2016 election about their alleged sexual relationship.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2018

Abe says he's in contact with North about meeting Kim, suggests in Diet he'd be open to trilateral summit with U.S.

Japan has been communicating with North Korea through “various means” on the possibility of meeting with leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018

The double helix of Chinese history and its powerful leader

After years of reform and a greater openness, authoritarianism dominant under President Xi.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 19, 2018

In written Japanese, it's punctuation, but not as we know it

Needless to say, Japanese has its own set of punctuation marks, and a number of special rules regarding their usage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2018

Stephen Hawking taught us it was right to be wrong

By making bets he was happy to lose, the English physicist showed that science progressed with each mistake.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2018

For good or bad, Pompeo is the anti-Tillerson

Trump's foreign policy hasn't been the disaster that many feared, but he may still capsize the ship
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 13, 2018

Pressure from above possibly behind Moritomo document alterations, former Finance Ministry official says

'A bureau chief alone wouldn't be able to rewrite everything. So several other people had to be involved,' the former official said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 11, 2018

Schools plus rules equals Japan minus two

Having experienced schools around the world, why do Colin P.A. Jones' daughters rank Japan's bottom of the class?
EDITORIALS
Mar 11, 2018

Amending the Constitution for free education

The issue of free education should not be used as a subject of short-term political bargaining.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 8, 2018

Tohoku communities slow to regroup as tsunami-hit cities rebuild on higher ground

Takashi Ito's family-owned book and stationery store is one of the 20 or so shops occupying a new mall that opened last year in Rikuzentakata, a tsunami-ravaged city in Iwate Prefecture once known for the towering pine trees that lined its scenic coast.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2018

U.S. budget cuts would delay international fusion project ITER, its director warns

An international project to build a nuclear fusion reactor in France that would start generating electricity in 17 years will face delays if U.S. cuts are not reversed in a few months, the head of the venture said on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2018

Putin wants modern weapons, not a modern Russia

The Russian president's key speech last week was full of unfunded promises and thinly veiled threats.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Mar 4, 2018

Automation comes to news-gathering in Japan

The news business in Japan has long been notoriously labor-intensive. Reporters assigned to the crime and disaster beats have largely relied on briefings from police officers or firefighters for their initial reports.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2018

JR West says shinkansen crack caused by faulty part from Kawasaki Heavy

Kawasaki Heavy Industries excessively ground down a steel component, likely causing the 16-cm crack discovered in December on the undercarriage of a shinkansen, JR West says
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.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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