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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2019

No news is bad news for civil discourse

The disappearance of local newspapers is making national politics more polarized.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2019

'Forbearance' pays off: India International School in Japan student wins 10th Japan Times Bee

The winning word was "forbearance," meaning "patience," and Ariya Narayanasamy may be representative of the word — going through more than two dozen rounds of unceasing demands to spell sometimes arcane words accurately and pick correct definitions without making a single mistake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2019

Evidence grows that Trump's trade wars are hitting U.S. economy and Americans are footing the tariffs

President Donald Trump regularly declares that he's winning his trade wars. Yet evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is a net loser so far.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 28, 2019

Scientists warn global warming could decimate fish supplies and fuel migration

Millions of people could lose their livelihoods, food source, and be forced from their homes if the world does not meet the Paris goal to curb global warming which is endangering fish numbers, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 16, 2019

Yoko Wylegala: The best lesson in life is to never stop learning

Albert Einstein once said that the "important thing is not to stop questioning." A similar aphorism applies to composer and classical musician Yoko Hamabe Wylegala, whose life has been defined since the age of 7 by studying and questioning one subject or another.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2019

Trump's China tariffs seen delivering on effort to curb targeted imports

President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from China continue to attract opposition from economists and much of the business community. They also may be delivering on at least one goal of the administration's trade wars: reducing imports of targeted products from China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2019

Rewriting the future of work

Three common assumptions skew economists' forecasts of automation's impact on employment.
WORLD
Feb 2, 2019

Deadly Brazilian dam burst likely due to liquefaction, like previous disaster

The collapse of a Brazilian dam controlled by miner Vale a week ago likely happened because parts of the structure, made of sand and dried mud, dissolved into liquid, a state regulator said in an interview, similar to what caused another deadly mining disaster less than four years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 31, 2019

Why education must keep pace with technology to stay relevant

Used the right way, technology can allow teachers to better perform their most important mission: educating the nation's youth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 24, 2018

Digging deep: Singapore to unveil plans for an underground future next year

From its towering "supertree" vertical gardens to a Formula 1 night race, Singapore is known for many attractions; underground space is not one of them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2018

Japanese education for Egyptian kids?

Will adopting Japanese-style education help boost Egypt's future economic growth?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2018

Race to the bottom? India plans deep dive for seabed minerals

In the 1870 Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor's mineral bounty: zinc, iron, silver and gold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 30, 2018

Hitachi and Uber take part in huge London trial aiming to crack electric-car charger shortfall

Uber Technologies Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. are among the companies that will flood London with 3,000 electric vehicles as part of a study aimed at overcoming a shortage of charging points blamed for holding back sales.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2018

Dangerous science in China

Gene editing may be inevitable, but this is not the way to do science.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 22, 2018

U.S. abortion rate fell sharply in decade ending in 2015, especially among teens: CDC

Abortion rates among U.S. women in all age groups plunged to a decade low, with teens experiencing a greater decrease than older women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2018

You probably had plastic for breakfast

Welcome to a global experiment about the effects of eating and drinking microplastic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 12, 2018

Japan launches first survey on 'overtourism'

There's a tourism boom in Japan, but it isn't all good news.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2018

Algorithms and charting the great unknown

Researchers tend to cluster and mine the same familiar territory. AI can overcome that tendency and point to new questions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Internationalization of Japanese Universities
Oct 22, 2018

Diverse options reflect Sophia University's global origins

Fulfilling the vision of the Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier, who visited Japan in 1549, Sophia University was founded in 1913 in Tokyo by three Jesuit priests, Joseph Dahlmann from Germany, Henri Boucher from France and James Rockliff from the U.K.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Internationalization of Japanese Universities
Oct 22, 2018

Timing ripe for pursuing higher education in Japan

There they go, gliding through conversations in flawless Japanese with ease, catching the locals' jokes, even making their own. It all seemed so effortless for them and there I was, struggling away trying to string together a semi-coherent sentence. Just as I had aligned all that tricky grammar into...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018

Ministry panel starts talks on cuts to mobile phone tariffs

A study group at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications held its first meeting Wednesday, where it discussed ways to spur industry competition with the aim of lowering mobile phone fees in the nation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 6, 2018

Hitomi Hosono: Seeing it all in blue and white

With her unusual approach to traditional sprig designs, Japanese ceramicist Hosono is helping change the face of Wedgwood.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2018

As planet warms, China's drought losses predicted to soar into tens of billions of dollars

Economic losses caused by drought in China will rocket to tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming breaches the limits set by governments in a 2015 agreement to tackle climate change, scientists said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 22, 2018

Patrick Behuhuma: Looking to the future of Africa and Japan

A love of samurai movies brought business analyst Behumuma to Japan, but a love of Africa and promoting its culture has kept him here.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2018

Justice Ministry to enforce rule designating number of weeks Japanese-language schools must be in session

The measure is intended to ensure that students who enter Japan to learn the language do not spend the majority of their stay working.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 26, 2018

Tokyo Medical University scandal is a throwback to when discrimination against women was the norm

Listening to the excuses being given for discrimination today, it's almost as if 1985's Equal Opportunity Act never happened.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 19, 2018

Eelgrass on the rebound in coastal district

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium organized a two-day study tour in Okayama Prefecture on June 8 and 9, centered on inspecting successful models of sustainable societies. The first day (featured in a July 16 article) was spent in Maniwa, while the second took place in the coastal district of Hinase...
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.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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