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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 31, 2017

School kitchens in Japan risk being swamped by food allergy claims

Data suggest Japan's schools are seeing a surge in food allergies among students, but are all the claims legitimate?
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
May 30, 2017

Hot start for Astros raises expectations for postseason run

Move over Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees; step aside LA Dodgers-San Francisco Giants; slide down Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 30, 2017

Cozy ties between the police and pachinko industry

With the legalization of casinso in Japan around the corner, the police are desparately trying to defend their own sphere of interest.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 30, 2017

Trudeau seeks Catholic Church apology for 'cultural genocide' of indigenous peoples, invites pope to Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologize to indigenous peoples for the Catholic Church's treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2017

Canadian opposition party picks young social conservative to take on Trudeau

Canada's official opposition Conservatives on Saturday chose a little-known, 38-year-old leader to fight a 2019 election against Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but only after a fierce contest that revealed internal divisions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 27, 2017

Under Abe, are we heading toward a beautiful Japan or an ugly future?

Where is the beauty in downplaying the 'comfort women' issue, muzzling the media, promoting patriotic education, rolling back transparency and restarting nuclear reactors?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2017

Ex-education official vouches for Kake papers, says he has copies

The education ministry's former top bureaucrat says the documents behind Prime Minister Abe's latest scandal are real and that he's willing to testify about it in the Diet.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 25, 2017

Kawasaki, Tochigi to clash in B. League final

The inaugural B. League championship pits two teams with established stars, deep benches, up-and-coming players, accomplished coaches and growing fan bases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2017

Renewable energy growth continues, powering jobs especially in Asia

The renewable energy industry employed 9.8 million people last year, up 1.1 percent from 2015, led by the solar photovoltaic business, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency's annual report on the industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 23, 2017

The day China's version of the Lehman crisis explodes

Concerns are mounting in international financial circles that the present status of China's economy is getting closer to what had existed in the United States when it was hit by the crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
May 23, 2017

Iwano confirms quad salchow for free skate next season

It is rare for an athlete to make history the first time they embark on a new level in their career. Usually they settle in, bide their time, and work their way up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2017

Tofubeats: the art of reality in an era of 'post-truth'

The final months of 2016 left Yusuke Kawai feeling confused. The electronic artist who records under the name tofubeats came across a BBC news segment touching on the concept of "post-truth" — the Oxford Dictionary named it word of the year and defines it as "relating to or denoting circumstances in...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2017

Iranians re-elect a fake reformer in a fake election

Hassan Rouhani was the lesser of two evils, but Westerners vastly overestimate what an Iranian president can do.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2017

Newspapers thrive, in India

While print media struggles to survive elsewhere, India's rising literacy rate is keeping its dailies firmly in the black.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 20, 2017

Shoemaker Hidetaka Fukaya models creations on feline elegance

A renowned craftsman in Florence is working hard to maintain his freedom of expression as a shoemaker.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 20, 2017

Gatlin sees bright future ahead for young Japanese sprint stars

Justin Gatlin, one of the top sprinters in the world, insists the future for Japanese sprinters looks promising.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2017

Increasing number of migrant children traveling alone, falling prey to human trafficking: U.N.

A record number of refugee and migrant children are traveling solo to escape violence and poverty, falling prey to abuse and human traffickers in their journey to a new life, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 17, 2017

Japan Tennis Association stunned by news of Mitsuhashi's lifetime ban for match-fixing

Japan Tennis Association executive members said that the lifetime ban on Junn Mitsuhashi completely came out of the blue.
WORLD
May 17, 2017

Giant farms linked to Russia's political elite fuel fears for smallholders

Giant Russian farms with ties to the political elite have taken control of vast swaths of land to fill gaps on supermarket shelves left by bans on Western imports, according to business consultants and charities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2017

First liberal rule in decade unlikely to bring swift changes to South Korea

South Korea's new liberal President Moon Jae-in promised to seek a parliamentary review of a controversial U.S. anti-missile defense system. If the vote were held today, the deployment would likely be endorsed in the legislative body controlled by conservative and moderate politicians.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2017

AIG names Hamilton's Brian Duperreault its seventh CEO since 2005

American International Group Inc. named Brian Duperreault, one of the most experienced managers in the property-casualty insurance industry, to be the company's seventh chief executive officer since 2005 and improve results at the operation selling coverage to commercial clients.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2017

Forgiven for migrant crisis, Merkel in pole position for fourth term

A stunning election win for Angela Merkel's conservatives in Germany's most populous state is the strongest sign yet that voters have forgiven the chancellor for her open-door migrant policy and are set to hand her four more years in power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2017

No, robots won't steal all our jobs

The efficiencies of robots will create more purchasing power for other spending or new products that, in turn, create more jobs.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2017

The need to protect coral reefs

The need to protect coral reefs from bleaching and other problems has never been greater.
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.

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