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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Case for testing cancer in blood builds, one study at a time

Two new studies published on Wednesday of patients with breast and prostate cancers add to growing evidence that detecting bits of cancer DNA circulating in the blood can guide patient treatment.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2015

Gauging Abe's 'proactive contributions to peace'

While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has talked a good game about Japan playing a bigger international role, his track record so far shows little has changed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2015

Abe treads in China's footprints in Central Asia, picks up human rights baggage

Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's trip to Mongolia and Central Asia — in which he became the first Japanese leader ever to visit Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — looks to bring in a raft of investment deals for Tokyo. But the whirlwind tour likely had other motivations, too, and raises questions...
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015

Europe's messiah complex

Britain's debate over its membership of the European Union is bound to end badly because whatever U.K. voters decide, they'll come to regret it.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2015

Student participation in politics involves risk

Providing voter education to high school students is important, but it can't be a situation where the government is the speaker and teachers its mouthpieces.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2015

Opposition eyes campaign tie-up

The opposition camp could cut into the ruling bloc's grip on the Diet if the parties can agree to cooperate for next summer's Upper House election.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2015

Screw meritocracy: reward the lazy and stupid

It is time to admit the truth: meritocracy is BS.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Oct 21, 2015

Tokyo can feel less than welcoming to food allergy sufferers

Japan needs to improve labeling and education surrounding food allergies, and increase allergen-safe options.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2015

South China Sea: what 12 nautical miles really means

If the U.S. government goes forward with its plans to conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, it should be prepared for its intentions to be misread or distorted.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2015

Beck, Oga looking to change women's basketball culture

First in a two-part series
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2015

Retrial system needs revamping

As illustrated by the case of Masaru Okunishi, who passed away after decades on death row without getting the new trial that he deserved, Japan's retrial system is seriously flawed and in need of reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2015

Chomsky's take on the state of Thai democracy

Noted academic and commentator Noam Chomsky takes a keen interest in the political wars embroiling Thailand.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2015

Don't rule out a global recession next year

The global economy is not flirting with a new recession yet, but it's not a remote possibility either.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2015

Yamada deserving of MVP award

Last Friday, after the Tokyo Yakult Swallows were crowned as the best team in the Central League for 2015, Tetsuto Yamada wasn't quite ready to weigh in on the topic of the CL's best player.
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COMMUNITY / Issues
Oct 1, 2015

Neither here nor there: Stretched between Nigeria and Japan, family ties fray

This is the last of a two-part series on Japanese-Nigerian families torn between Asia and Africa. The first part can be found here.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2015

Pope's parting shot on gay marriage, Kentucky clerk's stand: Conscientious objection is a right

Pope Francis waited until his historic U.S. visit was over to make his most direct comments on the nation's debate over gay marriage, saying government officials should have the right to refrain from actions that violate their religious beliefs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 25, 2015

The Japanese people must face up to new realities

It is time for Japan to reconsider the old question of national identity, Nihonjinron, and to broaden the Japanese umbrella to cover those who are not racially or ethnically Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Can a 'Greater Eurasia' help Europe resolve its crises?

Unless something is done, the current stalemate between Russia and the West will lead to a much deeper crisis.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2015

Policy hurdles remain despite passage of new security laws

Ignoring protests from furious voters and opposition lawmakers, the ruling camp led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enacted two divisive security laws, marking a significant departure from Japan's postwar pacifism.
BUSINESS / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2015
Sep 9, 2015

Will AI become a threat to future white-collar workers?

Can a robot get into the University of Tokyo, Japan's most prestigious university, by 2021?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2015

What's with news media that censor news?

The mainstream media should realize that publishing graphic war-related images can help jar the world into taking action, and censoring such images delays action.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2015

China's institutions are beginning to hold it back

China's system of political-party-based property rights will probably prevent it from becoming a truly rich country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2015

Japan wins Asia-Pacific popularity poll despite mutual distrust with China, South Korea

The latest survey by the Washington-based center found 71 percent of respondents in the Asia-Pacific had a favorable view of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2015

Norwegian television taps into fear of Russia

Norway's new TV series called 'Occupied' taps into Norwegians' wariness of Russia and their uneasiness about being the EU's gas station.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015

Contested Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism claim

In another humiliating reversal over preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the organizing committee pulls the plug on the official logo after critics howled plagiarism.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2015

Want more heroes? Bring back the military draft

If the French train incident tells us anything useful about defending against terrorism, it is that ordinary people will sometimes be the only defense.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 24, 2015

Corporate Japan gets a jolt from an outsider

Japan's business executives would do well to emulate Softbank President Nikesh Arora's risk-taking spirit.

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