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EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2015

A coup in Canberra

Australia and the region are best served by stable and enduring leadership in Canberra.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2015

Japan through the lens of its film genres

As a new reporter for a movie trade magazine, I quickly learned that every film has its genre — even ones that don't play by genre rules. The industry slices genre-straddling films into discrete categories: action, comedy, sci-fi, etc. Call it crude, but this system serves a purpose: If you're a buyer...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2015

Japan flying surplus fish across Asia as domestic demand falls

The country that gave the world sushi now finds itself with too much fish.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2015

Thinking inside the box: Cardboard cubicles offer entertainment, privacy at home

Manufacturers are thinking inside the box to offer stressed-out consumers a personal sanctuary in Japan's notoriously cramped homes.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2015

In graft crackdown, Sinopec to sell most hotels, cut car fleet

Chinese state-owned energy giant Sinopec Group will sell off most of its hotels by the end of 2017 and get rid of more than 4,000 company cars as part of efforts to root out corruption and waste, it said Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 11, 2015

JBA selects 12-man squad for FIBA Asia Championship

The Japan Basketball Association announced the men's national team roster for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2015

Authorities knew of flood risk; detailed simulation done 10 years ago

The land ministry knew the Kinugawa River was prone to flooding and created a detailed simulation of watershed damage 10 years ago, it emerged Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2015

Garbage imperialism? Nope, all trash is local

The developed world is doing better about handling its electronic waste, but a crisis is looming in developing nations as gadgets become more affordable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2015

Abundant autumn sanma are a symbol of sustainable fishing

Autumn's silvery little fish, the sanma, has arrived. To officially mark the beginning of the season, the annual Meguro Sanma Festival — which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year — was held last weekend in Tokyo, where sanma were grilled and offered to a crowd of over 30,000.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 10, 2015

Elite teams await weekend showcase

Sunday's four-game showcase featuring a quartet of accomplished NBL and bj-league teams has a fancy title: the Dream Games.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 7, 2015

Death of 'jobs for life' fuels 4,955% surge at Tokyo firm

The breakdown of Japan's lifetime employment model has been good news at least for the operator of one of the country's largest jobs websites.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 7, 2015

Japan's Asian hoop champs return home

One day after they became the first Japanese team to clinch a berth at next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the players and staff of Japan's women's basketball team made a triumphant return home with the gold medals around their necks on Sunday evening.
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2015

Unwise revision to Juvenile Law

An LDP proposal to lower the maximum age that minors would be subject to the Juvenile Law would deny many young offenders a chance to be rehabilitated.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2015

Smartphone game-maker DeNA, builder Haseko join Nikkei 225

DeNA Co., the social website operator that's working with Nintendo Co. on smartphone games, and condominium builder Haseko Corp. will join Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 4, 2015

Sleep-deprived Tokyo gets an Australian wake-up with granola

Thinking about Tokyo's morning rush hour is enough to make anybody want to crawl back into bed. After working late in the office or attending an obligatory drinking party with coworkers, the last thing anyone wants to do is squeeze themselves onto a packed morning train for a somber repeat of the day...
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2015

BOJ readies for liquidity squeeze with T-bill yields below zero

The Bank of Japan is becoming increasingly concerned its massive government bond purchases are drying up market liquidity, six months after investors warned that conditions were deteriorating.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2015

Lawyer says ex-Clinton aide will invoke Fifth Amendment, won't testify in Republiican-led House probe

A former U.S. State Department information technology staffer who worked for Hillary Rodham Clinton is refusing to testify before U.S. lawmakers probing the former top diplomat and the 2012 attacks on U.S. installations in Benghazi, Libya, according to a letter sent by his lawyer to congressional investigators....
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2015

Malaysia: Najib Razak in trouble

Malaysia's ruling party should be thinking hard about a successor to Prime Minister Naji Razak who will be acceptable to all the country's ethnic groups.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Sep 1, 2015

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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2015

Xi seen plotting major China forces overhaul focused on U.S.-style command, offshore projection

President Xi Jinping will as soon as this month announce the most sweeping overhaul of the Chinese military in at least three decades, moving it closer to a U.S.-style joint command structure, sources said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2015

Malaysia's Najib refuses to bow

Pressure on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak continues to mount, but the odds on him resigning are long.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 29, 2015

Ashley Madison courted buyers before attack

The owner of the adultery website Ashley Madison was already struggling to sell itself or raise funds for at least three years before the publication of details about its members, according to internal documents and emails that were released by hackers as part of their assault on the company in recent...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2015

Father of Virginia TV reporter slain on air vows to fight for gun control

The father of a Virginia journalist killed in an on-air shooting said Thursday he would become a crusader for gun control, but analysts said there was little likelihood of legislation on the federal level any time soon, despite changes in some states.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2015

Market mayhem shakes brokers out of usual August lull

On Daiwa Securities Group Inc.'s Tokyo trading floor, Yukio Ikehata is spending more time listening to clients than processing orders to buy stocks.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015

Rout seen as encouraging Japan banks' flight to U.S. treasuries

Japanese banks were already returning to U.S. Treasuries before a plunge in global markets made Federal Reserve rate increases an even more distant prospect.
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2015

Regulating virtual currencies

Along with preventing the abuse of the virtual currency transactions for money laundering and criminal purposes, new cybermoney regulations should aim to protect the interests of its users.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 21, 2015

Star players Tokashiki, Yoshida named to Japan roster

Star players Ramu Tokashiki and Asami Yoshida are the headliners for Hayabusa Japan for the upcoming FIBA Asia Women's Championship.
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’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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