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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2015

Trilateral approach comes to the fore in Asia

New configurations in Asian geopolitics are emerging thick and fast, including an initiative involving India, Japan and Australia.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2015

Probe finds ELT fire aboard 787 at Heathrow would have been hard to fight aloft

A fire on an empty Boeing Co. Dreamliner at London's Heathrow Airport would have posed a serious risk to the Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise jet had it occurred during a flight, the official probe into the incident said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 19, 2015

A militaristic turn for the Japanese film industry

Why have Japanese filmmakers recently been turning out so many films about World War II and its aftermath? The obvious answer is that they're commemorating the 70th anniversary of that war's end, which was marked on Aug. 15. But there are far fewer new films about WWII in most of the countries that fought...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2015

Emperor voices 'deep remorse' over war at 70th anniversary of surrender; ministers visit Yasukuni

In comments in Tokyo to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Emperor Akihito refers to his u2018deep remorse' over wartime events.
EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2015

Okinawa hiatus must be productive

While work for the Futenma base replacement in Okinawa is suspended for a month, the Abe administration should not use the occasion as a mere political gesture and instead should listen sincerely to what Gov. Takeshi Onaga has to say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / 70 YEARS AFTER THE WAR'S END
Aug 14, 2015

Abe's nationalism reflected in conservative political movement, but polls show voter dissent

The hot political season is back as the nation observes Aug. 15, which is always an emotional date as it marks Japan's surrender in World War II — and this year is the 70th anniversary of that fateful event.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2015

Fear of a currency war grows

The Chinese central bank's major devaluation of the yuan this week has large parts of Asia now worried about the prospects of a currency war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 11, 2015

27 arrested over India alleged 'witch-hunt' massacre of tribal women

India must do more to tackle the practice of witch-branding among tribal communities, activists said on Monday following the murder of five women accused of sorcery.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2015

China's retro in vitro rules spark debate

In China, where tradional family values still rein supreme, unmarried women are not permitted to undergo in vitro fertilization. But voices for change are growing louder.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2015

Reactor in Kagoshima poised for restart despite public opposition

Kyushu Electric Power will restart the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear plant on Tuesday, marking the country's first long-term return to nuclear power since the Fukushima crisis.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2015

Good times over for Japan teachers fund, now seeking to avoid losses

Japan's investment fund for teachers has switched its focus to avoiding losses, predicting the best days are over for both stocks and bonds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 10, 2015

Modi's quest to put India's poor to work stymied by rise of robots

In a sweltering factory in southern India, Royal Enfield motorcycles are being painted and lacquered by giant robotic arms that move at twice the maximum speed of a human limb, day in, day out, never making a mistake.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2015

Realizing rapprochements with rogue states

With a regime as volatile as North Korea's, patience is never a virtue. The U.S. should begin informal contact with the North to probe Kim Jong Un's intentions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015

Exclusion of nonnuclear principles from Abe's Hiroshima speech causes stir

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to include a pledge to observe the country's three nonnuclear principles in the annual memorial speech on Thursday remembering the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack is causing speculation the exclusion may be political.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2015

A portrait of 'Rain Man,' the convicted Libor-rigging trader and former Tokyo resident

He was so obsessed with the numbers that he did not see his downfall coming.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2015

State Department is accused of watering down human trafficking report

In the weeks leading up to a critical annual U.S. report on human trafficking that publicly shames the world's worst offenders, human rights experts at the State Department concluded that trafficking conditions had not improved in Malaysia and Cuba. And in China, they found, things had gotten worse....
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2015

Clintons report income of $140 million since 2007; federal tax bill: $43.9 million

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, on Friday reported total income approaching $140 million over the last eight years, providing evidence of the vast wealth they have accumulated.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2015

Japan's action plan to fight climate change

The Foreign Ministry says Japan's ambitious goals signal its determination to lead the way for the reduction of emissions globally.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Jul 29, 2015

『国連を読む 私の政務官ノートから』発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役：堤丈晴）は、戦後70年・国連創設70周年企画として、元国連政務官による書き下ろしの単行本を出版しました。
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2015

Malaysian leader Najib sacks deputy as fallout from financial scandal grows

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak removed his deputy in a Cabinet reshuffle, potentially widening their public rift over financial scandals linked to the state investment company.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 28, 2015

Boy Scouts of America lifts blanket ban on gay adult leaders and employees

The Boy Scouts of America on Monday lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees, rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Jul 27, 2015

『英語で伝えたい 日本の世界遺産』発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役：堤丈晴）は、日本の世界遺産を日英両言語で解説しているバイリンガルブック『英語で伝えたい 日本の世界遺産』を発売しました。
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2015

Long history of money-losers for Japan Inc.

Here we go again?
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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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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