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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2017

Scandal-hit Aichi candidate Shiori Yamao still in the race on the strength of popular support

Before allegations of an extramarital affair surfaced less than two months ago, Shiori Yamao had been a rising star expected by many of her colleagues to reinvigorate the Democratic Party, then the main opposition force.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2017

Saitama candidate Mayuko Toyota's negative publicity might work in favor of her re-election to Diet

After suffering an embarrassing scandal, the silver lining for Mayuko Toyota — who is seeking re-election as an independent candidate in Sunday's poll — is that the sordid publicity has at least achieved one thing: name recognition.
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 20, 2017

Campaigns focus on economy and Constitution, but nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima sees other priorities

For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two biggest election-defining issues of Sunday's Lower House poll are how to spend the additional revenue from the planned consumption tax hike in 2019 and how to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat. Leaders from other parties see either proposing or preventing revisions...
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 19, 2017

'Manifesto' era may be over but election campaigns still rife with rosy pledges and vague bottom lines

Eight years is a long time in Japanese politics and people are quick to forget, but things were vastly different then.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2017

Japan's oldest village by age sees LDP leadership as key for survival

Chikara Imai, 73, is quick to dismiss the new parties in Sunday's national election, saying old ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is what the country's most elderly village needs for survival.
PRESS / Events
Oct 18, 2017

現役編集長が教える！「世界で活躍したい人のためのThe Japan Times ST活用法」11月4日開催

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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2017

Let permanent foreign residents participate in local elections: Komeito chief Yamaguchi

Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of lay Buddhist-backed Komeito, said Monday that permanent foreign residents should be granted the right to vote in local elections, presenting a stark contrast with an upstart rival challenging his party in the snap election this weekend.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017

Trump re-election campaign raised $10.1 million in third quarter, spent $1.1 million on legal fees

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign raised more than $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 and spent $4 million, including $1.1 million on legal fees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2017

Abe's ruling coalition poised to win over 300 seats: election forecast

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could be heading for a big win in the coming Lower House election, Jiji Press forecasts.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2017

Balance of power: Shift toward renewable energy appears to be picking up steam

Five years ago, Japan introduced a feed-in tariff system in a bid to promote the introduction of renewable energy on a large scale following the collapse of public trust in nuclear power due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and subsequent triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1...
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2017

In fresh blow to Koike, majority of Upper House DP members rule out joining Kibo no To after election

More than half of Democratic Party's 47-member caucus say they won't link up with upstart party after poll, top official says.
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 12, 2017

Koike's Kibo no To takes a hit as popular Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura cuts support

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura has withdrawn his support for Kibo no To in a blow to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who is also the fledgling party's chief. This setback comes less than two weeks after Omura agreed to cooperate with Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who serves as Nippon Ishin no Kai's co-leader....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2017

It's the season to see Japan's best ceramics

This autumn, there are not one, but two extraordinary ceramic art exhibitions showing in Tokyo. The first highlights the solo works and private collection of Tokyo's Seimei Tsuji (1927-2008) at The National Museum of Modern Art Crafts Gallery, while the other is a dual-exhibition of Kyoto artists Kazuo...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2017

American 'Nudge' theorist Thaler wins this year's economics Nobel

U.S. academic Richard Thaler, who helped popularize the idea of "nudging" people toward doing what is best for them, on Monday won the 2017 Nobel economics prize — officially called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — for his work on how human nature affects...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 7, 2017

Is the response to scams criminally slow?

One of the more cynical dictums in Japanese goes "Shōjikimono ga baka o miru" ("Honesty doesn't pay"). In pre-modern times, neither did crime. The Osadamegaki Hyakkajo — the criminal code enforced by the Tokugawa rulers — prescribed an extensive list of severe punishments for those found guilty...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 5, 2017

Food, folks and film: Yamagata festival dives deep into documentaries

Once an obscure corner of a film world dominated by the fantasies of Hollywood, documentaries are now drawing more attention from both paying audiences and wider society. And the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, whose 15th edition unspools from Oct. 5 to 12 in Yamagata, has long been...
PRESS / Events
Oct 5, 2017

「メディアのマーケティング戦略と課題について考える～新聞からデジタルまで」10月29日開催

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）はニュースパーク（日本新聞博物館）と共催で、10月7日から12月24日まで「英字新聞が伝えた『日本』ージャパンタイムズ120年のあゆみ」と題した記念企画展を開催します。会期中は関連企画として、広告・英語教育・英字新聞史など、各分野のスペシャリストによる講演会を計4回予定しています。...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2017

Japan tourism group builds social media presence with new Instagram account

The Japan National Tourism Organization is finally turning to Instagram to attract overseas travelers amid an unprecedented tourism boom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 28, 2017

Festival/Tokyo director Sachio Ichimura looks to a new generation

At the end of his speech in July announcing details of this year's Festival/Tokyo running from Sept. 30 to Nov. 12 mainly at venues around Ikebukuro, its director, Sachio Ichimura, dropped a bombshell.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2017

South Korea to offer tax help, loans to firms hit by China trade row

South Korea said it will offer tax and loan concessions to firms hit by trade sanctions China imposed in retaliation against Seoul's deployment of a powerful anti-missile defense system, highlighting the broader impact of intensifying tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017

Japan shouldn't neglect humanities studies in favor of other disciplines: Oxford professor

In June 2015, the education ministry sent shock waves through Japan's academic humanities community when it issued a notice urging national universities to restructure their humanities departments and shift their focus to fields that have greater social demand.
Sep 21, 2017

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BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2017

Sharp rise in queried skilled foreigner visas under Trump administration is 'stealth campaign': attorneys

The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017

The tragedy of Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's de facto leader still retains enough moral authority to prevent the Rohingya people from being driven out and forgotten — if she is willing to use it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2017

Trump campaign adviser was wiretapped under secret court orders: reports

U.S. investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the 2016 election, CNN reported Monday.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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