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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 3, 2018

LDP action plan to call for strong push to revise Constitution: draft

The Liberal Democratic Party's 2018 action plan calls for holding Japan's first referendum on revising the Constitution and raising public debate on the issue.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 28, 2018

Japan Times ESG Consortium kickoff forum to be held March 12

Tokyo, Feb. 28, 2018 – Japan Times ESG Consortium (Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi, President, The Japan Times, Ltd.) will hold a kickoff forum on Monday, March 12.
Japan Times
Feb 28, 2018

Japan Times ESG Consortium kickoff forum to be held March 12

Tokyo, Feb. 28, 2018 – Japan Times ESG Consortium (Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi, President, The Japan Times, Ltd.) will hold a kick-off forum on Monday, March 12.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2018

Billionaire miner and Japanese utilities plan Australia LNG import plant

Billionaire miner Andrew Forrest and two of Japan's biggest power utilities plan to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Australia by 2020.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Feb 25, 2018

Netflix is animated about anime

Netflix's director of anime, Taito Okiura, tells me he feels like a local baseball player who got drafted into the U.S. Major Leagues. Except, he doesn't play the sport.
Feb 23, 2018

Kingsman: The Golden Circle / Movix Kyoto / 2018-02-24 to 2018-03-02

until Feb. 26 10:50, 15:50, 21:20 / Feb. 27, Feb. 28 10:50, 15:50 / March 1 15:00, 18:50 / March 2 18:50
WORLD / Politics
Feb 22, 2018

U.S. Democrats want $300 million to fight possible Russia election tampering

U.S. Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the FBI $300 million to fight Russian efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 21, 2018

GPIF水野 弘道氏、PRI森澤 充世氏などを招いて
設立記念フォーラム(参加無料)を3月12日(月)に開催

Japan Times ESG推進コンソーシアム(代表:堤 丈晴、株式会社ジャパンタイムズ・代表取締役社長)は、2018年3月12日(月)に設立記念フォーラムを開催致します。
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 20, 2018

第9 回The Japan Times Bee 3 月3 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:堤丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は2018 年3 月3 日(土)、ジャパンタイムズニフコホール(東京都・芝浦)にて、小中学生が英単語の正しいつづり方を競う、第9...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 20, 2018

Contemporary dance festival puts modern 'Genji' front and center

How do you make a thousand-year-old story resonate with an audience in Osaka today? Tell them that you plan to radically modernize one of the most famous literary works ever to come out of Japan to fit present concerns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2018

How information technology poses a threat to democracy

Social media could be just the start of a slippery slope leading to an Orwellian world controlled by Big Data Brother, accelerated by convergence with the sensors in our devices and rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2018

Will the Olympics go bust?

While the costs of hosting the Olympics are going up, the prestige and long-term economic benefits seem to be going down.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 19, 2018

Fans ejected in Chicago for racist taunts toward Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly

Four Chicago Blackhawks fans were ejected during Saturday night's game after making racist taunts toward Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 18, 2018

Sustainable business shines in spotlight

Since the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) was launched in April 2006 at the New York Stock Exchange, enabling relevant parties to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, the idea has increasingly garnered attention in Japan from both corporations...
Feb 15, 2018

The Beguiled / Toho Cinemas Shinjuku / 2018-02-17 to 2018-02-23

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 14, 2018

ASEAN's role in Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy

Foreign Minister Taro Kono's visit this week reinforced Southeast Asia's importance in Japan's regional vision.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2018

Second asteroid in a week passes close to Earth

A recently discovered asteroid zipped within 39,000 miles (64,000 km) of Earth on Friday, the second space rock to pass within the orbit of the moon during the week, according to NASA scientists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2018

Fuji Rock takes a turn toward hip-hop in first lineup announcement that includes Kendrick Lamar and N.E.R.D.

Grammy award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar and hip-hop group N.E.R.D. were among the acts announced Friday morning to appear at this year's Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 8, 2018

TPAM's magic happens in front of and behind the curtain

Back in 1995, some of the movers and shakers of the domestic theater scene got together at various venues around the capital for an event called the Tokyo Performing Arts Market. The aim was simple: connect up-and-coming Japanese artists to the producers and theater buffs who might be able to support...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2018

London bridges to nowhere

U.K. leaders' apparent belief that they can muddle through Brexit is setting the U.K. up for a rude awakening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 2, 2018

Big U.S. banks accept OPEC was right as they embrace oil near $80

Wall Street's biggest banks have changed sides and are embracing a surge in oil prices.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 2, 2018

環境省後援!Japan Times Satoyama推進コンソーシアムキックオフフォーラム(参加無料)2月13日(火)開催迫る

 Japan Times Satoyama推進コンソーシアム(代表:末松(神原)弥奈子、株式会社ジャパンタイムズ・代表取締役会長)は、環境省の後援で2月13日(火)にキックオフフォーラムを開催します。
Feb 1, 2018

Mazinger Z/Infinity / Cine Citta / 2018-02-03 to 2018-02-09

Feb. 3 8:40, 13:05, 21:05 / Feb. 4 to Feb. 8 9:10, 16:10, 20:35 / Feb. 9 9:10, 16:10
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2018

Uber plots expansion in Japan and Singapore amid talk of retreat from Asia

If Uber Technologies Inc. is planning a retreat from Asia, no one told Brooks Entwistle, head of the ride-hailing company's business in the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2018

Asia's central banks should prepare to raise interest rates

As the global economic recovery gains momentum, the time has come to begin tightening monetary policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2018

Making migration work

The U.N. is right to underscore the benefits of broad-based international cooperation on migration, but to be politically acceptable in virtually any country, such cooperation must respect national sovereignty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2018

Are we hostage to the stock market?

Wall Street's boom could backfire on the overall U.S. economy
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 28, 2018

Japan's shocking decline of rural doctors

A new medical system threatens to deprive residents in rural communities of the opportunity to receive proper medical care.

Longform

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