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EDITORIALS
May 19, 2016
China marks a milestone in silence
Given the scale of the brutalities that were unleashed by the Cultural Revolution and the complicity of almost all Chinese in those events, China's near silence on its 50th anniversary almost makes sense.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 4, 2016
Beijing rock dies before it gets old with latest club closure
Mao Live House, a legendary live rock music venue in Beijing, shut its doors on the weekend, the latest closure to hit China's music scene.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 26, 2016
Beijing puts the squeeze on foreign companies in China
Japanese firms based in China are feeling the pinch as Beijing tightens its grip on capital transactions.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2016
China's path to a $5 trillion growth opportunity
China can settle for temporary fixes that will ultimately make its problem worse. Or it can seize the opportunity and press ahead with reforms that will boost productivity and create economic prosperity for years to come.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2016
China's future may be sleepier than you think
China's economy may be headed for a Japan-style slump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2016
Japan and the South China Sea
China is miffed that despite its best efforts, Japan managed to get South China Sea issues on the Group of Seven's agenda.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016
A tricky Edward Snowden moment for China
The Panama Papers have cast an unwelcome spotlight on the financial affairs of China's elite.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016
South Korean lessons for a slowing China
No major economy has tried to change growth engines mid-flight, but South Korea provides a template for China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2016
Why is change so hard for China's leadership?
Economic reforms in China are much like New Year's diet resolutions: easily announced and easily forgotten.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2016
Toilet-maker Toto looks to Chinese to change cultural habits to boost sales
Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan's largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016
Abenomics proves contagious
China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2016
China may face Japan-like slump unless yuan weakens, KKR says
China could be facing the same kind of anemic growth that Japan did in the 1990s unless it moves to weaken the yuan to alleviate the country's debt burden and fend off deflation, according to KKR & Co., one of the world's largest private equity firms.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2016
The Trump effect on China
If the Chinese believe that they are being thwarted from getting their due place in the global sun, their anger could fuel the rise of a populist leader.
EDITORIALS
Feb 29, 2016
Group of 20 steps up
The G-20 has eclipsed the Group of Eight as a global economic manager but it appears to increasingly resemble that gathering: more symbol than substance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2016
Bangkok shrine bombers planned vast carnage, targeted China tourist pier first
The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at a Bangkok shrine originally chose a pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 equally powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 23, 2016
Forced labor allegations and abuses continue to dog Japan's foreign trainee program
Tang Xili came to Japan in 2013, hoping to earn enough in three years to build a new home for her daughter. Instead, she ended up in a labor union shelter after leaving an employer she says owes her about ¥3.5 million in unpaid wages.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.

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