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JAPAN TIMES GONE BY

Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 16, 2012
Man eats dynamite, fighting intensifies in Shanghai, Tokyo may allow skyscrapers, Michael Jackson in Japan
A correspondent reports from Nagano that the magazine of Shiokawa, a powder-maker in Komoro in that prefecture, was broken into and had 600 sticks of dynamite stolen lately. T
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 19, 2012
The new Emperor's character, China conflict escalates, eruptions on Miyakejima Is., JET program takes off
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, Aug. 3, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 17, 2012
Titanic survivor's tale; a whaler's arrival; Osaka-Tokyo in half the time; early cases of AIDS
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, June 4, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 20, 2012
Back from Antarctica, Hindenburg disaster, Joban Line trains derail, Issey Miyake men's collection in Japan
100 YEARS AGO
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 15, 2012
Titanic disaster, cherry trees sent to Washington D.C., "Sunflowers" fetches record price at auction
100 YEARS AGOFriday, April 19, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 18, 2012
Frog battles carp, indignant seamen strike, Roppongi the new night-life hub, passive-smoking case stubbed out
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, March 15, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 19, 2012
Chinese emperor abdicates, Italians to preserve hara-kiri site, Tokyo's population hits 10 million, Japan supports space station
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, Feb. 14, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 15, 2012
Anniversary of Korean annexation, "harakiri" row halts Diet, Socialist Party-China communique, Kyoto Journal debuts
100 YEARS AGOSunday, Jan. 7, 1912
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 18, 2011
Revolution in China, anti-communist campaign, a different brew of bīru, Takeshi Gundan under arrest
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, Dec. 12, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 20, 2011
Train-shame death, anti-Comintern pact signed, Tokyo "paralyzed," Japan and U.S. to halt yen rise against dollar
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, Nov. 25, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 16, 2011
Men marrying later, the new Diet building opens, grenade causes plane scare
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 26, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 18, 2011
Navy on alert in Shanghai, Japanese actor lauded, nuclear arms race, world's best-selling computer
75 YEARS AGOFriday, Sept. 25, 1936
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 21, 2011
The 1940 Olympics, decreased rice consumption results in improved health, nuclear power perceptions unchanged by Chernobyl
75 YEARS AGOSunday, Aug. 2, 1936
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 17, 2011
Imperial work ethic; Electric Society's defiance; the 'Flat Tire Bandit'; the state of AIDS
100 YEARS AGOThursday, July 20, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 19, 2011
The national sport; State to take over electric power firms; flooding kills 235; concerns over Chernobyl accident
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, June 19, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 15, 2011
Double tragedy, questions about February 26 Incident, new 'merry-go-round' carpark, Prince Charles and Lady Di visit
100 YEARS AGOFriday, May 5, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 17, 2011
Yoshiwara fire, war and foreign ministers start weekly meetings, intellectuals on dope, Japan offers to help at Chernobyl
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, April 11, 1911
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 3, 2011
Tragic echoes from the past
Prior to the Tohoku-Kanto earthquake and tsunami of March 11, two similar seismic events — both followed by tsunami — have recently wrought destruction on the northeastern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. This week and next, we dig into the archives of The Japan Times and a forerunner later...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 20, 2011
Hitler's insult to Asia; martial law in Tokyo
75 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 30, 1936
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 16, 2011
New Year song, Japan withdraws from naval talks, ski enthusiasts, Challenger explosion
100 YEARS AGOSunday, Jan. 1, 1911
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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