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Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 25, 2017
Karaoke Memories
TENNIS
Mar 24, 2017
Men's national team coach Ueda to resign: source
Minoru Ueda is set to step down as the coach for the Japan's men's national team, a source told Kyodo News on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2017
Japan's Konno, Osako sustain injuries in match against UAE
Japan's World Cup qualifying win over the host United Arab Emirates cost it a couple of injuries as midfielder Yasuyuki Konno and forward Yuya Osako headed to the hospital after touching down at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2017
New Russian development chief eager to bolster trade with Japan
Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin expressed eagerness Friday to boost trade with Japan, a Japanese government official said.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2017
Japan issues eruption warning for undersea volcano off Aogashima
The Meteorological Agency on Friday warned that an underwater volcano about 400 km south of Tokyo could erupt soon, spurring the Japan Coast Guard to issue an alert to ships in the area.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2017
Japan women's curling team secures spot in 2018 Winter Games
The Japan women's curling team qualified for next year's Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday, its sixth straight appearance at the Winter Games.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2017
Tokyo protests South Korean plan to conduct military drills near disputed islets
Japan has lodged a protest with South Korea over its reported plan to conduct a military drill around a pair of Seoul-controlled, Tokyo-claimed islets in the Sea of Japan, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2017
Kubo stars as Japan beats UAE in World Cup qualifier
Yuya Kubo opened his national team account and Yasuyuki Konno marked his return from the international wilderness with a goal as Japan beat United Arab Emirates 2-0 away in a final-round World Cup qualifier on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 23, 2017
Samurai Japan manager Kokubo reflects on 'treasure' of leading team
Japan skipper Hiroki Kokubo said Thursday the experience of having managed the national side for 3½ years will be his life's treasure, even though the team failed to reclaim the World Baseball Classic title.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 23, 2017
JSF maintains support for Hachinohe to host 2020 speed skating worlds
The Japan Skating Federation reiterated its support Thursday for the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, to host the 2020 speed skating world championships — even if the tournament merges with the world sprint speed skating championships that year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2017
South Korea conducted maritime surveys near disputed islets in 2016
South Korea conducted maritime surveys last year near a group of islets at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan for the first time in a decade, a Japan Coast Guard official said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 22, 2017
Japan falls to U.S. in World Baseball Classic semifinal
For six games, Samurai Japan came up with the big hit or made the important play. But in the crucial stanza of their seventh game at this World Baseball Classic, on a rainy Tuesday night in Southern California, the game-changing moment slipped out of the their grasp.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2017
Japan facing critical shortage of donated skin for life-saving graft operations
A national skin bank is facing a critical shortage of donor skin for grafts for patients with severe burns.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 22, 2017
Japan's railways look to scrap rule preventing foreign travelers from taking mobility scooters on trains
The transport ministry has urged railways to abolish an industry rule that virtually bans foreign travelers with disabilities from using mobility scooters on trains.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2017
BOJ's mission to reflate economy incomplete
'Mission incomplete' aptly describes the lack of progress made by the Bank of Japan in reflating Japan's moribund economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 21, 2017
Did America's top diplomat inadvertently offer China a 'new great power relationship'?
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's use of phrases and language commonly employed by China's Communist Party during his first trip to the country as top diplomat has left some regional experts wondering if he may have inadvertently endorsed Beijing's push for a new "great power relationship."
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
SDF peacekeepers involved in 50 road accidents in South Sudan: ministry
GSDF personnel participating in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan have been involved in about 50 traffic accidents since the start of their deployment in January of 2012.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
Trump administration weighing broad sanctions on North Korea, top U.S. official says
The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North Korea off from the global financial system as part of a broad review of measures to counter Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threat, a senior U.S. official said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
France, Japan back 'free, open maritime order' in Asia-Pacific, Abe says
France and Japan touted support for a "free and open maritime order" in the Asia-Pacific region, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after talks with French President Francois Hollande on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
Abe, Merkel agree to work with U.S. to promote trade
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Monday that Japan and Europe should work together with the United States to promote free trade.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to help clinch purchase of U.S. Steel
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Secluded at beach house, Biden stews at allies’ pressure to drop out
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15.
Japanese culture festival kicks off in London
Matthew Barry (right) tastes sake at the Hyper Japan Festival on Friday in London.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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