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JAPAN XV

JAPAN / Politics
May 17, 2016
Tokyo and Seoul reaffirm commitment to ¥1 billion 'comfort women' fund
Japanese and South Korean officials say they are track toward setting up a ¥1 billion fund to assist former 'comfort women.'
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 17, 2016
How China boosts Japan's security role in Southeast Asia
Japan has gained the trust and confidence of Southeast Asian nations as all parties seek to cope with regional challenges presented by China.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 17, 2016
'The Present Areas Affected by the Catastrophe: The Art of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima'
Until June 26
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 16, 2016
Trump remarks prompt debate over cost of Japan-U.S. defense ties
Donald Trump, who is now expected to be the Republican candidate for U.S. president, has made a number of disturbing remarks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 15, 2016
Rather than apologize, Obama should vow to halve the U.S. nuclear stockpile
What remains is that egregious, gaudy number: America's 7,000 nuclear weapons, a number that countries without nuclear arms see as a slap in the face.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 14, 2016
Airbag Trump
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2016
James Baker: A Trump presidency would make world 'far less stable'
Former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing that Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place on Thursday, just as the Republican presidential candidate met with party congressional leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2016
Next stop Tulsa as Solar Impulse 2 leaves Arizona before dawn
An experimental airplane powered solely by energy from the sun stored in batteries took off from Arizona early on Thursday on the 11th leg of a historic bid by its pilots and developers to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2016
A 'new approach' for the Russian territorial dispute?
If Shinzo Abe makes any attempt to offer concessions to Moscow over the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, hawks in the Foreign Ministry are sure to fight him every step of the way.
Takayuki Kobayashi set to announce LDP presidential bid
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi speaks to reporters during a visit to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
The rule of law is coming for Putin
Efforts to hold the Kremlin accountable for the war in Ukraine have begun, with the International Criminal Court already issuing arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others for unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
'The Box Man': Absurdist Kobo Abe adaptation speaks to the present
A Tokyo man who scuttles around the city in a dirty cardboard box finds himself fighting off odd characters in Gakuryu Ishii’s “The Box Man.”
Love was a most subversive affair in Edo Japan
Only two other class of persons were treated with anything like the merciless ferocity meted out to lovers: subversives and Christians.
Prepare for a new wave of anime-born bands
Produced by Toei Animation, “Girls Band Cry” follows five young women who form a band and navigate the Japanese rock landscape.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.

Podcast

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

Longform

The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
By Yuko Tamura

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