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JAPAN XV

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 24, 2015
SXSW's Japan Nite celebrates 20 lively years
For the past two decades, the Japan Nite showcase has been one of the most celebrated events at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music conference and festival, a gathering where industry types, everyday music fans and performers from all over the world descend on Texas' capital. The music component of this...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2015
Abe, Jokowi agree to stronger security, economic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledge to strengthen relations between their two nations, committing to maritime stability and promoting investment in infrastructure development for the Southeast Asian nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2015
How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank
Sometimes geopolitical shifts happen by accident rather than design.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 23, 2015
Top grads shun Kasumigaseki
More University of Tokyo graduates with high academic records appear headed these days for graduate law schools or are taking jobs in the private sector rather than joining the Japanese bureaucracy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2015
Supplementary aids place teachers on thin ice
Teachers in Japan, as in the U.S., may find themselves without legal cover if they choose to use supplementary classroom materials that they've picked out themselves.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2015
Bank of Japan research casts doubt on Kuroda's comfort on bonds
The Bank of Japan's own researchers are undermining Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's view that the market is functioning well as the central bank buys an unprecedented amount of debt.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2015
Key Japanese firms to be a surprise no-show at Australian submarine event
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industrieshave declined an invitation to attend a gathering of top Australian naval officials and politicians this week.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 23, 2015
U.S. Marines official dismissed over Okinawa protest video leak
The Pentagon has reportedly dismissed a senior U.S. Marine Corps official in Okinawa following the leak of on-base surveillance video to a Japanese neo-nationalist group.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2015
U.S. proposes cooperation between new China-led bank and Western institutions: WSJ
President Barack Obama's administration is proposing that a new Chinese-led development bank over which Washington has voiced concerns work collaboratively with Western development groups like the World Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2015
Nothing will silence anti-coup Thais in Japan
It is difficult to estimate how many Thais who oppose the current military government in Bangkok reside in Japan, but clearly some of them have become more politically active than their counterparts living in Western countries.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 21, 2015
Jeter, Matsui bring star power to charity event
Hideki Matsui stepped into the batter's box for old times' sake and, with former New York Yankees teammate Derek Jeter watching, capped a special day by sending a ball over the fence and into the right-field seats at Tokyo Dome. One more home run for Godzilla on a day full of them for Tohoku.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 21, 2015
Comfort Whitewash
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2015
Japan to expand Southeast Asia security ties with Indonesia pact
Japan will sign a defense pact with Indonesia next week, officials in both governments said, the latest effort by Tokyo to forge closer security ties with Southeast Asian nations and build a counterbalance to China.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Mar 20, 2015
Takashi Murakami + Frisk = super-artsy breath
Pop art in your pocket —u00a0it sharpens it you up.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 20, 2015
Is Burger King's 'Flame Grilled' fragrance a hoax in a bottle?
Burger King will launch its 'Flamed Grilled' fragrance that allows fast-food lovers to smell just like their beloved burgers.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
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.
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.
Despite disbandment, factions still loom over LDP leadership race
If two veterans, Toshimitsu Motegi and Shigeru Ishiba, run for the role of Liberal Democratic Party president, the race might come down to a choice between one of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s allies versus one of LDP Vice President Taro Aso’s allies.
Japan Times revamps iOS mobile app
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.
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.
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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’
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