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Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 6, 2015
JFA targets new foreign coach before start of J. League season
The Japan Football Association said Friday the new Japan manager will be a foreigner from a shortlist of around five, and it hopes to have him in place by the start of the new J. League season.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2015
East Asia foreign minister talks set for Seoul in March
Japan, China and South Korea are planning to hold a foreign ministerial meeting in late March in Seoul, Japanese government sources said on Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2015
Piketty's solution for Japan's sick economy? A fourth arrow
French economist and author Thomas Piketty has received rock-star treatment in Japan while arguing that the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policies are ginning up stocks and real estate for the wealthy.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2015
Abe could learn from Weizsaecker
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares a statement for this summer's 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, he might take a cue from the words of the recently departed former German President Richard von Weizsaecker, who faced up to Nazi German's war crimes with honesty and sincerity.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2015
Japan table tennis team to skip matches in Kuwait, Qatar
The Japan Table Tennis Association announced Thursday it will not send a team to either the Kuwait Open or the Qatar Open later this month after two Japanese hostages were killed by the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2015
Private-sector group calls for investment in future generations
Japan needs to stop depending on its legacy of high economic growth and start investing in future generations, a private-sector group consisting of business and labor union leaders and academics said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2015
Jockeys Demuro, Lemaire qualify for JRA's full-time riding license
Mirco Demuro of Italy and Christophe Lemaire of France became the first foreigners to qualify for a full-time riding license by passing the Japan Racing Association's current exam on Thursday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2015
McDonald's Japan posts ¥22 billion loss after food woes
McDonald's Corp.'s Japan affiliate reported its first full-year loss in 11 years as the fast-food chain faced fallout from food scandals and after labor disputes at U.S. ports forced it to ration french fries.
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Feb 5, 2015
JFA announces final World Cup warm-ups for Nadeshiko Japan
Defending champion Japan will play its last domestic warm-ups against New Zealand and Italy before heading off to Canada for the Women's World Cup, the Japan Football Association announced on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2015
Thai general to solicit Japan
Thailand's self-appointed prime minister will pay an official visit to Tokyo on Sunday to sign a deal involving on a high-speed train project and to seek Japan's endorsement of his country's military government.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2015
Better life for dementia sufferers
The government, which recently adopted a new strategy for measures against dementia, needs to follow through on the idea of ensuring a better quality of life for patients by heeding the wishes of sufferers and their families.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
Message trumps the medium at JMAF
When Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase "The medium is the message" in the mid-1960s, the ensuing dialogue on media theory encouraged an approach that persists to the present day: to examine new types of technology through the societal and cultural changes that they engender.
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CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
Ruben Pater: Current advancements in drone technology are worrying
Dutch artist Ruben Pater discusses drones and survival in the modern age:
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2015
Kazuhiro Goshima: The sheer amount of information in 4K ‘exceeds’ reality
Japanese artist Kazuhiro Goshima discusses film, movies and everything in between:
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 4, 2015
Fans want NFL return
It was a Monday night, not a Super Sunday, but an estimated 100 people had assembled for a viewing party for Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on massive screens at a public viewing event in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2015
Japan Tobacco to quit drinks business after 26 years
Japan Tobacco Inc. will exit the drinks business that it has built over the past 26 years, as an "increasingly challenging" operating environment in Japan makes it difficult for the unit to turn a profit.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 4, 2015
JFA VP Tashima confident about winning FIFA seat despite Aguirre scandal
Japan Football Association vice president Kozo Tashima made it clear on Wednesday that the controversial sacking of national team coach Javier Aguirre will not stop him from winning a seat from Asia on FIFA's executive committee.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2015
Dentist group may have given ¥95 million to LDP lawmaker
The Japan Dental Federation may have indirectly provided ¥50 million to a supporters' group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Midori Ishii in 2013, political funds reports from the groups suggest.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2015
Ending aggression in East Asia
Japan's postwar reconciliation efforts have borne abundant fruit that must be cherished and protected by the Abe government.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. fail to resolve TPP differences but may meet again soon
Japan and the United States failed to narrow gaps over the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a week of meetings that ended Tuesday, but the two sides may hold additional working-level talks later this month, Japanese officials said.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
Japan’s minimum wage might not budge much if corporate fears prevail
Unionists hold a rally in Tokyo in April. Households' real cash earnings have been falling year on year for more than two years, with the weakening of the yen making the situation only more difficult as prices of imported goods increase rapidly.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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