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JAPANESE TV

LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 15, 2017
Reciting the rescript to flaunt your Japanese
If you'd like to learn the Imperial Rescript on Education as a Japanese memory test, it's less than a single A4 page in length.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2017
Patriotic Japan poster from 2011 causes social media stir after campaign's model outed as Chinese
A poster designed six years ago in an apparent bid to promote patriotism has recently gone viral on social media thanks to its catchphrase, which has revived public debate on race, and the revelation that its smiling model is actually Chinese.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 15, 2017
Desperately short of labor, midsized firms plan to buy robots
Desperate to overcome the nation's growing shortage of labor, midsized companies are planning to buy robots and other equipment to automate a wide range of tasks, including manufacturing, earthmoving and hotel room service.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2017
Should the U.S. share the 'spear' with Japan?
Is it worth the potentially high political and fiscal costs for Japan to pursue missile-strike capabilities?
JAPAN / History
May 9, 2017
Japan's little-known, but significant, role in World War I
In the midst of debates about whether the Self-Defense Forces should be dispatched to the far corners of the globe to assist a military alliance partner, an obscure episode involving the Imperial Japanese Navy a century ago in the Mediterranean Sea offers key lessons for today's politicians, bureaucrats...
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 6, 2017
Corporate zombies need 'rich brains'
Japan has lost something. That's a stark but uncontroversial statement. Few whose memory goes back a generation or more will disagree. Controversy arises when the talk turns to what was lost; when, how and why it was lost; whether the nation is the better or worse for having lost it; and, if the former,...
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CULTURE / Art
May 2, 2017
'Amigo Koike Exhibition: From Higashi-Nihon to Kumamoto — Still 3.11 2011'
April 29-July 17
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 1, 2017
Labor shortage prompts grudging turn to permanent jobs
The tightest labor market in decades is showing signs of reversing a long shift toward the hiring of temporary workers.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2017
The Democratic Party in disarray
The DP leadership needs to take the revolt and defection of its members seriously and rebuild the party before it's too late.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2017
Kaiho Yusho: painting privilege
The Momoyama Period (1573-1615) artist Kaiho Yusho (1533-1615) was renowned among the elite painters of his time, and still is. More remarkable, however, is that fame came when he was in his 60s during what is called his "early" period. Over the following two decades, he went from painting for priests...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 25, 2017
A political tool called 'national security crisis'
The nation's deteriorating security environment explains why people continue to support the Abe administration even though they harbor doubts about it.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 22, 2017
Could Japan become a future cultural melting pot?
Why not welcome 10 million immigrants to Japan by 2050? That's Hidenori Sakanaka's pitch, but it's a hard sell.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 22, 2017
'Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan': Of insubordination and the road to WWII
In "Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan," multi-lingual Hebrew University senior lecturer Danny Orbach tracks nearly 80 years (1860-1936) of the influence of the Imperial Japanese Army's officer class on Japan.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 22, 2017
'Second-Best Justice: The Virtues of Japanese Private Law': Championing mediocrity in the courts
Ignore the irony of a tenured Harvard professor railing against the pursuit of excellence and employment security and J. Mark Ramseyer's book is fun and enlightening.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 16, 2017
Ken Domon and the artistry of real life
By 1957, photographer Ken Domon had reached the peak of his creative powers. A picture taken that year in Hiroshima, which he was visiting for the first time to chronicle the lingering effect of the bomb, shows him supremely confident: ram-rod straight on a stool, tripod in one hand, he casts a sideway...
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 15, 2017
'The Just Bento Cookbook': Riffing on the theme of the Japanese packed lunch
Nourishment means nurturing in Japan, and nowhere does this hold more true than in the daily bento.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2017
Kakiemon: Generations of beauty
There's still time to enjoy cherry blossoms. Through May 14, the Toguri Museum of Art in Tokyo is exhibiting a stunning new work by Sakaida Kakiemon XV, the current inheritor of one of the most famous names in Japanese porcelain. The very large lidded jar, commissioned by the museum to commemorate its...
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 10, 2017
1 in 4 Japanese remain unmarried until age 50
Nearly 1 in 4 men and 1 in 7 women had remained unmarried, in a sign that people in Japan are increasingly hesitant to tie the knot.

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?