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JAPANESE TV

EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2016
DP's leadership race begins
The Democratic Party needs to choose a leader capable of transforming the party into contender capable of taking over the reins of government.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 30, 2016
'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Lost Human Genetic Archive'
Sept. 3-Nov. 13
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 30, 2016
'Meiji Kogei: Amazing Japanese Art'
Sept. 7-Oct. 30
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
BOJ stuck in the Stone Age
Haruhiko Kuroda's use of primitive monetary policy tools makes him the Fred Flintstone of central bankers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
Finance Ministry vs. the currency speculators
The Finance Ministry remains hesitant to back its tough talk with action, not least because of U.S. disapproval of supposed 'currency manipulation.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 27, 2016
Japan's super-rich: fun to envy, difficult to emulate
Japanese multimillionaires are the object of intense study by members of the country's middle class, especially those who entertain probably unrealistic hopes of emulating them.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2016
Rengo poll finds 20% of respondents know of workplace LGBT harassment
More than 20 percent of workers have seen discriminatory acts against LGBT people in the workplace, according to a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2016
Japan's shaky fiscal consolidation
Instead of selling rosy high-growth scenarios, the Abe adminstration should present a concrete and credible road map for fiscal rehabilitation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2016
Civility shown to Russo-Japanese War POWs lives on as Matsuyama's legacy
Tucked away in a tiny corner of Matsuyama, on a hillside not too far from the famous Dogo Onsen hot springs resort, lies a unique graveyard. Inside lie gravestones for 98 Russian POWs who died during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, a somber reminder of a time the city is nevertheless generally eager...
OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2016
Japanese Olympic Committee hails record medal haul, states case for more funding
The Japanese Olympic Committee cast a satisfied eye over its biggest-ever Olympic medal haul at the Rio Games on Sunday but warned money must be spent to perform even better at Tokyo 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2016
Dentsu to push simplified Japanese to ease communication with tourists
As part of its project to encourage the creation of tourism services, advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will urge the public to use simple Japanese when communicating with tourists.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Aug 19, 2016
Beat the heat with help from a spicy Japanese staple
The heat and humidity of August doesn't help a waning appetite. Spicy food does, though, and in Japan "spicy" means curry.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2016
Cabinet Office view of 2014 economy contraction differs from BOJ take
The official view in Japan for more than a year has been that the economy contracted in 2014 after a sales-tax hike stunted consumer spending. A new analysis from economists at the central bank paints a very different picture, suggesting that gross domestic product actually grew 2.4 percent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 9, 2016
'Yokoo Maniarism Vol.1'
Aug. 6-Nov. 27
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2016
What does Koike's election mean for Japanese politics?
Yuriko Koike just won the biggest gamble of her political career.

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?