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JR EAST

EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2013
A moderate wins in Tehran
Hassan Rowhani's victory in Iran's presidential election was a surprise, but don't expect this 'moderate' to radically alter the country's course.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2013
Asia's developing frontier with Latin America
As the U.S. economy struggles, trade within the Forum for East Asia and Latin American Cooperation has grown 20% on average in a decade.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2013
Iran's presidential election augurs better future
Hassan Rowhani's election as Iran's new president augurs well for that country and for a world tired of the senseless rhetoric from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2013
Virtuous, vicious or just circular? Loop line to wed pair
East Japan Railway Co. announced Tuesday that a lucky couple will get the chance to hold a special wedding ceremony on board its Yamanote Line later this year.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2013
The trouble within Islam
There is a problematic strain within Islam, and we have to be honest about it. At its heart is a view of religion that is not compatible with pluralistic societies.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
May 21, 2013
Fear and incarceration, from Kampala to Nagoya
"I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, where two men lay. I couldn't tell if they were dead or alive. They had been...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 17, 2013
KAT-TUN star's knack for reinvention aids film role
Director Satoshi Miki's new comedy "Ore Ore (It's Me, it's Me)" is more on the cultish than the commercial end of the scale, with its head-scratcher of a story about a first-time scammer who starts encountering various versions of himself in a bizarre new world: karmic payback for impersonating a stranger...
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2013
Arab Christians suffer as Islamists rise to power
The abductions of the Syriac Orthodox archbishop and his Greek Orthodox counterpart reflect not only the brutality of Syria's conflict but also the Mideast crisis for Christians.
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2013
The changing map of Mideast political power
The eruption of the Arab revolts in 2010-2011 put power relations among Middle East countries in a state of flux. Both winners and losers have emerged.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2013
Jets 'held back amid Benghazi attacks'
As the weakly protected U.S. diplomatic compound in eastern Libya came under attack the night of Sept. 11, 2012, the deputy head of the embassy in Tripoli sought in vain to get the Pentagon to scramble fighter jets over Benghazi in a show of force that might have averted a second attack on a nearby CIA...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2013
China's stealth wars of acquisition
China is waging stealth wars — without firing a shot — to change the status quo of the South and East China seas, its border with India, and international rivers.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2013
Organized crime in East Asia
Working together with East Asian countries to battle organized crime is a better use of Japanese political efforts than trying to revise the Constitution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2013
Egypt's fundamentalist rulers crush lives, hopes of women
The ambush came from the left, from a side street which led up the hill to Mokattam Mosque. A rush of hundreds of men running down on the march of antigovernment protesters, bringing a sudden clatter of rocks landing all around, the crack of shots fired and the whizz of tear gas canisters. Sticks, stones...
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2013
Symbols, substance in the Mideast
Barack Obama succeeded in reaching out to Israelis and Palestinians during his recent trip, though some say his success grew out of low expectations.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 26, 2013
Syria 'red lines' leave Obama flummoxed
The suspicious attack that killed 26 people in northern Syria last week exposed the difficulty of determining whether the Syrian regime has resorted to using chemical weapons, as well as the lingering uncertainty over how President Barack Obama would respond if what he has called a "red line" is crossed....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2013
Asia and a post-U.S. Mideast
Dependence on imported oil motivated the U.S. military presence in the Mideast after 1945. With energy self-sufficiency in sight, will the U.S. pull back
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.

Podcast

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

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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