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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020
Your sexuality can make you enemy of the state in Poland
Once a model European Union country diligently integrating with its Western allies, Poland stands out even among eastern members for the way it is rebelling against Brussels.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 15, 2020
Buddhist monk and makeup artist seeks LGBTQ equality in Japan
Kodo Nishimura has recently released a book about his experiences, and hopes to raise awareness and spark discussion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 3, 2020
COVID-19 accelerates the irritation in society we all feel
“If a married couple can't get along in a pandemic, who can?”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2020
Japan Airlines ditches 'ladies and gentlemen' for gender-neutral greetings
The announcement comes as gender-equality advocates say corporate support for LGBT rights is growing in socially conservative Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Sep 21, 2020
When Hitoshi met Bob: A Tokyo love story
Bob Tobin couldn't speak a lick of Japanese. Hitoshi Ohashi couldn't speak any English. Still, they made things work.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2020
China's wedding gown city sees trade shrink as couples cut back amid virus
By 2023, China's market for goods and services related to nuptuals was expected to be worth 3 trillian yuan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 15, 2020
‘Intimate Disconnections’: What makes marriage work and end?
Allison Alexy's book on divorce, with useful advice and firsthand accounts, is an absorbing study of Japanese attitudes toward love and marriage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 27, 2020
Fighting for the right to recognize same-sex marriage in Japan
The notion of legal partnerships is gaining acceptance and yet entrenched political obstacles remain.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2020
Weddings starting to be held again in Japan
The number of couples in Japan planning to hold wedding ceremonies is increasing gradually after the government lifted its coronavirus emergency in late May.
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.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
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 promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
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.

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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