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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2013
Park to usher in new era of friendship, or side with China?
Park Geun Hye was inaugurated Monday as South Korea's first female president, ushering in what many in Japan hope will be a new era in improved bilateral relations, which were strained by her predecessor, Lee Myung Bak.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2013
Hit North Korea through its financing network
Washington and Seoul should target the global network of banks and front companies that sustain North Korea's palace economy as well as its gulags.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Nov 24, 2011
Tamagtotchi turns 15, as virtual pets continue to evolve
The 15th anniversary of Tamagotchi, the 8-bit egg that launched a generation of virtual pets, is celebrated with blinged out pink and purple models.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2011
To the brink of worst case
More than six months since the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant started, people not directly affected by it appear to be gradually losing their acute concern about the crisis.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2011
Reform of prosecution
The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office on July 8 announced reform of the special investigation squads, which exist at the district public prosecutors offices in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. The reform was prompted by recent irregular events involving investigators of such squads, which have contributed to...
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2011
Ensure food safety
On July 8, radioactive cesium in excess of the provisional government limit was detected in beef from a cow shipped from Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, to a Tokyo slaughterhouse. Later beef from 10 other cows from the city was found to have been contaminated with such cesium.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 17, 2009
Tokyo Meatrea: a cut above your usual food court
Herbivores be damned. Namco announces plans for new 'food theme park' dedicated to meat. Yes, meat.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 25, 2009
Paying Aso back with praise
Ranking officials at the Foreign Ministry appear more preoccupied with presenting Prime Minister Taro Aso as dexterous at diplomacy than promoting the national interest. One official has confided that it is now their turn to return the favor given to them when Aso was foreign minister.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2007
Working with China
Building upon the achievement of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Hu Jintao during their Beijing summit in October 2006, Mr. Abe and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao have agreed on concrete measures for promoting a "mutually beneficial strategic relationship" in such fields as economic cooperation...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 25, 2006
Ainu culture in Hokkaido's Akan National Park
When Japan's Meiji Era (1868-1912) government concluded that the country had a manifest destiny to commence full-scale colonization of the hitherto barely developed northern island of Hokkaido, it set about the task assiduously.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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