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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2019
Trump plays up 'good relationship' with North Korea's Kim, but hints at possibility of military action
U.S. President Donald Trump, well-known for his off-the-cuff remarks, hinted Tuesday at the possibility of military action against North Korea if necessary, despite emphasizing his "good relationship" with leader Kim Jong Un.
EDITORIALS
Dec 3, 2019
Common enmity shouldn't guide Japan-India ties
The Japan-India partnership must focus on genuine accomplishments and securing prosperity and stability for both nations' peoples.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2019
Modi lacks the political ticker for tough economic decisions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lost his nerve again and has locked India into a bleak future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2019
North Korea warns it's up to the U.S. to decide what 'Christmas gift' it will get
North Korea has one question for the United States: Naughty or nice?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 2, 2019
Should Tokyo cancel Xi's visit due to Hong Kong?
A patriotic but pragmatic prime minister like Yasuhiro Nakasone would never try to show Japan's displeasure by canceling Xi's upcoming state visit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2019
Proposed Korean wartime labor foundation said unlikely to cover 'comfort women'
A foundation proposed by South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang to pay consolation money to Koreans who worked for Japanese companies during the war is unlikely to cover the former "comfort women," Yonhap news agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2019
Top Japanese and South Korean diplomats likely to discuss wartime labor issue at Madrid meet
Top South Korean and Japanese diplomats will likely meet on the sidelines of a gathering of Asian and European foreign ministers later this month to discuss a resolution to a yearlong dispute, Yonhap news agency reported.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 1, 2019
Japan is a soft power superpower
Japan has never looked more attractive to the world as it entered the new imperial Reiwa era on the precipice of the Tokyo Olympics next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Dec 1, 2019
Aligning interests deepen Japanese-Aussie defense ties
Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds made her first official visit to Tokyo in November, holding talks with her counterpart, Taro Kono, reiterating their commitment to the security relationship between the two countries, and consolidated a series of new measures designed to deepen their defense...
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2019
Japan skirts question about possibility of SDF dispatch to Russian-held islands off Hokkaido
The government has skirted a question about the possibility of sending Self-Defense Forces troops to four Russian-held isles off Hokkaido that are at the center of the two countries' territorial dispute.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2019
North Korea warns Japan it could see missile overflying country 'in the not distant future'
North Korea warns that Japan could again see missiles overflying the country again after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls Pyongyang's latest test a “ballistic missile” launch.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
The rule of law is coming for Putin
Efforts to hold the Kremlin accountable for the war in Ukraine have begun, with the International Criminal Court already issuing arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others for unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Despite disbandment, factions still loom over LDP leadership race
If two veterans, Toshimitsu Motegi and Shigeru Ishiba, run for the role of Liberal Democratic Party president, the race might come down to a choice between one of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s allies versus one of LDP Vice President Taro Aso’s allies.
Japan Times revamps iOS mobile app
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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