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Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 17, 2013
Thoughts of rice and Japanese men
If you're like me or the men in my life, you probably broke down and wept for joy on June 4, when Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda scored the goal that bagged Japan's slot in the FIFA World Cup next year. At such sports events, one or another of my brothers turn up at my place, hauling their boozy,...
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2013
Mr. Obama's new security team
The two replacements to President Barack Obama's security team could well impact his decisions while underscoring women's roles in national security policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2013
White House has Susan Rice where it wants her
Susan Rice's appointment to be the next U.S. national security adviser is payback for her loyalty to Barack Obama and a thumb in the eyes of her Senate critics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2013
As Abe leans toward TPP, car, insurance sacrifices possible
With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe determined to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact, the focus has now shifted to how much deregulation Tokyo would have to sacrifice to Washington in the automobile and insurance sectors in exchange for the protection of Japan's politically...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 16, 2013
Will new 'golden rice' revolutionize the world?
Scientists say they have seen the future of genetically modified foods and have concluded that it is orange or, more precisely, golden.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 13, 2011
Traditional paddies are great ecosystems
Japan's rice-farming areas face two broad trends: field abandonment and farm modernization. Both impact the environment as well as the economy.
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 13, 2011
Japan as a rice culture? Not so quick, says anthropologist
What could be more Japanese than rice? Without the pearly white grain there would be no mochi (rice cakes) at New Year's or sake at shrines, no sushi, no lunchtime onigiri (rice balls), no verdant paddies to mark summer in the countryside.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 22, 2011
Consumers have last word on fate of rice farming
When it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, what's bad for rice farmers could be good for consumers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 16, 2011
Chefs rise to rice-flour roll cake challenge
The popularity of rice flour and Sanyo's Gopan home bakery keeps going strong.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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