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SECURITY

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2020
NSC change prepares Japan for new global realities
Japan is moving toward a wiser decision-making process when it comes to key security questions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
Reforming Japan's social security system
Rebuilding Japan's fiscal health will be impossible without overhauling the social security system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2020
60 years on, alliance with U.S. still Japan's best option
Japan has no other practical choice except to maintain the security alliance with the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2020
In the next war, soldiers will leave their smartphones at home
The U.S. and its allies have become used to being able to use whatever devices and communications they wished since the Berlin Wall fell. Those days are ending fast.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 20, 2020
The state of the Japan-U.S. alliance at 60
Over the longer term, the alliance must cope with a growing sense of fatigue among the U.S. public about overseas engagements.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / the Argument: foreign investment
Jan 6, 2020
Will tighter foreign exchange law make Japan secure?
The Argument is a feature dedicated to promoting dialogue and deeper understanding of contentious issues by introducing various viewpoints.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / the Argument: foreign investment
Jan 6, 2020
Japan's foreign exchange law: New curbs on global investors won't serve Japan's broader national interests
The Argument is a feature dedicated to promoting dialogue and deeper understanding of contentious issues by introducing various viewpoints.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / the Argument: foreign investment
Jan 6, 2020
Japan's foreign exchange law: Stricter investment rules a boon to allies, economic security
The Argument is a feature dedicated to promoting dialogue and deeper understanding of contentious issues by introducing various viewpoints.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2020
One reported killed, several wounded as Katyusha rockets fall on Baghdad airport premises
Three Katyusha rockets fell on Baghdad International Airport, the military-run Security Media Cell said in a statement early on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2019
Australia probes 'deeply disturbing' allegations of Chinese political interference
Australia's domestic spy agency is investigating whether China tried to install an agent in federal Parliament in what Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called "deeply disturbing" allegations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 13, 2019
Unwilling or unable? U.S. faces uphill battle in quest to save Japan-South Korea intel pact
As the days tick down before the expiration of a key military intelligence-sharing pact between Japan and South Korea, Washington is dialing up pressure on Seoul to reverse its decision to terminate the agreement.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2019
A needed revamp of the National Security Council
The new NSC better positions Japan to take on and respond to new challenges.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2019
Abe-led government panel suggests reducing hospital beds to cut costs
The number of beds at hospitals nationwide should be reduced by some 130,000 as a measure to cut ballooning social security costs, the panel said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2019
Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life
Norway and Switzerland are the best countries to be a woman and Yemen and Afghanistan the worst, said research Tuesday that found the state of women's rights is not "all doom and gloom" around the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2019
Emperor Naruhito's enthronement free of tensions that surrounded his father's ceremony
The last time the event was held, three decades ago, extremists fighting against the imperial system carried out multiple terror attacks.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2019
Overzealous reform to protect national security
While stricter scrutiny of foreign investments is warranted, a new government proposal goes too far.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
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.
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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