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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 4, 2018
Don't renegotiate 'comfort women' deal
Renegotiation efforts, no matter how well-intentioned, would undermine the agreement of 2015, with no guarantee of success and much risk of failure.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2018
Britain looks to join Pacific trade deal after Brexit: Financial Times
The United Kingdom is interested in joining the latest version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc after it leaves the European Union, the Financial Times newspaper said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 3, 2018
U.S. warns Pyongyang against new missile test and plays down Kim-proposed talks with Seoul
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington would not take any talks between North and South Korea seriously if they did not do something to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 2, 2018
The zero hour of Kobe's avant-garde
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art's present draw card is the Saint Petersburg collection, "Old Masters from the State Hermitage Museum." But on a lower level, at the far end of a long corridor gallery, are photos and grainy videos — the small-scale documentation of one of Japan's little-known postwar...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 31, 2017
Japan in 2018 — 10 possible surprises
Here are some far-out predictions that, if they come true, would be truly earthshaking. Enjoy, and best wishes for a successful and happy 2018.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2017
Riken-backed group targets hair changes as new way to gauge human health
A group including state-affiliated research institute Riken has started a joint study to develop technology to analyze human health based on changes in people's hair shape and components.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2017
Five private members of Reconciliation and Healing Foundation quit amid debate over 'comfort women' accord
Five of the eight directors of a foundation set up by the South Korean government to support the surviving former "comfort women" with Japanese funding are resigning, it was learned Saturday from sources familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 30, 2017
Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi are among 16 named to Japan speedskating squad for 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics
Nao Kodaira and Miho Takagi were among the 16 speedskaters named to the Winter Olympic team by the Japan Skating Federation on Saturday, after the final races of Japan's qualifying meet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2017
Japan moves to host trilateral summit with South Korea and China in early April
Japan arranges to hold a long-delayed trilateral leaders' summit with China and South Korea in April, but China remains silent on the invite.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 30, 2017
New Year Baby Helmet
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2017
Russia says Tokyo's deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations and will impact peace treaty negotiations
A decision by Japan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system will damage Moscow's relations with Tokyo and is a breach by Washington of a landmark arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2017
CDP grants membership to former DP leader Renho; DP says resignation not final
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday approved former Democratic Party leader Renho's application for membership.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2017
LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai invites Xi to visit Tokyo next year amid warming ties with Beijing
A ruling party heavyweight has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Tokyo next year, as the two countries show promising signs of strengthening their sometimes strained relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2017
Japan dismisses South Korean criticism of 'comfort women' deal
Japan on Wednesday rejected a South Korean government report that raised doubts over the process that led to a bilateral deal aimed at resolving a dispute over Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2017
South Korea issues report casting doubt on 2015 'comfort women' deal with Japan
A South Korean report says its government failed to gather the opinions of former “comfort women” who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels before reaching its 2015 deal with Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2017
Rural Fukuoka doctor now leading global campaign for universal health care
Yoshitake Yokokura was a toddler when his father, Kokichi, opened a small clinic in Takata, Fukuoka Prefecture, immediately after World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017
Japan Life rental business, suspected of fraud, goes bust in blow to mostly senior victims
Japan Life Co., suspected of engaging in a fraudulent rental business using magnetic health care products, has gone bankrupt, dealing a blow to thousands of mostly elderly people who purchased its products for investment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
South Korea lacked communication with 'comfort women' on deal with Japan, foreign minister says
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Tuesday the process of reaching a deal with Japan on "comfort women," who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, "lacked significantly" in communication with the victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017
Former abductee to North Korea Hitomi Soga grateful for husband Charles Jenkins' push for return to Japan
In a statement Tuesday — about two weeks after the death of her husband — Soga recalled that she was initially hesitant to return to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017
The top domestic news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following domestic news stories as the most important of 2017.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Many summer fireworks festivals in Japan canceled due to complaints
Fireworks during Irumagawa Tanabata Festival in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture in July 2023
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
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