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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2014
Pyongyang wants Japanese officials to visit to meet with 'survivors'
Pyongyang has asked Japan to send government officials to North Korea in a secret contact related to its probe into past abductions of Japanese nationals, proposing that the officials meet with "survivors," a source close to bilateral relations said Sunday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2014
Suzuki becomes youngest Japan LPGA Championship winner
Ai Suzuki earned her first title on Japan's LPGA tour on Sunday, capturing the LPGA Championship by one stroke and replacing Ai Miyazato as the event's youngest winner.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 13, 2014
Waking up to child abuse
With reported cases of child abuse topping 70,000 per annum for the first time in August, Masami Ito examines the nation's changing attitudes toward violence at home.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2014
Japan, U.S. to compile interim report on defense guidelines in October
Japan and the United States plan to wait until early October to finish drawing up an interim report on the planned revision to bilateral defense cooperation guidelines, as they need to spend more time on its wording, a government source said in Tokyo.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 13, 2014
Japan U-21s, Nadeshiko look toward future
Makoto Teguramori's men will kick off Japan's Asian Games campaign on Sunday when they take on Kuwait in the soccer competition.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 13, 2014
Abenomics Race Car
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2014
Test scores can't tell all about kids
The education ministry's decision to make public, prefecture by prefecture, the average scores of annual nationwide achievement tests carried out in April for junior high and elementary school students is problematic.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014
JAEA facility in Ibaraki suffers radioactive water leak
Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced Thursday that a pool of radioactive water was found in the radiation uncontrolled area of its materials testing reactor in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 11, 2014
Japan national team schedules November friendlies against Honduras, Australia
Japan will face Honduras and Australia in friendlies on Nov. 14 and 18 respectively, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 11, 2014
BOJ adviser Kawai urges Abe to proceed with second tax hike
The Abe administration should proceed with the next consumption tax hike as planned to signal it is serious about reining in the world's biggest debt burden, an adviser to Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2014
'Discover, Discover Japan'
In October 1970, Japanese National Railways launched its Discover Japan advertising campaign in the hopes of keeping and cultivating the increased number of railway users that it had gained during the Japan World Exposition, which had finished a month earlier.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2014
Abe's astute Aussie diplomacy needs to be repeated in Asia
The recent joint declaration by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, affirms that both countries have made great strides toward realizing a late 19th-century dream of closer ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2014
Japanese youths becoming less engaged with U.S., observers warn
The U.S.-Japan relationship remains extremely close due to shared interests and common strategic concerns. But issues ranging from trade negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership to a perception on the U.S. side that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is too focused on the past, have created immediate political...
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2014
Japan, N. Korea reportedly had secret contact over abduction report
Leaks about another secret abduction meeting say Pyongyang's first report on its new probe into the issue is being delayed by a demand to ease Japanese sanctions.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 10, 2014
Anatomy of a scam: Aomori targeted by fake agents
A trail of deceit has produced fake 2014-15 contracts for several American basketball players for the Aomori Wat's, The Japan Times learned during a one-month investigation of alleged fraudulent agents.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Wrestlers Negotiators
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Japan, U.S. considering offensive military capability for Tokyo: officials
Tokyo and Washington are exploring the possibility of Japan acquiring offensive weapons that would allow it to project power far beyond its borders, Japanese officials said, a move likely to infuriate China.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2014
Japan mulls applying same tariffs to beef imports from all TPP nations
Japan is mulling applying the same beef tariff rates to all 11 other negotiating member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including the United States, sources familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2014
11% of displaced households in Iwate and Miyagi haven't decided where they want to live
Eleven percent of the households displaced in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have failed to specify in recent surveys which types of housing they wish to move to from their current temporary housing.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 9, 2014
Japan squanders lead twice in draw with Venezuela
Japan twice took the lead but failed to deliver a first win for new manager Javier Aguirre in a 2-2 friendly draw with Venezuela on Tuesday night.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
Japan’s minimum wage might not budge much if corporate fears prevail
Unionists hold a rally in Tokyo in April. Households' real cash earnings have been falling year on year for more than two years, with the weakening of the yen making the situation only more difficult as prices of imported goods increase rapidly.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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