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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2017
Historical truths can take decades to unearth
Journalist Eidai Hayashi is battling cancer. At 83 years old, he can barely keep hold of his fountain pen, since the pain has spread to every part of his body.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2017
Emperor, Empress to meet Vietnamese wives, children of WWII soldiers
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will hold meetings with Vietnamese women that Japanese soldiers married during the war and the children they had starting from Feb. 28, the government said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2017
High court upholds four-year sentence for South Korean over Yasukuni blast
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a South Korean man to four years in prison in connection with an incident that damaged a lavatory at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in 2015.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 4, 2017
Do the memories of 'comfort women' matter?
It is clear that as mutual recriminations mount, the irreversible and final resolution of the 'comfort women' problem pledged at the end of 2015 remains elusive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 4, 2017
Japan Times 1942: 'Roosevelt orders aliens to abandon homes'
President Franklin Roosevelt's high-handed action ordering 10,000 aliens residing chiefly in the West Coast of the United States to abandon their homes has deeply shocked Christian circles in Japan, according to Domei.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2017
South Korea joins China, asks Asian Games organizer to change hotel over Nanking Massacre denial book
South Korea has joined China in asking the organizer of the Asian Winter Games to change the hotel for its athletes due to a controversial history book placed in its guest rooms, the organizer said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2017
Chinese athletes won't be staying at Apa Hotel in Sapporo over massacre book
The organizing committee for the upcoming Asian Winter Games will change the lodgings for Chinese athletes from the Apa Hotel in Sapporo, where copies of a book denying the 1937 Nanking Massacre are placed in guest rooms, a committee source said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 29, 2017
Caroline Kennedy's legacy in Japan will be her message of equality and reconciliation
Caroline Kennedy left a deep impression upon Japan and will long be remembered for her positive role here.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 28, 2017
Sino-Japanese propaganda wars are heating up
Both Japan and China are wielding history like a cudgel to bash the other and assert a sanctimonious nationalism that impedes reconciliation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jan 24, 2017
A-bomb museum shows newly discovered photos of 1945 mushroom cloud, A-bomb dome
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Tuesday showed to the press 10 newly discovered photos, including one taken by the crew of the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2017
China tourism body backs boycott of Apa hotels over book denying Nanking Massacre
China's tourism administration has urged tour operators to sever ties with the APA hotel chain after an escalating row over the hotelier's denial of the 1937 Nanking Massacre.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jan 22, 2017
Arizona holds ceremony to memorialize Gila River WWII internment camp
A city in Arizona memorialized a WWII internment camp for Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans on Saturday by unveiling a series of panels with information about the area's wartime history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 21, 2017
Media deployed to fight history wars in East Asia
At a recent conference funded by the Toshiba Foundation on the media's role in representing the shared wartime past in East Asia, scholars and journalists gathered at Cambridge University to assess the current state of play.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2017
A-bomb survivor and others press Trump on nuclear disarmament
A Japanese atomic bomb survivor along with anti-war activists and scholars from around the globe urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to recognize the threat of nuclear weapons and pursue disarmament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 31, 2016
Japan Times 1992: 'George Bush collapses during official dinner'
U.S. President George Bush collapsed in the middle of an official banquet Wednesday night and returned early to the Government Guesthouse in Tokyo's Akasaka district.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 29, 2016
Honolulu paper hails Abe's Pearl Harbor visit, calls it 'sense of closure'
A Hawaiian newspaper on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the symbolic site of Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama.
EDITORIALS
Dec 28, 2016
Beyond Abe's Pearl Harbor visit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor serves as a reminder of the need for full reconciliation with Japan's Asian neighbors that suffered from its past aggression and colonial rule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 28, 2016
Leaders' Hawaii remarks include veiled message for Trump: experts
Two mavens say the speeches of Abe and Obama contain a message for the incoming leader about the Japan-U.S. relationship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2016
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit hailed in Japan, but some question lack of apology
Japanese war survivors on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor to offer condolences for those who died in the 1941 surprise attack there, but some questioned the lack of an apology or mention of the state's responsibility for pursuing war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2016
Abe offers 'everlasting condolences' at Pearl Harbor as Obama praises partnership in peace
Abe's historic visit to Hawaii wraps up with addresses from himself and U.S. President Barack Obama.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
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.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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