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EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2013
Nursing services under the knife
The health and welfare ministry plans to end some services under the nursing care insurance system for people whose conditions are not so severe, and have municipalities take them over.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2013
A fair division of tax revenues
The central government should try to work out a permanent system of distributing prefectural corporate taxes to local governments that will help stabilize local revenue and decentralize administrations.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 13, 2013
Obic, Fujitsu to clash in Japan X Bowl
The three-time defending champion Obic Seagulls seek an unprecedented fourth consecutive X League title while the Fujitsu Frontiers look for their first championship as the Japan X Bowl takes place on Monday at Tokyo Dome.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2013
Higher-education stimulus would be sure bet for Japan
Making Japanese universities global as well as world class requires generous support not only for hiring foreigners but also — and far more importantly — for improving conditions for all faculty.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 12, 2013
Lightbulb Secrecy
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2013
Higashikokubaru opts out of Nippon Ishin, Diet
Lower House member and ex-Miyazaki Gov. Hiu00addeo Hiu00adgau00adshiu00adkou00adkuu00adbau00adru exits Nippon Ishin no Kai and will quit as a Diet member, raising speculation that he might try to run for governor of Tokyo or seek his old job in Miyazaki.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2013
Joe Biden asked the right question about women in Japan's workforce
The real disgrace isn't U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's 'gaffe,' but how little is changing for Japanese women even under a prime minister who has pledged to empower them as never before.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2013
U.S. moves embolden China
China's Nov. 23 declaration of an air defense identification zone extending to territories it does not control is just the latest example of its jurisdictional creep that reflects a larger strategy to supplant the U.S. as the preeminent power in Asia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2013
An opportunity for America in China's overreach
Recent Chinese posturing in the East China Sea makes the U.S. pivot to Asia only more welcome. If Washington responds shrewdly, Beijing stands to lose the longer-term contest for leadership.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Dec 9, 2013
Lack of back channels has China talks on ice
Vice President Joe Biden urged Japan and China last week to set up "effective channels of communication" to avoid a dangerous escalation in their increasingly fraught dispute over maritime territory. But the estrangement between the Asian powers is so deep they are barely talking.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 8, 2013
Tuba Vote Disparity
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Dec 7, 2013
Impending Japan-China war has the makings of a Clancy classic
On Nov. 23, China announced the creation of a newly expanded air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, overlapping a large expanse of territory also claimed by Japan. The move has produced a visceral reaction in the Japanese vernacular media, particularly the weekly tabloids. Five...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Dec 7, 2013
Tales from on the trail of Okinawa's rail
Thirty-one years ago I set off on a quest to look for a species so rare that it seemed as mythical as a Phoenix. Not only was it almost unknown, but also the Okinawa Rail had only recently been discovered. It was, as reporters like to say, a species new to science. Nothing was known about its numbers,...
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2013
Japan offers tributes to human rights giant
Japan and its leaders mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, calling South Africa's first black president a 'great leader' who fought apartheid with strong determination.

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