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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2017
Chinese state-run newspaper applauds nation’s anti-espionage push after report CIA sources were killed
A controversial state-run Chinese newspaper praised the country’s anti-espionage activities in an editorial Monday, just a day after The New York Times reported that Beijing had allegedly killed or imprisoned more than a dozen CIA sources between 2010 and 2012.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 22, 2017
Time to ditch the polar bears? Climate change looks for a new image
What does climate change look like? For many people, the first — or perhaps only — image that comes to mind is of smokestacks, or polar bears perched on ice floes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 9, 2017
China cries ‘fake news’ in reaction to report about U.S. Navy chief Harris
China’s Foreign Ministry has labeled as “fake news and not worth refuting” a report that Beijing urged Washington to fire the top U.S. naval commander in the Pacific in return for boosted pressure on North Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 6, 2017
‘Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan’: Persuasive and important but incomplete
May 3 marks the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day, an annual reminder of the necessity of unfettered media in the maintenance of healthy societies.
WORLD
May 3, 2017
NSA collected Americans’ phone records despite change in law
The National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans’ phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the top U.S. intelligence officer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 12, 2017
Hollywood’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’ remake misses the mark
After the online petitions, the countless think pieces and Twitter tirades, Hollywood’s “Ghost in the Shell” was never going to have an easy passage. Rupert Sanders’ film — a $110 million live-action movie based on a beloved manga and anime property — was ill-fated from the start, tarnished by the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 18, 2017
The Japan tabloid guide to health and happiness
An alien first encountering Japan’s weekly tabloid magazines might conclude he has come to Earth in a nation of inquisitive hypochondriacs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
Trump aides’ bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2017
White House bars some news organizations from briefing
The White House excluded several major U.S. news organizations, including some it has openly criticized, from a briefing at the White House on Friday.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 23, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 1
The first in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the year just passed.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Feb 19, 2017
Media outside Japan must stop normalizing sumo as an ethno-sport
Foreign correspondents should not pander to stereotypes, passing overt racism off as ‘tradition’ practiced by those mystical, hidebound, inscrutable Japanese.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2017
White House investigating leaks of Trump telephone calls to Australian, Mexican leaders
The White House is looking into how embarrassing details of President Donald Trump’s recent tense phone conversations with his counterparts in Australia and Mexico were leaked to news organizations, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Fox News Channel.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
Trump administration seeks to muzzle agencies on environment
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to curb the flow of information from government agencies involved in environmental issues, actions apparently designed to silence dissenting views.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
Trump’s press secretary promises ‘never to lie’ after ‘alternative facts’ briefing
President Donald Trump’s press secretary promised reporters on Monday that he would never lie after a weekend briefing in which he made statements about the crowd size for Trump’s inauguration that were debunked.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2017
Trump camp dodges facts, declares ‘tooth and nail’ war against critical media
The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media “tooth and nail” over what it sees as unfair attacks, with a top adviser saying the Trump administration had presented “alternative facts” to counter low inauguration crowd estimates.
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 Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Chinese state media lambastes Trump on Taiwan, calls issue ‘Pandora’s box of lethal potential’
Chinese state-run media have lashed out at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments on Taiwan, with one newspaper calling the issue a “Pandora’s box of lethal potential” that could upend the two powers’ relationship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end ‘one-China’ policy and China will ‘take revenge’
State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Beijing would “take revenge” if he reneged on the “one-China” policy, only hours after Taiwan’s president made a controversial stopover in Houston.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 6, 2017
Norway to switch off FM radio in risky, unpopular shift to digital
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering whether to follow suit.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 21, 2016
Tokyo’s international community needs a voice — and places to call its own
Let’s pull together as a community and return to our once-confident roots.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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