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CRIME & LEGAL
Japanese scholar allegedly gang-raped in India; five arrested
India arrests five in the alleged gang rape of a Japanese scholar who says she was held for three weeks near the famed Buddhist pilgrimage center in Bodh Gaya.
NATIONAL
Four Japanese were nominees for '64 Nobel literature prize: documents
Novelists Junichiro Tanizaki and Yukio Mishima were among those nominated for the 1964 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy reveals after 50 years of secrecy.
NATIONAL
Japan to keep pushing North Korea to advance abduction issue
BY KO HIRANO
Seeing no tangible progress in the investigation into Japanese abduction victims that North Korea launched half a year ago, Tokyo will continue pushing Pyongyang to report its findings as soon ...
POLITICS & DIPLOMACY
Government may start working on 70th WWII anniversary statement from March
The government is moving to set up a panel of experts toward crafting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in ...
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NATIONAL
JNTO may hold Hokkaido Shinkansen seminars in U.S.
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Scientists make strides in tsunami warning
BY KERRY SHERIDAN
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Luxury fashion takes on fitness technology
BY LEANNE ITALIE
SCIENCE & HEALTH
South Korean flown to Germany for Ebola treatment
CRIME
Libyan on trial for U.S. embassies bombings in Africa dies: Wife
NATIONAL| JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Debate over WW1 role; 21 Nazis snatched off Yokohama; new Red China policy adopted; Nagasaki mayor shot
BY EDAN CORKILL
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1915 Debate over role in European conflict Amid many rumors and arguments about Japanese participation in the European war, two things are certain — namely, that Great Britain does not like it, and that Japan is ready to ...
NATIONAL
Japan, China held top-secret talks in 1964 on normalizing relations
NATIONAL| BIG IN JAPAN
Getting a head start on wartime stories
BY MARK SCHREIBER
NATIONAL| MEDIA MIX
The highlights of Japanese media in 2014
BY PHILIP BRASOR
POLITICS & DIPLOMACY
Japan to assist urban development in Vietnam
NATIONAL
Housing suitable for kids may raise birthrate
NATIONAL
Komeito chief wants tax breaks by autumn, urges remorse on war anniversary
ASIA PACIFIC| ANALYSIS
AirAsia boss credited for deft response to tragedy
Stephen Wright and Eileen Ng If AirAsia bounces back from its first fatal disaster, much of the credit will go to its effusive founder, Tony Fernandes, and a well-oiled communications machine. From the highly visible compassion shown by Fernandes to details such as changing ...
WORLD
Photos of Palin's son stepping on dog trigger online outrage
ASIA PACIFIC
Thousands flee homes as Australian wildfires rage
ASIA PACIFIC
Deadly Shanghai crowd crush spotlights China's growing pains
WORLD
Kentucky plane crash kills four; 7-year-old walks away
ASIA PACIFIC
Some AirAsia crash victims found belted in seats
WORLD
Migrant-smugglers' latest tactic: Put ships on autopilot
TECH
California lawsuit accuses Apple of storage capacity sleight of hand
Apple on Friday faced a lawsuit accusing it of promising more available storage space than it actually delivers in iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices. The suit filed early this week in U.S. District Court in Northern California argues that while Apple touts 16 ...
BUSINESS
Clothing industry to put tag on 'genuine' Japan-made items
BUSINESS
87% of big firms expect economy to expand in 2015
BUSINESS
Apple customers sue over shortage of storage space in iOS 8
BUSINESS
Sony expands 'The Interview' to pay-TV systems, more cinemas
CORPORATE
Forget North Korea, Sony hack may have been an inside job
BUSINESS
Doughnut fight coming as convenience stores challenge market leader Mister Donut
MORE SPORTS
Fujitsu outplays Kwansei Gakuin, claims first Rice Bowl title
BY HIROSHI IKEZAWA
The dominance of the X League champion in the Rice Bowl extended for another year, as the Fujitsu Frontiers defeated the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters 33-24 for the overall national championship on Saturday at Tokyo Dome. The Frontiers captured their first Rice Bowl title ...
MORE SPORTS
Houston roars back for win
NBA
Stars carry Warriors
NBA
Rondo sizzles in return to Boston
MLB
Pedro awaits call from Hall
TRACK & FIELD
Aoyama Gakuin takes ekiden title
SOCCER
Gerrard to leave Liverpool
HOW-TOS| HOME TRUTHS
Property borders: Where to draw the line
BY PHILIP BRASOR AND MASAKO TSUBUKU
Some years ago we lived in western Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in a neighborhood that clung to the contours of a hilly terrain. Many of the streets were just dirt and gravel, even though the area was fully developed. Neighbors told us that they had ...
ISSUES| JUST BE CAUSE
Hate, muzzle and poll: a top 10 of issues for 2014
BY DEBITO ARUDOU
COMMUNITY
Most read Community stories of 2014
VOICES| COMMUNITY CHEST
Readers' letters: Roppongi, Ferguson, 'Massan,' Julien Blanc and more
VOICES| COMMUNITY CHEST
Discussing sex crimes and Japan's 'safety myth'
TRAVEL
Art festival lights up Amsterdam in dark winter
BY MIKE CORDER
As a canal boat slides along Amsterdam’s elegant Herengracht canal, a man walking over a bridge pushes down and pulls up on a bicycle pump. As he does, a model tulip — its flower glowing purple — rises sedately from beneath the water. The ...
STYLE & DESIGN| ON: DESIGN
Designs to liven up house and home
LIFESTYLE
Homeless guides show a 'hidden' Barcelona
BY DANIEL BOSQUE
FOOD & DRINK| NATURE'S PANTRY
Niigata home brews enhance teatime
BY NANCY SINGLETON HACHISU
FOOD & DRINK| NAGOYA RESTAURANTS
Head to a temple for a New Year's meal
BY ADAM MILLER
REVIEW
Novelist Mizumura fights to arrest fall of Japanese literature
BY SOPHIE KNIGHT
The abiding belief among some native English speakers in Japan is that Japanese people need to use more English instead of sheltering in the comfort of a mother tongue barely spoken beyond their archipelago. The Fall of Language in the Age of English, by ...
REVIEW| ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
BY J.J. O'DONOGHUE
REVIEW
Fu-go
BY J.J. O'DONOGHUE
REVIEW
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
BY ELLIOTT SAMUELS
FILM
What if 'The Interview' had been made in Japan?
BY MARK SCHILLING
EDITORIAL
New copyright protections, risks
It is hoped that the revision to Japan's Copyright Law, which took effect this year, will help bring healthy development of digital publication, while affording new protections for publishers and authors.
EDITORIAL
A year to study history
In Asia, perhaps the most important political task in 2015 will be understanding the personality and the politics of China's top leader, Xi Jinping. That means studying history.
JEFF KINGSTON
Revisiting controversy in the Year of the Sheep
The year 2015 will not be a quiet one for Japan or its people as the region marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Fifteen Year War (1931-45), the Pacific War (1941-45) and Japanese colonialism in Korea and Taiwan. There will be ...
RAMESH THAKUR
How to root out the poison of extremism in Pakistan
The intertwining of religious terrorism, the colonization of the state by the army and the obsession with India as an existential threat has mutated into a virulent toxin feeding parasitically on Pakistan.
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