JOC’s plan to extend age of retirement is unacceptable

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) is considering extending the official retirement age of its senior executives in an apparent move to keep...

Editorial

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Katakana, used appropriately, can enrich written Japanese

When I was a university student taking law classes 30-plus years ago, reading textbooks filled with katakana syllabary was a truly tough challenge....

Vox Populi

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LDP ‘bullying’ local entities into assisting on SDF recruitment

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is claiming that more than 60 percent of local governments are not cooperating with the Self-Defense Forces in...

Editorial

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Poetry-loving officer possessed true grit in postwar Japan

Historian Kojiro Naoki, who died on Feb. 2 at the age of 100, served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. His former navy colleague...

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Abe should come clean and stop being sycophant to Trump

Does Prime Minister Shinzo Abe really think U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize? Abe’s move to nominate Trump to the...

Editorial

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Probe shows challenges posed by melted fuel at Fukushima plant

A specially designed, remotely controlled probe touched melted nuclear fuel debris at the bottom of a ruined reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

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Horse racing a sport women, men compete in on equal footing

One horse race in 1993 became a watershed in the history of American horse racing. In that year, Julie Krone became the first female jockey to ride...