Front page
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Olympic price tag to top estimate




New Year Special
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- Big changes likely in ’17
- A celebration of Japanese traditions
- Japan set for key role in East-West relations
etc.




Feature
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[TIMEOUT]
New year, new you
Getting ready for 2017

　We examine what to expect personally and professionally
　in the Year of the Rooster


[DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN]
Hot-spring developer to omit ban on tattoos


[ESCAPE] ※一部日本語注釈付
Explore the cheap and chic sides of Belgrade
おしゃれな町に変貌するベオグラード
etc.


[BIG IN JAPAN]
Japan and the world enter a long night of ‘post-truth’


[COUNTERPOINT]
Why Abe’s Russian gambit is doomed


[MEDIA MIX]
A year of omissions by Japanese media


[LIFESTYLE & CULTURE]
Getting too cozy to the next-door neighbors


[SCIENCE & NATURE] ※日本語注釈付
Miyagi school opening aids 3/11 recovery
宮野森小学校の木造新校舎




News
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[NATIONAL]
Abe chided over G-7 Syria vote
etc.


[WORLD]
Putin won’t expel U.S. diplomats
etc.


[BUSINESS]
Yangon rail system to get upgrade
etc.


[SPORTS]
Halilhodzic warns star Honda
etc.




Week In Review ※日本語注釈付
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- Abe hails U.S. ties in visit to Pearl Harbor
　安倍首相が真珠湾を慰霊訪問、演説で「和解の力」を強調

- Chinese carrier enters South China Sea
　中国空母が南シナ海航行

- SOFA protection to be narrowed
　日米地位協定対象の軍属の範囲縮小で実質合意

- Onaga lifts block on Okinawa landfill
　翁長沖縄知事、辺野古埋め立て承認の取り消しを撤回

- Move to split 2020 expenses rejected
　地方自治体、五輪費用地元負担なしを共同で要請

- Emperor to forgo new year message
　天皇陛下、新年にあたっての感想を取りやめ

- Park’s party splits over graft scandal
　韓国与党非朴派２９人が離党

- Toshiba poised to incur massive loss
　東芝、数千億円規模の損失計上の可能性を発表

- Dentsu president to quit in January
　電通石井社長、長時間労働問題で引責辞任

- Russia announces cease-fire in Syria
　露プーチン大統領、シリアの停戦合意を発表




Japan Times Gone By - a window on the way it was
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100 YEARS AGO
　Saturday, Jan. 6, 1917
　Aborigines of north are now dying out


75 YEARS AGO
　Sunday, Jan. 2, 1942
　Japanese forces enter Philippines capital


50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Jan. 5, 1967
Tokyo aims to give each resident one bedroom


25 YEARS AGO
　Thursday, Jan. 9, 1992
　George Bush collapses during offi cial dinner




Others
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[OPINION] ※紙面QRコードで音声再生
The political landscape in 2017
etc.


[BOOKS]
Misuzu Kaneko: a deeper empathy for the natural world
etc.


[CARTOONS]

[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]

[SUDOKU]

[7 LITTLE WORDS]

[LETTER OF THE WEEK]

[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]

[OVERHEARD]