Front page
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Mattis clarifi es defense pledge




Feature
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[TIMEOUT]
Trump card
　Japan casts a wary eye on future with new U.S. president


[ESCAPE]　※一部日本語注釈付
Exploring Jordan’s cultural heritage
文化が融合するヨルダン
etc.


[BIG IN JAPAN]
Does contemporary Japan need religion?


[COUNTERPOINT]
Do the memories of ’comfort women’ matter?


[MEDIA MIX]
Japan enters post-truth age with MXTV report


[LIFESTYLE & CULTURE]
New housing options get smaller in the city
etc.


[SCIENCE & NATURE] ※日本語注釈付
What’s life without a sip and a song?
etc.




News
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[NATIONAL]
- Foreign housekeepers get chance
- Honesty is the best policy for lost property
etc.


[WORLD]
- Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s immigrant ban
- Attacker at Louvre shot by soldier
etc.


[BUSINESS]
- Trump attacks bank restraints
etc.


[SPORTS]
- Harden lifts Rockets past Bulls
- France clinches Davis Cup tie with Japan in doubles
etc.




Week In Review ※日本語注釈付
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- Is Trump’s ban on immigration legal?
　トランプ大統領の入国規制は違憲か？

- BOJ keeps monetary policy intact
　日銀、成長率見通しを1.5%に上方修正

- French Socialists nominate Homan
　仏大統領予備選、左派の決選投票はアモン氏が勝利

- Trump fires acting attorney general
　トランプ大統領、米司法長官代行を解任

- Tepco may have found fuel debris
　福島第一原発２号機 原子炉の真下に燃料デブリか

- VW tops Toyota in 2016 car sales
　16年の車世界販売はＶＷが初の首位に 、トヨタ陥落

- Gorsuch tapped for Supreme Court
　米最高裁判事にゴーサッチ氏が指名
- Ban says he won’t run for presidency
　潘基文氏が韓国大統領選への不出馬表明

- Tillerson confirmed as secretary of state
　米上院、国務長官に親ロのティラーソン氏を承認




Japan Times Gone By - a window on the way it was
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100 YEARS AGO
　Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1917
　Moshi moshi’ girls in Tokyo to be increased


75 YEARS AGO
　Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1942
　Roosevelt orders aliens to abandon homes


50 YEARS AGO
　Friday, Feb. 17 1967
　Police seek suspect for Tokyo airport bombing


25 YEARS AGO
　Saturday, Feb. 15, 1992
　Four executives seized in Tokyo Sagawa case




Others
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[OPINION] ※紙面QRコードで音声再生
- Seeking Nature Heritage status
　世界自然遺産登録
etc.


[BOOKS]
- Food contamination fears after 3/11 make the invisible visible
etc.


[CARTOONS]

[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]

[SUDOKU]

[7 LITTLE WORDS]

[LETTER OF THE WEEK]

[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]

[OVERHEARD]