The Japan Times / The New York Times Weekend Edition 発売日・バックナンバー

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The Japan Times on Sunday 5/22号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
G-7 rejects Abe’s economic fix

【FEATURE】
Where’s the beef?: Matsusaka looks to carve out a name for itself

【NATIONAL】
Base worker admits to rape, sources say

【WORLD】
EgyptAir remains and debris found

【BUSINESS】
Whither the taxi in a withering Japan?

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
World powers fail to resume Syria talks (シリア和平協議、再開時間決まらず)
Japan posts modest 1Q growth (GDP速報値、1～3月期は0.4%増)
JOC head Takeda defends payment (JOC竹田会長、五輪招致で送金認めるも疑惑は否定)
Kiyohara pleads guilty to drug use (清原被告が裁判で謝罪、検察は懲役2年6ヶ月求刑)
Cultural Revolution a mistake: paper (文化大革命は誤りと国営メディアが論説を発表)
Museum backed as heritage site (国立西洋美術館が文化遺産登録へ)
Suzuki confirms fuel data mistakes (スズキ自動車も16車種で燃費不正測定)
Tsai angers China with first speech (台湾蔡英文氏が総統就任)

【OPINION】
LDP’s questionable LGBT policy (性的少数者への自民基本方針)

【ESCAPE】
The ’path less traveled’ is busier than ever

【BIG IN JAPAN】
The second life of Kakuei Tanaka

【COUNTERPOINT】
Japan’s cybersecurity upgrade - too little, too late?

【MEDIA MIX】
Women shun their childbearing ‘destiny’

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Arita ware: from import to export to tradition

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Canada wildfires in ‘bullseye’ of warming trends

【BOOKS】
Reading kimono: the lexicon of dress

【20 QUESTIONS】
Meguru Yamaguchi

【SPORTS】
Nishikori raring to go in Paris

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The Japan Times on Sunday 5/15号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
Kyushu quake challenges persist

【FEATURE】
True Colors
Steps are being taken to assist people with color vision deficiency navigate life more easily.
As we find out, however, not everyone agrees with the approach.


【NATIONAL】
Toa falsified data scandal expands
Obama’s Hiroshima visit sparks ’what if’ questions

【WORLD】
U.S. to renew most Myanmar sanctions
Top auctioneers refused gun that killed Trayvon

【BUSINESS】
Strong yen hurts carmakers’ R&D


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Obama visit part of anti-nuclear efforts (オバマ米大統領が広島訪問)
Panama Papers spur anti-graft push (パナマ文書、各国政府が税務調査を開始)
Duterte elected as Philippines leader (フィリピン新大統領にドゥテルテ氏)
Kim caps congress with mass parade (北朝鮮党大会閉幕、金正恩氏は党委員長に就任)
Masuzoe embroiled in fresh scandal (政治資金規正法違反疑惑の舛添要一都知事)
Nissan takes stake in Mitsubishi Motors (三菱自動車が日産の傘下で再建へ)
Tokyo 2020 bid subject of probe (東京五輪招致を巡り仏検察が捜査開始)
Brazil’s Senate impeaches Rousseff (ブラジル大統領、職務停止に)

【OPINION】
Shareholders exerting their rights (企業と物言う株主)

【ESCAPE】
A landscape of life and death in Kyushu

【BIG IN JAPAN】
There’s no escape from big data’s eye

【COUNTERPOINT】
G-7 venue preparation shouldn’t deter Mie tourists

【MEDIA MIX】
Cracks appear in media’s view of disasters

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Viz’s 30 years packs a punch in the U.S.

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Astrocytes bolster neural connections

【BOOKS】
Seven years in Miyake’s wardrobe

【THE LIVING PAST】
Has pacifism always been doomed to fail?

【SPORTS】
Nishikori sets up Djokovic test
Aoki flub burns M’s

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The Japan Times on Sunday 5/8号 掲載内容
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【FEATURE】
’Abuse was all I knew’ - A domestic campaign recently launched by men seeks to end violence against women

【NATIONAL】
Roos advised Obama to go to Hiroshima

【WORLD】
North may be readying nuclear test

【YEN for LIVING】
Masuzoe in a high-spending league of his own


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Abe renews push to revise Constitution (安倍首相、憲法改正に意欲)
Trump eyes unity after nomination (トランプ氏共和党の指名獲得が確実、党の団結呼びかけ)
Al-Abadi struggles to break deadlock (イラクでサドル氏支持者が大規模な反首相デモ)
Bitcoin’s creator unmasks himself (豪州の起業家がビットコインの発明者として名乗り出る)
Leicester revels in miracle soccer title (サッカー、レスターが創設132年目で初優勝)
Kuroda concerned over yen’s strength (日銀総裁、急激な円高を牽制)
Takata air bag recall doubled (タカタ米リコール倍増へ、3500万個以上を追加)
North Korea kicks off party congress (北朝鮮、36年ぶりに党大会開催)


【OPINION】
Find an effective tourism strategy (日本の観光戦略)

【ESCAPE】
Conjuring haiku from the concrete sea of Matsuyama

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Have you read any good mooks lately?

【COUNTERPOINT】
Diabetes emerges as Japan’s hidden scourge

【MEDIA MIX】
Resident Koreans endure a climate of hate

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Countryside Chiba farms out the fun

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
El Nino dries up Asia as its sister La Nina looms

【BOOKS】
The vagina, in all
its ‘obscene’ glory

【20 QUESTIONS】
Matthew Ireton

【SPORTS】
Nishikori makes Madrid semis

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The Japan Times on Sunday 5/1号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
Arms dreams sink with sub bid

【FEATURE】
Heel! A ruff guide to Japan’s top dogs

【NATIONAL】
Ministers OK plan to boost bilateral ties

【WORLD】
GOP starts making peace with Trump

【BUSINESS】
U.S. scrutinizes Japan on forex

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
One year on, Nepal still lacks quake plan　（ネパール地震から一年、進まない防災対策）
Tokyo unveils logo for Olympics　（東京五輪の新エンブレム決定）
LDP’s Wada wins Hokkaido election　（衆院北海道補選、自民党の和田氏が当選）
Obama to increase Syria deployment　（オバマ大統領、シリアに250人追加派兵）
Chernobyl marks 30th anniversary　（チェルノブイリ原発事故から30年、ウクライナで追悼）
Mitsubishi admits using shady tests　三菱自動車の燃費不正は25年前から）
BOJ keeps policy steady; yen rises　（日銀、追加緩和見送りで円急騰）
JAXA abandons bid to save satellite　（JAXA、ひとみの運用を断念）

【OPINION】
Child poverty a serious problem　（子どもの貧困差、日本ワースト８）

【ESCAPE】
Hakone in hot water: Romance, gimlets and raunchy ’onsen’

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Human primacy is go-ing, go-ing, gone

【COUNTERPOINT】
Japan’s meek media kowtows to the government

【MEDIA MIX】
Idol groups put Band-Aids on fragile egos

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Yukarigaoka proves ’new towns’ can age well

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Hailing the benefits of raising a stink

【BOOKS】
Keiji Nishitani: the abyss of nihilism

【JAPAN TIMES GONE BY】
100 YEARS AGO - Few realize the menace of resident Germans
75 YEARS AGO - Japanese in U.K. feeling pinch of food shortages
50 YEARS AGO - Effort to rectify Japan’s image overseas planned
25 YEARS AGO - Demand for ad-zapping VCR is on the upswing

【SPORTS】
Ichiro swipes 500th base in majors
Pacers beat Raptors, force Game 7
Japan routs South Korea in ARC tilt
Former Leicester player Abe praises Okazaki

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The Japan Times on Sunday 4/24号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
Abe visits quake-hit Kumamoto

【FEATURE】
Making hay while the sun shines: Should Japan adopt daylight saving time in summer?
(サマータイム：導入に賛成？反対？)


【NATIONAL】
Mitsubishi fuel test was unauthorized

【WORLD】
A drone race controlled by the mind

【YEN for LIVING】
The changing values behind school uniforms

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Brazil’s Rousseff edges closer to political abyss (ブラジル大統領の弾劾、下院で可決 )
Disruption from quakes hits economy (熊本地震、日本経済に暗い影)
Oil producers fail to agree on freeze (ドーハ産油国会合、原油増産凍結で合意できず)
Seven & I promotes Isaka to president (セブン＆アイ、新社長に井阪氏)
Syrian opposition quits peace talks (アサド政権による空爆で反体制派がシリア和平協議離脱)
Clinton and Trump win in New York (クリントン、トランプ両氏が地元のNYで勝利)
Mitsubishi Motors admits fiddling data (三菱自動車が軽自動車で燃費不正)
Abe sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine (安倍首相、春季例大祭に合わせて靖国神社に真榊奉納)

【OPINION】
Taking aim at hate speech (ヘイトスピーチ対策法案)

【ESCAPE】
You don’t know what you’ve got (till it’s gone) in Tokyo’s nagaya

【BIG IN JAPAN】
The sudden exit of Japan’s konbini father

【COUNTERPOINT】
Ebb tide for press freedoms in Shinzo Abe’s Japan

【MEDIA MIX】
On the money: Hitting TV where it hurts

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Tokyo hotel gets into bed with local artists

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Tracking elephants as new railway cuts Kenya

【BOOKS】
In search of Japan’s own Shakespeare

【20 QUESTIONS】
’To really achieve success, you have to stay focused’

【SPORTS】
Ex-Apache standout Swift rebuilding life
Nishikori advances to semis
Iwakuma tops Angels

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The Japan Times on Sunday 4/17号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
M7.3 quake rocks Kumamoto anew

【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
FEATURE - Contamination: The human cost of dioxin, PCBs and pollution at Kadena Air Base
先週に引き続き嘉手納基地の汚染問題を取り上げます。

【NEWS】
NATIONAL - M7.3 quake rocks Kumamoto anew
NATIONAL - G-20 moves against tax havens
VIEW from OSAKA - Matsui far from alone in pushing nuclear debate
WORLD - North likely to hold fifth nuclear test

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Nuclear site visit tests the water for Obama (ケリー米国務長官が広島訪問)
Britain opens up on taxes (パナマ文書で求められる納税の情報開示)
Kitajima makes retirement official (競泳男子平泳ぎの北島選手が引退を正式表明)
Ukrainian prime minister resigns (ウクライナ首相が辞任表明)
Fujimori tops first vote in Peru poll (ペルー大統領選、フジモリ氏首位で決選投票へ)
Tainted badminton pair punished (NTT東、賭博問題でバドミントン部選手の処分を発表)
Park’s ruling party routed in election (韓国総選挙、与党が惨敗)
Tamogami held over graft claims (田母神容疑者を公選法違反の疑いで逮捕)
Hundreds injured in Kyushu quake (熊本で震度７の地震、余震続く)

【OPINION】
Laboring to reduce overtime (残業の上限規制)

【ESCAPE】
Minimalist camping in the foothills of Fuji

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Can Japan make itself great again by 2050?

【COUNTERPOINT】
Obama has unfinished business in Hiroshima

【MEDIA MIX】
Businesses forced to go barrier-free - within reason

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Anime biz sings the praises of shows

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Saluting Shakespeare’s scientific legacy

【BOOKS】
Donald Richie: An entrenched view

【THE LIVING PAST】
Understanding Heian nobles’ snobbishness

【SPORTS】
Aoki, Maki cherished chance to play for Hill
Events canceled after earthquakes
MLB teams honor Robinson

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The Japan Times on Sunday 4/10号 掲載内容
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【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
CONTAMINATION - Kadena Air Base’s dirty secret


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Leaked records reveal wealth of global elite (パナマ文書が暴く権力者の資産運用)
Yen surges to strongest since 2014 (円高加速、110円を突破)
Greece sends 202 migrants to Turkey (ギリシャ、トルコへの難民送還を開始)
Huge bus terminal opens in Shinjuku (新宿の新高速バスターミナル開業)
Truce reached in Nagorno-Karabakh (アゼルバイジャンとアルメニア、停戦に合意)
Debate on trade pact starts in Diet (TPP承認案の審議開始)
Sendai reactors cleared for restart (福岡高裁支部、川内原発差し止め認めず)
Seven & I CEO to quit over personnel (セブン＆アイHDの鈴木会長兼CEOが退任へ)

【OPINION】
Diet oversight of state secrets Editorial (秘密法審査の限界)

【ESCAPE】
Exploring Tabaruzaka’s idyllic but forgotten samurai batt eground

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Japan is as happy as it feels - miserable

【COUNTERPOINT】
Are Japan’s counterterrorism forces really ready?

【MEDIA MIX】
TV takes the lazy approach on ‘hikikomori’

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Time to let the kids get on their bikes

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Antarctica melt may lift seas a meter by 2100

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The Japan Times on Sunday 4/3号 掲載内容
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【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
The scourge of binge drinking on youth

As the new academic year begins, we look at efforts that are being made to prevent young people from drinking heavily in group settings


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Pakistan slaughter tests liberal vision (パキスタンで自爆テロ、72人死亡)
Concerns grow over new security law (安保法案施行に高まる懸念)
DPJ-Ishin merger creates new party (民主と維新の合流で新党「民進党」が結成)
FBI unlocks iPhone without consent (FBI、アップルの協力なくiPhoneのロック解除)
Diet approves record budget (来年度予算が成立、過去最大の96兆7218億円)
Rousseff loses key coalition partner (ブラジル最大政党が連立政権から離脱)
Hon Hai agrees to takeover Sharp (出資1000億円減で鴻海がシャープ買収を決議)
Suu Kyi ally sworn in as president (ミャンマー新大統領就任)
Man arrested over alleged abduction (女子中学生を誘拐２年監禁した容疑者、逮捕)


【ESCAPE】
Classic hotel takes center stage for Ise-Shima Summit (Mie Prefecture)

【OPINION】
China’s tight control of speech (中国の言論統制)

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Shincho gets back in tabloid battle with scoop on Ototake

【COUNTERPOINT】
Japan’s inescapable ‘comfort women’ problem

【MEDIA MIX】
Job-hunting students may be in for a shock

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Low interest rates cause spike in refinancing

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
A tipple that’s close to my heart — and life

【BOOKS】
Finding the locus of David Mitchell

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The Japan Times on Sunday 3/27号 掲載内容
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【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
Interview with kimono designer Jotaro Saito

Renowned kimono designer entices iconic garment away from the confines of tradition


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Jihadists hit heart of a fraying EU with bombs (ベルギー同時テロ、欧州各国に衝撃)
National security laws to take effect (安保関連法の3月29日施行を閣議決定 )
Obama, Castro lay bear tensions (オバマ米大統領、キューバのカストロ議長とハバナで会談)
Suu Kyi to be foreign minister (スーチー氏、新政権に外相で入閣か)
Cultural agency moves to Kyoto (文化庁が京都に全面移転)
Krugman calls for tax hike delay (クルーグマン教授も消費税引き上げ、先送り進言)
Japanese man tries to join IS (イスラム国参加目的の日本人男性、トルコで拘束)
Karadzic jailed 40 years over genocide (カラジッチ被告、集団殺害などの罪で禁錮40年)
Mitsubishi eyes 1st-ever net loss (三菱商事、創立以来初の連結赤字)

【ESCAPE】
Tadao Ando shapes Naoshima Island (Kagawa Prefecture)

【OPINION】
Tuna poachers reap big profits (マグロの違法捕獲)
Happiness in short supply (幸福ではない日本人)

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Teflon Abe’ popular despite his policies

【COUNTERPOINT】
Tepco executives get a taste of citizens’ wrath

【MEDIA MIX】
You don’t need Harvard for a punditry Ph.D.

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Crafting lucrative business in Japan

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Plants won’t boost warming as much as feared

【BOOKS】
The disqualified life of Osamu Dazai

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The Japan Times on Sunday 3/20号 掲載内容
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【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train

Rail companies and private entities are working hard to reduce the growing friction between commuters and people in need of assistance


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Russian military pulls out of Syria (ロシア軍がシリア撤退、同盟国イランとの関係に亀裂か)
BOJ keeps QE policy unchanged (日銀、大規模な金融緩和策を現状のまま維持)
Thousands march against Rousseff (ブラジルで大統領罷免の大規模デモ)
Opposition party named Minshin To (民主・維新の合流、新しい党名は「民進党」)
Suu Kyi loyalist elected president (ミャンマー新大統領にスーチー氏の側近)
Clinton, Trump near nomination (米予備選で共和党はトランプ氏、民主はクリントン氏が優勢)
China’s legislature OKs five-year plan (中国全人代閉幕、経済成長率の目標を6.5％以上)
New hostage video of reporter appears (シリアで武装勢力に拘束されている記者の映像が公開)
N. Korea launches ballistic missiles (北朝鮮が日本海にミサイル発射)

【VIEW FROM OSAKA】
A Japanese version of Trump isn’t so far-fetched

【ESCAPE】
Battle of Sekigahara: a war set in stone (Gifu Prefecture)

【OPINION】
A caution on nuclear restarts (高浜原発に停止命令)

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Could becoming the 51st state stop

【COUNTERPOINT】
The pretext of counterterrorism covers many sins

【MEDIA MIX】
‘Drop dead, Japan!’ moms fights on

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
From Cool Britannia to True Britannia

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Chimp rituals feel like roots of religion

【BOOKS】
The human stories lining the Kiso Road Nonfiction

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The Japan Times on Sunday 3/13号 掲載内容
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【TIMEOUT FEATURE】
The ramifications of deregulating the energy sector

Navigating the changes that are set to affect the household electricity market in the wake of the government’s decision to deregulate the energy sector


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
EU, Turkey hatch tough migrant plan (EU トルコ不法移民流入阻止で大筋合意)
Injunction.Injunction clouds nuclear policy (高浜原発運転差し止め)
Lotte shareholders back chairman (ロッテ臨時株主総会、創業者長男の復帰否決)
Bloomberg won’t run for president (ブルームバーグ氏、米大統領選挙不出馬を表明)
Pyongyang slams joint military drills (過去最大規模の米韓合同軍事演習、開始)
Sharapova admits to failing drug test (シャラポワ、ドーピングを告白も引退は否定)
Kim claims to have miniature nukes (北朝鮮、核弾頭の小型化に成功と発表)
ECB surprises with stimulus action (欧州中央銀行、大規模な追加緩和を決定)
Fifth anniversary of 3/11 observed (東日本大震災から５年、追悼式開催)

【YEN for LIVING】
Japan’s longing for Hawaii still worth banking on

【ESCAPE】
Nagoya’s big names, trains and automobiles

【OPINION】
Sex harassment in the workplaceEditorials (職場のセクハラ)
Truancy among non-Japanese kids (外国籍児童の不就学 )

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Beneath the chaos, an old new order

【COUNTERPOINT】
Counterterrorism and liberties on collision course

【MEDIA MIX】
Reforms neglect nursing care problems

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Learning from a neighborhood stroll

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Rice discovery could spur ‘green revolution’

【BOOKS】
Recurring views of a utopian dream

【20 QUESTIONS】
French chef Pierre Gagnaire

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The Japan Times on Sunday 3/6号 掲載内容
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【SPECIAL: SEVEN-PAGE SPECIAL PHOTO FEATURE】
Documenting Tohoku’s long road to recovery

Profiling photographers who have worked tirelessly since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to ensure the struggles of the region aren’t forgotten


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
FBI , Apple clash over encryption (アップルとFBI 米議会公聴会で対立)
Sharp’s rescue negotiations drag on (交渉が続く鴻海によるシャープの買収契約)
Rouhani’s allies secure poll victory (イランのダブル選挙、穏健・改革派が勝利)
Trio indicted over Tepco disaster (東電元会長ら３人が強制起訴)
Hopes dissipate for Suu Kyi presidency (ミャンマー、大統領選出を前倒しへ、スーチー氏就任断念)
Trump, Clinton crush rivals in vote (トランプ氏とクリントン氏、指名獲得へ前進)
U.N. slaps tough sanctions on North (北朝鮮制裁、国連安保理が決議を採択)
Japan to suspend work at U.S. base (辺野古訴訟、政府が工事中止の和解案受け入れへ)

【OPINION】
Extending Takahama reactor life (高浜原発の運転延長)

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Bunshun editor Shintani returns amid scoops

【COUNTERPOINT】
Japan’s counterterrorism efforts falling short

【MEDIA MIX】
Pride obscures harsh truths about Sharp

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Tohoku is literally still waiting to move on

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Our new school’s on song despite cabals

【BOOKS】
The lurid basement of the megalopolis

【JAPAN TIMES GONE BY】
100 YEARS AGO - Outlook bleak for hotel keepers this spring
75 YEARS AGO - Rural districts, women prodded to use radio
50 YEARS AGO - South Korea to release detained fishing crew
25 YEARS AGO - Embassy assisted Americans in Kuwait

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The Japan Times on Sunday 2/28号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
Learning to embrace the halal industry

With an increasing number of Muslim nationals residing in and visiting Japan, local governments and businesses in the private sector are eyeing ways to target the potentially lucrative market


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Cameron issues ‘Brexit’ warning (EU残留を主張するキャメロン首相)
Japan vows to resolve Takeshima row (「竹島の日」松江市で式典、韓国市民団体が抗議)
U.S. rejects North’s peace talks offer (米国、北朝鮮の平和交渉提案を拒否)
U.S., Russia agree on Syria cease-fire (シリア内戦、米国とロシアが停戦に合意)
DPJ, Ishin to merge for summer poll (民主党と維新の党が新党結成で合意)
Trump easily wins Nevada caucuses (米大統領選、共和党はトランプ氏が3連勝)
China sends jets to Paracel island (王毅外相、西沙諸島に戦闘機派遣は主権の範囲内と主張)
Takahama reactors may get extensions (原発安全審査、高浜１、２号機合格)
Sharp accepts Hon Hai rescue (シャープ、台湾の鴻海傘下に)

【OPINION】
Japan behind on wind power (風力発電開発の遅れ)
A troubling low autopsy rate (解剖率の低さ)

【ESCAPE】
Sewing stitches of creativity in the streets of Kuramae

【BIG IN JAPAN】
How do you solve a problem like Korea?

【COUNTERPOINT】
Does Tohoku’s disaster tourism exploit or educate?

【MEDIA MIX】
Participation in society should be barrier-free

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Japan’s cult brands get into character

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
South Africa revives ‘extinct’ zebra subspecies

【BOOKS】
Tokyo’s literature festival resurfaces

【20 QUESTIONS】
Nagano painter, Miwa Komatsu

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The Japan Times on Sunday 2/21号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
The Revolution will be roboticized
A growing chorus of experts are raising ethical questions about the future of robotics

【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Risk of Russia-Turkey clash grows in Syria (トルコがクルド人勢力を攻撃、緊張が高まるシリア情勢)
Negative BOJ rate takes effect (日銀のマイナス金利が始動)
Ozawa wins best opera Grammy (小澤征爾さん指揮の作品にグラミー賞)
Caregiver admits to killing patients (老人ホーム転落死、元職員が３人殺害を認める供述)
Park takes tough stand against North (朴大統領、対北強硬へ急旋回)
U.S., ASEAN discuss maritime disputes (米で初の米ASEAN首脳会議、中国は西沙にミサイル配備)
JAXA puts X-ray satellite into orbit (天体観測衛星の打ち上げ成功 「ひとみ」と命名)
Obokata quizzed over cell theft claim (小保方晴子元理研研究員が参考人聴取)

【VIEW FROM OSAKA】
Kansai is in need of some youthful innovation

【OPINION】
Be careful cutting nursing services (介護サービスの縮小)

【ESCAPE】
Finding salt of the earth on Aguni Island

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Deja vu as weekly turns back the clock

【COUNTERPOINT】
1936 coup failed, but rebels killed Japan’s ‘Keynes’

【MEDIA MIX】
Peeling back the layers of money politics

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
CG gains a ‘real’ foothold in anime

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Stems cells used to replace part of brain

【BOOKS】
The ink-stained road: ‘age of experience’

【THE LIVING PAST】
The Meiji Era and the soul of Japan: part I

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The Japan Times on Sunday 2/14号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
Give me chocolate!
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we examine the country’s growing obsession with the ‘food of the gods’

【WEEK IN REVIEW】
N. Korea’s rocket launch triggers fresh outrage (北朝鮮のミサイル発射に世界各国から怒りの声)
Yen soars as bond yields go negative (長期金利初のマイナス)
Current account surplus soars (2015年の経常黒字は大幅増の16.6兆円)
Toppled building’s developers arrested (台湾倒壊ビルの建設会社社長、逮捕)
Biased broadcasters can be shut down (高市総務相、放送電波停止の可能性に言及)
Clashes mar Lunar New Year festivities (旧正月を祝う香港で市民と警官隊が大規模衝突)
rump, Sanders win in New Hampshire (ニューハンプシャー予備選、トランプ氏とサンダース氏が勝利)
Unilateral sanctions on N. Korea slapped (日本、対北朝鮮に独自制裁を決定)
Scientists detect gravitational waves (米チーム、重力波を初観測)
LDP lawmaker resigns over affair (宮崎衆院議員が辞職を表明)

【OPINION】
Taking aim at alcohol abuse (飲酒による健康障害予防へ)
Teens stepping up to the plate (声を上げる高校生)
ほか

【ESCAPE】
When life deals a bad hand, be a tough cookie and visit Kyoto

【BIG IN JAPAN】
One slip can sink a salaryman’s career

【COUNTERPOINT】
Onagawa is on the rebound from devastation

【MEDIA MIX】
Should main dailies get a red card for sponsoring 2020?

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Trust robots to keep the kids occupied

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Lost cranes find sanctuary in Taiwan, Japan

【BOOKS】
Making place through art

【20 QUESTIONS】
Japanese musician Lisako Fukuda