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 6/26号 掲載内容
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【FEATURE】
Yesterday: When ’Beatles typhoon’ hit Japan


【BUSINESS】
Eateries cut prices as living standards dip


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Renzi faces a fight after vote setback (伊地方選で与党敗北、レンツィ首相の改革に痛手)
LDP leads in polls ahead of election (参院選スタート、自民党がリード)
Takahama reactors extended 20 years (高浜原発１・２号機 最長20年の運転延長を認可)
Tepco chief sorry for ‘meltdown’ ban (東京電力社長「メルトダウン」隠ぺいを謝罪)
Son’s heir, Arora, leaves SoftBank (ソフトバンク、孫社長の後継者候補のアローラ氏が退任)
Approval given on Mitsubishi minicars (国交省、三菱自動車の「軽」販売継続を許可)
N. Korea launches ballistic missiles (北朝鮮、中距離弾道ミサイルを発射)
Colombia, FARC sign cease-fire (コロンビア内戦、停戦へ)
U.K. votes to leave EU in referendum (英国民投票、EU離脱派が勝利)


【OPINION】
The importance of nihonium (ニホニウムの発見)


【ESCAPE】
Indulging Hawaiian culture, cuisine in Japan (日本でハワイを楽しむ)


【BIG IN JAPAN】
A confused, senile future awaits Japan


【COUNTERPOINT】
Shinzo Abe’s bait-and-switch campaign strategy


【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Mary Reynolds says gardeners should take a walk on the wild side


【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Climate change implicated in France floods


【20 QUESTIONS】
Simon and Martina Stawski

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The Japan Times On Sunday 6/19号 掲載内容
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【FEATURE】
Akie Abe: Speaking for herself


【NATIONAL】
Hashimoto unwilling to take on Tokyo’s media pack

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Orlando massacre spurs fear in U.S. (フロリダのナイトクラブで発砲事件、49人が死亡)
6,400 still live in Kumamoto shelters (熊本地震から２ヶ月、ほど遠い避難所の解消)
Merkel raises trade concerns in China (メルケル独首相、貿易摩擦で中国に不満表明)
Pistorius faces up to 15 years in jail (南アのピストリウス被告、量刑を争って再び裁判)
China-ASEAN meet ends in confusion (ASEANと中国の外相会議、南シナ海を巡って亀裂)
Money scandal topples Masuzoe (舛添東京都知事、辞任)
Ichiro passes Rose with 4,257 hits (イチロー、大リーグ最多ローズを抜いて日米通算4257安打)
Tepco banned use of term ‘meltdown’ (福島事故、「炉心溶解」使わぬよう官邸からの指示)

【OPINION】
The need for more scholarships (給付型奨学金制度の必要性)

【ESCAPE】
A spiritual high in the temples of Takayama

【BIG IN JAPAN】
How Trump fares in Japan’s tabloids

【COUNTERPOINT】
Culture of fear lingers in war-traumatized Sri Lanka

【MEDIA MIX】
Still asleep to the perils of cybercrime

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Drawing on the past of Osamu Tezuka

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Autism may not be confined to the brain

【BOOKS】
Japan’s obsession with the Brontes

【20 QUESTIONS】
Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order

【LIVING PAST】
Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order

The Japan Times On Sunday 6/12号 掲載内容
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【FEATURE】
The peacemakers of Okinawa

【BUSINESS】
Mileage scandal could mean pricier cars


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
Swiss voters reject basic income plan (スイスで最低限の所得保障めぐる国民投票、否決)
efeat in Okinawa poll a blow to Abe (沖縄県議選、知事支持与党が勝利)
Masuzoe expenses improper: lawyers (舛添都知事が政治資金疑惑の調査結果を公表)
Scandal-hit Amari to resume work (甘利氏、政治活動を再開へ)
Boy left in woods leaves hospital (北海道で置き去りにされた少年、無事退院)
Clinton claims historic victory (米大統領選、民主指名争いでクリントン氏が勝利宣言)
New element to be named ‘nihonium’ (113番新元素の命名は「ニホニウム」)
Suzuki duo lose roles over scandal (スズキ自動車の鈴木会長が燃費不正でCEOを辞任)
China ship enters Senkaku zone (中国艦艇、尖閣諸島周辺の接続水域に侵入)


【OPINION】
Scientists and defense research (軍事研究のあり方)

【ESCAPE】
New life and old ghosts on Okinawan shorelines

【BIG IN JAPAN】
All Japan’s truths melt into hot air

【COUNTERPOINT】
Abenomics’ failure and the curse of ’Japanization’

【MEDIA MIX】
No guarantees for those living alone

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Sweet times at Tokyo’s monster cafe

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Waves of dead sea creatures hit Chile beaches

【BOOKS】
Fukushima through nonhuman eyes

【20 QUESTIONS】
Georgina Pope

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The Japan Times On Sunday 6/5号 掲載内容
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【FEATURE】
Craft beer

【NATIONAL】
Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
North Korea missile test ends in failure (北朝鮮、ミサイル発射にまた失敗)
Tax hike delay may derail reform (安倍首相、消費増税先送りを発表)
Yasuda shown in new hostage pic (シリアで不明の安田さんの新画像がネットに投稿)
Libertarians name presidential hope (米リバタリアン党、元州知事を大統領候補に指名)
Russia ‘won’t cede four islets to Japan’ (露・ラブロフ外相が北方領土「返さない」と発言)
Kiyohara given suspended term (清原被告に懲役２年６月、執行猶予４年の有罪判決)
Amari’s corruption charges dropped (甘利明氏ら、嫌疑不十分で不起訴処分)
Mitsubishi’s forced labor issue settled (強制連行の中国人元労働者と三菱マテリアルが和解)
IOC chiefs approve five sports for ’20 (東京五輪５競技が一括追加見通し)

【OPINION】
Get science back on solid ground (基礎研究支援への課題 )

【ESCAPE】
A waterlogged retreat in Gifu’s mountains

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Local hero reaches for sumo’s summit

【COUNTERPOINT】
Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit

【MEDIA MIX】
Baffled by the intricacies of LGBT issues

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
There’s no hiding
in Japan’s toilets

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Forest horror led to an honor from ’foes’

【BOOKS】
Haruo Sato’s lush, gloomy landscapes

【JAPAN TIMES GONE BY】
100 YEARS AGO - Aviation ace dazzles with flight over palace
75 YEARS AGO - Poets inaugurate new national association
50 YEARS AGO - Beatles field questions at press conference
25 YEARS AGO - Mount Unzen eruption damage ‘a view of hell’

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The Japan Times On Sunday 5/29号 掲載内容
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【COVER】
Obama visit draws mixed reviews

【FEATURE】
Shooting the Messenger - Jounalism under siege
Journalists who refuse to toe the official line are under pressure, experts say

【NATIONAL】
G-7 was pretext to cancel tax hike
Hibakusha urge world to abolish nuclear arms

【WORLD】
Protest hits Trump event; Sanders debate ruled out

【BUSINESS】
How Alibaba sways Washington

【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
U.K. issues warning over ‘Brexit’ danger (英国EU離脱なら景気後退の恐れ)
G-7 focuses on global economy (伊勢志摩サミット首脳宣言採択し閉幕)
U.S. lifts ban on Vietnam arms sales (米国、対ベトナム武器輸出を全面解禁)
Van der Bellen elected president (オーストリア大統領選、リベラル派候補が僅差で当選)
Masuzoe’s lawyers probe funding row (舛添都知事、政治資金の調査を２弁護士に依頼)
Clinton email use broke federal rules (クリントン氏、公務の私用メール使用は規則違反)
Afghan Taliban names new leader (タリバン、マンスール氏死亡で後継者を選出)
Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima (オバマ米大統領、初の被爆地広島訪問)

【OPINION】
100 years of hubris in Middle East (100年の不遜)

【ESCAPE】
Going backstage on Ginza’s Konparu-dori

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Poverty, boredom gnawing at Japan

【COUNTERPOINT】
Understanding anti-base sentiment in Okinawa

【MEDIA MIX】
Vagina trial: more absurd than obscene

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Whispers of ASMR are softly rising in Japan

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Scientists drill into crater at sea for dino clues

【BOOKS】
‘Butoh’: the dance of death and disease

【20 QUESTIONS】
Thomas Bertrand

【SPORTS】
Tanaka dazzles as Yankees down Rays
Nakamura, Kondo earn victories
Nishikori survives fi ve-setter


Shooting the Messenger - Jounalism under siege
Journalists who refuse to toe the official line are under pressure, experts say


【WEEK IN REVIEW】　　※日本語注釈付
U.K. issues warning over ‘Brexit’ danger (英国EU離脱なら景気後退の恐れ)
G-7 focuses on global economy (伊勢志摩サミット首脳宣言採択し閉幕)
U.S. lifts ban on Vietnam arms sales (米国、対ベトナム武器輸出を全面解禁)
Van der Bellen elected president (オーストリア大統領選、リベラル派候補が僅差で当選)
Masuzoe’s lawyers probe funding row (舛添都知事、政治資金の調査を２弁護士に依頼)
Clinton email use broke federal rules (クリントン氏、公務の私用メール使用は規則違反)
Afghan Taliban names new leader (タリバン、マンスール氏死亡で後継者を選出)
Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima (オバマ米大統領、初の被爆地広島訪問)

【OPINION】
100 years of hubris in Middle East (100年の不遜)

【ESCAPE】
Shall I Konparu thee to a day in Ginza?

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Poverty, boredom gnawing at Japan

【COUNTERPOINT】
Understanding anti-base sentiment in Okinawa

【MEDIA MIX】
Vagina trial: more absurd than obscene

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Whispers of ASMR are softly rising in Japan

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Scientists drill into crater at sea for dino clues

【BOOKS】
‘Butoh’: the dance of death and disease

【20 QUESTIONS】
Thomas Bertrand

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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