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 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

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The Japan Times on Sunday 2/7号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
The predators behind the TPP

Twelve Pacific Rim countries representing around 40 percent of the global economy signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord on Thursday.
Dutch author Karel van Wolferen examines the corporate ramifications of the divisive deal


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Myanmar’s new regime still shrouded in secrecy (謎に包まれたミャンマーの新体制)
Megabanks fear a drop of profits (日銀のマイナス金利導入でメガバンクは収益圧迫)
Zika virus spread a global emergency (WHO ジカ熱で緊急事態宣言)
Cruz tops Trump, Democrats near tie (アイオワ党員集会、共和はクルーズ氏、民主は引き分け)
N. Korea notifies of satellite launch (北朝鮮が観測衛星の打ち上げを通知)
Tusk unveils plans to avoid Brexit (欧州委、英国にEU改革妥協案を提示)
Kiyohara arrested for drug possession (清原和博容疑者、覚せい剤所持で逮捕)
Pacific Rim nations sign trade pact (TPP 12カ国が協定に調印)
Sharp focuses on talks with Hon Hai (シャープが台湾・鴻海精密工業の再建案を軸に交渉)

【OPINION】
Science and technology plan (科学技術基本計画)　　ほか

【ESCAPE】
Mount Nokogiri:
a breathtaking climb
to enlightenment

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Sumo commentary stresses foreignness

【COUNTERPOINT】
A Tohoku father fights to tell his daughter’s story

【MEDIA MIX】
Imperial couple take stand for remembrance

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
The ups and downs of apartment elevators

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Swans, and us, at risk as wetlands shrink

【BOOKS】
Konmari’s mission sparks global joy

【JAPAN TIMES GONE BY】
100 YEARS AGO - Hundreds of students storm Lower House
75 YEARS AGO - Families flee New York amid war tensions
50 YEARS AGO - Passenger jet crashes in Tokyo Bay; 133 dead
25 YEARS AGO - Scores volunteer for U.N. Mideast mission

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The Japan Times on Sunday 1/31号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
All at sea: Lack of regulations hurting tuna stocks

While some advances are being made in aquaculture, Pacific bluefin tuna stocks are unlikely to recover without government intervention


【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Vietnamese party chief retains post (ベトナム新指導部人事が決定、チョン書記長留任)
Ginowan mayor wins reelection (宜野湾市長選で自民、公明党が推薦した現職が当選)　　ほか

【OPINION】
Pension compliance falls short (従業員の年金制度)

【ESCAPE】
The uplifting tones of Okinawan blues
Kyoto promoting hot springs as additional tourist attraction

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Is society on the cusp of massive change?

【COUNTERPOINT】
Work-life balance in Japan leans in one direction

【MEDIA MIX】
NHK’s promo stops short

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Bringing Japanese folk dance into focus

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Bolivia’s second-largest lake lost to warming

【BOOKS】
Black illumination: The unhuman world of Junji Ito

【20 Questions】
Planetarium creator, Takayuki Ohira

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The Japan Times on Sunday 1/24号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
Can farmed tuna save the bluefin from extinction?

Conservationists have long warned that bluefin tuna stocks are declining.
While the establishment of offshore aquaculture may offer an alternative,
it doesn’t come without a few headaches of its own


【YEN for LIVING】
Mounting student debt may cost society dearly

【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Iran deal may not spark rapid change (制裁解除によるイランの劇的な変化は望み薄)
Fans rejoice as SMAP averts split (スマップ解散回避に歓喜の声)　　　ほか

【OPINION】
Fears over personal data security (個人情報の保護)　　　ほか

【ESCAPE】
Exploring Niigata’s snow country　　　ほか

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Tabloids go nuclear on North’s bomb test

【COUNTERPOINT】
Anchor’s ouster is another blow to quality news

【MEDIA MIX】
SMAP dodges bullet; Becky isn’t so lucky

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
‘Crazy Camel’ helps butoh over the hump

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change

【BOOKS】
Of insects, Greeks and Japanese

【20 Questions】
U.K.-based Japanese actress Haruka Kuroda on eating jelly, pronunciation and being the voice of Noodle in Gozillaz

The Japan Times on Sunday 1/17号 掲載内容
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【Timeout】
Travesty of justice: legal reform unlikely despite erroneous convictions

Two elderly men fighting for decades to clear their names are poised to receive high-profile retrials in 2016 and yet their ordeals are unlikely to trigger wide-ranging reform to the country’s justice system, experts say.


【NATIONAL】
Estimate for 2020 Games rises sixfold

【VIEW from OSAKA】
Osaka Ishin’s funding

【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Merkel under fire after migrant attacks (独ケルンの集団暴行事件に高まる移民政策への非難)
Music fans mourn Bowie’s death at 69 (英ロックシンガー、デビッド・ボウイさん死去)

【OPINION】
Is Japan using the right data? (データの妥当性)
Coming of Age Day reflections (成人の日)

【ESCAPE】
Dotonbori: Where the Osakans eat, drink and be merry

【BIG IN JAPAN】
From sexual liberation to liberation from sex

【COUNTERPOINT】
Asia is imperiled by COP21’s climate cop-out

【MEDIA MIX】
Elephant in the room for Toshiba is nuclear

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Online streaming keeps anime afloat

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Murakami was right about jazz and the brain

【BOOKS】
The ink stained road: ’age of adventure’

【LIVING PAST】
‘It is I who rule’ — Japan’s ‘Manyoshu’ morning

【Timeout Feature】
NAGISA OSHIMA
‘You have to tell the truth about your country, whatever it is’

【COVER】
Nuke test buoys Tokyo-Seoul ties

【SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT】
MBA Special: High-quality MBA programs available in Japan

【NATIONAL】
EU eases limits on Fukushima foods

【WORLD】
U.S. gunman citing IS injures cop

【BUSINESS】
Wages at heart of foreign labor shortage woes

【OPINION】
Child poverty policy falls short (子どもの貧困対策 )

【ESCAPE】
The heights and falls of Miyajima Island

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Publisher bets on shock therapy to revive fortune

【COUNTERPOINT】
‘Comfort women’ problem requires a grand gesture

【MEDIA MIX】
Di erent-names ruling leaves door open to same-sex unions

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Workshops to keep the children sweet

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Electric planes aim to reach new heights

【BOOKS】
Lessons from the Asian-American experience

【20 Questions】
Michael Leitch: ‘If you want something … work hard, go get it’

【SPORTS】
Kisenosato still seeking breakthrough

【Timeout】
House of cards on shaky turf

Can New Year’s greetings survive modern times?
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【NATIONAL】
Japan kicks off two-year stint at UNSC

【DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN】
Looking for a bit of light in fight against crime

【WORLD】
U.S. border barrier far from complete

【BUSINESS】
EU, Ukraine start free trade

【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Action crucial after sex slave deal (日韓外相会談、慰安婦問題で最終的解決を確認)
Sawa retires after winning final game (澤穂希選手が現役最後の試合で決勝ゴール)

【OPINION】
Education deserves more attention (教育にもっと関心を)

【ESCAPE】
Warming to Tsuwano: a wintry visit to the town of fish and foxes

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Still dreaming of an end to household drudgery

【COUNTERPOINT】
In Abe’s Japan, a woman’s place is on the margins

【MEDIA MIX】
Seeing 2015 through a fragmented media lens

【LIFESTYLE & CULTURE】
Getting a high rise out of dodging taxes

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Teens find spicy ‘udders’ keep boars at bay

【BOOKS】
A life found in translation

【JAPAN TIMES GONE BY】
100 YEARS AGO - Count Okuma survives assassination attempt
75 YEARS AGO - League seeks to instill Bushido spirit in Diet
50 YEARS AGO - Plans for ‘new town’ in Tama announced
25 YEARS AGO - Kaifu pledges support as Allies bomb Iraq

【SPORTS】
Golden Kings continue winning tradition

【Timeout】
Osoji: ways to keep your home spick and span

Three experts discuss their philosophy on the New Year’s chore that everybody loves — cleaning

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【Business】
Yen for Living: Ripped-off hostesses stand up for their rights

【News in Review】
Toshiba to cut jobs amid record loss

【Travel】
Backstreet stories visits Shiba Daimon; Liverpool, England

【Media】
Civilian casualties of WWII left in the cold; Can democracy survive the rise of the right?

【Lifestyle】
Tokyo digs: It’s hosteling, but not as we know it

【Science & Nature】
Central America tests drought-resistant beans

【Books】
Best books on Japan of 2015

【Diversions】
20 Questions: The most entertaining answers of 2015
Japan Times On Sunday contributors select the responses that made them laugh loudest this year

【Timeout Feature】
Growing old, gracefully

As Japan’s population gets older, efforts are being made to get job-hunting seniors into the workforce
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【View from Osaka】
Curtain finally falls on the ‘Toru Hashimoto Show’

【LIFESTYLE】
Hatsune Miku: the ‘nonexistent’ pop star

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
Cherishing Okinawa’s diverse marine life

【TRAVEL】
Bask in the warmth of Okinawa’s Iheya Island; Memphis, Tennessee

【MEDIA】
Papers’ self-interest ensures united front on tax; Gangs, getting old, girl power close out 2015

【Diversions】
Japan’s ‘Christian century’ failed to blossom

The Japan Times on Sunday 12/13号 掲載内容

【Timeout Feature】
Food for thought: A traditional Okinawan diet may help prolong life
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【Business】
Investors see big returns as Airbnb takes off

【LIFESTYLE】
Child’s Play: Crafty ways to have fun without mess

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
China’s clone scientist eyes human replication

【TRAVEL】
Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture; Phnom Penh, Cambodia

【MEDIA】
Why infrastructure repairs are being ignored

【20 Questions】
Japan’s first Santa to be certified by the Greenland Santa Claus Association answers 20 festive questions

The Japan Times on Sunday 12/6号 掲載内容

【Timeout Feature】
Alien invasion: Vexatious foreign species are infesting Japan
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【WEEK IN REVIEW】
Publishes unveils 2015 buzzwords


【LIFESTYLE】
Aota-uri: ‘green’ condominiums to be wary of

【SCIENCE & NATURE】
All set for our woods’ own horse power

【TRAVEL】
Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan’s diplomats

【BIG IN JAPAN】
Hunter and hunted: Where are they now?

【MEDIA】
Push for balance can lead to a skewed view

【OPINION】
Remembering Setsuko Hara

【BOOKS】
Digging up the roots of Japan’s Ivy fashion