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Partial guilty plea in Mazda rampage trial

A former seasonal worker at Mazda Motor Corp. pleaded guilty Thursday to hitting and injuring eight people with a car at a two-factory complex of the carmaker in Hiroshima Prefecture in 2010 but said he was innocent of the death of a man during the rampage and injuries to two others.

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Talks to start on lowering voting age

By MASAMI ITO

The government will restart discussions next month on lowering the voting age from 20 to 18, reviving an issue that's been on the back burner since April 2010.

Opposition digs in against Noda

By NATSUKO FUKUE

Opposition lawmakers grill Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda over his reform proposals and "inability" to stick to campaign pledges, pressing once again for a snap Lower House election.

Freedom of press hurt by nuclear crisis: group

By HIROKO NAKATA

Freedom of the press fell in Japan last year as "excessive restrictions" on reporting during the Fukushima nuclear crisis dragged its ranking down to 22nd in the world.

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Global Career Viewpoint

Study in Japan, Work around the World

The Professionals

What drives a person to become a true professional in his or her field? We find out in this new series.

Japanese Language Schools where students gather from all over the world

ジャパンタイムズが勧める安心して学べる日本語学校特集

No.1 Travel

The latest deals on international airfares

The University Times

いま求められるのはグローバル人材。「これからの世界と仕事」を考える、きっかけフリーペーパー。

Wisdom of Entrepreneurs

Learn about innovative strategies and successful business philosophies from Japanese executives in our series, Wisdom of Entrepreneurs

通訳・翻訳キャリアガイド・オンライン

通訳・翻訳業界の総合ガイドブック2012年度版が誕生！一部コンテンツをウェブで公開中。

Celebrating the world

Learn about foreign countries with our National Day specials and see which world leaders have visited Japan.

ジャパンタイムズの転職サイト

外資・グローバル企業の求人が満載。英語を活かして転職するならジャパンタイムズジョブ！

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A GUIDE TO JAPANESE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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The Japan Times Online Updates

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Nadal rallies to beat Federer

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, the longtime rivals playing with the intensity they normally display when they meet in Grand Slam finals.

BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK

Vets have Shiga making strong bid for trip to Final Four

By ED ODEVEN

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Pagano leaves Ravens to become head coach of Colts

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What to call baby?

By TOMOKO OTAKE

While clearing closets at my parents' house in Nara in December following my mother's death the month before, I came across a large square card in a pile of old documents. A snapshot of a baby looking at a birthday ...

WEEK 3

Danger! Nuclear waste! Keep out — forever!

By EDAN CORKILL

WEEK 3

Graffiti brightens Tohoku housing units

By ERIKO ARITA

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Singer says her second album, 'Ceremonials,' is about the need for absolution

Florence exorcises her lungs

By SHAUN CURRAN

Sat in a respectably upmarket restaurant and bar hidden away in the South London suburb of Camberwell, Florence Welch appears somewhat beleaguered. ...

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'J. Edgar'

FBI icon's sexuality as intriguing as his policies?

By GIOVANNI FAZIO

Now here's a counterintuitive marketing strategy: Put heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio on your poster, shot in unflattering white light, looking old, jowly and snarling. Presumably the promoters of "J. Edgar," director Clint Eastwood's biopic of long-time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, ...

'Arakawa Anda za Burijji (Arakawa Under the Bridge)'

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Lawyer enjoying best of all worlds after infatuation with skiing leads him to Niseko
Aussie takes slippery slope to Hokkaido

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Nadal rallies to beat Federer

Vets have Shiga making strong bid for trip to Final Four

Pagano leaves Ravens to become head coach of Colts

What to call baby?

Danger! Nuclear waste! Keep out — forever!

Graffiti brightens Tohoku housing units

Florence exorcises her lungs

FBI icon's sexuality as intriguing as his policies?

'Arakawa' adaptation washes up on love's muddy banks

Growing old gracefully is not as easy as it sounds

Banishing demons one bean at a time

Decoding Kyoto-Italian cuisine in Yoyogi Village

Restaurant full? Head to code kurkku's bar instead

Turning to Okinawa and its rituals in search of a happier new year

Call of the powder: sublime snow in Japan

Nosing around Nada, the nation's sake-brewing mecca

It takes more than two to tango

Hayashi drums up a birthday performance

New National Theatre, Tokyo, opens season with Puccini classic

Conrad Tokyo offers beauty plan

Zero Gravity

Noodles

Partial guilty plea in Mazda rampage trial

Doctor, wife jailed for buying illegally harvested kidney

40% of universities mull shifting academic year

IAEA team inspects two idled reactors at Kepco's Oi plant

Watanabe to Davos: Japan on mend

American trying to turn wartime flag over to kin

Panel looking at food heritage plan

Hokkaido racehorse breeders bet on China

Hibakusha embark on no-nukes sea voyage

Smartphone traffic projection caught DoCoMo off guard

Asia to run economy in '12: Kuroda

Toshiba plans to release e-book reader

Ailing Elpida may sell mainstay Hiroshima plant to raise cash

NEC to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

Power users on the hook

Conciliating the Armenians

Criticism without originality

Lesson of Great Recession is too hard to accept

Asian quest for energy security

Tax plan ill-timed and ill-thought

Conversations with Thaksin, Thailand's prime suspect

American claims Tokyo police assaulted son, 8

Troupe takes Japanese folk tales abroad

Japanese must tap their 'inner Israeli': readers' responses

Tepco pole position may scupper land buy

Kamakura / Fujisawa: What do you think of the recent police crackdown on bicyclists who break the rules?

Lawyer enjoying best of all worlds after infatuation with skiing leads him to NisekoAussie takes slippery slope to Hokkaido

Hold the plastic grass — I want the real stuff

A backward glance to see the future

The rise and fall of property taxes

Let's not forget the little things

Witnessing China's new cultural revolution

Japan's role in the 19th-century modernization of Chinese art

Left alone with Henri Le Sidaner

Seiho launches Day Tripper label with 'Mercury'

Shibuya style with an Akihabara twist?

Ethnic Minority "Startin' "

The Creams "Panache"

Best of 2011: Shinpei Ruike 4 Piece Band "Sector b"

It's Murphy's Law if you don't get the joke in Japanese

Platform doors

Fresh light on history books

'Art Seto' bringing islands back to life

Grace shines through Nagai's tales of horror

Changing self and systems for a leaner and greener Japan

Sealing a connection with nature

Sony and Fujitsu take Japan into the battle for global smartphone dominance

'Stealth marketing' by companies is polluting online forums

Cyborg teddy bears, telephonic androids, USB missiles set to stun

A look back at the best games of 2011

Japan needs a little Cuban-style happiness

Women's investigative instincts — "Kaseifu," "Strawberry Night"; CM of the week: Ellair

Can showbiz really sever yakuza ties?

'Made in Japan' label under assault

Lawyer enjoying best of all worlds after infatuation with skiing leads him to Niseko
Aussie takes slippery slope to Hokkaido