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YOUTH

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2021
China¡¯s youth are embracing Mao¡¯s message
The chairman¡¯s call for struggle and violence against capitalists is winning over a new audience of young people frustrated with long work hours and dwindling opportunities.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 22, 2020
An old head on young shoulders
¡®When will I be tall enough to hold the strap?¡¯
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2019
U.S. first lady booed at youth event in Baltimore, a city Trump called ¡®disgusting¡¯ and ¡®rodent-infested¡¯
Melania Trump was widely booed when she took the stage at a youth event in Baltimore on Tuesday, an unusually hostile reception for a U.S. first lady.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 16, 2019
Age is relative
¡®The doctor at that clinic in Jiyugaoka is so young. She must be around 60 years old.¡¯
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2019
A month ahead of election, Thailand¡¯s billionaire rising political star is energizing young voters
Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand¡¯s military ¡°dictatorship,¡± supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval.
Japan Times
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Dec 26, 2018
From a harrowing experience in Iraq to youth mentorship: Noriaki Imai dedicates his life to helping at-risk teens
When freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda returned to Japan in October after being held captive by a militant group in Syria for over three years, 33-year-old Noriaki Imai was confounded and disappointed by the muted reception he received from the public, with many blaming the journalist for his own abduction....
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2018
Why it pays off for governments to invest in sports
Sports-based investment can go a long way toward strengthening communities and enabling young people to live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2017
China¡¯s Communist Party uses rap to tap youth culture, hook millennials
In his baseball cap and baggy yellow T-shirt, the rap star Li Yijie ¡ª better known by his stage name ¡°Pissy¡± ¡ª is an unlikely face of China¡¯s strait-laced ruling Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 29, 2017
Chinese buy condom business as sex-savvy youth spur demand
April Zhang, a 21-year-old student from Shanghai, reflects the fast-shifting attitudes of China¡¯s younger generations toward sex. She¡¯s confident to talk about a topic once taboo here and is well educated about the risks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2017
Hong Kong¡¯s restive youth prepare for long struggle with Beijing
With China¡¯s preferred candidate selected as Hong Kong¡¯s next chief executive, another blow to the morale of the city¡¯s democracy activists, their young leaders are taking a page from Beijing¡¯s playbook and preparing for a long battle.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics
Jul 11, 2016
Exit polls show Japan¡¯s young voters wanted to go with the flow by voting for coalition
Media exit polls show that a majority of those in their 20s or younger voted for the Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner, Komeito, in Sunday¡¯s Upper House election. Observers said the result doesn¡¯t necessarily reflect their active support for the ruling coalition but rather their wish to...
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 8, 2016
Teachers say Japan¡¯s young voters need to have political awareness nurtured in schools
Three 18-year-old high school students at Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin in Tokyo said they were excited to cast their ballots in Sunday¡¯s Upper House election, being among the nation¡¯s first teenagers to join the electorate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 3, 2016
Young Chinese question marriage pressure as divorce rate climbs
At a registry office in Beijing, Sun Xiangshu and Shi Ci posed for photographs, their wedding certificates in hand, having just become man and wife.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 24, 2015
¡®No-future¡¯ Brussels youth believed lured to jihad by Rambo appeal, not religion
Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he and three of the suspected Paris attackers grew up in Brussels.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 18, 2015
Despite what the media says about juvenile crime, the kids are alright
In an essay he wrote for Asahi Shimbun¡¯s Internet magazine Webronza in June, professor Mikio Kawai, a specialist in ¡°serious crime,¡± revealed the results of a survey he conducted last March among 1,456 ¡°older¡± people. He asked the respondents if they thought juvenile crime was on the increase. Sixty-two...
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Jul 10, 2015
New Japanese voters emerge from school unaware of their potential at polls
With the voting age lowered to 18 from 20, an estimated 2.4 million people, including high school students, will be allowed to vote for the first time in next summer¡¯s Upper House election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015
Worrying plight of the young and unemployed
Advanced economies must try to promote a sense of purposefulness and self-reliance for their bloated pools of disengaged youth.
Japan Times
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Jan 10, 2015
Half of new adults strangers to romance: survey
Nearly half of Japan¡¯s 20-year-olds have never been in a romantic relationship and 1 in 5 has never fallen in love, a survey by a marriage counseling firm says.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 28, 2014
TV personality Haruka Christine wants youth to get politically savvy
Regular viewers of Japanese TV may remember young Haruka Christine¡¯s first appearances on the variety-show circuit in early 2010, when she had her fellow entertainers and audiences in stitches.
Japan Times
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Feb 20, 2014
¡®Generation Resignation¡¯ youngsters defy stereotypes
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes the momentum of his economic policies raises the spirits of the Japanese people and buoys the stock market as well, decadeslong economic malaise has already crushed the hopes and dreams of many young people, who will be leading the nation in the years to come.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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