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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2016
Abe's LDP sits on solid lead ahead of Upper House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely garner more than twice as many votes as the Democratic Party, its biggest rival, in the pivotal July 10 Upper House election, newspaper surveys said Monday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 20, 2016
Regional papers reach out to voters in fight to stay relevant, solvent
By Eric Johnston
With the July 10 Upper House election just around the corner, politics is once again in the air as Diet members head back to their local constituencies to campaign and promote their party platforms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2016
Record 65.3 million people displaced, often face barriers: UNHCR
A record 65.3 million people were uprooted worldwide last year, many of them fleeing wars only to face walls, tougher laws and xenophobia as they reach borders, the United Nations refugee agency said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 20, 2016
Business ticks on for artisan clockmakers as wind-up timepieces find renewed favor
The number of people looking to repair old wind-up clocks is on the rise nationwide.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
South Korea trains next generation of keyboard warriors
In one college major at Seoul’s elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Trump's Muslim comments may spark retaliation: Indonesian vice president
Indonesia's vice president on Monday voiced concerns over U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on Muslims, saying "discrimination according to religion" could prompt retaliatory policies from other countries.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
North Korea diplomat may take part in China forum with U.S. envoy
A North Korean diplomat who was part of six-party talks aimed at ending the country's nuclear program arrived in China on Monday, where she is expected to attend a forum in which the U.S. nuclear envoy will take part, Kyodo News said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Bodies pile up as Philippine police show new boss they're tough on drugs
Philippine police killed 11 suspected drug dealers during operations at the weekend, police said on Monday, adding to a surge of drugs-related killings since Rodrigo Duterte swept an election last month on promises to wipe out crime.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
China cracks down foreign-inspired TV shows
By Jesse Johnson
China is clamping down on imported television shows and remakes that use formats from abroad in a bid to "promote domestic originality," the country's top media regulator has said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
North Korea pulling troops from Uganda as Kampala warms to South
North Korea is pulling its troops from Uganda after Kampala severed ties, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday, quoting Pyongyang as saying the maneuver was not a forced withdrawal under international pressure but the expiry of a contract.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Natural disasters take toll on schools and children around Asian region
A greater humanitarian focus on schools before, during and after natural disasters will save lives, protect children and benefit communities and countries, Save the Children says in a report due out this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
Children's charity says their education is mostly overlooked in wake of disasters
From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, a charity said.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2016
Interview with the vanishing Hong Kong bookseller who stood up to China
Chain smoking outside a train station in Hong Kong last Thursday, a thin, bespectacled man called Lam Wing-kee was in a bind.
WORLD
Jun 20, 2016
Iran says it thwarts attacks in Tehran, other cities
Iran has thwarted several planned bombings in cities including Tehran, the state news agency quoted the intelligence ministry as saying Monday, in what it called a major plot by Sunni Muslim militants against the Shiite Islamic Republic.
WORLD
Jun 20, 2016
Hurricane center warns of tropical storm headed for Veracruz
A tropical depression formed over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and was expected to develop into a tropical storm within 24 hours before moving over eastern Mexico and the city of Veracruz on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 20, 2016
Turkish troops killed 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, trying to cross border: monitor
Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria, activists and a monitoring group said on Sunday.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 20, 2016
IMF report calls for 'Abenomics' reload as quest for goals continues
Japan is falling short of its economic targets and needs to reload the "three arrows" of "Abenomics" to support higher wages and labor-market reforms, the International Monetary Fund said in a report published Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2016
Toyota says Brexit may lead to 10% duties on U.K.-built cars
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, warned a withdrawal by Britain from the European Union may lead to levies of as much as 10 percent on the cars it builds in the U.K.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2016
Beyond any turmoil linked to Brexit, central bankers dread long shadow of possibilities
By Jeff Black
Finally, a financial flare-up that the world's central banks will have seen coming.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Jun 20, 2016
Mr. Yen sees surge to ¥100 that may increase odds of intervention
After correctly predicting the yen's relentless march beyond ¥115, ¥110 and ¥105, former Finance Ministry official Eisuke Sakakibara now says the Japanese currency will gradually strengthen more than 4 percent toward ¥100 per dollar by the end of the year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2016
Researcher says Toyota production capabilities optimal for producing helper robots
By Craig Trudell
The researcher hired by Toyota Motor Corp. to spearhead its robotics and artificial intelligence efforts says the automaker's production principles can be applied to build affordable helper robots for rapidly aging societies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2016
Netflix says more Japanese originals on the way after positive international response to 'Hibana'
Netflix Inc. intends to produce more original Japanese television shows after the series it introduced earlier this month beat the company's expectations by drawing viewers from Brazil to Germany and the U.S.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2016
A murder stuns British politics
While we must not excuse individuals from vile actions, we cannot at the same time ignore the environment in which these acts take place.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2016
How about killing schools' economics departments?
By Takamitsu Sawa
The humanities and social sciences are vital to analyzing the complexities of economics, a fact the education ministry would be well-served to remember.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Brexit: The Apocalypse . . . or not
By Gwynne Dyer
The advantages of the single market will probably be enough to hold the EU together, especially if the members have a horrible example of Britain as a warning.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
America has long fostered a culture of violence
By Cesar Chelala
We cannot decry the consequence of our actions if we foster a culture of violence in the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
China well-positioned to create a 'good economy'
By Edmund S. Phelps
Optimizing its resource allocation is far from all that China must do to boost prosperity. It is time to focus on workers and elevating the experience of their labor.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Will Beijing dominate the 'internet of vehicles'?
By Adam Minter
China is where the future of driverless car technology will likely be charted. In trying to compete there, foreign companies face a stark choice: Partner up or be left behind.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
After the British vote on the EU, Italy may be next in line
By Daniel Stelter
Germany will have to change its policies if it wants to avoid the exit of other countries from the European Union.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2016
Helping foreign students to learn Japanese
By Walt Gardner
The education ministry's proposal to establish hub schools where foreign students can learn Japanese is a good idea, but the plan will hinge on getting good teachers.

Sports

SOCCER
Jun 20, 2016
Wenger says Vardy will stay at Leicester
Striker Jamie Vardy is likely to turn down a move to Arsenal and stay at Premier League champion Leicester City, the north London club's manager, Arsene Wenger, has said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 20, 2016
Otani's prowess at plate presents predicament for Fighters
By Jason Coskrey
After losing their previous two games against the Chunichi Dragons, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters needed a win Sunday to ensure they would finish their interleague slate with at least a .500 record. They won 3-2, largely because Shohei Otani rode to the rescue, striking out 12 over eight shutout innings...

LIFE

LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 20, 2016
Repetition and role-play are crucial for speaking success in Japanese
By Daniel Morales
Applying repetition to speaking practice will help you sound more natural and bring phrases to your tongue more easily.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 20, 2016
Divining the difference between 'tama ni' and 'tamatama'
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
Introducing two adverbs, u305fu307eu306b and u305fu307eu305fu307e, that sound similar but have rather different meanings.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jun 20, 2016
Japan to take 150 Syrians as students
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that Japan will accept 150 Syrians over five years, treating them not as refugees but university students.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 20, 2016
Let's discuss what young Japanese want from work
Google, All Nippon Airways and Toyota have emerged as the ideal workplaces for Japanese millennial talent, according to a survey.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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