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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 13, 2017
Astroscale exec to boldly clean where no one has cleaned before
By Sayuri Daimon
Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history — cleaning up Earth's space junk.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 13, 2017
Barrier-free promotion law faces revision
The infrastructure ministry plans to revise the law promoting the development of barrier-free environments to ensure the creation of facilities and areas easily accessible to elderly and disabled people.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2017
Indian state suspends hospital chief following deaths of 60 children
The head of an Indian hospital where dozens of children died in recent days has been suspended, as officials traded blame over cash shortfalls that led to supplies of medical oxygen being cut.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2017
Charlottesville violence tests Trump's presidential mettle
By James Oliphant
The real world has begun to intrude upon the presidency of Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2017
Latin America rejects Trump's military threat against Venezuela
After months of attacking Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America came out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the crisis-hit nation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2017
Russia probe counsel wants to interview senior White House officials
The special counsel investigating whether Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign wants to speak with current and former senior White House officials, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2017
Mexican president embraces rule change paving way for anointment of next leader
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Saturday endorsed a change to the Institutional Revolutionary Party's rules that allows outsiders to run for president, a move that gives the embattled leader greater power to anoint his successor.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2017
Enhancing government accountability
A series of scandals has exposed the inadequacies of a guideline that governs the management of official documents by government ministries and agencies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017
Surviving in a post-truth world
By Daniel T. Blumstein
Despite the falsehoods that some politicians peddle, facts still matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017
Calling the Chinese bully's bluff in the Himalayas
By Brahma Chellaney
The more power China has accumulated, the more it has attempted to achieve its foreign policy objectives with bluff, bluster and bullying.

Sports

SOCCER / J. League
Aug 13, 2017
Kawasaki slams door on Kashima's unbeaten streak
By Andrew MCKIRDY
Kawasaki Frontale ended Kashima Antlers' nine-match unbeaten run and cut the gap on the J. League leaders with an emphatic 3-1 win on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 13, 2017
Leadoff home runs generate energy, excitement on diamond
By Jason Coskrey
Leadoff home runs are fun. Most can probably agree on that. A leadoff home run is a rush, an unexpected jolt of energy at the outset of a game.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 13, 2017
Reconstructing the Japanese house
By John L. Tran
After very successful runs in Rome and London, "The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945," an exhibition of maquettes, photographs, plans and drawings, is now in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 13, 2017
Taking minimalism to the next level
By Kaori Shoji
Ever since the release of Marie Kondo's 2011 bible on the Japanese art of decluttering, much of the developed world has been somewhat fixated on tidying up.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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