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JAPAN

JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Nissan to take over as main sponsor of 'Sazae-san' as troubled Toshiba ends long run
Nissan Motor Co. will take over as main sponsor of the popular TV anime "Sazae-san," sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2018
Kyoto University to accept 17 felled by flawed entrance test
Kyoto University said Thursday it will admit 17 applicants who were rejected after taking its entrance exam last February that contained a physics question with no possible answer.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2018
Japanese disaster agency to urge use of multiple J-Alert warning channels
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to ask municipalities this month to adopt at least two methods for transmitting emergency messages from the J-Alert warning system, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2018
Watered down measures threaten an 'extremely smoky' Tokyo Olympics, critics say
The criticism comes after the government announced planned revisions to a law on secondhand smoke, saying smoking would be permitted in some small establishments.

WORLD

WORLD
Feb 1, 2018
Zimbabwe to give white farmers 99-year leases, like black counterparts
Zimbabwe will issue 99-year leases to white farmers, according to a government circular, after new President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he would end discrimination along racial lines in agriculture.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2018
San Francisco to dismiss thousands of marijuana convictions
Thousands of San Francisco residents convicted of marijuana offenses since 1975 will see those convictions dismissed or reduced under an effort announced on Wednesday by the city's district attorney.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
Son of Alberto Fujimori breaks with the opposition and says he will back Peruvian president
The youngest son of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori said on Wednesday that he would form a new political group to support the executive branch as President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his center-right government grow increasingly isolated.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
U.K. government will give Parliament initial Brexit analysis
Britain's government said on Wednesday it would hand over to Parliament what it called an initial analysis of the impact of Brexit, trying to deflect accusations that ministers are badly prepared for leaving the EU.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
Trump's letter of respect prompts African leaders to refrain from criticizing him
African leaders say they have decided to refrain from issuing a resolution to criticise Donald Trump's alleged reference to their nations as "shithole countries" because the U.S. president sent them a letter expressing respect for the continent.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2018
Despite Trump's climate change denial, Pentagon says warming threatens half of U.S. military sites
Nearly half of U.S. military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a Pentagon study whose findings run contrary to White House views on global warming.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
EPA delays 2015 Obama-era clean water rule for two years amid bid to repeal and replace it
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that the 2015 Waters of the United States rule will not be applicable for two years while it works to repeal and replace the Obama-era clean water regulation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 1, 2018
Human traffickers seen exploiting chaos at Southern Europe migrant processing centers
Human traffickers are capitalizing on widespread chaos at migrant reception centers across Southern Europe to transport their victims undetected and lure other migrants into forced labor, a European security watchdog said on Wednesday.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2018
Uber plots expansion in Japan and Singapore amid talk of retreat from Asia
By Giles Turner and Yoolim Lee
If Uber Technologies Inc. is planning a retreat from Asia, no one told Brooks Entwistle, head of the ride-hailing company's business in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2018
Instant cameras growing popular with Japanese photo-sharing fans hungry for 'instagenic' shots
Instant cameras are making a comeback in Japan as the colorful, boxy film-based devices capture the hearts of young women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2018
Search called off for Quiksilver boss believed missing off France
France's coast guard on Wednesday called off searches for the head of the U.S. firm that owns the Quiksilver surfwear brand, a day after his boat washed up empty on the country's Atlantic coast, local authorities said.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2018
Realistic fiscal consolidation target needed
Further postponing the goal of achieving a primary budget balance risks making Japan's commitment to fiscal consolidation less credible.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2018
Will CEO activism take hold in Japan?
By Yumiko Murakami
Few people expect to see Japanese CEOs weighing in on socially sensitive and divisive issues, but that may be starting to change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2018
The U.S. risks losing an Arctic cold war
By Peter Apps
The opening of previously frozen trade routes has supercharged an arms race and jostle for influence on the roof of the world

Sports

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 1, 2018
Donte' Hill hoping to return Iwate to respectability in second half of season
By Ed Odeven
In the rapidly changing Japan pro basketball landscape, the Iwate Big Bulls' run to the bj-league Final Four in 2015 is, well, ancient history.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018
Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream
By Jack Gallagher
"She is the one I trust the most."

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 1, 2018
Fine dining overlooking Namiki-dori
The flamboyant restaurant and bar NAMIKI667 that opened in January in the new Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo, offers guests a unique space to unwind with family and friends.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 1, 2018
Artist Asako Iwama explores the relationship between food and language
By Katherine Whatley
Food and the desire to eat has always been mysterious to Asako Iwama. When the artist and cook was a young child, she could not understand why she had to eat. Her earliest memories of food are of her grandmother's cooking in a strange yet fascinating kitchen far away from home.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / Backstage Pass
Feb 1, 2018
Change is in the air for New National Theater Tokyo in 2018
By Nobuko Tanaka
At the start of each year the New National Theatre Tokyo holds a media event at which the artistic directors of its three departments covering opera, drama and dance (ballet and contemporary) outline their aims and announce the upcoming programs. This time there was an unusual buzz in the air on Jan....
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

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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