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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Japan and Russia seek progress on territorial dispute in Tokyo talks
By Daisuke Kikuchi
Senior Japanese and Russian diplomats on Tuesday agreed to further promote negotiations over planned joint economic activities on four disputed islands off Hokkaido, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2018
Godiva's dig at obligatory Valentine's chocolates stirs debate in Japan
By Chisato Tanaka
Japan should stop giving out giri choco (obligatory chocolate).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2018
Japan Tourism Agency aims to draw more Western tourists amid boom in Asian visitors
By Cory Baird
The Japan Tourism Agency launched a new digital advertising campaign Tuesday in a bid to draw more tourists from Western countries, a demographic that has failed to keep pace with Asian tourists who have flocked to Japan in recent years.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
North Korea calls Trump 'dolt-like' and compares 'bloody nose' strike to Iraq War run-up
By Jesse Johnson
Nuclear-armed North Korea unleashed a raft of insults and threats against the U.S. and its leader on Tuesday, calling Donald Trump "dolt-like" and comparing recent reports of a possible "bloody nose" limited strike against Pyongyang to the run-up to the Iraq War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
Hong Kong court frees three democracy leaders, but warns against future acts of dissent
By Venus Wu
Hong Kong's highest court freed three young leaders of the city's pro-democracy movement on Tuesday, including the public face of the protests, Joshua Wong, in a stark reversal of an earlier ruling, but it warned against future acts of dissent.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
Philippines' Duterte reneges on China deal and bans foreign research ships
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific research off the country's Pacific coast and told the navy to chase away unauthorized vessels, despite earlier allowing Chinese oceanographers to operate there.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 6, 2018
Chinese government-run paper says diplomatic ties with Vatican inevitable
China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the "wisdom" to resolve problems between the two sides, a state-run Chinese newspaper said Tuesday, amid increasing controversy over the issue.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2018
Chinese shipping employee shot dead in Pakistan's city of Karachi
A Chinese man working with a shipping company in Pakistan was shot dead in Karachi Monday in what police described as a targeted attack, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
Thai rights group's news conference on holding elections called off after police warning
A news conference by a Thai rights group was called off Tuesday following a police warning not to hold the event or risk violating a junta ban on public gatherings.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
Australia considers changes to proposed foreign interference law amid concern over Chinese influence
Australia is considering changes to proposed new laws designed to prevent improper foreign interference in its domestic politics after a backlash from journalists and local business, the country's most senior legal minister said.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2018
New SpaceX jumbo rocket set for debut test launch in company milestone
By Joey Roulette
A new SpaceX jumbo rocket in line to become the world's most powerful launch vehicle in operation was set for its highly anticipated debut test flight on Tuesday from Florida, carrying a Tesla Roadster as a mock payload.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Trump's lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request: New York Times
Several of U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers have advised him not to sit down for an interview with a special counsel investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Nations issue travel advisories as Maldives declares state of emergency amid deepening political crisis
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency for 15 days and security forces stormed the Supreme Court in signs that a crisis over a jailed former president is coming to a head.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2018
Most Republicans feel FBI and Justice Department trying to 'delegitimize' Trump: survey
Nearly 3 out of 4 Republicans believe the FBI and Justice Department are trying to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, a sharp turn for a party that has historically backed law enforcement agencies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2018
Syria regime airstrikes pound last rebel strongholds and hospitals, allegedly choke civilians with gas
Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people with gas in Idlib in the northwest, rescue workers and a war monitor said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2018
Padlocked track switch lined into siding blamed in fatal South Carolina Amtrak crash
A locked track switch is being blamed for the crash of an Amtrak passenger train into a freight train that killed two people and injured more than 100 in South Carolina on Sunday and is again raising questions about the roll-out of a new system to make U.S. railways safer.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2018
Mitsubishi Heavy sees no need to further delay delivery of first regional jet
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. sees no need to further postpone the first delivery of its small passenger jet, the firm's president and chief executive officer, Shunichi Miyanaga, said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Feb 6, 2018
Dollar weaker around ¥109 in late Tokyo
The dollar was weaker around ¥109 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday, dragged down by a plunge in stocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2018
Court hears denial after Waymo accuses Uber of 'cheating' by stealing its self-driving car secrets
Uber was either a cheating competitor willing to break the law to win the race to develop self-driving cars or the victim of an unproven conspiracy theory stitched together by its main rival, Waymo, jurors heard in opening statements of a trade secrets trial.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018
Young operators turn to social media to revive Tokyo's sento neighborhood bathhouses
Younger operators of sento (public bathhouses) in Tokyo are breathing new life into the facilities, which have long helped residents in communities feel refreshed and relaxed.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018
Demand for electric bikes in Japan still brisk 25 years after Yamaha Motor's first model
Electric bicycles are enjoying brisk demand as they mark the 25th anniversary this year since the first model was released in 1993.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Feb 6, 2018
Machines had their 'fingerprints' all over a Dow rout for the ages
Risk parity funds. Volatility-targeting programs. Statistical arbitrage. Sometimes the U.S. stock market seems like a giant science project, one that can quickly turn hazardous for its human inhabitants.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 6, 2018
Nikkei plunges over 1,600 points as Wall Street rout spreads
By Alex K.T. Martin
Tokyo stocks on Tuesday saw their largest decline since 2016 as Wall Street's sell-off delivered heavy blows to investor risk appetite.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018
Seattle finds Facebook in violation of city campaign finance law in net political ad regulatory first
Reuters
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018
Trump tax overhaul may drain $2 trillion from foreign projects as funds shift to U.S.: U.N. report
U.S. President Donald Trump's tax reform could bring almost $2 trillion back to the United States as U.S. firms repatriate cash piles from foreign affiliates, a U.N. report said on Monday.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2018
Nago's mayoral race and the Henoko facility
The defeat of the mayor of Nago, Okinawa, who opposed the construction of the Futenma replacement facility in his city, should not be seen as an endorsement of the project by local voters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2018
How Japan can attract more students from overseas
By Ikuko Tsuboya-Newell
The market for studying abroad is booming, and with the right plan universities in Japan can easily enroll more international students.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018
The Pentagon's alarming nuclear posture review
By Gwynne Dyer
Washington is once again playing with the dangerous notion of a 'limited' nuclear war.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018
Democrats could lose again this fall
Americans vote their pocketbooks, and their wallets are feeling better than they have in a long time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018
Do you need to buy bitcoin?
By Adair Turner
Over the next year, the bitcoin price could double, soar tenfold, or collapse by 95 percent or more, and no economic analysis can help predict where in that range it will lie.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018
Will China 'weaponize' social media?
By Kent Harrington
Now that Russia has shown how cybertactics and informational subterfuge can upend established democracies, China will surely be taking some pages from the Kremlin's playbook.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2018
Ekiden guru Susumu Hara calls for big changes to sport
By Kaz Nagatsuka
With the remarkable achievements he's accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 6, 2018
Kazufusa Hosho: 'Noh is necessary in times of social unrest'
By Kris Kosaka
The challenge facing Kazufusa Hosho is one that many guardians of traditional Japanese art forms know well: ensuring the survival of a centuries-old culture by attracting new and younger audiences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2018
Roni Horn: Ways to present the self
By John L. Tran
While visiting the Rathole Gallery, a confident 3 year-old told me that his favorite work in the current exhibition, Roni Horn’s “The Selected Gifts,” was a picture of meatballs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2018
'Flore d'Odilon Redon'
By Yukari Tanaka
Feb. 8-May 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2018
'Hakuin in Suruga'
By Yukari Tanaka
Feb. 10-March 25
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2018
'Wang Xizhi and Japanese Calligraphy'
By Yukari Tanaka
Feb. 10-April 8
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 6, 2018
Homeward bound: Paul Simon ends 50-year touring career
Singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced on Monday he is quitting touring, saying it felt "a touch exhilarating, and something of a relief" to bring his 50-year performing career to an end.
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.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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