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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Takatsuki residents mourn death of 9-year-old girl, as cleanup in quake-hit Kansai continues
By Eric Johnston
The tributes came as life in the city appeared to be improving on Tuesday with train lines resuming operation.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Osaka quake highlights dangers posed by concrete-block walls
By Mizuho Aoki and Chisato Tanaka
The death on Monday of a 9-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture highlights the potential dangers of violating building codes and of concrete-block walls, which can turn lethal when major earthquakes strike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
U.N. body offers Tokyo youth a glimpse of life in camps on World Refugee Day
By Chisato Tanaka
On most weekends, the plaza surrounding the famous Hachiko dog statue outside Shibuya Station is thronged with people. However, the popular Tokyo rendezvous point last Saturday hosted an emergency tent where people in bright blue T-shirts tried to raise awareness ahead of June 20 — the 18th annual...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Anxious travelers cancel bookings, spooked by deadly Osaka quake
By Sarah Suk and Magdalena Osumi
Monday morning's deadly earthquake in Osaka has affected tourism in the region, with travelers at home and overseas canceling bookings in the affected areas.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Different disaster, same story: Osaka quake prompts online hate speech targeting foreigners
By Tomohiro Osaki
Monday's deadly quake in Osaka Prefecture has led to the resurgence of what has become a familiar — if disconcerting — post-disaster trend on the internet: a slew of hate speech-driven tweets warning of "crimes" committed by foreign residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Japan's demand for foreign workers may soften immigration policy, albeit slowly
By Malcolm Foster and Kiyoshi Takenaka
Shinichiro Tsukada says his small plastering company in Tokyo wouldn't survive without the 22 Chinese and Vietnamese workers who make up half his payroll.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2018
North Korea's Kim heads to China with nukes and summit likely on agenda
By Jesse Johnson
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim's landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Beijing seeks a larger role in talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2018
U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercise in move likely to stoke concern in Japan
By Jesse Johnson
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States had agreed with South Korea to halt the Ulchi Freedom Guardian "war game" in August, in a move analysts said would stoke concern in Tokyo.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia's women get ready for lifting of driving ban
On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 19, 2018
'Screen time' excess: Gaming addiction now classified as mental health disorder by WHO
Many parents already have concerns, but some may now have a new argument for limiting their children's "screen time" — addiction to video games has been recognized by World Health Organization as a mental health disorder.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 19, 2018
As Venezuela's health system crumbles, pregnant women flee to Colombia, fearing death at home
Exhausted but relieved, Yariani Flores lay next to her healthy newborn son, along with four other Venezuelan women who just gave birth in a hospital in Colombia's border city of Cucuta.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2018
U.S. top court sidesteps major rulings on partisan gerrymandering electoral map manipulation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan advantage.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2018
Mercari's IPO raises over ¥60 billion on Mothers, putting Japanese flea market app in spotlight
By Kazuaki Nagata and Shusuke Murai
Mercari Inc., Japan's first unicorn to go public, made its debut Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers section, becoming the largest IPO this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2018
Fujifilm sues Xerox for $1 billion over failed takeover bid
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. accused Xerox Corp. of caving to the whims of Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in backing out of a $6.1 billion takeover deal as it initiated legal action over the unsuccessful transaction.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2018
U.S. slaps over 167% in anti-dumping duties on China's aluminum sheet: trade group
The U.S. Commerce Department has determined that Chinese common alloy aluminum sheet products are being sold in the U.S. market at less than fair value and will be subject to preliminary anti-dumping duties of 167.16 percent, the Aluminum Association said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2018
Google to invest $550 million in China e-commerce giant JD.com as it battles rivals
Google will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse JD.com, part of the U.S. internet giant's efforts to expand its presence in fast-growing Asian markets and battle rivals including Amazon.com.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 19, 2018
Norway tests small electric plane, sees passenger flights by 2025 if shift to green tech grows
Norway tested a two-seater electric plane on Monday and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation technologies match a green shift that has made Norwegians the world's top buyers of electric cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2018
Head of VW's Audi arrested in Germany over diesel scandal, throwing carmaker into chaos
Volkswagen was holding crisis talks on Monday to find a stand-in boss for its Audi brand, a source familiar with the discussions said, after German authorities arrested Audi CEO Rupert Stadler as part of a probe into emissions test cheating.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2018
Brace for quakes that can hit at any time, anywhere
The Osaka quake should serve as yet another wake-up call for city administrators across the nation to review their preparedness for disasters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2018
Reversing Japan's demographic nosedive
By Ichiro Asahina
Many steps can be taken to boost the shrinking population.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2018
What's so good about Japan's demography?
By Richard Solomon
The nation's labor force is shrinking, educated and dedicated — attributes that match the needs of a knowledge-based economy
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2018
Trump is losing the South China Sea
By Brahma Chellaney
Unless the U.S. adopts a stronger policy to contain Chinese expansionism there, the widely shared vision of a free, open, and democratic-led Indo-Pacific will give way to an illiberal, repressive regional order.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2018
A trade war will hit developing countries the hardest
By Mukhisa Kituyi
The effects of a global trade war would be felt everywhere, but especially in the world's poorest countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2018
You can hate Putin but love the World Cup
By Leonid Bershidsky
Russians and foreign visitors can get a closer look at each other, without the usual filters.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 19, 2018
The most harrowing story actress Ayame Misaki has to tell is her own
By Matthew Hernon
Model-turned-actress Ayame Misaki has played a variety of roles over the past decade, including a soldier in "Attack on Titan" and a manipulative hostess in the film "Judas," but her own story is arguably more dramatic and harrowing than any role she has appeared in.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 19, 2018
Bridget Riley: The art world's illusionist
By John L. Tran
A very concise review of the Bridget Riley exhibition at the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, would be this: Barring those who are prone to motion sickness, go and see it. This applies equally to predisposed art buffs who already know and appreciate her work, and to those who haven't heard of her,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 19, 2018
'Michelangelo and the Ideal Body'
By Yukari Tanaka
June 19-Sept. 24
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 19, 2018
'The Museum of the King: French Modern Art & Surrealism from the Collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art'
By Yukari Tanaka
June 23-Sept. 24
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 19, 2018
'The Collection of the National Museum of Ethnology: Shell Road'
By Yukari Tanaka
June 23-Sept. 2
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 19, 2018
Rising Florida rapper XXXTentacion, 20, gunned down in apparent drive-by shooting
Up-and-coming U.S. rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead near Miami on Monday, police said.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 19, 2018
World Cup views from Tokyo, Group H: Japan, Colombia, Senegal and Poland
By Ben Stubbings and Megha Wadhwa
Japan-based supporters of Group H teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.
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.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
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.
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.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
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.

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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