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JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Japan looks to lower teachers' workloads by having municipalities collect fees for student lunches
In a bid to lower teachers' workloads, the education ministry will compile guidelines by the end of next March on how to reduce their burden with regards to the collection and management of school lunch fees, informed sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 14, 2018
From the DJ booth, man with ALS taps into tech to brighten future for all
By Sarah Suk
Masatane Muto slowly maneuvers the controller on his power wheelchair with his right hand to move around his Tokyo office.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Lottery sales in Japan down for second straight year
Sales of Takarakuji lottery tickets issued by prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cities totaled ¥786.6 billion in fiscal 2017, down 6.9 percent from the year before.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Japan puts off using My Number system to scrutinize financial assets of elderly people
The government is set to push back the deadline — scheduled for late March — for working out the specifics of a plan to obtain information on elderly people's financial assets, such as savings and securities, through the My Number identification system due to lack of public support for the idea,...
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Photographer using project to pass on experiences of A-bomb survivors through family portraits
A 36-year-old female photographer is passing on the stories of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by taking family photos of third-generation survivors.

ASIA PACIFIC

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Malaysian women to be caned for 'attempting lesbian sex'
Two Malaysian women convicted for attempting to have lesbian sex will be fined and caned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, in a rare case against gay people in the Muslim-majority country.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Pedestrians hurt as car hits barrier at U.K. Parliament; man arrested
A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London's Parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2018
FBI agent Peter Strzok, whose anti-Trump texts sparked an uproar, is fired
The FBI has fired agent Peter Strzok, whose anti-Trump text messages fueled controversy over the investigation into Russia's election interference, a move that U.S. President Donald Trump quickly celebrated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Boy, 3, at armed New Mexico desert compound died in ritual exorcism: prosecutor
A young boy whose remains were discovered buried at a New Mexico desert compound died during a ritual ceremony to "cast out demonic spirits," other children found at the remote homestead told investigators, a prosecutor said in court on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Initially let go, Florida man charged with manslaughter in 'stand your ground' shooting
A Florida man was charged with manslaughter on Monday for fatally shooting another man on July 19 during an argument over a parking spot, after police initially declined to arrest him due to the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law, officials said.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2018
Japan Tobacco seeks approval for price hikes from Finance Ministry
Japan Tobacco Inc. on Tuesday filed for Finance Ministry approval of its plans to raise the prices of most of its products in line with the tobacco tax hike set for Oct. 1.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
South Korea's 'Hyundai Town' faces grim future with idled shipyard, rise in suicides
By Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin
When Lee Dong-hee came to Ulsan to work for Hyundai Heavy Industries five years ago, shipyards in the city known as Hyundai Town operated day and night and workers could make triple South Korea's annual average salary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
World's biggest Bitcoin-mining rig maker Bitmain eyes move into AI
By Lionel Laurent
The 1980s cyberpunk novels that predicted today's internet failed to conceive of anything as outlandish or contradictory as Bitcoin: A digital currency that's spent nowhere, a commodity that's used for nothing, and a libertarian dream that is effectively run by elites.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
Turkish lira crash may affect some Japanese companies with operations there
By Tara Patel
Your next vacation in sun-drenched Turkey may now be a lot cheaper. On the flip side, corporate profits from selling goods locally are dwindling by the day when converted to home currencies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
Illegal fishing and harm to Amazon forest linked to firms using tax havens, study says
Scientists called on Monday for greater transparency over the use of tax havens by companies involved in activities that have harmed the world's oceans and the Amazon rainforest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
Tesla's slow disclosure after Musk's tweet of going private raises governance concerns
Tesla Inc.'s handling of Chief Executive Elon Musk's proposal to take the carmaker private and its failure to promptly file a formal disclosure has raised governance concerns and sparked questions about how companies use social media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018
$289 million Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares reeling
Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 percent on Monday, losing about $14 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay $289 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2018
Keep memories of the war alive for future generations
World War II should be remembered so the folly of war is not repeated in the future.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2018
Japan has the potential to keep global free trade alive
By Takashi Imamura
Japan can possibly go down in history as a nation that played a crucial role in preventing the collapse of the global free trade system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2018
How a global patent market could spur growth
By Eskil Ullberg and Edmund S. Phelps
A rules-based global trade system for intellectual property could help reinvigorate it by driving more specialization and cross-border cooperation among the world's inventors.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2018
Why charity for the poor isn't futile
By Peter Singer
While we wait for politicians to act, it is important to concentrate our spare resources on effective aid that helps poor people lead the best lives they can.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg is totally out of his depth
By Cathy O'Neil
And so are all the big boys of tech.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2018
Beijing needs to understand one thing about Trump
By Penny Pritzker
The U.S. president is voicing a widely held resentment about China's double-dealing economic policy.

Sports

BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 14, 2018
Indians outfielder Leonys Martin recovering from bacterial infection
Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin is recovering from a bacterial infection that team president Chris Antonetti described as "life-threatening."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 14, 2018
Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook delivers inspiration in Tokyo visit
By Ed Odeven
Russell Westbrook brought smiles to enthusiastic fans' faces on a festive Tuesday morning in Tokyo.
TENNIS
Aug 14, 2018
Osaka must improve mental focus to become elite player
By Joel Tansey
With 2018 wins over Grand Slam champions Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova as well as reigning world No. 1 Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka has proven that she, too, has the potential to win a major — or perhaps several.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2018
Jia Pengfang left his home in rural China with an erhu and a dream
By Chiho Iuchi
Jia Pengfang's talent with the erhu took him around the world, but would audiences overseas appreciate the traditional Chinese instrument?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018
Mami Kosemura says it with flowers
By John L. Tran
Where Flemish still-life painters combined fruit, vegetables and flowers that could not normally be picked in the same season, and portrayed them together in an imaginary, but highly realistic pictorial space, Kosemura uses contemporary tools to achieve the same with photographic detail.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018
'Gendai Gokan and Haruo Tomiyama: A Photographer Who Transcended Language'
By Yukari Tanaka
Aug. 1-Oct. 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018
'Imitation Exhibit'
By Yukari Tanaka
Aug. 9-Sept. 2
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018
'A Collection of Chinese and Korean Paintings in Yamato Bunkakan'
By Yukari Tanaka
Aug. 24-Sept. 30
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.

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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