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JAPAN

JAPAN
Aug 28, 2018
Fukushima to remove controversial statue of child in radiation protection suit
Fukushima Mayor Hiroshi Kohata announced a decision on Tuesday to remove a controversial statue of a child in a radiation protection suit that has drawn waves of criticism since it was unveiled early this month.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Japan will overhaul Immigration Bureau to create agency for expected surge of blue-collar workers under new status
By Sakura Murakami
The move comes as the government seeks to accept more foreign workers and introduce a new status of residence amid a serious labor crunch.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2018
Camping becoming more popular in Japan as options, including 'glamping,' increase
With various new camping options available, camping is regaining popularity in Japan after a mid-1990s boom led by the country's first baby boomers, who were born in the late 1940s.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2018
Half of 'disabled' workers at central government institutions were miscounted, labor minister says
By Sarah Suk
Of nearly 7,000 reported hires by ministries and agencies under a program to employ people with disabilities, 3,460 did not meet the guidelines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2018
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or near their parents
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or close to their parents — nearly double the share of parents who have had similar thoughts regarding their children — a private-sector survey has revealed.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Japan's assessment of North Korea threat unchanged despite Kim-Trump summit: annual defense paper
By Reiji Yoshida
Pyongyang has already deployed Rodong ballistic missiles and the country may have already succeeded in producing nuclear warheads small enough to fit on those missiles, the ministry warned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 28, 2018
Get ready for the robot invasion — of our classrooms
By Rowan Hooper
We may be wary of trusting robots enough to let them educate our children, but what if children were to help teach them a thing or two?

ASIA PACIFIC

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Trump called off top U.S. diplomat's Pyongyang visit after belligerent letter from North Korea: report
By Jesse Johnson
The White House last week canceled a planned trip to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just hours before the top U.S. diplomat was due to leave, after receiving a belligerent secret letter from North Korea's No. 2 that put the possibility of a successful visit in doubt, a report said Monday....

WORLD

WORLD
Aug 28, 2018
Millionaires jumping ship yet another symptom of Brazil's woes
Two thousand Brazilian millionaires left the country in 2017, according to the New World Wealth, a global market research group based in Johannesburg.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Deadly Florida video game contest shooting reignites gun rights debate
The slaying of two competitors at a Florida video game tournament on Sunday has stirred the long-simmering gun rights debate in the state on the eve of its hotly contested state and federal primary elections.
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WORLD
Aug 28, 2018
Merkel condemns violent far-right 'vigilante justice' demo in eastern city after killing
Germany will not tolerate "vigilante justice," Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday, after hundreds of far-right protesters staged a violent demonstration in response to a fatal stabbing that authorities blamed on a Syrian and an Iraqi.

BUSINESS

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BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Startup takes stress out of fed-up workers' exit plans
By Alex K.T. Martin
There was the 24-year-old insurance saleswoman who got sick of being yelled at when she couldn't reach her quota. Then there's the exhausted designer who clocked 160 hours of monthly overtime. And the ramen noodle shop employee who suffered stress to the point of developing depression.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
China and Japan slowly learning to cooperate in the age of Trump
Finance Minister Taro Aso will travel to Beijing later this week for a meeting with Chinese counterpart Liu Kun that is likely to demonstrate the improving relationship between the world's second- and third-largest economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Facebook bans Myanmar army chief, others in unprecedented move over spread of 'hate and misinformation'
Facebook said Monday it was removing several Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" after reviewing the content.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2018
Apple to expand iPhone X design with new colors, big screens
By Mark Gurman and Debby Wu
Apple Inc. is not only doubling down on the iPhone X, it's tripling down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
U.S. and Mexico reach NAFTA overhaul deal, upping pressure on Canada
The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules to remain part of the three-nation pact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2018
Toyota to invest $500 million in Uber for development of self-driving cars
Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said Monday, in a bid by both firms to catch up with rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Watchdog denies FCC chief Ajit Pai played favorites with Sinclair
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's watchdog has rejected allegations of favoritism by the agency's chairman toward Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Kushner Cos. fined by NYC for falsifying data on low-income tenants
Jared Kushner's family real estate business was fined $210,000 by New York City for falsifying construction-permit applications by underreporting the number of rent-regulated tenants in 17 buildings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
U.S. says China's steel wheels are subsidized, will impose duties on imports
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it had made a preliminary determination that imports of certain steel wheels from China were subsidized at rates ranging from 58.75 percent to 172.51 percent, and it would impose duties on the product.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2018
Jobs, competition, prices, even 5G debut may be threatened if T-Mobile buys Sprint: union
T-Mobile US Inc.'s proposed $26.5 billion purchase of Sprint Corp. would cost jobs, threaten competition and may not speed the arrival of advanced 5G networks, the Communications Workers of America said in a filing.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2018
Trump losing patience with Kim
Donald Trump appears to think that keeping adversaries off-balance is key to negotiating success. It is a dangerous strategy, and one with little likelihood of success.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2018
Address Japan's demographic, fiscal woes
By Haruaki Deguchi
The most important items on the agenda should be reversing Japan's population decline and rebuilding the government's fiscal health.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018
China's 'Belt and Road' could be a debt trap
By Frank Ching
Clearly, the 'Belt and Road' initiative has run into serious problems. Some countries are finding the burden of debt financing too arduous.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018
How the U.N. should regulate high-seas fishing
By Gwynne Dyer
Clamping down on fishing far from coastal areas would boost fish stocks nearer land.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018
Trump's Mexico trade deal reveals another deficit
By Joe Nocera
It never fails to amaze how little Donald Trump, that lifelong businessman, understands about business.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018
An end to Australia's democratic pantomime?
By Gareth Evans
In Australia's prosperous parliamentary democracy, no prime minister has served a full term since 2007. Why?

Sports

Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 28, 2018
Shinji Kagawa: 'Only God knows' destination
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa's future remains clouded after the Japan international missed the squad for a second straight match.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2018
Steady starter Kris Johnson improves to 10-2 as Carp pound Giants
By Jason Coskrey
Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson gave himself a passing grade, just barely, for his performance against the Yomiuri Giants on Tuesday night.
TENNIS
Aug 28, 2018
Yoshihito Nishioka faces tough task against Roger Federer at U.S. Open in latest stage of comeback
By Joel Tansey
It's been a long road back from major knee surgery for Yoshihito Nishioka.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2018
After another Asian Games title, decathlete Keisuke Ushiro eyes success on global stage
By Kaz Nagatsuka
Veteran decathlon athlete Keisuke Ushiro acknowledged his exhaustion after capturing the gold medal for the second straight time at the Asian Games on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2018
Japan duo relish mixed archery gold
By Kaz Nagatsuka
Even the hands of an experienced veteran like Takaharu Furukawa sometimes tremble with tension while shooting an arrow at a target 70 meters away.

CULTURE

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CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
The Louvre has a new seat of power
By Jae Lee
Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden 'Throne,' which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris' large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
An education in modernist art teaching
By Matthew Larking
The Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto surveys German, Japanese and Indian Bauhaus developments as part of a wider collation of international exhibitions and research in preparation for next year's Bauhaus centenary anniversary in Berlin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
'Zen and the Art of Cultural Exchange: An Invitation to Calligraphy and Ink Painting'
By Yukari Tanaka
Sept. 1-Oct. 8
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
'Tadanori Yokoo: The Complete Drawings for Genka by Jakucho Setouchi 1974-1975'
By Yukari Tanaka
Sept. 5-Oct. 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
'Gotairei in Kyoto: The Elegant Court Culture of Enthronements and Grand Harvest Festivals'
By Yukari Tanaka
Sept. 1-Oct. 8
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.
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.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
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.
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.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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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