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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Rising trade war with U.S. the mere 'last push' for Japan and China to improve ties, but officials still cautious
By Reiji Yoshida
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long understood the need to improve bilateral ties for their own national interests.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2018
Kansai airport's Terminal 1 to partially reopen following flooding from Typhoon Jebi
By Eric Johnston
Efforts are also moving forward to accept new domestic and international flights at nearby Kobe and Itami airports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2018
Hokkaido dairy farmers hit by quake work together to overcome hardship
By Chisato Tanaka
With many dairy farmers in Hokkaido forced to dump thousands of liters of fresh milk following power outages and a scarcity of water triggered by the powerful earthquake on Sept. 6, local communities are trying to overcome the hardship by banding together.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 13, 2018
Belongings of student who perished in A-bomb attack, donated to Hiroshima museum
By Yumi Kanazaki
Yoko Moriwaki, who was 13 at the time of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, is known for the diary she kept until the day before the bombing. The diary is now a symbol of the weapon's cruelty.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Meet the top contenders seeking to lead Okinawa: Atsushi Sakima and Denny Tamaki
By Eric Johnston
Campaigning for the Sept. 30 Okinawa gubernatorial election officially kicked off Thursday, with two main candidates vying for leadership of the prefecture — Atsushi Sakima, 54, and Denny Tamaki, 58.

WORLD

WORLD
Sep 13, 2018
EU lawmakers call for global ban on 'killer robots'
The European Parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution calling for an international ban on the development, production and use of "killer robots" — weapons that kill without a human deciding to fire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 13, 2018
Slamming the door: How Trump restricted U.S. refugee program
By Omar Mohammed and Yeganeh Torbati
On Jan. 19, 2017, Aden Hassan's long wait to start a new life ended when he stepped off a plane in Columbus, Ohio, half a world away from the Kenyan refugee camp where he had lived for a decade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2018
Egypt prosecutor says e-coli was factor in deaths of two British tourists
Egypt's public prosecutor said on Wednesday that e-coli bacteria were a factor in the deaths of two British tourists in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Oslo Accords peace hopes a fading memory 25 years on amid unresolved issues, new tensions
As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they will return to the city where just a quarter of a century ago a diplomatic triumph was celebrated on a sunlit White House lawn.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2018
South African cave stone boasts oldest-known human drawing, dating back 73,000 years
A small stone flake marked with intersecting lines of red ochre pigment some 73,000 years ago that was found in a cave on South Africa's southern coast represents what archaeologists on Wednesday called the oldest-known example of human drawing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 13, 2018
U.N. documents further Syrian regime use of banned chemical arms, fears Idlib 'massacre'
U.N. investigators said on Wednesday that they had documented three further uses of banned chlorine weapons by Syrian government forces that constituted war crimes, and urged major powers to help avert a "massacre" in the final battle for Idlib.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2018
NTT Data, Gunma University to test self-driving ride services on public roads near Toyosu
By Kazuaki Nagata
A multiday test involving three self-driving vehicles on public roads will kick off Friday in Tokyo, the IT firm and school behind the experiment said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2018
Toyota ready to share hybrid secrets with China to advance in world's largest auto market
Toyota Motor Corp. is preparing to divulge details of the hybrid-car engine technology it pioneered with the Prius to China in an attempt to catch up with rivals in the world's biggest auto market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 13, 2018
Investors hunting bargains in Japan might want to wait till U.S. midterms pass
Some Japan equity strategists are recommending investors hold off any hunt for bargains until trade tensions cool after the U.S. midterm elections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2018
Trump administration steps up communications with China as tariffs loom
The Trump administration has stepped up its communications with China over trade, the White House's top economic adviser said on Wednesday, as people familiar with the effort said an invitation for a new round of trade talks was sent to Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2018
Online firms may face EU fine if extremist posts stay up over an hour
The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2018
A decade after the 'Lehman shock'
We may soon discover how well we learned the lessons of the Lehman shock.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018
Why Serena Williams owes a triple apology
By Ramesh Thakur
Serena Williams was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse in last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018
What lies behind Putin's peace proposal
By James D.J. Brown
The Russian leader's offer is a political move aimed at gaining a tactical advantage.

Sports

Japan Times
SUMO
Sep 13, 2018
Sumo 101: Ringside judges
By John Gunning
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones aren't the only all-powerful "Men in Black."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 13, 2018
Sendai gets boost from victory in Early Cup
By Ed Odeven
Last weekend ushered in the first real phase of preseason action as B. League teams prepare for the circuit's third campaign.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 13, 2018
Steph Curry sweeps into Tokyo on tour of Asia
By Kaz Nagatsuka
Making his final stop on a weeklong, three-city promotional tour, NBA superstar Steph Curry was tireless interacting with the local players and fans at an event in Tokyo.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 13, 2018
New star Naomi Osaka arrives in Tokyo to hero's welcome
By Joel Tansey
It was March and Naomi Osaka had just won the biggest match of her life, fulfilling the promise that many pundits had long foreseen.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 13, 2018
Dessert collaboration marks 30th anniversary
The Royal Park Hotel's 30th anniversary is just around the corner; to get ahead of the curve, they've teamed up with one of Nihonbashi's oldest and most well-regarded confectioners to produce a celebratory parfait of absolute decadence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Sep 13, 2018
A weekend in Tokyo: Unrivaled energy, cuisine and culture
By Oscar Boyd
When planning a weekend in Tokyo, be ready to accept defeat: It is simply not possible to see everything.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE NOTES
Sep 13, 2018
Could Domo-kun at 20 mean Domo-kun 2.0?
By Austin Freeman
Whatever happened to Domo-kun, the furry brown monster with the jagged maw? When I first got to Japan I used to see him everywhere. Now Chiitan, the masochistic Otter who reps the city of Susaki in Kochi Prefecture, stacks my social media feeds with memes, and Unari-kun, from Narita, is the current reigning...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 13, 2018
Akinori Nakagawa captures Frankie Valli's voice in 'Jersey Boys'
By Nobuko Tanaka
Nothing sounds quite like the early 1960s more than the vocals of Frankie Valli. As lead singer of The Four Seasons, his falsetto remains an unmistakable part of classic tunes such as "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't Cry," though it's also his remarkable voice, in a lower register, behind hits like "Can't...
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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