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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018
Climate change issues likely to be one of top points at Osaka G20 summit: Jacques Attali
Dealing with various climate change-related issues is likely to be one of the top points of discussion at the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit in Osaka next June, Jacques Attali, one of the world's most prominent nongovernmental organization leaders, said in an interview with The Japan Times on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2018
Suicides of middle-aged men in Japan tend to surge on Monday mornings: research
The research group is hoping the result will be utilized to devise effective suicide prevention measures, such as expanding phone consultation services at times when most suicides occur.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2018
Japan ready to help Malaysia tackle fiscal problems, Abe tells counterpart Mahathir Mohamad
Tokyo plans to help Malaysia issue yen-denominated “samurai” bonds worth u00a5200 billion as the two countries seek to foster closer economic and cultural ties.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018
Japan to make trademark registration of era names impossible
The government plans to set a clear rule that no trademark containing any era name can be registered.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2018
Security spending soars in China's troubled Xinjiang region: report
Spending on security-related construction tripled in 2017 in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of detaining as many as 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims, an academic analysis of government expenditure found.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat to meet senior North Korean official in New York on Thursday amid denuclearization acrimony
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with the right-hand man of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday in New York to discuss denuclearization, just days after Pyongyang hinted that it could resume building up its nuclear program if crippling sanctions are not lifted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2018
Crashed Lion Air jetliner had faulty airspeed readings on final four flights: black box
The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesian investigators called on plane-maker Boeing Co. and U.S. authorities to ensure there aren't fleet-wide issues.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2018
Egypt shelves Brazil visit after Jair Bolsonaro decides to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem
Egypt has postponed a visit by Brazil's top diplomat, Brazil's foreign ministry said on Monday, in a move that two diplomatic sources said was due to the President-elect's vow to relocate the South American country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2018
Breaking barriers: U.S. midterm election winners could mark minority firsts
The 2018 U.S. congressional elections prompted a surge of candidates from minority groups that have not had electoral success in the past. Several have the potential to be the first of their background elected to office on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2018
Gene study reveals secrets of parasitic worms, possible treatments
The largest study to date of the genetic makeup of parasitic worms has found hundreds of new clues about how they invade the human body, evade its immune system and cause disease.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2018
Lego wins court case in China over copyright infringement
Lego has won another case against imitators in China where copies of its colorful plastic toy bricks and figures have been a recurring problem, the Danish toymaker said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2018
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical pushes back as dissident shareholders seek to stop Shire deal
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Chief Executive Officer Christophe Weber pushed back against dissident shareholders seeking to stop the drugmaker's acquisition of Shire PLC, saying he won't release minutes of boardroom discussions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules by not taking up repeal bid
The legal fight over a 2016 lower court ruling upholding Obama-era net neutrality regulations aimed at ensuring a free and open internet — rules that have since been repealed by President Donald Trump's administration — came to a formal end on Monday, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to take...

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2018
Coming to grips at last with Japan's labor shortage
If the Abe administration wants to woo more foreign workers to Japan it should foster an environment that will attract them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
An opportunity for Tokyo and Seoul
Skillfully handling the wartime labor ruling could help put bilateral ties back on track.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
How should Abe respond to America's INF treaty pullout?
The implications for Japan of the U.S. withdrawal from the INF treaty are complex and still unclear.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
Aspiration over action in Japan's approach to health innovation
Policy actions will be required to enable Japan to harness its technical strengths in the life sciences, robotics and digital innovations to become a global hub for pursuing next-level health innovations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2018
Time for Europe to step up its China game
The EU must form stronger political and economic alliances with Asia's top liberal economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
Japan can trim stimulus without repeating mistakes
A misstep 18 years ago should not prevent a careful step today.

Sports

Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 6, 2018
Huddersfield edges Fulham for first Premier League victory of season
An own goal by Timothy Fosu-Mensah gave Huddersfield its first Premier League win of the season as it beat fellow struggler Fulham 1-0 to climb off the bottom of the table.
BASKETBALL
Nov 6, 2018
Yuta Watanabe sees major minutes in first two NBA G League games
Yuta Watanabe logged 31 and 32 minutes in the first two games of the Memphis Hustle's NBA G League season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 6, 2018
Bob Nash pilots Fukuoka to first victory, believes team headed in right direction
It's too early to determine if the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka's Saturday victory will have a profound impact on their performance this season.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018
Waking up to Asia's growing role in art
One year after The National Art Center, Tokyo, and the Mori Art Museum presented the expansive "Sunshower: Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia 1980s to Now," The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, (MOMAT) has unveiled "Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s-1990s."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018
'Architecture x Photography: A Light Existing Only Here'
Nov. 10- Jan. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018
'Toeko Tatsuno: On Papers — A Retrospective 1969-2012'
Nov. 14-Jan. 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018
'Seeing Through a Glass'
Nov. 10-March 31

Longform

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