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JAPAN

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JAPAN / Society
Dec 8, 2018
Irasshaimase!: Foreign-born clerks are becoming a familiar sight at convenience stores nationwide, but is Japan ready to welcome them?
By Andrew MCKIRDY
Phan Hoang Tu Linh feels she has gotten the hang of working in a Japanese convenience store now, but she admits she found it tough at first.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 8, 2018
Korean wartime labor rulings spark debate
By Philip Brasor
The 2017 South Korean film, "The Battleship Island," has yet to receive a theatrical release in Japan, even though it's set on Hashima, more commonly known as Gunkanjima, a former mining complex off the coast of Kyushu and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Given the current diplomatic tensions between Japan...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 8, 2018
Enthusiasm over new year cards wanes as online options grow
By Kaori Shoji
Once a tradition firmly entrenched in the national consciousness, the nengajō (new year cards) is facing extinction.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018
Second opinion: Should you trust your doctor?
By Michael Hoffman
Do I really need this operation? Is this medication really good for me? Does my doctor really know what ails me?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018
U.S. Marines ID pilot who died in tanker-fighter crash off Kochi; five still missing
By Jesse Johnson
Jahmar Resilard of Miramar, Florida, was an F/A-18 pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 based in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, when his plane went down off Kochi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018
Defense Ministry pursues record spending amid plan to buy more U.S. arms: report
The Cabinet is set to sign off on the five-year, u00a527 trillion spending surge this month as Japan moves to narrow its trade gap with the U.S., a report says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2018
Super Golden Week a go: Diet clears 10-day Japanese holiday for Imperial accession celebration
The new law creates a one-off string of 10 consecutive holidays from April 27 to May 6 — including the day Crown Prince Naruhito claims the Chrysanthemum Throne.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2018
Steady as she goes: 'Merkel 2.0' takes center stage in Germany
Germany's Christian Democrats have played it safe. By opting for Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as party leader, they have voted for a centrist who is long on party unity and short on major policy initiatives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2018
Shootout at Brazilian bank robbery kills 14
Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2018
Trump picks new attorney general and U.N. envoy
In another senior staff shake-up inside his often turbulent administration, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has picked the two people he wants to be the next U.S. attorney general and the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2018
Mountain lion that crossed freeways fell victim to California wildfire
A Southern California mountain lion that crossed freeways dozens of times, evading potentially deadly traffic, has died after burning its paws during a wildfire, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2018
Trump seen picking U.S. Army head Mark Milley as next Joint Chiefs chairman
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to name the Army's top general, Mark Milley, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said Friday, in a decision that appears to be coming months earlier than expected.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2018
Nissan to recall 150,000 vehicles after new improper inspection practices come to light
By Kazuaki Nagata
Already bogged down in a series of cases of improper vehicle tests, Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has found new misconduct and will recall about 150,000 automobiles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2018
South Korean parliament ratifies trade agreement with U.S.
South Korea's parliament has ratified a revised bilateral free trade agreement with the United States on Friday, the trade ministry said, paving the way for the deal to come into effect on Jan. 1, with the main impact on automakers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2018
Japan's Upper House approves free trade pact with EU by majority vote
The Diet on Saturday approved an economic partnership agreement with the European Union that's set to create a free trade bloc accounting for 30 percent of world output.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Dec 8, 2018
Privatizing the water supply
Japan should not rush into privatizing its water supply.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2018
A backlash is emerging over Ghosn's arrest
By Joe Nocera
What could happen if the former Nissan chairman is released, and his story doesn't match the prosecutors' claims?

Sports

SOCCER / J. League
Dec 8, 2018
Jubilo top Verdy in J1 playoff
By Dan Orlowitz
The J. League's 26th season drew to a close on Saturday with a showdown between two storied clubs that would seem familiar — yet in other ways somewhat alien — to those who watched from the terraces and in front of TV sets in the 1990s.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 8, 2018
Nationals owner certain Bryce Harper won't be returning
If there were doubts about whether All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper would return to the Washington Nationals, team owner Mark Lerner on Friday didn't give fans any reason to be optimistic.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 8, 2018
Robert Dozier delivers double-double performance as NeoPhoenix outplay Lakestars
By Ed Odeven
Robert Dozier's 20-point, 13-rebound performance helped lead the San-en NeoPhoenix to a 69-60 win over the Shiga Lakestars on Saturday.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 8, 2018
‘Punksters of food’ Gaggan Anand and Takeshi Fukuyama join culinary forces to create GohGan
By Oscar Boyd
World-class chefs Gaggan Anand and Takeshi 'Goh' Fukuyama team up to launch GohGan, an exclusive space that will combine on-site accommodation with a restaurant, projected to open in 2021 in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Dec 8, 2018
Kurasu: Yozo Otsuki's blend of coffee and lifestyle
By Claire Williamson
Kurasu — a romanized rendition of the Japanese word for 'to live,' or 'lifestyle' — is a multifaceted business that combines an online shop, a monthly coffee subscription service, brick-and-mortar cafes in Kyoto and Singapore and, opening in Kyoto in December, its own roastery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Dec 8, 2018
Lawson's Godiva chocolates are classy, sweet and provide some winter warmth
By Patrick St. Michel
Lawson's latest collaboration is with chocolate maker Godiva, and together they have launched a limited-edition set of chocolate sweets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Dec 8, 2018
A weekend in Saitama: Coffee, temples and a spot of river rafting
By Claire Williamson
Kick off a weekend in Saitama Prefecture in Kumagaya, an excellent starting point for a trip that will take you all across the region — from river rafting in the forested mountains of Chichibu to the historical alleys of Kawagoe.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 8, 2018
Japan's modern crime literature: Centuries in the making
By Mark Schreiber
Japan boasts an impressively large and growing body of native-grown mystery fiction that dates back to the 1920s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 8, 2018
Kobo Abe's 'The Ark Sakura': A surreal narrative worth reading twice
By Damian Flanagan
'The Ark Sakura,' Kobo Abe's puzzling, dream-like narrative about an obese recluse living in a vast underground bunker, is a dense interlacing of punning wordplay, psychological excavation and surreal imagery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018
Tadao Tsuge's 'Slum Wolf': A gritty, discomfiting yet necessary manga
By Claire Williamson
Tadao Tsuge's 'Slum Wolf,' a collection of nine of the artist's short stories translated into English, deals with difficult topics in a gritty, yet dynamic, art style.

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 8, 2018
Machiko Yamashita: A Japanese breadwinner in Berlin
By Verena Dauerer
Former art historian and butoh dancer Machiko Yamashita brings Japanese bread buns to Berliners.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 8, 2018
Charles Odlin: The man who can help you take that leap
By Louise George Kittaka
Bungee jumping company owner Odlin says that taking the plunge has a high level of 'perceived risk,' when in reality it takes place in a very controlled enviroment.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Dec 8, 2018
A leg to stand on
'Where are you right now? Let's meet for a drink at Flamingos!'
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

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