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JAPAN

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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 28, 2019
Cabinet reshuffle raises a slew of new questions
By Philip Brasor
Since the new Cabinet was announced on Sept. 11, the focus has been on Shinjiro Koizumi as environment minister. Described by some as earnest but lacking in substantive ideas, the 38-year-old lawmaker has tried to make the most of the spotlight, commenting on Japan's role in addressing climate change...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 28, 2019
Social media conversation on Rugby World Cup reflects concern about 2020 Olympics
By Patrick St. Michel
Netizens have been anticipating the start of the Rugby World Cup in Japan for months now and not just because of the action on the field. While the online masses closely followed and reacted to the Japanese team’s opening match win over Russia — not to mention anything related to the All Blacks’...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 28, 2019
New generation of quasi-gangsters fly under police radar
By Mark Schreiber
Mainstream media last month broke a long-standing silence they've had concerning the activities of Japan's organized crime groups, which are referred to in official circles as "boryokudan" (violent groups) or, colloquially, as "yakuza."
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2019
Olympic Village subcontractor had ties to yakuza gang, Tokyo police say
A construction company with suspected ties to a yakuza gang participated as a subcontractor in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic athletes village project.

ASIA PACIFIC

ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2019
Fire on oil tankers at South Korean port injures 10 sailors, dock workers
A fire that spread across two oil tankers in a South Korean port injured 10 people on Saturday, coast guard and fire officials said, adding the blaze has largely been put out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 28, 2019
China's 9-year-old 'national flag baby' captivates millions with daily patriotic ritual
Feng Jianhan, 9, puts on his olive-colored army uniform, cap and white satin gloves each morning, and goosesteps across his living room.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2019
Missiles and drones may steal the show at military parade marking Chinese anniversary
China's armed forces are expected to roll out an array of new weapons at a military parade in Beijing next week as President Xi Jinping shows off his ambitious military modernization program.

WORLD

WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2019
'Flight shaming' is in the air as U.N. summit faces climate crisis
As world leaders met in New York, one question kept coming up at climate change events: How did you get here?
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2019
Trump accuser Stormy Daniels settles lawsuit over arrest at Ohio strip club
Porn star Stormy Daniels has settled a lawsuit against the city of Columbus, Ohio, for $450,000, receiving the payout after she charged that police arrested at a strip club in retaliation for her claim that she had an affair with Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2019
Climate movement now 'too loud to handle' for Trump and critics, Greta Thunberg says
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg hit back at critics including U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, saying their mockery of children shows her message has become "too loud to handle."

BUSINESS

BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2019
Nine countries join U.S. strategic minerals initiative in bid to cut reliance on China
The United States has said nine countries have joined its initiative to help discover and develop reserves of minerals used in the production of electric vehicles, part of an effort to cut the world's reliance on China for the high-tech materials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2019
Trump might delist Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sources
President Donald Trump's administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said Friday, in what would be a radical escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2019
Economist warns on larger ripple effect of Japan-South Korea trade war
An economist says any escalation of the trade war between Japan and South Korea will have a greater ripple effect than is priced in the markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2019
SoftBank plans to pull in former Sprint boss Marcelo Claure to help fix WeWork's problems
SoftBank Group Corp. is tapping Marcelo Claure to help turn around WeWork, after ousting co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann from the corner office last week.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2019
Time to discuss same-sex marriage
Lawmakers should start listening to what same-sex couples have to say and thinking about what actions should be taken to address their needs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2019
Complicity, opioids and vaping — a bad mix
By Faye Flam
We should have more respect for the disease of addiction.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2019
Longtime judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura to be inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
By Ed Odeven
As a young man, Hiroshi Nakamura left Japan and settled in Canada.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2019
Receiver Antonio Brown plans grievances against Raiders, Patriots
The Oakland Raiders may be done with Antonio Brown, but it appears he is not yet done with them.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2019
Ruth Chepngetich beats heat, wins midnight marathon at world championships
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich overcame extreme heat and humidity to win the IAAF World Athletics Championships midnight marathon on Friday, in a grueling test of survival that saw nearly a third of the 70 starters fail to reach the finish line.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Sep 28, 2019
Plant-based cuisine: Modernizing Japan's vegetarian traditions
By Momoko Nakamura
From vegan and vegetarian to organic and superfood, plant-based cooking concepts are rooted in how Japanese people have approached eating for centuries.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Sep 28, 2019
The forged knives of Echizen: Home of Japan's hardest-wearing blades
More than 700 years of history provide a solid foundation for Takefu's knife and tool makers, who are renowned for forging the best handcrafted knives in Japan. How do they fashion such exceptionally keen blades? To find out, delve into the workshops of five top craftsmen in Takefu, now part of the city of Echizen in Fukui Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 28, 2019
Wagyu and seafood: At Imari Roaji, Saga sends its finest to Ginza
By Robbie Swinnerton
The further you travel in Japan, the more you discover that each corner of the country has its own character and food traditions. Every region produces its own distinctive strains of rice, seafood products, miso, pickles and sake. And those differences are important: They're expressions of history, culture...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 28, 2019
Kokushu Sakaba: Knock back a glass of Saga kokushu, then try 199 more
By Robbie Swinnerton
In Kyushu, a region famed for distilleries rather than brewing, Saga is the odd prefecture out. More sake is consumed there — and less shōchū — than anywhere else in southwest Japan. And that is all the more reason for discovering Kokushu Sakaba, a sparkling new standing-only bar that has recently...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Sep 28, 2019
A creamy dollop of Kiwi and Japanese pride
By Haruka Murayama
With the kick-off of the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand's Harajuku Cookie Time outpost is celebrating with a Pavlova shake that comes with all sorts of Kiwi flair.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE
Sep 28, 2019
Go for it: Ancient board game holds logical and artistic appeal for players worldwide
By Andrew MCKIRDY
The master enters the room several minutes after the scheduled 9 a.m. start.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 28, 2019
'Before the Coffee Gets Cold': As an agent of time travel, this coffee has limitations
By Nicolas Gattig
Toshikazu Kawaguchi's 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold,' gets its first English translation. This play-turned-novel has an all-female cast of main characters and a hefty dose of sentiment — a page turner to finish before your morning brew.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 28, 2019
'A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide': Picture the capital in a whole new way
By Steve John Powell
Singaporean artist Evangeline Neo walks travelers through Tokyo's best traditional must-sees, anime hot-spots and even Mount Fuji in her comic-book guide to the metropolis.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 28, 2019
Brad Glosserman's 'Peak Japan': Japan on the down and out
By Martin Laflamme
'Peak Japan' provides a painstaking overview of the country's social, economic and political trajectory since the 1990s.

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 28, 2019
Kazuko Hohki: A 'frank chicken' in London
By Mika Eglinton
For Kazuko Hohki — member of performance group Frank Chickens as well as theater director and writer, '80s London —squats and all — provided the right community to foster artistic liberation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 28, 2019
Yuki Hirose: Exploring the cognitive basis of language
By Claire Williamson
Psycholinguistics professor Yuki Hirose on why she can't read your mind, getting children to sit still for academic studies and the qualities she looks for in a mentor.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 28, 2019
If looks could kill
'Are red spider lilies really poisonous?'
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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