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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2020
Former crime syndicate boss on Japan's death row dies in apparent suicide
A former boss of a Japanese crime syndicate on death row was found dead at the Tokyo Detention House on Sunday, Justice Ministry officials have said.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
How Japan's designated infectious disease system works
By Kazuaki Nagata
The government is set to ramp up preventive measures against cases of pneumonia caused by the deadly new coronavirus, which originated in China, by classifying it as a legally designated infectious disease.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
Ghosn's escape exposes business jet industry's security loopholes
By Eric Johnston
Beside the prominent entrance to Kansai International Airport's Terminal 2, which serves several budget airlines, is a nondescript door to which a sign saying Premium Gate Tamayura has been affixed.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2020
Small suspected homemade bomb explodes at Hong Kong hospital
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2020
North Korea urges citizens to 'break through barriers' as nuclear standoff continues
By Josh Smith
While a North Korean deadline for the United States to soften its stand on denuclearization talks passed uneventfully over the New Year, state media and propaganda efforts have been focusing on the prospect of a long confrontation with the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2020
Australia's rainy respite from bush fires forecast to end this week
A recent respite for Australian firefighters that brought rains and cooler weather is set to end, meteorologists warned on Monday, with hot conditions forecast for later this week raising a risk that blazes may start spreading again.

WORLD

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2020
Inquiry into London's deadly Grenfell fire begins asking who was to blame
A public inquiry into the 2017 fire at London's Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people, began to zero in Monday on how the densely populated social housing block was allowed to become a tinder box and who was to blame.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2020
Ex-U.S. national security chief John Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to Biden probe: report
U.S. President Donald Trump told a then-top aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2020
U.K. opens door to scientists but warns firms about low-skilled migrants after Brexit
The U.K. will relax visa rules for top scientists next month, while pledging to clamp down on low-skilled migration after Brexit.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020
Over 1,000 companies in Japan mulling use of telecommuting for Olympics, survey says
Over 1,000 companies are thinking of adopting telecommuting during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer to help ease traffic congestion, according to a survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
A new type of bond could help Japan's utilities cut emissions
By Ayai Tomisawa
Japanese power producers have been emitting more carbon dioxide since the 2011 nuclear disaster led to an increased reliance on fossil fuels, but a new kind of bond could help them reverse that trend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
Goldman's diversity pledge won't apply to boards in Asia
By Cathy Chan, Kiuyan Wong and Julia Fioretti
As Goldman Sachs Group Inc. moves to increase diversity on corporate boards, the investment bank isn't extending the initiative to a particularly challenged region: Asia.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020
Tracking the Wuhan virus outbreak's impact on business and travel
By Cecile Daurat
A rapidly spreading viral outbreak is disrupting travel and business in China, which has taken unprecedented steps to lock down cities with a combined 40 million people around the epicenter in Wuhan to try to slow its progress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
Renault prepares for new CEO ahead of crucial alliance meeting
The meeting Thursday is aimed at showing that the deeply troubled alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors is moving past the Carlos Ghosn era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020
Japanese banks' fortress mentality puts them on trailing edge of fintech revolution
By Yuki Hagiwara and Taiga Uranaka
Japan's effort to nudge its more than 100 struggling regional lenders into the digital age is floundering.

Opinion

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020
What goes up must come down
By Kuni Miyake
How long will the Chinese continue to repeat the same old mistakes that they have made for centuries?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Closing Japan's gender gap: The role of women in media
By Toko Shirakawa
Women in media are discriminated against first by being women, and then in the way they work once they have children.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Seoul draws wrong THAAD lessons
By Brad Glosserman
China's growing economic influence in South Korea has provided a wedge that Beijing has tried to use to separate Seoul from Tokyo and Washington.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020
America is safer when Trump alone can't start a war
By Hal Brands
No matter who is president, Congress needs to re-establish its role in the use of force.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020
Scientists are already working on cures for Wuhan coronavirus
By Faye Flam
After the SARS and MERS outbreaks, the U.S. began funding potential treatments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Japan's population will grow again — if it keeps on falling
If Japan's population decline continues at the current pace, a large-scale influx of people from outside the country could take place.

Sports

BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 27, 2020
Kobe Bryant: His legacy in Japan
By Ed Odeven
What does Kobe Bryant mean to Japan's basketball culture?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2020
Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes
By Andrew MCKIRDY
Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in February last year.

LIFE

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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2020
The warp and weft of sustainable weaving
By Tomo Yoshizawa
Jin Shirai has mastered each of the traditionally separate roles of Japan's handicraft textile industry — from growing cotton, spinning it and dyeing the yarn, to weaving and designing fabrics.
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 27, 2020
Gadgets for a life of convenience
By Chiho Komoriya
Solutions for reluctant chefs, office door collisions and the stress of lost pass cases.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 27, 2020
Billie Eilish sweeps Grammys darkened by scandal and Kobe Bryant's Death
Billie Eilish, an 18-year-old singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, swept the top four prizes at Sunday's Grammy Awards, becoming the first artist to do so in 39 years, during a ceremony overshadowed by a Recording Academy scandal and the sudden death of basketball star Kobe Bryant.

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jan 27, 2020
Happiness is a new friend with a wagging tail
Pondi Two, or Hyotan, as he was nicknamed, was rescued from a hoarder and first featured here in Adopt Me! last August. Since then he's been adopted by Tomomi and Soshi Eto of Kawasaki and rechristened Gigi.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 27, 2020
There's a case for climate concern but not everyone in Japan is ready to go the extra mile
By Amy Chavez
The people living on Shiraishi Island are already recycling, composting and reusing their plastic bags. How do we convince them to take the next step in environmental awareness?
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

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