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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2020
Scores of children killed in Philippines' war on drugs, report says
Minors have been directly targeted, punished as proxies, or victims of mistaken identity, the report said.
Jun 29, 2020
Suntory Targets Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Entire Value Chain
- Company Raises Ambition of its 2050 Environmental Vision -
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2020
Taiwan opposition occupies parliament to protest government 'tyranny'
Fighting erupted in Taiwan's parliament Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), who had occupied it to protest against government "tyranny."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2020
EU rogue's nationalist tilt tested as Poland faces runoff vote
Polish voters denied President Andrzej Duda's bid for quick re-election, forcing him into a runoff that risks halting a nationalist makeover of the European country.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 29, 2020
Jazz center Rudy Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original diagnosis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 29, 2020
Odairi is hoping for a pal to hang with
Odairi is a lovable tabby who had to be given up when his owner became ill. A "dignified and mature cat" at 12 years old, Odairi is currently in foster care and, after losing his best feline friend, is in serious need of some love and lots of one-on-one attention.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 29, 2020
May retail sales fell sharply in Japan as emergency declaration stunted demand
Some analysts fear uncertainty about the economy and last year's tax hike could make consumers save more and spend less.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2020
Dozens arrested as Hong Kongers protest planned national security laws
Hong Kong police arrested at least 53 people on Sunday after scuffles erupted during a relatively peaceful protest against planned national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Jun 28, 2020
Old values, practices need re-evaluating
Satoyama capitalism is a new concept of capitalism that centers around effective use of natural resources in creating new values to foster a sustainable future for local communities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 28, 2020
Princeton dumps U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s name over ‘racist thinking’
Princeton University is removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school and one of its residential colleges after trustees concluded that the 28th U.S. president’s "racist thinking and policies” made him "an inappropriate namesake.” The Ivy League school’s trustees made the decision...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2020
In major milestone, global coronavirus cases pass 10 million
The milestone comes as many hard-hit countries are easing lockdowns while making extensive alterations to work and social life.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 28, 2020
Teams missing Orlando want their own camp, de facto league: report
As 22 NBA teams prepare to report to Florida to resume the regular season, the league has yet to figure out what to do with the eight teams left out of the Orlando bubble.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2020
Nintendo theme park at USJ won’t open this summer
Construction is nearly complete but the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the launch schedule back.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2020
China's lawmaking body adds Hong Kong security law to agenda, report says
The move signals that Beijing may soon hand down a still-secret measure that pro-democracy activists and business groups say could erode the city's unique freedoms.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2020
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say
Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned "clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2020
Biden criticizes Trump for inaction over reported Russian bounties
The White House on Saturday denied that President Donald Trump was briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that Russia's military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, with Democratic rival Joe Biden criticizing Trump for failing to take action against Moscow....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Jun 27, 2020
Budo: The versatility of the kamayari spear
Hozoin-ryu was adopted by most feudal clans in the Edo Period (1603-1868), and became the most widely adopted martial-arts school across Japan.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 27, 2020
The old normal
'Thanks for your hard work today. Shall we grab a quick drink? Do you have time?'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 27, 2020
How China is tightening its grip on Hong Kong's economy
International firms are increasingly being displaced in the territory by Chinese companies moving in and gaining a strong foothold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 27, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 billion as companies boycott Facebook ads
Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook Inc.’s network.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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