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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2020
Tigers slugger Justin Bour heads home to U.S., not expected to return to team
Hanshin Tigers lefty slugger Justin Bour, who joined Nippon Professional Baseball in December, has returned to the United States the Central League club said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Libertarian spoiler in U.S. presidential election? Not a chance, experts say.
The thin margins that separated U.S. President Donald Trump from Democratic rival Joe Biden in several swing states raised the question: Was the Republican incumbent hurt by the third-party run of Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Trump allies coin ‘legal vote’ media mantra to question election
U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies including some of his children are amplifying the president’s attacks on the election system’s integrity with online claims that test the rules set by social media companies against disinformation about the vote.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Thousands of Facebook Groups buzzed with calls for violence ahead of U.S. election
Before Facebook Inc. shut down a rapidly growing "Stop the Steal" Facebook Group on Thursday, the forum featured calls for members to ready their weapons should President Donald Trump lose his bid to remain in the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020
Republicans seeking to raise at least $60 million to fund Trump legal challenges
Republicans are asking donors for at least $60 million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential election's results, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2020
Suzuki jumps after forecasting operating profit above estimates
The automaker says it still plans to start operating a new plant in India in April next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Nov 6, 2020
Smaller firms without heirs see more support as Japan grays
The problem has recently become more visible in Okhotsk, Hokkaido, where the number of companies seeking support from one bank doubled in five years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Nov 6, 2020
Pandemic keeps salarymen away from Fukuoka adult nightlife district
Though circumstances of infections and anti-prevention measures have differed from shop to shop, all have been treated as if they present the worst risks.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 6, 2020
Saudi Arabia to host Formula One night race in Jeddah in 2021
Saudi Arabia will host a Formula One grand prix for the first time next year with a night race on the streets of the country's second city Jeddah, the sport and organizers announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2020
South Korean 'sparrows' try to cap surge of throwaway plastic
At a workshop in Seoul, two environmental activists melt down old plastic bottle caps that thousands of volunteers known as "sparrows" have collected in a bid to fight a tide of plastic the novel coronavirus has helped unleash.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 5, 2020
‘It’s like you want to stop people from voting’: How U.S. elections look abroad
From gerrymandering to voter roll purges, we showed people around the world how the American system works. It didn’t go well.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
Biden edges closer to White House win as Trump mounts legal challenge
With tensions rising, about 200 of Trump's supporters, some armed with rifles and handguns, gathered outside an election office in Phoenix.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2020
A test of faith in the United States
In the absence of a clear victory in the U.S. election, the winner inherits a deeply divided country, one in which neither side believes in the legitimacy of the other.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2020
CMC’s sale of Fancl’s Asian business draws interest from firms
Marketed as being free from preservatives and other chemicals, Fancl's skincare products and nutritional supplements are popular among consumers in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2020
U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
Trump's Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has promised to rejoin the agreement if elected.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
As America counts, the world holds its breath for U.S. election outcome
Most world leaders and foreign ministers sat on their hands, trying not to add any fuel to the electoral fire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2020
Trump’s road to the Supreme Court won’t be as quick as he wants
President Donald Trump said he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court because he wants "all voting to stop,” as he tries to hold on to early election leads in key battleground states.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2020
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial results due this year but not there yet, trial chief says
A vaccine that works is seen as a game-changer in the battle against the coronavirus, which has killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2020
Japanese health officials find 164 dogs crammed into tiny house
Japanese health officials have found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house in one of the country's worst cases of animal hoarding, an animal rights activist said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
With Pennsylvania up in the air, one rural county goes big for Trump
As commissioners of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, worked to finish tallying the vote early on Wednesday, the only question was whether U.S. President Donald Trump would top the 84% support he received in the rural Republican stronghold in 2016.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers