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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2018
In interview, Malaysia's Najib says advisers hid corruption from him
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says he shouldn't be blamed for the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, and declares he knows nothing about money from the state fund appearing in his personal account.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2018
Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping agree to boost 'strategic, tactical' cooperation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed measures to bolster "strategic and tactical" cooperation between the two countries in a second meeting on Wednesday, the North's state media said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2018
U.S. identifies North Korea test site it says Kim Jong Un committed to destroy
The missile engine test site that President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had committed to destroy is a major facility in the western part of the country that has been used for testing engines for long-range missiles, according to a U.S. official.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018
Inspired by #MeToo, Australia launches inquiry into workplace sexual harassment
Australia launched an independent inquiry on Wednesday into workplace sexual harassment, one of the first of its kind in the world, hoping to find solutions to problems brought to light by the global #MeToo movement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018
Hiding from traffickers in 'prison-like' tents, Rohingya girls dream of school
By Annie Banerji
Trapped inside "prison-like" tents in Bangladesh's refugee camps because of fears they will be trafficked or sexually harassed, teenage Rohingya girls dream of going to school and playing outside, aid agencies said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018
Thailand turns to tech to end slavery at sea as workers push for rights
By Rina Chandran and Beh Lih Yi
Enslaved on a Thai fishing vessel for 11 years, Tun Lin saw his fellow workers lose their minds one after another, with one fisherman jumping into the sea to end his life.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2018
Malaysia seeks to lay multiple charges against former Prime Minister Najib Razak over 1MDB
By Emily Chow, Kevin Krolicki and A. Ananthalakshmi
Embezzlement and bribery with government money are among the charges that Malaysia is looking to bring against former leader Najib Razak following a probe into funds allegedly looted from the state-run fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2018
China-based hackers breached satellite operators, defense firms, researchers say
A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and Southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec Corp. said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2018
North Korea's Kim heads to China with nukes and summit likely on agenda
By Jesse Johnson
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim's landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Beijing seeks a larger role in talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2018
U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercise in move likely to stoke concern in Japan
By Jesse Johnson
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States had agreed with South Korea to halt the Ulchi Freedom Guardian "war game" in August, in a move analysts said would stoke concern in Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2018
China's Huawei rebuts Canberra's security concerns amid Sino-Australian tensions
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies refuted Australian claims it poses a security risk, calling the criticism "ill-informed" in an open letter on Monday that threatens to inflame already heightened Sino-Canberra tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2018
Latest poll shows Turnbull's popularity has risen, but party still trailing opposition
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's personal popularity is at its highest level in two years, an opinion poll showed Monday, but his government still trails the opposition a month before crucial by-elections.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (fourth from left) visits a driver's license center in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday to see how foreign driver's licenses are converted into Japanese ones.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
‘Rice minister’ Koizumi faces urgent task to bring prices down quickly
New farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no country can go it alone
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine Coast Guard at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on April 30.
Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upper House election
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consumer watchdog warns
Questionable websites appear to be taking advantage of consumers looking for cheaper rice online amid the high prices of the staple grain in the nation.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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