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OLYMPICS
Dec 31, 2019

Forecasting Japan's top medal hopefuls for 2020 Games

Japan's Olympians intend to take the nation by storm with their best-ever results at the 2020 Tokyo Games this summer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2019

U.S.-China trade tension affecting foreign nationals in small Japanese city

Trade tension between the United States and China is casting a shadow over the livelihoods of foreign nationals living in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, with dwindling employment opportunities and linguistic barriers forcing them to pack up and leave.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2019

Number of inmates falls to 23-year low in Japan

At present, no prisons or detention facilities have a shortage of capacity, and the occupancy rate stands at slightly below 60 percent of overall national capacity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2019

South Korea indicts former Justice Minister Cho Kuk on several charges

South Korean prosecutors indicted former Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Tuesday on a dozen charges including bribery, two months after he resigned over a scandal involving family investment and university admissions for his children.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 31, 2019

Tesla delivers its first China-built cars in Shanghai

Tesla Inc. is about to find out whether the second time is the charm for Elon Musk making bold predictions about how many cars the company can build and sell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 31, 2019

China's factory activity expands for second month as output and export orders pick up

Manufacturing activity in China expanded for a second straight month in December as seasonal demand and signs of progress in trade talks with Washington boosted factories' output and order books.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2019

North Korea's Kim calls for 'diplomatic and military countermeasures' as year-end deadline looms

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "diplomatic and military countermeasures" for preserving the country's sovereignty and security ahead of Pyongyang's self-imposed year-end deadline for U.S. concessions in nuclear talks, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 31, 2019

Rare Chinese bureaucratic shake-up reveals future leaders

China's sprawling bureaucracy is undergoing a regional reshuffle of a rare scale, with new appointments and job swaps offering hints of potential future leaders being groomed by Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019

I wouldn't have wasted my time on Trump, says Greta Thunberg

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that talking to U.S. President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Dec 31, 2019

Cleaning house (and head) at the end of the year

In the tradition of year-end cleaning, writer Daniel Morales takes a look at his Japanese study notes and tidies up some loose ends.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 31, 2019

Uh, if you want to speak Japanese like a local, you'll, er, need to master 'eeto' and 'anō'

Words expressing hesitation and thoughtfulness can differ depending on the formality of a situation.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 31, 2019

'Hagoita' paddles feature big names of 2019

A Kyodo article on Hagoita paddles comes filled with the kanji of this year's newsmakers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 31, 2019

Let's discuss gender equality in Japan

Japan has slipped down the rankings when it comes to gender equality worldwide. How do you think Japan is faring?
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019

Putin's hypersonic nuclear missile stirs fears of new arms race

A new hypersonic nuclear missile that Russia says it has deployed is fueling concerns of a new arms race with the United States as the clock ticks down on the expiration of the last treaty limiting the strategic arsenals of the two former Cold War foes.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2019

White House adviser says China trade deal signing expected soon

The White House's trade adviser on Monday said the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal would likely be signed in the next week, but said confirmation would come from President Donald Trump or the U.S. Trade Representative.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2019

Suspect in New York stabbing attack at rabbi's home charged with federal hate crimes

Federal prosecutors Monday filed hate crime charges against a man accused of going on a stabbing rampage during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home north of New York City, saying the suspect kept journals containing references to Adolf Hitler and "Nazi culture."
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019

Iraq condemns U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia as unacceptable and dangerous

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned U.S. airstrikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, a move that could plunge Iraq further into the heart of a proxy conflict between the United States and Iran.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2019

Facebook removes misleading HIV drug ads after outcry

Facebook said on Monday it had removed some ads that contained misleading information about HIV prevention drugs following an outcry from activists, health experts and U.S. lawmakers.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2019

Jakarta lodges protest with Beijing over border intrusion near South China Sea

Indonesia has protested to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coast guard vessel in its territorial waters near the disputed South China Sea, saying it marked a "violation of sovereignty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 31, 2019

Germany takes nuclear plant offline, with final six to close within two years

Germany will take another step toward completing its withdrawal from nuclear power when EnBW pulls the plug on the Philippsburg 2 power station on New Year's Eve, leaving half a dozen plants still to close over the next two years.
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 31, 2019

[VIDEO] Prepping for the year’s transition with four-legged symbols

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 30, 2019

Fukuoka daiichi defends crown

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 30, 2019

Auspicious bargains

EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2019

Collective action needed to meet existential threats

The threats posed by climate change and mass surveillance will worsen if we continue the laissez-faire approach that fails to intervene and bend both phenomena toward more sustainable trajectories.
Why Koizumi is toning down his calls for reform
In his second bid for the presidency, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has toned down his rhetoric, avoiding controversial proposals for social and labor reform and pledging instead to carry on the work of previous administrations.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Bank of Japan rate increase looking more likely
Signs of recovery in consumer spending have some analysts looking for a rate increase as soon as October.
Skilled worker visa holders hit record high ahead of new visa program
The Justice Ministry's figures show the number of specified skilled worker visa holders hit a record high as of the end of June.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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