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BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2019

Japan's Fair Trade Commission probes restaurant booking websites over alleged strong-arm tactics

The Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether the operators of major restaurant search and booking websites in the country have imposed unreasonable conditions on participant eateries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2019

Renault may follow Nissan with new CEO to move past Ghosn era, sources say

The future of Thierry Bollore at the helm of Renault looks increasingly precarious as the manufacturers prepare to reshape their two-decade partnership.
Oct 10, 2019

The Yamaha Motor Booth at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019

“There Is Greater Joy Yet to Come”
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019

Gunman livestreamed attack fatal to two outside German synagogue after anti-Semitic online rant

A gunman killed two people in a synagogue and a nearby kebab shop on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, in an attack in the German city of Halle that he livestreamed on a video-gaming platform.
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WORLD / Society
Oct 10, 2019

Dozens, apparent victims of torture, found caged and shackled in religious group's Trinidad drug rehab center

Dozens of people were found on Wednesday in squalid conditions, chained and in cages in a Trinidad and Tobago rehabilitation center run by a religious group for ex-prisoners and drug users, where some were tortured and held for years, police said.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2019

Canada's Conservatives pledge to limit illegal border crossings from U.S. by migrants

Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer pledged on Wednesday that if elected his party would take steps to limit illegal border crossings by migrants who first travel to the United States and then proceed to Canada.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2019

Fossils of 'shark-toothed' carnivorous dinosaur dating back 115 million years found in Thailand

Fossils of a large carnivorous dinosaur that was a top predator about 115 million years ago have been unearthed in Thailand — a brute that was among the early members of an impressive group of flesh-ripping dinosaurs known for their shark-like teeth.
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BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2019

Cracks found at 'pickle fork' wing-fuselage junction on over 5% of older Boeing 737s, prompting groundings

More than 5 percent of older Boeing Co. 737 jets that underwent urgent inspections worldwide in the past week have cracks in a structure connecting the wings to the fuselage and will have to be temporarily grounded.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019

U.K.'s Johnson urges Trump to reconsider allowing diplomatic immunity for suspect in fatal car crash

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider a decision to let a U.S. diplomat's wife use diplomatic immunity after her involvement in a fatal car crash, Downing Street said on Wednesday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019

U.S. arrests counterterrorism analyst over leaks to journalists

A counterterrorism analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested on Wednesday over charges he had leaked classified materials about a foreign country's weapons system to two journalists, in 2018 and 2019, the U.S. Justice Department said in federal court filings on Wednesday.
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WORLD
Oct 10, 2019

Civilians flee Syrian border towns as Turkish forces pound 'terror corridor' targets after U.S. pullout

Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday just days after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, with warplanes and artillery striking militia positions in several towns in the border region.
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BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2019

U.S. labor leader says USMCA faces defeat without more worker safeguards

The head of the AFL-CIO labor union on Wednesday warned against speedy passage of the Trump administration's new trade pact with Mexico and Canada, saying he was especially concerned about labor protection measures in Mexico and adding that any vote on the plan before the end of November would lead to...
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MULTIMEDIA
Oct 10, 2019

[VIDEO] Avatar Robot Cafe Dawn Version Beta 2.0

MULTIMEDIA
Oct 10, 2019

[VIDEO] ‘Landscapes 1999-2019 U.S.A. and Japan’ photo exhibition in Tokyo’s Roppongi district

PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 9, 2019

Episode 25: The start of an extraordinary Diet

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set the tone for this year's extraordinary Diet session with a pledge to overhaul the nation's social welfare system to create one beneficial for all generations.
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WORLD
Oct 9, 2019

Turkey begins offensive in Syria after U.S. stands aside

Turkey has begun its military offensive into northeastern Syria to force back Kurdish militants controlling the border area, days after President Donald Trump said the U.S. wouldn't stand in the way.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2019

Giants get off to quick start, downing Tigers in Climax Series Final Stage opener

The Yomiuri Giants hadn't played a game that really counted for anything since clinching the Central League pennant on Sept. 21. They hadn't played any official games at all since Sept. 28.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 9, 2019

Raptors and Rockets reflect on Tuesday's NBA Japan Games opener

After an entertaining exhibition game played at a frenetic pace on Tuesday night at Saitama Super Arena, the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets went back to work on Wednesday afternoon determined to make adjustments.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 9, 2019

Tackling writer's block at the Japan Writers Conference

Now in its 13th year, the Japan Writers Conference aims to provide a place for creative thinkers to meet their peers, learn a few tricks and get motivated to finally start on that novel.
COMMUNITY / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 9, 2019

Choose your own JWC adventure

There are plenty of activities to get involved with at the Japan Writers Conference taking place in Tokyo this weekend. You can't be everywhere at once, though, so here's a look at some of the presentations that caught my attention.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 9, 2019

Battle of Okinawa really began 75 years ago today

The Battle of Okinawa really started on Oct. 10, 1944, with the bombing of Naha and other locations in the Nansei Islands.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2019

China calls 'foul' on the NBA

As the NBA has just learned, China is quick to punish businesses that cross it.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2019

North Korea exploits its advantages in talks with U.S.

Trump must disabuse the North Koreans of the notion that they can get a better deal from him if they refuse to engage seriously with his team.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2019

Nissan power struggle ends in uneasy compromise with three contenders taking top roles

The carmaker's directors tapped Makoto Uchida, head of its China joint venture, as CEO, to work alongside new COO Ashwani Gupta and Jun Seki, the new deputy COO.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2019

'Explosive' Typhoon Hagibis has Tokyo area in its sights after rapidly gathering strength in Pacific

Typhoon Hagibis, which the U.S. military's forecasting agency has put on par with a Category 5 hurricane, could make a direct pass over the Kanto region this weekend.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2019

Visits to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by ministers may resume after more than two years

Since conservatives close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined his Cabinet in a reshuffle last month, there has been speculation that visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Cabinet ministers may resume after a halt of 2½ years.

Longform

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