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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2019

For LGBT activists outside U.S. Supreme Court, discrimination cases have familiar ring

For many of the hundreds of LGBT activists demonstrating outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments in major cases on gay and transgender rights, the story being told inside about plaintiffs Gerald Bostock and Aimee Stephens sounded all too familiar.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2019

Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content, raising alarms over internet censorship

Russia and China will sign a cooperation treaty aimed at combating illegal content on the Internet this month, Russia's state communications watchdog said on Tuesday, an example of deepening cooperation between the powers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2019

U.S. Senate panel chief looks to probe Rudy Giuliani's unproved Ukraine claims and seeks lawyer's testimony

The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday opened the door to a Senate investigation into unproven allegations regarding Ukraine raised by President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, inviting the attorney to testify.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 9, 2019

[VIDEO] A visit to Gacha Gacha Coffee

BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2019

Nissan picks new CEO to lead recovery from Carlos Ghosn scandal

Nissan Motor Co. named the head of its China joint venture as chief executive officer, as the carmaker looks to heal divisions caused by its former chairman's arrest and repair fraught relations with partner Renault SA.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 8, 2019

Pascal Siakam leads Toronto Raptors to victory over Houston Rockets in Japan

Preseason games give fans a glimpse of the supreme talent on display in the NBA every day during the long season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2019

Blizzard punishes gamer and rescinds prize money for supporting Hong Kong protests

A unit of Activision Blizzard Inc. has punished a player for expressing support for Hong Kong's protest movement, the latest example of a U.S. company attempting to rein in speech that might displease the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 8, 2019

NBA head acknowledges growing crisis over team official's Hong Kong tweet

The escalating heated reaction to Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey's since-deleted tweet supporting Hong Kong protesters over China over the weekend brought China's state-controlled media into the geopolitical row.
EDITORIALS
Oct 8, 2019

Third-party probe of Kepco scandal

A third party should investigate the KEPCO scandal to determine if there was collusion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 8, 2019

Unfinished business for corporate leaders

A nation's economic performance and prosperity depends on the animal spirits and leadership of private enterprise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019

Tragic motorcycle accident is a real test for Boris Johnson

Diplomatic immunity is all too often used as a shield in ways that were never intended
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019

Putin's Russia is now a Middle Eastern country

The Eurasia giant has found its place among the oil dictatorships.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019

The Asianized world has arrived

By 2040, Asia is likely to generate more than 50 percent of world GDP, and could account for nearly 40 percent of global consumption.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019

Komodo dragons versus ecotourists

The fierce lizards are in decline on their native island and an influx of visitors hasn't helped.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 8, 2019

Hiromi Uehara drops the band and steps out alone

The pianist returns to solo work for her latest album, 'Spectrum,' 10 years after her last solo release
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 8, 2019

'Reading Images': Take the time to read into photography

The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum exhibition "The Time of Photography" starts with kitsch late 19th-century Yokohama shashin — hand-colored photos of Japanese scenes for sale to foreigners — and ends with the evanescence of Rinko Kawauchi's photography of everyday life made poetic through the artist's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 8, 2019

'Vincent Van Gogh'

Oct. 11-Jan. 13, 2020
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 8, 2019

'Haji Oh: Memories in Weaving'

Oct. 12-Dec. 15
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2019

Anti-NHK party leader plans to step down from Upper House to run in Saitama by-election

Political rebel and leader of the controversial NHK Kara Kokumin o Mamoru To (Party to Protect the People from NHK) Takashi Tachibana announced Tuesday that he plans to step down as an Upper House lawmaker — for now.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 8, 2019

'Wow, See You in the Next Life.'

Oct. 12-Jan. 19, 2020
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2019

Japan holds summit to accelerate climate-related corporate disclosures

The government on Tuesday held the first global summit to encourage corporate disclosures on climate change, and called on investors to forge a virtuous cycle between the environment and growth.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 8, 2019

Scotland not worried about possible typhoon

World Rugby officials may be keeping an eye on Typhoon Hagibis as it develops south of Japan over the next few days but Scotland prop Gordon Reid appeared to not be bothered at all of being pelted by torrential rain at the weekend.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 8, 2019

Bench players come through in clutch for Tigers

Kai Ueda didn't have much time to get ready for what might've been the biggest moment of his career. Edwin Escobar had just located a 153-kph fastball into Shun Takayama's hip and someone needed to run the bases during the top of the eighth inning in Game 3 of the Central League Climax Series First Stage...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2019

Japan's Rising Sun flag: A bone of contention for South Korea

Late last month, South Korean lawmaker An Min-suk of the ruling Democratic Party stood before the media in Seoul to explain a resolution proposed in the National Assembly.

Longform

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