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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2019

Amazon Japan starts locker delivery service

Amazon Japan G.K. on Wednesday started a locker delivery service, Amazon Hub, aimed at enhancing convenience for customers and reducing the need for re-deliveries.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2019

Chiba Prefecture tourism takes hit after Typhoon Faxai

The tourism industry in Chiba Prefecture has suffered a heavy blow from powerful Typhoon Faxai, which struck the prefecture last week.
Rugby
Sep 19, 2019

Brave Blossoms admit nervousness and excitement before RWC opener against Russia

Japan national team players on Thursday confessed to feeling nervous ahead of Friday's opening game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but are confident the excitement of the occasion will sweep away the butterflies when the host nation faces Russia at Tokyo Stadium.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2019

Robert O'Brien, Trump's new national security adviser, seen as an arbiter rather than a confrontationalist

Donald Trump's selection of top hostage-affairs official Robert O'Brien as his new national security adviser sends a clear signal the president is seeking to turn the page from the confrontation and controversy that defined John Bolton's tenure in the job.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 19, 2019

Groove to timeless tunes in the moonlight

With several Rugby World Cup 2019 matches set for Kobe, Kobe Portopia Hotel builds on the excitement with its Music and Dance @ Kobe Portopia Night 2019 event promising just what the name suggests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2019

Millions may risk jail as Indonesia looks to criminalize sex outside wedlock

Indonesia is poised to pass a new penal code that criminalizes sex outside marriage and introduces stiff penalties for insulting the president's dignity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Backstage Pass
Sep 19, 2019

Diversity of Japan's video game industry on show in Tokyo

2019's Tokyo Game Show saw a range of new titles displayed, with prominence given to the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake, Death Stranding and new titles from Sega, among others
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 19, 2019

Christina Valdez ecstatic after fulfilling dream of seeing Yuzuru Hanyu skate in person

There is nothing greater in life than fulfilling a dream.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2019

Whistleblower alerts officials over Trump promise to foreign leader

President Donald Trump's promise to a foreign leader so troubled an official in the U.S. intelligence community that it prompted them to file a whistleblower complaint, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2019

New Tuvalu leader bodes ill for Taiwan

Newly installed lawmakers of the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu elected a new prime minister on Thursday, a potential blow for ally Taiwan, which had diplomatic ties to another Pacific island nation cut this week in favor of Beijing.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2019

Japanese government facing mounting criticism over initial response to Typhoon Faxai

The government is facing mounting criticism over its allegedly insufficient initial response to a recent powerful typhoon that left tens of thousands of households without electricity in Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 19, 2019

Huawei promises smartest 5G phone but who will be brave enough to buy?

Huawei launches what could be the world's most powerful and feature-packed 5G smartphone on Thursday, but the fate of the device in Europe will hang on whether it can overcome a U.S. ban to give customers the Google software they expect.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2019

Trump says there are many options short of war with Iran after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after U.S. ally Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack on its oil sites that was "unquestionably sponsored" by Tehran.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2019

U.S. Democratic Party donor Ed Buck charged with running drug den at home where pair died of overdose

Prominent California Democratic Party donor Edward Buck has been charged with operating a drug den after injecting a man with methamphetamine in his West Hollywood home where two other men previously died of apparent overdoses, prosecutors said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2019

Democrats seek details on U.S. military use of Trump's Scottish hotel after Pentagon reveals 'far more taxpayer funds' spent

Documents from the Pentagon show that "far more taxpayer funds" were spent by the U.S. military on overnight stays at a Trump resort in Scotland than previously known, two Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday, as they demanded more evidence from the Defense Department as part of their investigation....
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2019

If Trump wants to sue over NY tax return law, he must do so there and not before a Washington judge he picked: state

If the president wants to challenge a New York state law, let him do it on New York's turf.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2019

Gut feeling: Baby stool study finds bacteria different after C-section births, offering immune system clues

A huge study of babies' stool samples has found key differences between infants born vaginally and via Cesarean section, offering clues about the development of the human immune system, researchers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 19, 2019

U.S. social media firms say they are removing violent content faster

Major U.S. social media firms told a Senate panel Wednesday they are doing more to prevent or remove violent or extremist content from online platforms in the wake of several high-profile incidents, focusing on using more technological tools to act faster.
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 19, 2019

[VIDEO] Tokyo Game Show 2019

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MULTIMEDIA
Sep 18, 2019

Don't look down!

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?