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BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019

Toyota has plenty for robots to do during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

When athletes and organizers descend on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games they'll be ferried around in autonomous cars, while torch relay runners will be accompanied by vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence. Robots will ferry javelins and hammers.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2019

Seoul and trilateral alliance with Japan and U.S. will suffer most with GSOMIA pullout, Tokyo defense insiders say

The intelligence-sharing pact benefitted the South Korean military much more than it did Tokyo and Washington, experts say.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2019

Las Vegas Sands to focus on Tokyo-Yokohama area for casino, abandoning support for Osaka

As Japan moves forward with plans to open facilities that allow gambling, Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it is now focusing on the Tokyo and Yokohama areas to find potential locations for a casino resort.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 23, 2019

Chinese became largest foreign community in Okinawa in 2018, excluding U.S. military personnel

Chinese people became the largest group of foreign nationals living in Okinawa Prefecture in 2018, surpassing American residents — excluding personnel on U.S. military bases and their dependents — for the first time since a new calculation method was employed in 2012.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 23, 2019

Toyota group firms test out labor-saving prototype products at Gifu shopping mall

Major component-makers of the Toyota group have launched an experiment of letting consumers and shop staff try their products under development at a shopping mall in the city of Gifu.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2019

Abe tied as longest-serving postwar Japanese leader with great-uncle Sato at 2,798 days

Saturday will be Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's 2,799th day in office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2019

In one-man race, Macao to elect Beijing-backed former legislator Ho Iat Seng as chief executive

The Chinese territory of Macao is set to elect as leader the only candidate for which it is allowed to vote: a Beijing-backed former legislator who is expected to cement China's control over the special administrative region and distance it from escalating protests in neighboring Hong Kong.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019

South Korean passengers to Narita down more than a third this summer amid Tokyo-Seoul tensions

The number of South Koreans who entered Japan via Narita Airport for short stays during the summer holiday period from Aug. 9 to 18 totaled 12,260, down 34.7 percent from the same period a year earlier, a government bureau announced Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2019

In breakthrough that could aid depleted reefs, Florida scientists induce spawning of Atlantic coral in lab

Scientists in Florida have artificially induced reproductive spawning of an endangered Atlantic coral species for the first time in an aquarium setting, a breakthrough they say holds great promise in efforts to restore depleted reefs in the wild.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 23, 2019

Agency prices Japan bond with negative yield for first time as rates plunge

An agency priced a Japanese bond with a negative yield for the first time, in a sign that such debt sales may increase in the nation amid a global tumble in interest rates.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2019

International giraffe trade to be regulated for the first time

Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their skins and other parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2019

Japan's baby food market growing steadily despite low birthrate

Japan' baby food market is on a steady expansion track despite a falling number of children thanks to growing demand from working parents seeking convenient, precooked baby food.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2019

New South Wales to end Chinese-funded Confucius Institute education program

Australia's most populous state will ax a Chinese-funded education program that teaches Mandarin in schools amid fears over potential foreign influence.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2019

Malaysia makes record bust of ketamine and cocaine worth $161 million

Malaysian authorities on Friday said they had seized nearly 3.7 tons of ketamine and cocaine worth about $161 million in the country's biggest drugs haul to date.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2019

Tokyo temple mixes Buddhism with beatboxing to attract younger, more diverse crowd

Buddhism meets beatboxing, hip-hop dancing and laser light shows at a temple in Tokyo, where efforts to get youth and foreign nationals interested in the centuries-old religion have taken on a modern twist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019

With technology and machinery, Brazil and Vietnam tighten their grip on coffee trade

A towering machine rumbles through the fields of Julio Rinco's farm in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, engulfing whole coffee trees and shaking free beans that are collected by conveyor belts in its depths.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2019

Toyota and Hyundai latest to halt output and shed workers in India as car sales slump worsens

With India's auto sales declining for the ninth straight month in July, more automotive manufacturers are laying off workers and temporarily halting production to keep costs in check, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2019

Nissan shows off self-driving tech with golf putts that never miss the cup

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed a system in which any golf putt will lead the ball into the cup, by capitalizing on its self-driving technologies.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

Please help the bunnies on Rabbit Island

I am 9 years old and I love bunnies. I have a Holland Lop named Watson. I love him a lot. I learned about Rabbit Island (Okunoshima in Hiroshima Prefecture) in a magazine called Animal Tales. I have seen videos on YouTube about Rabbit Island.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

U.S. should live up to its responsibility

There is much valuable information about the U.S. immigration crisis in Cesar Chelala's opinion piece "Why the U.S. owes Central America" in the Aug. 10 edition.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

Maybe they're just looking for an edge

I agree with the letter by SDT Tokyo ("Lawmakers out of touch with reality" in the Aug. 11 edition) that holding the Tokyo Olympics during the month of August shows extraordinary lack of consideration for both athletes and spectators, but I wonder whether the lawmakers really "have lost touch with reality."...
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

What about the 1965 treaty?

To clarify the current Japan-South Korea feud, there's one question I want to ask.

Longform

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