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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 13, 2019

When giving a public speech in Japanese, tears can be your trump card

There are certain occasions in Japan when showing emotion is expected. Deploying a few key phrases can also do the trick.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 13, 2019

You'd be considerably well off in Japanese by learning to differentiate between 'daibu' and 'kekkō'

The adverbs u3060u3044u3076 and u3051u3063u3053u3046 both convey a sense of degree.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 13, 2019

Hiroshima museum unveils new atomic bomb-related items

The main building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum reopened April 25, after it was closed from April 2017 in order to do exhibition renovations and quake-resistance reinforcement work associated with the building's aging.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 13, 2019

Let's discuss iPS cells

Learn about English vocabulary that has to do with genetic research and consider the ramifications.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2019

Vietnam culls 1.2 million pigs as African swine fever spreads nationwide

Vietnam has culled more than 1.2 million farmed pigs infected with African swine fever, the government said Monday, as the virus continues to spread rapidly in the Southeast Asian country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 13, 2019

In midterm vote, Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte set to gain allies and shut out critics

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he hasn't lost an election in his three-decade political career. He's hoping his candidates for the midterm vote on Monday will continue that winning streak as voters assess his three years in office.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2019

KDDI rolls out new 'price down' smartphone plans for Japan amid government push for lower rates

The move is in response to government pressure to cut consumers' bills.
May 13, 2019

Yamaha Motor co-sponsors of TOTAL AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

- 1,000 soccer balls for African children -
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2019

Vietnam intensifying crackdown on online dissent, Amnesty report says

Vietnam has stepped up its imprisonment of political activists, Amnesty International said in a report Monday, intensifying a crackdown that has seen the number of prisoners of conscience increase by almost a third since last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2019

Lawyer for Ghosn says ex-Nissan boss received no money via Oman in bank accounts

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn did not receive any money sent by the automaker through Oman to his personal accounts, according to his lawyer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2019

Days after announcing tripling of profits, SoftBank market value slides $9 billion as Uber IPO flops

Last Thursday, as his company booked a $3.8 billion gain from its stake in Uber Technologies Inc., Masayoshi Son told SoftBank Group Corp. investors that their time had finally come. Instead, they're still waiting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2019

Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, it said Monday following attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants.
WORLD
May 13, 2019

Gunmen kill six in second recent attack on church in Burkina Faso

Gunmen killed six people, including a priest, outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said, the second attack on Christians in two weeks in a nation increasingly overrun by jihadis.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2019

White House adviser says Trump and Xi likely to hold talks at Osaka G20 meeting in June

President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are likely to meet during a Group of 20 summit in Osaka at the end of June and discuss trade, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday.
Japan Times
Company / Others
May 13, 2019

Al Isago Parvez

Date of publication: May 13, 2019Al Isago ParvezCEO & Representative DirectorAdvance K.K.www.advance-tokyo.com
Japan Times
Company / Consumer Discretionary
May 13, 2019

Massimo Allegri

Date of publication: May 13, 2019Massimo AllegriRegional General Manager East Europe & AsiaAlitaliawww.alitalia.com
Japan Times
Company / Others
May 13, 2019

Jonathan Epstein

Date of publication: May 13, 2019Jonathan EpsteinChairmanMoneytree www.moneytree.jp
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
May 13, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、「2019 International Garlic Symposium (第6回国際ニンニクシンポジウム)」にメディアパートナーとして参加

 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、2019年5月28日~5月30日に広島で開催される「2019 International Garlic Symposium(第6回 国際ニンニクシンポジウム)」(主催:日本フードファクター学会、Harbor-UCLA)にメディアパートナーとして参加いたします。...

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