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WORLD
Mar 30, 2019

Maltese court charges African teenagers of hijacking tanker after it rescued over 100 migrants

Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 30, 2019

Flags come home

CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 30, 2019

Ichiro Legacy

EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2019

Ensure the elderly are driving safe

Traffic accidents involving senior drivers are a serious problem that must be addressed as elderly license holders will continue to increase alongside Japan's rapid aging.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 30, 2019

FC Tokyo holds Reds on late goal

It's been nearly 16 years since FC Tokyo beat hated rival Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2019

An empty promise to cure a fake problem

Broad testing of blood samples is not what Americans need.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons

On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, U.S. President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a piece of paper that included a blunt call for the transfer of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the United States.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2019

Trump tells why new sanctions on Pyongyang are not necessary: North Koreans already 'suffering greatly'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he decided not to put additional sanctions on North Korea a week earlier because he wanted to maintain a good relationship with leader Kim Jong Un and because the North Korean people are already "suffering greatly."
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 30, 2019

Great Pompeii Project offers new glimpses into city's life before calamity

Nearly 2,000 years after Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman city is still giving up its long-buried secrets.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

Hundreds of thousands march against Algerian leader Bouteflika

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Algiers on Friday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in the biggest demonstration since unrest erupted six weeks ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 30, 2019

U.S. and China report progress in Beijing trade talks as Trump pushes for 'great deal'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that trade talks with China were going very well, but cautioned that he would not accept anything less than a "great deal" after top U.S. and Chinese trade officials wrapped up two days of negotiations in Beijing.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 30, 2019

Celebrating philanthropic achievements at art showcase

Haruhisa Handa, who wears many hats as a calligrapher, painter, singer, noh performer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, held an opening ceremony for a solo exhibition of his paintings and sho (Japanese artistic calligraphy) works in Tokyo on March 18.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2019

Deepening probe reveals 6,340 improper aircraft engine checks by IHI

Heavy machinery-maker IHI Corp. reported 6,340 cases of improper maintenance checks of commercial aircraft engines, a dramatic jump from the 211 announced in its interim report in early March.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

No-deal Brexit fears rise as Parliament sinks May's deal

Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April, U.S. attorney general says

U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2019

Brandon Laird powers Marines past Eagles as rookie teammate Kyota Fujiwara makes Opening Night start

The Chiba Lotte Marines and their fans were already well aware of Brandon Laird and his sushi-making ways before this season.

Longform

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