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BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2018

Head of Rothschild in Russia pens fairy tales between flights

Giovanni Salvetti, the head of Rothschild in Russia and CIS, takes five flights a week in his job managing the bank's operations from Kazakhstan to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

Trump claims that federal workers idled by shutdown want Mexico border wall

President Donald Trump said that federal workers furloughed in a partial government shutdown support his effort to force Democrats to vote to spend billions of dollars for a wall on the Mexican border.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 26, 2018

Trump again blasts Fed chief and says U.S. firms present buying opportunity as their shares dive

President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated that the U.S. Federal Reserve was raising interest rates too quickly but added that U.S. companies were "the greatest in the world" and presented a "tremendous" buying opportunity for investors.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2018

German police find Islamic State flag and Arabic text at site of railway sabotage

German police said on Tuesday they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the perpetrators had any political motives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2018

Twitter lights up like Christmas tree as Trump challenges 7-year-old's belief in Santa

President Donald Trump set off a Christmas social media storm when he asked whether a 7-year-old was too old to believe in Santa Claus, capping a week of plunging stocks, a government shutdown and the U.S. defense chief's unceremonious departure.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 26, 2018

[VIDEO] Tokyo Great Santa Run 2018

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2018

Easy win for Benjamin Netanyahu predicted in first poll since announcement of snap Israel election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will easily win a snap election set for April 9, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday, the first to be published since the ballot was announced.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2018

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mulls visiting Twickenham Stadium, home of England rugby team

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Twickenham Stadium, home of the England rugby team, during his trip to the U.K. in January, it has been learned.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2018

Trump loses a guardrail

With the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, the world waits with mounting anxiety for Donald Trump's next decisions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2018

Exiting the IWC — a whale of a decision?

Japan pulling out of the International Whaling Commission is going to have some interesting results.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

Trump abandons the cheese to escape the Syria mousetrap

Western interference has worsened the pathology of broken, corrupt and dysfunctional politics from Afghanistan to North Africa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

China would be unwise to follow the U.S. and turn inward

While both countries may be tempted to turn inward, there are five reasons why they would be wise not to.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

Nationalism doesn't have to be a dirty word

Like any political ideology, nationalism has many faces and some are beneficial and worthy of affirmation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

Apocalypse Trump may be upon us

With no one left in President Donald Trump's Cabinet who can restrain him, Americans and their allies are staring into the abyss that has been looming since the 2016 election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2018

Government approves measures it says will make life easier for foreign workers under new blue-collar visas

The measures include the establishment of about 100 consultation centers nationwide and the allocation of u00a5600 million for a Japanese-language education program for non-Japanese.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 25, 2018

LeBron James apologizes for posting rapper's 'Jewish money' lyric

LeBron James is sorry for posting a lyric that referenced "Jewish money." The Los Angeles Lakers star on Monday said he simply got caught up in the music, thought the lyric was a "compliment" and offers "apologies, for sure."
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2018

80% of state bodies fail to meet disabled employee target

The number of disabled employees at 35 of the 43 state institutions stood below the level required by law as of June 1 this year, the welfare ministry said Tuesday.
Dec 25, 2018

Latest addition to Yamaha Motor’s “Moving You” documentary series – Vol.14 Hands Like His Father: Inheriting Skills and Spirit

Yamaha Motor has released Vol.14 Hands Like His Father: Inheriting Skills and Spirit, the latest addition to our Moving You documentary series introducing our work to realize our corporate mission of creating Kando.*
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 25, 2018

What critics call a presidency spiraling out of control, Trump calls a winning hand

Donald Trump is coming off one of his roughest weeks as president, at least in his critics' eyes — instigating a U.S. government shutdown fight, provoking his defense chief's resignation, abruptly pulling American troops from two global hot spots, and even thinking about firing the head of the U.S....

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
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