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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2018

Lego wins court case in China over copyright infringement

Lego has won another case against imitators in China where copies of its colorful plastic toy bricks and figures have been a recurring problem, the Danish toymaker said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018

'Seeing Through a Glass'

Nov. 10-March 31
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2018

Security spending soars in China's troubled Xinjiang region: report

Spending on security-related construction tripled in 2017 in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of detaining as many as 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims, an academic analysis of government expenditure found.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018

Japan to make trademark registration of era names impossible

The government plans to set a clear rule that no trademark containing any era name can be registered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2018

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical pushes back as dissident shareholders seek to stop Shire deal

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Chief Executive Officer Christophe Weber pushed back against dissident shareholders seeking to stop the drugmaker's acquisition of Shire PLC, saying he won't release minutes of boardroom discussions.
Nov 6, 2018

Yamaha Motor Exhibits 3CT LMW Commuter Prototype at EICMA

— Next Step in LMWs Embodies “Growing World of Personal Mobility” —
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2018

Top U.S. diplomat to meet senior North Korean official in New York on Thursday amid denuclearization acrimony

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with the right-hand man of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday in New York to discuss denuclearization, just days after Pyongyang hinted that it could resume building up its nuclear program if crippling sanctions are not lifted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2018

Crashed Lion Air jetliner had faulty airspeed readings on final four flights: black box

The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesian investigators called on plane-maker Boeing Co. and U.S. authorities to ensure there aren't fleet-wide issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2018

Egypt shelves Brazil visit after Jair Bolsonaro decides to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

Egypt has postponed a visit by Brazil's top diplomat, Brazil's foreign ministry said on Monday, in a move that two diplomatic sources said was due to the President-elect's vow to relocate the South American country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2018

Breaking barriers: U.S. midterm election winners could mark minority firsts

The 2018 U.S. congressional elections prompted a surge of candidates from minority groups that have not had electoral success in the past. Several have the potential to be the first of their background elected to office on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2018

Gene study reveals secrets of parasitic worms, possible treatments

The largest study to date of the genetic makeup of parasitic worms has found hundreds of new clues about how they invade the human body, evade its immune system and cause disease.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules by not taking up repeal bid

The legal fight over a 2016 lower court ruling upholding Obama-era net neutrality regulations aimed at ensuring a free and open internet — rules that have since been repealed by President Donald Trump's administration — came to a formal end on Monday, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to take...
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2018

Saudis sent 'cleanup' team to Turkey after Khashoggi killing, Turkish official says

Saudi Arabia sent a two-man "cleanup team" to erase evidence of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing a week after he disappeared at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, a Turkish official said Monday, calling it a sign that top Saudi officials knew of the crime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2018

Britain confident Brexit financial services deal can be reached soon

Britain is confident that it will "imminently" reach a deal with the European Union on its post-Brexit financial services trade with the bloc, British financial services minister John Glen said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018

Cooperation and information sharing key in disaster response, speakers tell Hiroshima workshop

Given Japan's vulnerability to natural disasters, and with accelerating climate change widely predicted to increase severe weather patterns, increased cooperation and information sharing is more important than ever to meet the needs of victims.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018

Japan's government to delay discussion on creating female Imperial branches

The government plans to hold off on deciding whether to allow female members of the Imperial family to establish branches of the family after marriage, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.

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