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JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Nov 3, 2018

Fukuoka enlists artificial intelligence in fight against organized crime

Advances in artificial intelligence have come along in leaps and bounds in recent years, prompting police in Fukuoka and Kyoto to look into ways of using the technology to tackle organized crime.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 3, 2018

Antlers in control of ACL final

Kashima Antlers are one step away from long-desired Asian glory after a testy but emphatic 2-0 win over Iran's Persepolis in the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League final on Saturday.
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Nov 3, 2018

Smoke MIrrors Denial

EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2018

Cut back on disposable plastic

The government is finally tackling Japan's outsized production and consumption of single-use plastic product.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2018

A zero-carbon economy is within reach

But it will not be achieved without strong public policies and forward-looking business strategies.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 3, 2018

All Blacks whip Brave Blossoms

Japan scored five tries against the world champion All Blacks but still suffered a 69-31 defeat on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2018

Will future mega-cities be a marvel or a mess? Look at New Delhi

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JAPAN
Nov 3, 2018

Ex-school building thrives as aquarium

A former elementary school building in a sparsely populated area in Kochi Prefecture is thriving as an aquarium, with its cumulative visitors topping 100,000 as of Tuesday, about six months after its opening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2018

The Google walkout is a new kind of worker activism

The global walkout by Google workers, a response to Alphabet Inc.'s reported protection of executives accused of sexual misconduct, may be a harbinger of something new in employer-employee relations: empowered workers' moral-political protest directed as much against the general culture as against management....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2018

North Korea warns it could restart nuclear weapons development if sanctions aren't lifted

North Korea has warned that it could revive its scrapped policy of building up its nuclear arsenal if the U.S. does not remove harsh economic sanctions as part of reciprocal measures Pyongyang has demanded in ongoing denuclearization talks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2018

South Africans make bricks from human urine

South African researchers have made bricks using human urine in a process that could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the waste product.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2018

Harvard defends admission policy as Asian-American bias trial wraps up

Harvard University defended its admissions policies Friday against a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants in the closing arguments of a trial that could change the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2018

U.S. top court won't halt trial over census citizenship question

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by President Donald Trump's administration to halt a trial set to begin on Monday that will test the legality of the government's contentious decision to ask people taking part in the 2020 national census whether they are citizens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 3, 2018

Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

Twitter deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2018

Trump backtracks on suggestion U.S. troops could fire on migrants

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday backtracked from his suggestion a day earlier that American troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico would be free to fire on migrants who throw rocks at them, saying that rock-throwers would only be arrested.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2018

Trump says 'I think we'll make a deal with China' on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will likely make a deal with China on trade, adding that a lot of progress had been made to resolve the two countries' differences but warning that he still may impose more tariffs on Chinese goods.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2018

Saudi sisters likely committed suicide in New York's Hudson River, police say

Two young Saudi women whose bodies were found a week ago along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waist and ankles, likely committed suicide, New York police said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2018

On U.S. campaign trail, Obama warns against fear as Trump touts economy

Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday against rhetoric he said was designed to sow fear as he campaigned in support of Democratic candidates while President Donald Trump hammered a hard-line anti-immigration message to energize Republicans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2018

Trump considering U.S. State Department spokeswoman for U.N. ambassador post

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was seriously considering naming U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to succeed Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, adding he would make a decision on the posting soon.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 3, 2018

[VIDEO] Future Noren Exhibition at Nihonbashi

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2018

Two stabbed in catering staff fight at Sony Music U.K. headquarters

Sony Music said two of its catering staff had been involved in a violent altercation at its U.K. head office in central London on Friday after police reported two people had been stabbed.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
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