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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 11, 2018

Revamped Levanga Hokkaido foundation includes key personnel from far-flung locales

As the B. League gains recognition on the global scale, the infusion of international players and coaches will continue to be vital.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2018

Officials express optimism as Tokyo's Toyosu market opens doors for first time since Tsukiji closure

The noisy clanging of bells that had once sounded at the famed Tsukiji market marked the first tuna auction for fishmongers at the Toyosu wholesale market Thursday at a newly built facility in Tokyo’s Koto Ward.
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WORLD
Oct 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael, fiercest in 80 years, pounds Florida with 250-kph winds

Hurricane Michael, the third-most-powerful ever to strike the U.S. mainland, battered Florida's Gulf coast with roof-shredding winds, raging surf and torrential rains before it was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed through Georgia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2018

Seoul will not unilaterally lift North Korea sanctions, Trump says: 'They do nothing without our approval'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday South Korea will not lift sanctions on Pyongyang without U.S. approval, after the South Korean foreign minister softened earlier comments that some of its unilateral sanctions were under review.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2018

Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women, say sources

Amazon.com Inc.'s machine-learning specialists learned something unexpected from the machine: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018

U.S. Air Force gives $2.3 billion in rocket contracts to Blue Origin, United Launch Services and Northrop Grumman

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday said that it had awarded a total $2.3 billion in contracts to develop rocket launch systems for national security missions.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018

For largest rocket in NASA history, Boeing is two years behind schedule and double over budget

Boeing Co.'s construction of the largest rocket in NASA's history is projected to cost $8.9 billion — double the initial budget. While taxpayer-funded cost overruns are common in the U.S. military industrial complex, the massive aerospace company is also two years behind schedule — a gap that could...
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WORLD
Oct 11, 2018

Scientists blame warm water in the Gulf of Mexico for spawning Hurricane Michael's intensity

When Hurricane Michael barreled into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with 155-mph (249-kph) sustained winds, it defied forecasts made just two days beforehand, its wind speeds doubling since Monday and coming in just short of the highest category of intensity.
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JAPAN
Oct 11, 2018

Japanese helicopter carrier wages daily war on dirt and grime

The Kaga helicopter carrier is not the biggest, fastest or most powerful warship to sail the seas, but its 500 crew wage a daily war on dirt and grime to keep it the cleanest.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2018

Yasukuni Shrine's chief priest forced to quit after criticizing Emperor for not visiting war-linked shrine

Kunio Kohori argued on June 20 that the Emperor is “now trying to crush Yasukuni Shrine” by not visiting it.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 11, 2018

The Japan Times to Participate as a Media Partner at the G1 Global Conference 2018

Tokyo, October 11, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will participate as a media partner at the G1 Global Conference 2018, to be held on Oct. 14, 2018, in Tokyo.
Oct 11, 2018

The Japan Times to Participate as a Media Partner at the G1 Global Conference 2018

Tokyo, October 11, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will participate as a media partner at the G1 Global Conference 2018, to be held on Oct.14, 2018, in Tokyo.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 11, 2018

ジャパンタイムズ、「G1 Global Conference 2018」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、2018年10月14日にグロービス経営大学院東京校で開催される「G1 Global Conference 2018」(主催:一般社団法人G1)に、メディアパートナーとして参加いたします。...
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BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 11, 2018

'The Fed has gone crazy' as Dow dives over 800 points amid rate hike, trade jitters

President Donald Trump again criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates following the worst market sell-off since February.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018

Three women found apparently slain near Greece's Evros River border with Turkey

Three women of unknown origin were found dead, presumably murdered, on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known for illegal migrant crossings.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018

Limo company operator in New York crash disaster charged with negligent homicide

The operator of a limousine company that owned the vehicle involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was taken into custody and charged with criminally negligent homicide, New York State Police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018

Russian website names third GRU officer involved in Salisbury nerve agent poisoning

The Russian news website Fontanka named on Wednesday a third GRU military intelligence operative, Sergey Fedotov, as having been involved in trying to kill ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the English city of Salisbury.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 10, 2018

Haru Nemuri's rapping and roaring speaks to the zeitgeist of 2018

Haruna Kimishima knew her music had found an audience overseas when her Twitter DMs began to fill up with English.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2018

U.S. senators question Super Micro over reports of Chinese tampering with America-bound computer hardware

Two U.S. senators have sent a letter to Super Micro Computer Inc. asking if and when the company found evidence of tampering with hardware components after a news report described how China's intelligence services used subcontractors to plant malicious chips in the company's server motherboards.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2018

Evidence of China's computer hardware tampering found at U.S. telecom in August: security expert

A major U.S. telecommunications company discovered manipulated hardware from Super Micro Computer Inc. in its network and removed it in August, according to a security expert working for the telecom company, in fresh evidence that critical technology components bound for the U.S. had been tampered with...

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