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CULTURE / Music
Sep 25, 2018

Electronic artist Tim Hecker delves into ancient Japanese court music and negative space on 'Konoyo'

For the first decade of his career, the Canadian composer and sound artist Tim Hecker specialized in transmuting digital audio into thick miasmas of sound that combined orchestral richness with the sensory assault of noise music. But after reaching an apotheosis — and his largest audience to date —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

Keiichi Tanaami's visually trippy past

Sometimes innocent, sometimes pornographic, influences percolated, exploded and re-formed in multiple and mutant ways during Keiichi Tanaami's career, which took off in the 1960s and is still going strong.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

'Marcel Duchamp and Japanese Art'

Oct. 2-Dec. 9
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

'Pierre Bonnard, The Never-Ending Summer'

Sept. 26-Dec. 17
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018

'Nana Kuromiya: Utsutsu'

Sept. 29-Oct. 27
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2018

Disclosure of North Korea's weapons program details regarded as key first step in denuclearization

New pledges made last week by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to curb his nuclear weapons program may have opened the door to further talks with Washington, but just how much impact would they have on the North's nuclear arsenal?
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2018

2019 debut eyed for Japan electronic map system for sharing disaster info

The Japanese government plans to fully launch in fiscal 2019 a system in which information on earthquakes, heavy rain and other disasters collected by government agencies and local authorities is displayed on electronic maps, informed sources have said.
SUMO
Sep 25, 2018

Takanohana steps down from JSA

The Japan Sumo Association attempted to force stablemaster Takanohana to admit that the accusations he filed to the Cabinet Office in March were false.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018

Instagram founders depart Facebook after clashes with Zuckerberg

The founders of Instagram are leaving Facebook Inc. after growing tensions with CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the product, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018

Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture

Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2018

Japan developing supersonic glide bombs to defend Senkaku Islands

The Defense Ministry is developing the bombs to strengthen the defense of remote islands, including the Japan-controlled Senkakus, which are claimed by China.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2018

Climate change will be high on next year's G20 summit agenda: Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signaled his intention to take up climate change as a key agenda item at the meeting of the Group of 20 advanced and developing economies that he will host next June.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2018

Japan's defense officials to use AI for record management

The Defense Ministry plans to use artificial intelligence for the management of public records, drawing lessons from the mishandling of daily Self-Defense Forces activity logs, according to officials.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2018

Justice Department to weigh consumer protections at social media meeting amid alleged 'shadow banning' of conservatives

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it will hold a "listening session" with officials from more than a dozen states on Tuesday to discuss consumer protection and the technology industry, an agency official said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2018

New U.S.-South Korean free trade pact raises hopes for NAFTA, China deals

The signing of a renegotiated free-trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea is spurring optimism that export markets for American farm goods won't shut down and may even expand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2018

U.S. report blames Myanmar military for Rohingya mass atrocities but doesn't mention genocide

A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar's military waged a planned, coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation's Rohingya Muslim minority.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2018

Marshall Islands marches toward zero greenhouse emissions by 2050

The Marshall Islands, an atoll-nation vulnerable to sea level rise from climate change, announced steps on Monday toward an ambitious plan to cut its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2018

U.N. debut for New Zealand's 'First Baby' includes diaper change, peace summit

With a mock security pass that lists her as the "First Baby" of New Zealand, 3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern — spoke at a peace summit in the General Assembly.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2018

New York trader pleads guilty to paying thousands in bribes for lucrative IPO tips

A New York stock trader pleaded guilty to paying thousands of dollars in cash bribes to a broker at an investment banking firm in exchange for preferential access to lucrative IPOs, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.Adam Rentzer, 52, of Roslyn, New York, admitted Monday in Trenton federal...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2018

400-year-old spice-laden shipwreck 'discovery of decade' for Portugal

Archaeologists searching Portugal's coast have found a 400-year-old shipwreck believed to have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India laden with spices, specialists said on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 24, 2018

Flawless Golden Kings lift Terrific 12 trophy after downing Guangzhou

The Ryukyu Golden Kings have piled up tournament victories at an impressive rate in the preseason. First, they captured the B. League Early Cup Kansai title on Sept. 9.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 24, 2018

Alvark players consider themselves B. League contenders, not reigning champions

Reigning B. League champion Alvark Tokyo will approach the new season not with the intent to defend their title but rather with the desire to win another, team captain and guard Takeki Shonaka said at the B. League's kickoff conference on Monday.

Longform

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