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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 24, 2018

[VIDEO] Introducing the new Century, Toyota’s Japan-exclusive luxury car

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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 24, 2018

[VIDEO] Visiting Suporu Shinagawa Oimachi

JAPAN
Aug 23, 2018

LIVEBLOG: Updates on Typhoon Cimaron in Japan

On this liveblog, The Japan Times newsroom will be updating the status of Typhoon Cimaron as it approaches and makes landfall on the Japanese archipelago.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 23, 2018

Haruomi Hosono: 'I never tried to be a pioneer'

Haruomi Hosono is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of Japanese popular music over the past 50 years.
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WORLD
Aug 23, 2018

China's growing hunger for wheat pushes global reserves to crisis levels, as heat waves and droughts hit harvests

A scorching hot, dry summer has ended five years of plenty in many wheat producing countries and drawn down the reserves of major exporters to their lowest level since 2007-08, when low grain stocks contributed to food riots across Africa and Asia.
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WORLD
Aug 23, 2018

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern repeats offer to resettle refugees held by Australia

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern again offered Thursday to resettle 150 asylum seekers sent by Australia to offshore camps including one in Nauru, a Pacific island nation where leaders from both countries are set to meet next month.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 23, 2018

Threatened by emerging technologies, Nikon unveils full-frame mirrorless cameras to keep Sony at bay

In a long-awaited event livestreamed worldwide, Nikon Corp. unveiled its first full-frame mirrorless camera system Thursday, finally entering a segment that is still growing despite the explosive proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones.
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BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018

Dragon Ball fighting game vaults Bandai Namco onto esports stage

Here comes a new challenger to the esports arena.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 23, 2018

One Championship makes big plans for Japan

No one will ever accuse Chatri Sityodtong, the chairman of martial arts organization ONE Championship, of shying away from a fight.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018

Australia bans Huawei, ZTE from working on 5G networks

Australia banned China's Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from supplying next-generation wireless equipment to the nation's telecom operators, the latest blow in an escalating global battle over network security.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 23, 2018

SEC quashes more bitcoin ETF pitches in another blow to cryptocurrencies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected another round of attempts to list exchange-traded funds backed by bitcoin, blocking ETFs from ProShares, GraniteShares and Direxion, on concern prices could be vulnerable to manipulation.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2018

Look out for a Trump on the warpath

The world must prepare for a U.S. president angry, distracted and eager to pick fights to divert attention from his own troubles.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2018

Turkey-U.S. tiff reveals deep NATO woes

Countries on the eastern flank still see Russia as an existential threat, but countries in NATO's south are more fearful of terrorism and migration flows.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2018

Bidding Sir Hugh Cortazzi farewell

Sir Hugh Cortazzi was instrumental in building a foundation of goodwill between Japan and the United Kingdom.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018

'Don't blame BOJ,' FSA chief Toshihide Endo tells struggling regional banks

The nation's top financial regulator said regional banks "should not blame the Bank of Japan" for their woes, urging them to explore ways to survive ultralow interest rates.
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BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018

What would a 40% cut to phone bills mean for Japan's mobile carriers?

Japan's mobile carriers have come under government scrutiny for high phone bills that have helped bring years of enviable profit margins and given them a combined market value of more than $250 billion.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 23, 2018

Stylish glamping to close out the summer season

Now that the summer evenings have cooled down, it's the perfect time to dive into the joys of camping — and what better way to do so than right in a hotel? Sponsored by Asahi Breweries, Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel has opened its spacious seventh floor open-air terrace to host a luxurious urban camping...
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2018

Former 'Apprentice' contestant who accuses Trump of groping, Summer Zervos, demands he identify other victims

A onetime contestant on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" television show who accused him of groping her is demanding in her lawsuit that he come clean about accusations by other women of "illicit" sexual misconduct.

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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.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building