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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2018

Ecuador and Peru tighten entry requirements for Venezuelans as influx swells

Venezuelans entering Ecuador and Peru will soon be required to show their passports, rather than national identity cards, the Ecuadorean government and Peruvian official sources said on Thursday, amid concerns over an influx of economic migrants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2018

China to prosecute suspects at scandal-hit vaccine maker and confiscate illegal income

Chinese authorities will prosecute all suspects in a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology and confiscate its illegal earnings, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 17, 2018

Fans gather in New York, Los Angeles to bid farewell to Aretha Franklin

Fans of Aretha Franklin came together at New York City's landmark Apollo Theater and on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday to pay their respects to the Queen of Soul, singing along to her hits and sharing memories of her remarkable career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018

Hackers at 'China's MIT' targeted U.S. firms, government after Alaska trade mission: researchers

Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2018

Jared Kushner Russia policy role grew after unreported March 2016 Henry Kissinger lunch

In March 2016, as the U.S. foreign policy establishment shunned presidential candidate Donald Trump, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was invited to lunch for a think tank urging engagement with Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018

Trump claims farmers are doing well but data beg to differ

President Donald Trump said Thursday that American farmers are starting to prosper. But recent data tell a different story.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2018

No handshakes, no helmets in eastern Congo city as it braces for Ebola onslaught

A mobile blood-testing lab. Hand-washing stations on street corners. Motorcycle taxi drivers forbidden from sharing spare helmets. If Ebola is coming, the city of Goma in eastern Congo wants to be ready.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2018

Islamic State takes credit as gunmen attack intelligence center in Kabul

Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training center for Afghanistan's intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, holding off security forces for hours before being killed.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018

Google ranks petition for more oversight of China search engine plan, cite firm's 'don't be evil' clause

Google's plan to launch a censored search engine in China requires more "transparency, oversight and accountability," hundreds of employees at the Alphabet Inc. unit said in an internal petition seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 17, 2018

[VIDEO] Pikachu Outbreak! 2018 in Yokohama

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2018

Boy, 11, hacks into replica U.S. election website in minutes as convention probes electronic voting systems

An 11-year-old boy managed to hack into a replica of Florida's election results website in 10 minutes during a hackers convention and change names and tallies, organizers said, stoking concerns about security ahead of nationwide votes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2018

East Asian 'railroad community' offers path to North Korea peace, says South Korean President Moon Jae-in

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2018

In Chinese port city, Toyota lays foundation to ramp up sales

The Japanese auto giant is likely to make 120,000 more cars a year in Tianjin as it aims to boost annual sales in China to 2 million vehicles, sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2018

Some factories in western Japan still down a month after rain disaster

Damaged roads, train tracks and other transportation infrastructure are preventing factories in western Japan from reaching a full recovery a month after deadly rains killed over 200 people in the region.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 16, 2018

August 17, 2018

SPORTS
Aug 16, 2018

Japan sending strong squad to Asian Games

The 18th edition of the Asian Games, the region's biggest sporting extravaganza, will officially begin on Saturday in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2018

Bugs struggle amid Japan's record summer heat

Specialists in Hyogo believe populations of mosquitoes and beetles have suffered this year as the moist environments where their young thrive have dried up in the heat wave.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 16, 2018

Bucking superstition, Japanese woman tunnels way to top of civil-engineering world

For civil engineer Reiko Abe, 55, being competent at her job was never enough. Her sex and the superstitions surrounding it caused her to be turned away from job interviews and construction sites in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2018

Turkey rattles the global economy

Japan needs to brace for fallout from Turkey's economic crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2018

Why AI won't replace doctors yet

IBM's Watson supercomputer lacks one key element that experienced physicians have in abundance — tacit knowledge.

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