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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2018

SEC subpoenas Tesla as scrutiny grows after Goldman hints at adviser role

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sent subpoenas to Tesla Inc. regarding Chief Executive Elon Musk's plan to take the company private and his statement that funding was "secured," Fox Business Network reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 16, 2018

[VIDEO] Russell Westbrook visits Japan

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 15, 2018

Sharing a cup of Japanese tea with the world

Shizuoka Prefecture, which is Japan’s biggest tea producing region and accounts for around 40 percent of all the nation’s tea production, is seeing its tea market slowly die due to severe aging issues among tea farmers and a plunge in tea leave prices caused by wholesalers looking for cheap leaves...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2018

Turkish court orders release of local Amnesty chair, human rights group says

A Turkish court has ordered the release from prison of Taner Kilic, the local honorary chair of Amnesty International, the human rights group said on Wednesday about one of several cases that have raised concern over Ankara's human rights record.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Aug 15, 2018

Dollar firmer above ¥111.30 in late Tokyo trading amid risk-averse mood due to the Turkish economic crisis

The dollar was firmer above ¥111.30 in late Tokyo trading on Wednesday as a risk-averse mood associated with the Turkish economic crisis eased somewhat.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 15, 2018

Made men: Tokyo-based 'yakuza' talent agency delivers the real deal

They aren't just acting tough; they really are tough.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2018

The right response to Pyongyang's shrewd diplomacy

One of Pyongyang's most important goals is splitting the coalition of governments that has imposed maximum pressure against the North. Such an outcome must be avoided.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2018

How your personality affects your paycheck

A new study suggests that extroverts are paid more and 'agreeable' men get less.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2018

Start lifetime learning now

We need to depart from the conventional thinking that a majority of learning takes place when we are young and mainly at school.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2018

Emperor repeats phrase 'deep remorse' in his last official war-end anniversary speech

In his last official appearance at the annual ceremony commemorating the end of World War II, Emperor Akihito repeated his expression of “deep remorse” over the conflict.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2018

Japanese remember the fallen and pray for a peaceful future on WWII anniversary

On the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Wednesday, people across the nation remembered the country's past and expressed hopes that memories of the war will not be forgotten.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 15, 2018

'Killing for the Prosecution': A complex crime drama stuffed with exposition

Once a maker of Hollywood-style sci-fi ("Gunhed," 1989) and noir ("Painted Desert," 1993), Masato Harada has become a director of films about fact-based, character-testing group missions, be it police routing radicals from a Karuizawa villa ("The Choice of Hercules," 2002) or samurai fighting the biggest...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 15, 2018

'Penguin Highway': What goes up must come down ... in penguin form

There's something about the playful, magical realist novels of Tomihiko Morimi that seems to lend itself to animated adaptations. Those adaptations include TV series like "The Tatami Galaxy" ("Yojohan Shinwa Taikei") and "The Eccentric Family" ("Uchoten Kazoku"), plus last year's film "The Night is Short,...
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2018

Abe forgoes Yasukuni visit on anniversary of WWII surrender, sends ritual donation instead

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skipped a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II in 1945.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 15, 2018

Dramatist Hideto Iwai connects with his audiences in ways he never could have imagined by being honest about his own life experiences

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 15, 2018

Japan's Don Quijote joins retail's top ranks with rule-breaking approach

Discount retailer Don Quijote has become a role model for other chain stores, defying Japan's weak retail environment to report its 29th year of unbroken sales and profit growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2018

Sony's catch-up plan to break into pro camera market

Eight seconds — that's how long a cowboy needs to stay on a bucking bronco to qualify for a rodeo score. For photographers, that's barely enough time to take just a few blurry, often unusable pictures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2018

Don Quijote plans to build high-rise complex in Shibuya

As Tokyo's famous Shibuya district undergoes major redevelopments, Don Quijote Holdings Co. is joining the fray to add to the momentum.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 15, 2018

Overseas tours an unfortunate victim of sumo's recent popularity

The world of sumo has seen many changes over the past decade.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2018

Utterance of 'remorse' suggests war still haunts Emperor Akihito

Emperor Akihito, 84, was a 47-year-old crown prince on Aug. 7, 1981, when he faced reporters during a news conference in Tokyo.

Longform

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.