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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2015

Kremlin declines comment on report Putin absent in Moscow: Dozhd

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined comment on a report from the independent news outlet Dozhd on Sunday that said Russian President Vladimir Putin had not been in Moscow for the last several days.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2015

Economic transformation creeping into Egypt

With bad news generating many of the headlines from the Middle East, it has been easy to miss the ongoing transformation of the Egyptian economy.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 14, 2015

When nature evolves to be awesome

A few years ago, an anthropologist told me an amazing story about a wild chimpanzee she had observed in Senegal. A bushfire had ignited in the summer heat, and she saw a chimp stand upright on its hind legs, face the fire and perform "a really exaggerated slow-motion display."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Mar 13, 2015

Nikkei closes at 15-year high, but many analysts remain skeptical

The stock market has stayed the course in making gains, and the benchmark Nikkei 225 average finished at 19,254.25 on Friday, its highest level in 15 years, and top government officials were quick to give credit to "Abenomics" economic and financial policies, claiming they have been a boon for market...
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11 STILL BEING FELT
Mar 13, 2015

Tepco redress leaves lives in limbo

Until four years ago, Tetsuzo Tsuboi was an established shiitake grower in Miyakoji, part of the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, shipping 2 tons of fresh mushrooms and 800 kg of dried ones annually. He also sold oak logs, on which the fungi can be grown, to other farmers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2015

Fanuc mulls boosting investor returns as Loeb calls for change

Three weeks after billionaire investor Daniel Loeb started a public campaign demanding changes at the industrial robot-maker, Fanuc Corp. says it will consider ways to increase investor returns.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 13, 2015

'Sachi and Mayu'; 'Music Fair'; CM of the week: Hoyu

On Tuesday, NHK will broadcast a dramatization of the script by Shin Adachi that won the 38th annual TV Writers Association of Japan Award. The drama, titled "Sachi and Mayu" (NHK-G, 10 p.m.), stars Mugi Kadowaki as Sachi, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother when she was 5 years old and left...
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2015

Police swarm home in St. Louis suburb after 'ambush' of two Ferguson cops

The shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest rally sparked an intense manhunt on Thursday and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 12, 2015

Conservatives lash out at Shibuya Ward initiative to recognize same-sex relationships

Conservatives are protesting a proposed initiative by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to acknowledge same-sex partnerships as equivalent to marriage, claiming it would upset traditional family values and hurt the nation's birthrate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2015

Ferguson police chief set to resign

The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, will resign later on Wednesday, Fox News reported, citing police sources.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2015

China military aircraft to see tech 'breakthroughs' this year: Xinhua

Several types of large Chinese military aircraft will have "breakthroughs" this year after years of development, state media reported, as China pushes its territorial claims in the region.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2015

Questions remain over future plan for Japan's aging nuclear plants

While the debate over what to do with Japan's aging nuclear reactors intensifies, one British expert is offering advice on what his country has learned from decommissioning atomic energy plants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 11, 2015

Why robots will be granted a license to kill, in Japan and everywhere else

As long as we feel the need to occasionally harm our fellow human beings, most of us will happily let other people — or things — do the dirty work.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2015

Clinton admits it would have been better to have second email address

Likely Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday it would have been better if she had used a government email account and a separate mobile device as U.S. secretary of state, but said the vast majority of her correspondence went to employees using government addresses.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 10, 2015

IOC stunned by death of French athletes in helicopter crash

The IOC on Tuesday mourned the death of three French sports stars, including two Olympic medalists, in a helicopter accident during the filming of a reality show.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2015

Why Nemtsov's death got pinned on Chechens

The shooting of a Putin opponent by an underling of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has probably brought the sovereign and vassal closer together.
WORLD
Mar 10, 2015

CIA allegedly sought to hack Apple iPhones from earliest days

CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported Tuesday, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2015

Sharp eyes LCD shift to business products

Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it aims to expand sales of LCD panels for business products to establish a more stable portfolio rather than depend on highly volatile consumer products.
JAPAN / History
Mar 10, 2015

Statement adviser to Abe: Acknowledge Japan waged 'war of aggression'

A noted political and diplomatic scholar widely considered to be a close adviser to Prime Minister Shinu00adzo Abe takes a surprising stance.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2015

Tepco claims it will be more forthcoming with data from Fukushima No. 1

Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it is planning to change its information disclosure policy for the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and release all data on radiation-contaminated dust and water if it is deemed they are affecting the surrounding environment.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Tokyo Metropolitan Police examine the building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital's Minato Ward on Sunday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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