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Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Aug 30, 2019

Ep. 13 'All or Nothing'

Welcome to Part 2 of "Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020"!! Taking Sho-chan's place in the commentators' lounge for this episode is Rui Hachimura of the NBA Washington Wizards, which left everyone visibly shook. It turns out Hachimura is a super fan of "Terrace House." He's rejected every offer for TV appearances...
Japan Times
South Africa report 2019
Aug 30, 2019

Mitsubishi Corporation — contributing to Africa’s development

Mitsubishi Corp. is committed to supporting Africa’s economic development. One of Japan‘s largest trading companies, it is active in 12 countries across the continent and the corporation’s business is growing at a breathtaking pace.
Japan Times
South Africa report 2019
Aug 30, 2019

Fujifilm South Africa expands health care products and solutions in Africa

Celebrating 85 years this year, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is recognized as one of the world’s leading photographic and innovation-driven technology companies.
Japan Times
South Africa report 2019
Aug 30, 2019

Providing significant growth opportunities across Africa and international markets

Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets. Headquartered in Johannesburg, the group is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (share code SBK) and the Namibian Stock Exchange (share code SNB).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2019

For countries to grow, health care must come first, WHO's Africa director says on TICAD sidelines

Matshidiso Moeti has been one of Africa's foremost caretakers for more than three decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 30, 2019

Japan's solid factory output masks trouble ahead as retail sales slump

Industrial output rebounded more than expected in July, but retail sales declined sharply and production was set to contract again next month, signaling a bumpy road for an economy facing growing global strains.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2019

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong among three arrested before weekend protests

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Friday ahead of plans for another weekend of protests in the Chinese-ruled city, which is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades ago.
Aug 30, 2019

Jinseki International School Appoints its Founding Headmaster
https://jinsekikogen.co.jp/headmaster

Next Educational Environment Development (NEED), has announced that the founding headmaster of Jinseki International School, the first elementary full boarding school in Japan, will be Mr. Nicholas James Gunn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2019

Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire in long run

Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers and experts have said.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2019

Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua

Protesters in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua set buildings ablaze in the provincial capital Jayapura on Thursday, forcing the state power firm to cut off electricity in some districts, state media and an executive of the utility said.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2019

EU extends tariffs on Chinese bicycles, fearing import flood

The European Union has extended for a further five years anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycles, the bloc said in its official journal on Thursday, after concluding that any lifting of measures would lead to a flood of imports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 30, 2019

U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for halt to China tariffs and resumed talks

The largest U.S. business lobby urged President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to withdraw new tariffs starting Sunday and return to talks in good faith to end an escalating trade war that is threatening the economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 30, 2019

Idaho artifacts show human presence in Americas 16,600 years ago during Ice Age

Artifacts including stone tools and animal bone fragments found in Idaho dating back about 16,600 years represent what may be the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas and offer insight into the routes people took as they spread into the New World.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2019

U.S. officials defend new citizenship rules for some military families

U.S. immigration officials on Thursday defended a new policy that ends automatic citizenship for some children born to U.S. citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the U.S. military, saying it would only affect a "handful" of families every year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2019

BayStars' Takayuki Kajitani atones for fielding miscue with clutch hit against Swallows

Takayuki Kajitani got caught sleeping at the wheel in the outfield during the sixth inning.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 29, 2019

Uncapped duo to make Wales debuts in warm-up match against Ireland

Prop Rhys Carre and wing Owen Lane will make their international debut for Wales when it hosts Ireland in its penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Cardiff on Saturday, head coach Warren Gatland said on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019

Trade impact of Japan's tightened export controls too early to assess, experts say

Both government officials and experts couldn't definitively confirm whether the decrease is directly attributable to the controls.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2019

The Amazon fires threaten Earth

The Amazon rainforests are the entire planet's resource and we must all contribute to efforts to ensure that the Earth's lungs keep working.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019

Japan considers tighter rules for reporting corporate ownership stakes as China concerns grow

Japan is considering lowering the 10 percent ownership threshold at which foreigners are required to report stakes in domestic companies, two officials said, as Tokyo looks to better monitor Chinese investment in areas related to security.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019

Japanese and African business leaders hold first investment dialogue at TICAD

A Keidanren official said Japanese firms now have a “keen interest” in the huge potential of the continent's rapidly growing economy.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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