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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2019

Boeing delayed fix of defective 737 MAX warning light for three years, lawmakers say

Boeing Co. learned that a cockpit warning light on its 737 MAX jetliner was defective in 2017 but decided to defer fixing it until 2020, U.S. lawmakers said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2019

Solar eclipse frenzy fuels astronomical tourism in Chile

The total solar eclipse expected in northern Chile early next month is already drawing flocks of visitors eager to glimpse a rare view of the phenomenon through the region's clear skies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2019

Innovative planning, foreign startups tie into urban life

Compact and efficient, the energetic city of Fukuoka is an ideal venue to host this weekend's two-day G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, with the vibrant metropolis slated to also welcome major events such as some 2019 Rugby World Cup matches, as well as the 2021 World Aquatics...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Jun 7, 2019

A weekend in Kumamoto: In the land of the smoking volcano

Since 2016, Kumamoto has been associated more with the earthquake and aftershocks that damaged much of the city and prefecture than as a travel destination. Though reconstruction is complete in most areas, there is still evidence of damage, most notably to Kumamoto Castle, a prefectural icon whose walls...
WORLD
Jun 7, 2019

U.S. and Russia trade blame for near collision of warships in East China Sea

Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in the East China Sea on Friday with both countries accusing one another of dangerous and unprofessional behavior.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2019

Japan needs a sister city strategy

There are numerous reasons why sister cities are increasingly important, including the promotion of trade and exports as well as attracting inbound tourists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Jun 7, 2019

Ep. 4 'I Want to Be a Hero'

Drama has come to "Terrace House" and we have Risako and Ruka to thank.
WORLD
Jun 7, 2019

Warhead to counter North Korean threat has problems

Raytheon Co.'s project to develop a new interceptor warhead for America's ground-based missile defense system is estimated to increase in cost by almost $600 million because of "major design concerns" since the contract was awarded, according to congressional auditors.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2019

Remains of Japan ASDF pilot found, two months after F-35A fighter crash off Aomori

Remains of the pilot of an Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth jet fighter that went missing off Aomori Prefecture on April 9 have been retrieved from the ocean, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 7, 2019

Japan facing increased pressure to hike minimum wage, but business leaders give mixed response

Last month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2019

Japanese government paper calls for review of handling of plastics

In an annual report released Friday, the government stressed the need to review the handling of plastics by offering successful examples of municipal and corporate efforts to reduce plastic waste.
Reader Mail
Jun 7, 2019

Dementia problem affects all of us

I agree with the May 26 editorial that "addressing dementia prevention" is a pressing matter. There are two reasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 7, 2019

Chemical firm hit for punishing worker who took paternity leave with transfer halfway across Japan

Chemical producer Kaneka Corp. faces allegations of harassment after an employee returned from paternity leave to find that he — and, one presumes, his family — was being transferred to a different branch in another part of the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2019

Labour narrowly denies Brexit Party its first seat in Parliament

Britain's opposition Labour Party narrowly held on to a parliamentary seat in eastern England on Friday, seeing off a challenge from Nigel Farage's insurgent Brexit Party to win by fewer than 700 votes.
WORLD / Society
Jun 7, 2019

Pioneering U.N. study counts 115 million 'child grooms' worldwide

About 115 million boys were married off as children, with 1 in 5 wed before they turned 15, according to the first United Nations study to track the prevalence of child grooms.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2019

Court airs Trump lawyer's voicemail to Michael Flynn's camp before guilty plea

A federal court in Washington released audio of a voicemail that one of President Donald Trump's lawyers left for a potential cooperator with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2019

West Point cadet killed when military vehicle flips at training site

One cadet from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, died and 22 cadets and soldiers were injured on Thursday when a tactical vehicle carrying them flipped over during a training mission, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2019

Elizabeth Warren rises in 2020 race as policy focus catches fire

Elizabeth Warren has been climbing in the Democratic presidential contest by using a stream of policy blueprints and hours of selfies with voters to chip away at her immediate target: Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 7, 2019

FCC votes to curb 'scourge' of robocalls, giving carriers OK to take blocking tactics

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to help shield you from those unwanted telemarketers and scammers who warn you about fake tax problems or offer too-good-to-be-true vacation packages.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2019

Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn shakes up legal team

Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has dismissed the lawyers who represented him in his guilty plea and cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller and retained new counsel, according to a court filing on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2019

1 in 4 Ebola cases go undetected or are caught too late in Congo: WHO

Roughly a quarter of Ebola infections in eastern Congo are estimated to be going undetected or found too late, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2019

'Employment ice age generation' needs support

Many people who came of age when the economy was struggling and had trouble finding good jobs are still suffering financially and face a grim future.
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.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.

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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