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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Apr 3, 2019

Re-arrest may loom for Carlos Ghosn as ousted Nissan chief tweets he will 'tell the truth'

Ghosn's choice of medium for announcing a news conference bewildered legal experts and observers: Why wasn't the news delivered through his lawyers?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2019

Hanami a reminder of life's fleeting nature

As cherry blossoms remind us each year, life is too short to waste.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 3, 2019

'Afternoon Breezes': Hitoshi Yazaki's pioneer of Japanese LGBTQ cinema is revisited

What was Japan's first LGBTQ-themed film? One often-mentioned candidate is Keisuke Kinoshita's 1959 melodrama "Farewell to Spring," though more for the emotional ties between its young male protagonists than anything explicitly erotic. More upfront in its treatment — and more critically acclaimed —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 3, 2019

'JK Rock': A rock 'n' roll battle of the sexes

There are many Japanese musical films about aspiring rock and pop stars (though not Hollywood-style musicals, which are seldom made here.) Among the best-loved is "Linda, Linda, Linda," Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2005 film about four teenage girls who hastily form a band and wow the kids at a school cultural...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2019

Facebook and Twitter find themselves ensnared by Indian-Pakistani rivalry

Pakistani social media campaigner Hanzala Tayyab leads about 300 ultranationalist cyberwarriors fighting an internet war with archfoe India in a battle that is increasingly sucking in global tech giants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Apr 3, 2019

Joy Waller's 'Pause :: Heartbeat' tackles intimacy and solitude in Tokyo

The solitude of losing yourself in techno, pink-tiled facades and rooftops as far as the eye can see, nocturnal intimacy and secret pockets of drug use — this is the lonely underbelly of Tokyo that Joy Waller puts into words in "Pause :: Hearbeat."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 3, 2019

'Tell a friend, bring a friend, make a friend' at Speakeasy

When you move to a new city, it can be hard to find your crowd. That task is made even harder the more complex your identity is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2019

Ailing Algerian President Bouteflika, once a hero, resigns under pressure

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who led Algeria out of civil war to become its longest-serving president, has resigned after throngs of protesters and even his military allies told the ailing president he had overstayed his welcome.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 3, 2019

From casinos to nuclear power, local issues with national significance to play out at polls across Japan

Municipal mergers, integrated casino resorts, bullet trains and the future of nuclear power plants — local issues with national political repercussions — are expected to be taken up by candidates from Hokkaido to Kyushu in the coming weeks as the country prepares for a series of elections on April...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2019

King Xi? Trump says he gave Chinese president monarch moniker based on job-for-life gambit

King Xi. That's what U.S. President Donald Trump says he called Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the American president's 2017 state visit to Beijing.
Japan Times
Apr 3, 2019

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Delivers its First LRI Product/Chemical Tanker Built at its Shipyard in China

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano) delivered its first LRI (77,000 DWT) Product/Chemical Tanker on March 29, 2019. This first ship was constructed at TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Location: Xiushan...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2019

Democrats mock Trump over health care walk-back as they prepare for 2020 battle

Democrats mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for pushing back his promise of sweeping health care reform until after the 2020 election, and said they were happy to make it a central campaign issue.
WORLD
Apr 3, 2019

Wary of nuclear arms quest, U.S. senators seek details of secret reactor cooperation with Saudis

U.S. senators from both parties on Tuesday asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry for details about recent approvals for companies to share nuclear energy information with Saudi Arabia, with the lawmakers expressing concern about possible development of atomic weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2019

Democrat-led House panel subpoenas ex-White House personnel chief in security clearance probe

A Democratic-led congressional committee voted on Tuesday to subpoena a former White House security clearance chief over whistle-blower allegations that the Trump administration inappropriately reversed career officials' decisions to deny security clearances to some of the president's advisers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2019

FAA was lax in Boeing 737 Max inspector training, whistle-blowers allege

Whistle-blowers have told the Senate Commerce Committee that safety inspectors at the Federal Aviation Administration, including those involved with approvals for the Boeing Co. 737 Max, lacked proper training and certifications, according to the panel's chairman.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 3, 2019

Rapper Nipsey Hussle killed over dispute with suspect: LA police

Los Angeles police on Tuesday said the man named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle allegedly killed him two days ago over a personal dispute that was not gang-related.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 2, 2019

Emamouse: Unmasking an experimental cult favorite

It's surprising to see emamouse without their signature mask. The Tokyo artist never plays live or appears in photos on Twitter without the handmade felt headwear, which features green hair with a single blue fish. Yet here it is, in emamouse's hands inside a Shinjuku Showa Era cafe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 2, 2019

Katsumi Asaba is having a good laugh

One of Japan's top art directors brings together the mischievous, the comical and the jokers for an exhibition to prove 'Humor is the heart of communication.'
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2019

What's in a name? Reiwa reflects today's politics, Japan's cultural history and a social philosophy

Media hype over Reiwa, the newly announced name for the upcoming era, continued unabated Tuesday. At the same time, a majority of people appeared to happily welcome the name, which means "auspicious" (rei) and "peace" or "harmony" (wa).
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 2, 2019

Performance staff plays big role for Japan hoopsters

Right after the final buzzer, the TV camera momentarily caught head coach Julio Lamas giving a strong hug to athletic trainer Takeo Ichiyanagi after they helped accomplish a big feat in the Middle East in late February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2019

Carlos Ghosn's lawyer asks for trial separate from Nissan's and Kelly's to ensure fair hearing

Though the automaker has also been indicted, lawyer Junichiro Hironaka said Nissan has been cozying up to prosecutors, jeopardizing his client's right to “a fair trial.”
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.

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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