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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2018

Trendy bans on plastic straws are bunk

Skipping straws may be hip. But there are much better ways to fight pollution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2018

Mt. Gox creditors get new avenue in years-long attempt to recover bitcoin losses

Things may be looking up for creditors of Mt. Gox, which was the world's biggest bitcoin exchange before going in flames after saying thousands of bitcoins had disappeared.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2018

China plans to build railway into Nepal

China will build a railway connecting the western region of Tibet with Nepal, the China Daily reported on Friday, one of several bilateral deals signed during Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli's visit to Beijing.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018

Japan's financial watchdog tells banks to report suspicious transfers by joint ventures with North Korea

The Financial Services Agency has told banks to report any suspicious money transfers involving 10 Japan-North Korea joint ventures, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday.
Jun 22, 2018

ORIX to Start Verification Tests Using Alipay on Okinawa Urban Monorail's “Yui Rail” Together with TIS and Other Partners

TOKYO, Japan - June 21, 2018- ORIX Corporation(“ORIX”), in partnership with TIS Inc.(“TIS”), Ant Financial Japan, NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD.(“NIPPON SIGNAL”), QUADRAC CO., LTD.(“QUADRAC”), and Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc.(“Okinawa Urban Monorail”), announced that verification tests on...
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 22, 2018

Tech firms may have to filter user uploads under new EU rules

Europe is proposing to do away with key legal protections enjoyed by Google, Facebook and other internet giants, a shift that could lead web platforms to block certain posts by users.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018

American Airlines, United: Don't put separated migrant kids on our flights

American Airlines and United Airlines have asked the federal government to refrain from using their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their families.
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BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018

U.S. lawmakers want Google to rethink links to China's Huawei, seen as security threat

A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday to reconsider its work with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., which they described as a security threat.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 20, 2018

Bill Hersey, man about Tokyo, 1930-2018: some tributes

Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2018

Russia, in move likely to benefit a prominent oligarch, says it will levy duties on American goods in wake of U.S. tariffs

Russia said on Tuesday it would impose import duties on U.S. road-building machinery, a measure likely to help Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who was hit by U.S. sanctions and controls Russia's biggest maker of road-building equipment.
Japan Times
Jun 20, 2018

Yamaha Motor Launches Wolverine X2 in North America

- New 2-seater Model Expands ROV Product Lineup -
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BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2018

Stocks dive as Trump threatens almost all imports from China and Beijing fires back

China has underestimated President Donald Trump's resolve to move forward with tariffs unless Beijing changes its "predatory" trade practices, a top U.S. trade adviser said on Tuesday, in comments that diminished the chances of a negotiated settlement to a looming trade war between the world's economic...
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WORLD
Jun 20, 2018

Saudi-led coalition captures large part of Yemen's Hodeida airport as fighting rages with entrenched Houthis: UAE

Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen's main port Hodeida on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 20, 2018

Samurai Blue fans kick up a ruckus at Japan-Colombia viewing event

Tokyo Dome was one of the many sites that hosted public viewing events for Tuesday's Japan-Colombia game, the first match of the tourney for both.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018

Anxious travelers cancel bookings, spooked by deadly Osaka quake

Monday morning's deadly earthquake in Osaka has affected tourism in the region, with travelers at home and overseas canceling bookings in the affected areas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2018

Saudi Arabia's women get ready for lifting of driving ban

On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her.
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BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

Japan Display looks to road ahead with automotive displays

Japan Display Inc. has been on a rough road for the past four business years, during which the Tokyo-based display manufacturing giant has faced an uphill battle in smartphone panel markets and ended each year with a net loss.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2018

Japan's Don Quijote says it will hit ¥1 trillion sales target a year early

Discount retailer Don Quijote Holdings Co. Ltd expects to hit its ¥1 trillion ($9.05 billion) sales target in the next financial year, a year earlier than forecast, a senior executive said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jun 17, 2018

Unforeseen detour leads back to Japan, dream job

Somehow, Japan just seems to keep pulling Salem al-Marri back into its orbit. As the recently appointed country manager for the United Arab Emirates' flagship airline, Emirates, al-Marri is making himself at home in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 17, 2018

Shares of small Japanese shipping firms jump on hopes of North Korea detente

Shares of small Japanese shippers jumped last week after the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sparked hopes of new business ties with the reclusive country.
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JAPAN / Society / Deep Dive
Jun 17, 2018

Travelers without insurance cause headaches for Japan's hospitals

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Longform

"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan