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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 2, 2019

FamilyMart's popular melon bread ice cream doesn't skip on the melon or the butter

FamilyMart has brought a new and improved version of its immensely popular melonpan (melon bread) ice cream back to store shelves — get one while they're still in stock!
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 2, 2019

Tabloid's objectification of women continues to stir controversy

The weekly magazine Spa has apologized for an article it published in December that ranked universities in terms of how easy it is to get their female students into bed. The article generated backlash but the apology was issued in response to a petition that had been drawn up in protest.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 2, 2019

Upstart Rams take aim at historic Patriots

A sixth Lombardi Trophy would further cement the legacy of the New England Patriots, and specifically Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, but the upstart Los Angeles Rams are chasing history of their own in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 2, 2019

Greenpeace India shuts two offices, cuts staff after donations row

Environmental group Greenpeace said Saturday it has been forced to shut two of its regional offices in India and has asked many staff to leave due to a block on its bank account after accusations of illegal donations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2019

Stop hating on the weather forecast

It's actually pretty accurate now, even further in advance. The Midwest had plenty of warning this cold front was coming.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2019

Part of Australia's Queensland hit by once-in-a-century floods with more rain on the way

Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation's weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2019

Radioactive cesium above legal limit detected in fish caught off Fukushima

The Fukushima Prefecture fisheries cooperatives association says radioactive cesium exceeding the state limit has been detected in fish caught offshore for the first time in about four years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2019

Jailed Reuters journalists appeal to Myanmar's top court as rights group decries 'fear'

Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2019

The U.S. Federal Reserve makes a U-turn

Conditions have changed, and the Fed has indicated that it is prepared to respond to them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2019

Addressing Japan's demographic problems

Japan should explore every conceivable policy measure to create a society that has the most favorable conditions in the world for giving birth and raising children.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2019

Japan should let Naomi Osaka play doubles

This would be a good moment for Asian countries to recognize the economic value of allowing dual citizenship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2019

Hitachi sees net profit fall due to halting of U.K. nuclear project

Hitachi Ltd. on Friday reported a 68 percent decline in group net profit in the April-December period from a year earlier, with the firm primarily attributing the fall to its subsidiary’s suspension of a nuclear power plant project in the United Kingdom.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2019

Aeon rolls out real-time video interpreting service for non-Japanese customers in 10 languages

In light of an increasing number of foreign customers, supermarket giant Aeon Co. on Friday launched a real-time video interpreting service.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2019

At Davos, a continued push for gender equality in global leadership positions

When world political and business leaders gather these days, trade, globalization and Brexit dominate the discussions, and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held last week was no exception.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2019

Spy novels, daigou and democracy: The many lives of Yang Hengjun, Australian writer held in China

A Chinese-born Australian writer detained by authorities in Beijing for suspected espionage has long been a divisive figure among overseas Chinese dissidents and activists.
Reader Mail
Feb 1, 2019

Columnist's misguided take on Naomi Osaka

In his opinion piece titled "How Japanese is Naomi Osaka?" in the Jan. 28 edition, Kuni Miyake asks a leading question.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2019

Despite shipping 9.4 million consoles in quarter, Nintendo struggling to expand Switch's appeal

Nintendo Co. cut its outlook for annual Switch shipments, the strongest sign yet that the hybrid console is struggling to attract a wider swath of users and become a worthy successor to the Wii.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2019

U.S. envoy to North Korea warns of 'Asia-Pacific nuclear weapons challenge' but softens demand for list of arsenal

The top U.S. diplomat on North Korea has warned that not solving the issue of weapons of mass destruction on the Korean Peninsula today could result in "an Asia-Pacific nuclear weapons challenge tomorrow," in a speech where he offered up the most detailed explanation to date of the Trump administration's...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2019

After progress reported in China-U.S. trade talks, Donald Trump plans meeting with Xi Jinping to reach 'biggest deal ever made'

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon to try to seal a comprehensive trade deal, with Trump and his top trade negotiator both citing substantial progress in two days of high-level talks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 1, 2019

U.S. secretly shipped Cold War-era plutonium to Nevada, raising safety fears and riling lawmakers

The U.S. government secretly shipped a large amount of deadly plutonium from a South Carolina site that produced the radioactive metal for nuclear bombs during the Cold War to Nevada, the Trump administration revealed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2019

Airbus A380 under threat as Emirates weighs rejigged order focused on A350, sources say

Dubai's Emirates is exploring switching some orders for the world's largest jetliner, the Airbus A380, to the smaller A350 in a move raising new doubts about the future of Europe's superjumbo, people familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2019

U.S. court finds Assad regime liable for journalist Marie Colvin's 2012 killing, sets damages at $302 million

A U.S. judge has ruled that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is liable for at least $302.5 million in damages for its role in the 2012 death of renowned American journalist Marie Colvin while covering the Syrian civil war.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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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