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Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 5, 2017

Japan Times 1967: 'Iconic Ginza streetcars are on their way out'

The streetcars that have tootled along Ginza, Tokyo's most glamorous shopping center for the past 56 years, will bow out by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 5, 2017

Bitcoin exchange operator arrested amid new questions about Mt. Gox theft

Ever since Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in February 2014, investigators have been puzzled by the disappearance of virtual currency worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its digital vaults.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2017

Special counsel Mueller asks White House for Flynn documents: report

Investigators working for U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, have asked the White House for documents related to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, The New York Times reported Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2017

U.S. Army halts use of Chinese-made drones over 'cyber vulnerabilities'

The U.S. Army has ordered its members to stop using drones made by the Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. because of "cyber vulnerabilities" in the products.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 4, 2017

Hiroshima's past is one of many reasons to pay a visit

The early morning light on this summer day, illuminating the under canopies of trees and sending warm, golden strobes across the oyster cafes over the embankments of the Kyobashi River, is enchanting.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2017

Measures to reduce the youth suicide rate

Suicide remains the top cause of death among Japanese youths. That must change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2017

SoftBank invests $250 million in online lending startup Kabbage

SoftBank Group Corp. has plowed $250 million into online lender Kabbage Inc., the latest in a flurry of big bets on mature startups by the technology giant.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2017

Hello, Toyota's president wants to be friends with you in China

Akio Toyoda has opened an account on Weibo seeking to win friends in China, an uncommon social media presence for Toyota Motor Corp.'s boss.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 3, 2017

Director Kohki Hasei's 'Blanka' finds the strength of a young girl on Manila's mean streets

If you were a Shibuya regular 20 years ago, chances are you would have seen, or even made contact with, Kohki Hasei. Fresh from an Okayama high school, he came to seek his fortune on the streets of the capital. The first job he landed was selling rings and Zippo lighters on Center Gai street.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

As manga goes digital via smartphone apps, do paper comics still have a place?

Japan's famed manga industry is turning the page to an unknown chapter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2017

Vietnam intensifies crackdown on dissidents, emboldened by U.S. de-emphasis of rights, abandonment of TPP

A crackdown on communist Vietnam's increasingly vocal dissidents has become the biggest in years, and activists say that authorities have been emboldened by the Trump administration's lack of emphasis on human rights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2017

As Beijing investigates his successor, support for jailed Bo Xilai endures in Chongqing

In this steamy metropolis of more than 30 million people on the banks of the Yangtze River, it doesn't take much to find people who still talk in reverential terms about Bo Xilai, Chongqing's incarcerated and disgraced former Communist Party head who was removed from office more than five years ago....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2017

Southeast Asian art gets its biggest showing in Japan

A few years ago, at the press conference for Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei's solo show at the Mori Art Museum (MAM), Fumio Nanjo, the museum director, talked about the direction the museum would be taking from then on; they were no longer so interested in "the West" and were aiming to focus more on Asia....
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2017

China bets U.S. won't carry out strike against North Korea

China is betting that U.S. President Donald Trump won't make good on his threats of a military strike against North Korea, with Beijing continuing to provide a lifeline to Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2017

Germany's top automakers sued in U.S. over two-decade tech-suppression 'cartel'

German's major automakers were accused in a U.S. lawsuit of acting as a cartel, colluding for nearly two decades to limit the pace of technological advances in their vehicles and stifle competition — allegations that widen the scope of the latest scandal to hit the nation's auto industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2017

German court rules in favor of diesel ban in Mercedes' hometown as fallout over VW scandal continues

German carmakers, fighting for a future for diesel technology in Europe, faced a setback after a Stuttgart court ruled in favor of a complaint seeking to ban all diesel cars from entering the home city of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2017

Space alien Donald Trump appears on Mexican billboard

A massive image of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alien intruder now towers above one of the busiest roads in Mexico City, urging motorists to "Make America Great Again."
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jul 28, 2017

Yasuda spearheads University of Tsukuba's efforts to modernize college sports in Japan

Dome Corporation CEO Shuichi Yasuda says that the country's universities are mostly conservative and reluctant to tackle new initiatives.
Reader Mail
Jul 28, 2017

Bolster corporate governance

Your editorial on corporate governance on July 22 suggests Japanese businesses need to learn from their mistakes. However, you fail to mention how to solve the problems.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 28, 2017

Tokyo forum for women empowerment takes stock of progress, challenges still to come

Looking back at her university years in the early 1980s when Japanese companies could openly discriminate against women in recruitment, Keiko Honda now feels gender equality in Japan has come a long way.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2017

Federal law doesn't ban discrimination against gay workers, U.S. Justice Department tells court

The Trump administration told a U.S. appeals court that federal law does not ban discrimination against gay employees, a sharp reversal of the position former President Barack Obama took on a key civil rights issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 28, 2017

Scientists turn to slug slime to create new kind of surgical glue

Scientists have developed an experimental surgical glue inspired by the mucus secreted by slugs that could offer an alternative to sutures and staples for closing wounds.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
Japan has many positive qualities for German companies, but the market does face some challenges, such as talent acquisition and retention, particularly as demand for skilled workers grows, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan showed.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(From left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi, speaking at events in Tokyo.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

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

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
By Christoph Sponsel

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