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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2018

In 'New Malaysia,' race continues to cast a long shadow

Just months after a stunning election victory, Malaysia's prime minister has had to step in to mollify the country's majority Malay Muslims in recent weeks, underlining a weighty challenge confronting his multiethnic, reformist coalition: race.
Dec 4, 2018

Children’s Hands-on Learning Programs Held in Yufu City and Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan – November 30, 2018 – ORIX Miyauchi Foundation hosted the Children’s Hands-on Learning Program on November 10, 2018 to teach children in Oita Prefecture about work at a confection factory and a hotel.
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018

Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

Alphabet Inc.'s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out "I love" and Gmail might propose "you" or "it."
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018

Trump asks Pakistan leader Imran Khan for help with Afghan peace talks as U.S. pullout speculation swirls

Pakistan said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump has sought its help with faltering Afghan peace talks, part of intensifying efforts by Trump to end one of America's longest wars.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 4, 2018

U.S. radio station freezes out holiday song 'Baby It's Cold Outside' over lyrics deemed inappropriate to women

A U.S. radio station is giving the cold shoulder to the classic "Baby It's Cold Outside," removing the song from its lineup of holiday music because its lyrics are inappropriate toward women, staff members say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2018

Caving to investor pressure, Shell will set sector-leading emissions targets

Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 4, 2018

'Yellow vest' protesters knock wind out of French business and economy, heaping pressure on Macron

Three weeks of "yellow vest" protests have hit the French economy hard with trade in retailers, hotel chains, high-street stores and restaurants falling significantly, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2018

The last president from good old America

The loss of President George H.W. Bush symbolizes the end to the era of elite U.S. statesmanship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2018

The United States, China and the preferred superpower

For Japan, the U.S. has traditionally held the role — but that was before the Trump administration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2018

Womenomics: Mend the gap

More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 3, 2018

IOC continues to review esports

Is there a future for esports in the Olympics?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Dec 3, 2018

Adapting to new industries, bolstering world's infrastructure

The ability of the sōgō shōsha to survive through all the changes and transformations that have taken place over the years can, in many ways, be attributed to their adeptness in recognizing the rise of new industries early on and creating new businesses in the process, or in applying new technologies...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Dec 3, 2018

A dash of hiragana in the 'foreign' soup

Japanese words you'd think should be written in katakana will sometimes show up in hiragana. There's a cultural reason behind these rare switches.
Japan Times
Dec 3, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING’s MT-FAST receives 2018 Minister of the Environment Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity

Achieved CO2 emission reduction of 1.34 million tons total
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 3, 2018

Coming up with exceptions in Japanese can be tricky, but helpful

The word 'tada' and it's rarer counterpart 'mottomo' help link sentences in conversational and written Japanese.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 3, 2018

Let's discuss the arrest of Carlos Ghosn

The arrest of Carlos Ghosn made headlines around the world. Check out some of the vocabulary used when discussing this kind of case.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2018

China partly censors U.S. Embassy statement on trade truce

A social media post by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing about the trade agreement between the two nations was being partially censored Monday, with the WeChat article visible but blocked from forwarding or sharing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2018

India throws book at schools making young pupils carry heavy bags

Concerned about producing a generation of children with hunched backs and other spine problems, India has denounced schools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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