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BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2015

'Surreptitious' Grexit plan not so secret after Varoufakis slip

Yanis Varoufakis divulged the details on how Greece could sneak out of the euro "without telling anyone" in a conference call released Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2015

Fiat Chrysler buy-back of unrepaired trucks may cost billions but it has resale option

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles could pay billions of dollars to buy back defective trucks as part of a settlement with U.S. safety regulators, but has the option to recover costs by reselling vehicles once they are repaired.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2015

China eyes new cruise link to disputed South China Sea islands

Chinese authorities plan to start a second cruise ship link to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Monday, in a move that may irk Vietnam, which also claims the islets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2015

Mitsubishi Motors to shutter U.S. plant if no buyers found

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will stop making vehicles in the United States this year and will close down its plant in Illinois if no buyers are found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2015

NHTSA fines Fiat Chrysler record $105 mlllion over safety recall lapses

The U.S. auto safety watchdog, toughening its stance against manufacturer defects, announced on Sunday a record $105 million in fines against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV over lapses in safety recalls involving millions of vehicles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 26, 2015

Ten years after its Japan special, who would Interview want to talk to?

In 1969, pop artist Andy Warhol founded Interview magazine. The New York-based publication was initially distributed among the city's "in crowd," later finding a wider audience in those seeking more than the usual mainstream fare.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 26, 2015

Even the departed are abandoning Japan's countryside

At a time when Japan is trying to revitalize the countryside, the dead are being relocated to the big cities.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2015

Filipino fishermen remove Chinese buoys near disputed shoal, officials say

Filipino fishermen found several buoys with Chinese markings near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and towed the devices back to shore northwest of the capital, Manila, Philippines officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 25, 2015

Growing up to the idea of fighting back

Psychologist Toshio Kawai has an interesting hypothesis. We may, he says in an article written for the Asahi Shimbun's Globe, be entering an age when "becoming an adult will not be necessary."
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 25, 2015

Shizuka Kamei and Shintaro Ishihara have the security debate the Diet should have had

When Shintaro Ishihara retired from politics after failing to get re-elected last December, it seemed we wouldn't have the right-wing firebrand to kick around any more, but last week there he was in Shukan Asahi talking to former Liberal Democratic Party comrade Shizuka Kamei about various topics, including...
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 24, 2015

Fox eyes World Cup studio in Moscow

David Neal looks ahead to the World Cup in less than three years and envisions Fox broadcasting from its own studio in the middle of Moscow's Red Square.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015

Nikkei snaps up London's Financial Times for $1.3 billion

Japanese media group Nikkei has agreed to buy the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson for $1.3 billion, putting one of the world's premier business newspapers in the hands of a company influential at home but little known outside Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2015

Drug companies study why some people are 'superhuman' and how the rest of us can benefit

Steven Pete can put his hand on a hot stove or step on a piece of glass and not feel a thing, all because of a quirk in his genes. Only a few dozen people in the world share Pete's congenital insensitivity to pain. Drug companies see riches in his rare mutation. They also have their eye on people like...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2015

Hitachi dubs new data-mining software 'artificial intelligence'

Hitachi Ltd. says it has developed an "artificial intelligence" system that draws on a massive range of data sources, such as millions of news articles, and can provide a reasoned response to hot-button topics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2015

Abe conjures himself up as the people's champion

The cancellation of Zaha Hadid's stadium smacks of cheap politicking by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2015

'Inside Out' shows the emotional confusion of growing up

'Inside Out," the new Pixar-Disney animation destined to be a classic, charts the emotional journey of 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias). It's not just about how she feels, it's about how Joy (Amy Poehler), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black) and Fear (Bill Hader) form...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015

20th women's conference looks to make history

Gender equality in the workforce is not a simple thing to achieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2015

Apple reports App Store, Apple Music services facing disruptions

Apple Inc. said it is experiencing some issues with its App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 21, 2015

JPBL will face many challenges from inaugural season

Unlike the J. League in the early 1990s, the Japan Professional Basketball League will not be an immediate success story when it tips off in the fall of 2016.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 21, 2015

New 'Troilus and Cressida' looks like it's making history

Renowned as a problem play due to its tangled ambiguities and a storyline that cries out for a catharsis, "Troilus and Cressida" is among the most rarely staged of William Shakespeare's 37 plays.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2015

What Europe should learn from Asia's crisis

Asia's experience is proof that denial and ill-timed austerity fix nothing. Greece must modernize its economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 21, 2015

'Not a hero' McCain returns fire, tells Trump to apologize to U.S. military families

Sen. John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes, in his first direct response to Trump's remarks.
EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2015

Rising tensions in Eastern Europe

As tensions rise between NATO and Russia, both sides would do well to remember and follow the spirit of the Helsinki Accords.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo