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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 14, 2018

BOJ set to forecast inflation of about 2 percent for fiscal 2020 as labor shortage continues

The Bank of Japan is likely to adopt an inflation forecast of around 2 percent for fiscal 2020 that excludes the impact of the consumption tax hike planned for October 2019, it has been learned.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2018

Full text of U.S. President Trump's announcement of strikes on Syria

The following is the full text of U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on Friday announcing military strikes targeting Syrian President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons capabilities after a poison gas attack that killed at least 60 people last week.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2018

Chinese military aircraft flew over strategic waterway record number of times in fiscal 2017, Japan Defense Ministry says

Chinese military aircraft flew through a strategic waterway between Okinawa's main island and the island of Miyakojima a record 36 times in fiscal 2017, the Japanese Defense Ministry has announced, as China seeks to extend its reach further into the Western Pacific with what it calls "regular" exercises....
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 14, 2018

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. excited about return to Japan

World-renowned boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. has introduced fighters in 35 countries in his long career.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2018

Afghan Embassy plans to deploy mascots

If a public entity wants to promote itself in Japan, one of the most effective ways may be to create a yuru-kyara — a lovable mascot that catches people's hearts. And that's exactly what the Afghanistan Embassy in Tokyo is doing.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2018

Undersea trove could upend rare earths market

A Japanese discovery could transform the global market for rare earth metals.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2018

The Orwellian danger of Facebook

Is Mark Zuckerberg really in control of Facebook? Or is he a sorcerer's apprentice that cannot handle the invention?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 13, 2018

Japan likely to welcome U.S. return to TPP, but time scale and route unclear

President Donald Trump orders his trade negotiators to explore the possibility of restarting talks on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership as trade pressures build between the U.S. and Asia.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2018

Fresh document linked to Kake Gakuen facility turns up at Japan's agriculture ministry

Suspicion about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's alleged favoritism toward school operator Kake Gakuen deepens further after a potentially compromising document emerges at the farm ministry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Apr 13, 2018

Financial experts warn China not to repeat Japan's foreign exchange mistake of 1980s

China should learn from Japan in the 1980s, and never allow a trade war to become a currency war, says Sheng Songcheng, a senior adviser to the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 13, 2018

Decompress from Tokyo in picturesque Ito

An ideal trade-off between city and nature, with its rich history, relative ease of access from Tokyo and abundance of hot springs, Ito is a go-to spot for respite from the hyper-hustle of Tokyo city life.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 13, 2018

Yuta Watanabe reflects on successful hoop career at George Washington

Gratitude best sums up the closing chapter of Yuta Watanabe's college basketball career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2018

Japanese engineer builds giant robot to realize Gundam dream

Engineer Masaaki Nagumo had always dreamed of suiting up as a robot from "Mobile Suit Gundam," his favorite animation series growing up. Now he has made it a reality by creating a giant humanoid inspired by the science fiction franchise.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2018

Murata, Blandamura set for WBA title rumble

Ryota Murata is not a bluffer, so he does not lie about how he feels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 13, 2018

Nintendo teams up with venture fund to find new tech for Switch

Nintendo Co. is teaming up with San Francisco-based Scrum Ventures to scout startups working on new ways to play or use the company's hit gaming console, the Switch.
Reader Mail
Apr 13, 2018

Why not teach abstinence in schools?

Philip Brasor's Media Mix column headlined "In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education" in the April 8 edition tells of a sex education program by an "unnamed school" in Adachi Ward that apparently flew in the face of the Tokyo Board of Education's view that "it was permissible to discuss prevention...
Reader Mail
Apr 13, 2018

China poses dire threat to Japan

I am a Taiwanese American living in San Diego. I was born in Kyoto, when my father was a district attorney there before the end of World War II. I love to visit Japan.
Reader Mail
Apr 13, 2018

Quake aid and Japan's bad taste

I was very much impressed with the Letter to the Editor titled "Returning Taiwan's quake generosity" by Hiroshi Noro in the April 1 edition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 13, 2018

Mike Pompeo optimistic on Kim-Trump summit, but ‘America first’ remarks likely to trigger concern in Tokyo and Seoul

U.S. Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo voiced cautious optimism in President Donald Trump's ability to negotiate a nuclear deal with Pyongyang, but also struck a tone on the issue that was likely to trigger concern in Tokyo and Seoul, during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Apr 13, 2018

Okinawa angling to become cruise liner hub, not just waypoint

Okinawa has unveiled a road map to develop the southern island prefecture into a major hub for international cruise ships in East Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2018

U.N. child agency's report says Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in northeast Nigeria since 2013

Islamist fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 13, 2018

Tepco's compensation for 3/11 victims has made matters worse for many

As of the end of March, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. had paid more than ¥8 trillion in compensation (baishōkin) related to the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns of March 2011. About half of this money has gone to people living near the crippled reactors for "mental anguish" and the other...

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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