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JAPAN / Society
Jan 31, 2018

Lingering effects of 2011 disaster take toll in fallout-hit Fukushima, experts warn

There are fewer and fewer headlines these days about the catastrophe resulting from the triple core meltdown in March 2011 at Tepco's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. But participants at a recent symposium stressed that the disaster's lingering effects continue to weigh heavily on people and municipalities...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2018

U.K.'s May walks tightrope between trade and politics on trip to China

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in China seeking to balance her desire to build a powerful post-Brexit trade relationship with a clutch of political concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2018

Trump calls North Korea leadership 'depraved,' warns of nuclear missile threat in first State of the Union address

Branding North Korea's leadership "depraved," President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday that Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear missiles could "very soon threaten our homeland" and vowed a continued campaign of maximum pressure to keep that from happening.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 31, 2018

Trump drops Victor Cha as pick for envoy to Seoul, with implications for North Korea crisis

Victor Cha, a former White House official who had been the Trump administration's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea, is no longer being considered for the post, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 31, 2018

Facebook bans ads tied to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Facebook Inc. is banning ads on its social network that promote cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings and binary options, saying they're "frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Coincheck hackers believed trying to move stolen cryptocurrency into exchanges

XEM cryptocurrency's creator traces the u00a558 billion in stolen coins to an unidentified account, with its owner trying to move the coins to exchanges where they can be sold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Touted by Trump for U.S. manufacturing role, slumping Harley-Davidson closes Missouri plant

Harley-Davidson Inc. said on Tuesday it will close a plant in Kansas City, Missouri, as it consolidates manufacturing operations after its motorcycle shipments fell to their lowest level in six years, sending its shares down more than 8 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Berkshire, Amazon and JPMorgan bosses look to shake up U.S. health care market

It's no secret Jeff Bezos has been looking to crack health care. But no one expected him to pull in Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon, too.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Coal firms plead to courts and Trump for West Coast export terminals amid snub by states

The ailing U.S. coal industry is ramping up its political and legal offensive to win approval for West Coast export terminals that could provide a lifeline to lucrative Asia markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018

A prologue to work-style reforms

Japan needs to overhaul its labor market to make the most of its shrinking workforce.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018

Abe's Trump bromance had a terrible month

Three actions in the past week encapsulate why the prime minister's investment in the Trump White House may backfire
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2018

Russia's East-West dilemmas

It's in no nation's interest that Russia should continue to be the odd one out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018

Kuroda deserves a second term

A figure of Haruhiko Kuroda's experience and credibility is required to dispatch the dissenters and give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the support he needs to run the economy hot for several more years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2018

Gifu election loss bad news for potential LDP challenger to Abe

The loss by a ruling party candidate in Gifu's mayoral election over the weekend has spurred speculation that the outcome may deal a blow to a potential successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 30, 2018

Fitness-tracking app Strava offers virtual spy hole onto U.S. bases, troops' movements and linked identities

Sensitive information about the locations of U.S. and allied military bases, apparent troop movements, and even data linked to social media profiles has been revealed in a map released by a popular fitness app company.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 30, 2018

Cavaliers, Bucks search for right formula in a tale of two cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything...
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 30, 2018

Guts and glory define the Sakamoto story

Kaori Sakamoto's ascendancy continues unabated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 30, 2018

Falsettos offers an alternative to 'macho rock'

If you're playing in a group in Japan and your members all happen to be female, sooner or later you're going to get slapped with the "girls' band" tag. The term has been used willy-nilly to describe everything from the manufactured guitar-pop of late-'80s chart-toppers Princess Princess to the experimental...
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2018

Nomura hires bankers from Bank of America, UBS and Jefferies in U.S. expansion

Nomura Holdings Inc. has hired 15 investment bankers in the U.S. from firms including Credit Suisse Group AG, Bank of America Corp. and Jefferies Group LLC as the trading house builds out its North American business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2018

Bible of Japanese stocks gets hot, suggesting nation's brokerages will prosper

Things are looking up for Japan's biggest brokerages, if demand for a well-known stock handbook is any guide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2018

University of Tokyo opens center to promote use of big data from Japan's public sector

The University of Tokyo has embarked on a quest to unearth Japan's latent assets that could be worth more than ¥700 billion — big data held by the public sector.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2018

China denies report it hacked African Union headquarters

China and the African Union dismissed on Monday a report in French newspaper Le Monde that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2018

At least 36 killed as bus plunges into river in India

At least 36 people were killed in India's West Bengal state when a bus with 55 passengers on board plunged into a river early on Monday, a provincial minister said.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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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