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MULTIMEDIA
Mar 26, 2016

[VIDEO] Pepper-Packed Mobile Shop: the cellphone store ran by only robots

ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2016

U.S. hopes to talk with China about possible THAAD move to South Korea

The United States hopes to talk with China and address its concerns about the possible deployment of the THAAD missile defense system that Washington is discussing with Seoul, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016

Damascus love songs can't drown out the destruction of Syria

At the Damascus opera house, youths in jeans, old gentlemen in suits and ties and women in long-sleeved dresses and headscarves cheer and applaud the two performers of Arabic love songs.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016

Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train

Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 19, 2016

From Cool Britannia to True Britannia

In Japan, Western culture usually means American products: hot dogs, hamburgers, Starbucks and Krispy Kreme donuts, and recent boutique outlets like Blue Bottle Coffee and the Dominique Ansel bakery — not to mention the nearly 50,000 United States military personnel still stationed across the archipelago....
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 19, 2016

Be prepared: help from the Digi Police and a disaster-preparedness transceiver camera

The Metropolitan Police Department goes digital
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2016

Tokyo condemns latest North Korean missile tests

North Korea fires two missiles into the Sea of Japan just days after the defiant Kim Jong Un threatens to carry out more nuclear tests and missile launches.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2016

A 'cashless society' is wonderful — until it's not

If we want to move toward a cashless society then we also need to think seriously about limiting the ability of the government to use the payments system as an instrument to control the behavior of its citizens.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016

Nintendo finds a hit with its new social app, Miitomo

Nintendo Co.'s foray into smartphones is off to a good start.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016

Spanish police arrest 30 accused of robbing drug traffickers

Spanish police arrested 30 people accused of robbing, kidnapping and torturing drug traffickers, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016

China-made truck used by North Korea in new artillery system

North Korea is using Chinese-made trucks in a new mobile artillery system showcased five days ago, according to photographs reviewed by Reuters, underlining the difficulty in enforcing U.N. sanctions against the isolated state.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2016

Trump's luxury hotels in Indonesia could face backlash over his anti-Muslim remarks

Few villagers living near a half-built golf course in Indonesia's West Java province know the name Donald Trump, and fewer still are aware that one of his firms will be managing a six-star hotel and luxury resort in their backyard.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 5, 2016

Japan's counterterrorism efforts falling short

The Foreign Ministry invited ridicule toward the end of 2015 after it advertised job openings for part-time counterterrorism analysts. While the expansion of the exploited precariat of non-regular workers to nearly 40 percent of the workforce is lamentable in itself, who would have thought some of them...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2016

Pachinko profits help fund Kim's war machine

Money from Japan is fueling the North Korean regime and more must be done to turn off the tap.
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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016

Game app could teach children how to detect potential dangers of smartphones

As the use of smartphones grows in popularity with school children, educators are struggling with ways to teach young people how to recognize and handle the potential dangers they could face, and a smartphone game app called "Soul Negotiator" could be the answer teachers are looking for.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 29, 2016

Parental push for children to pass exams borders on abuse: experts

Many parents are strict regarding their children's education because they want their offspring to succeed in the future, but sometimes this discipline is excessive and goes beyond what kids can endure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 29, 2016

Alarm over the death of a doctor ripples across the Seto Inland Sea

The death of the island's only doctor has come as a major shock to the islanders of Shiraishi and beyond.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2016

Cutesy mascots lead charge to woo customers away from electricity giants

In the battle for a slice of the ¥8.1 trillion ($72 billion) retail electricity market, Japan's biggest power companies are lining up against a cuddly bear, a fluffy white dog and a gorilla in business attire.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2016

Nissan disables Leaf electric car app after cross-continent hack

Nissan Motor Co. has disabled a mobile application for controlling its Leaf electric car after a security researcher demonstrated how hackers could access temperature controls and other functions from across continents.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2016

Islamic State bomb supply chain includes firms in 20 countries: report

Firms from 20 countries are involved in the supply chain of components that end up in Islamic State group explosives, a study found Thursday, suggesting governments and firms need to do more to track the flow of cables, chemicals and other equipment.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2016

Trump's 'loves the poorly educated' gets viral play, incendiary populism resonates in ailing South

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's declaration of love for "the poorly educated" in his Nevada victory speech lit up social media on Wednesday, sparking a battle between those dumbfounded by the remark and those saying it had been taken out of context.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 24, 2016

NGO's Japanese founder foments organic revolution in Vietnam

Seed to Table helps locals rediscover lost agricultural wisdom and pull themselves out of poverty with duck and cow 'banks.'
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Feb 22, 2016

Password hacks as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6

Even after tens of millions of people had their online accounts hacked, many Internet users still rely on easy-to-guess passwords.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 22, 2016

Tokyo lawmaker says being gay is matter of 'personal taste,' does not merit taxpayer support

A member of the Suginami Municipal Assembly in Tokyo is drawing flak from the LGBT community for saying gay, lesbian and bisexual people refer to themselves so out of “personal taste” and thus are not worthy of support by municipal governments.

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