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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2017

Lacking legislation, Trump looks to sign order this week that is expected to further gut Obamacare

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he likely will sign an order this week that is expected to allow Americans to buy stripped-down health insurance policies, a step some experts say would further undermine the Obamacare law that Trump opposes.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2017

Halilhodzic warns Japan to shape up before Brazil, Belgium tests

National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic branded Japan's 3-3 draw with Haiti on Tuesday "the worst match I have seen" and warned his players to shape up or be humiliated in next month's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2017

U.K. royal Kate marks World Mental Health Day in first public appearance since revealing latest pregnancy

Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, made her first public appearance on Tuesday since it was announced she was pregnant, joining husband, Prince William, and his brother, Harry, at events to mark World Mental Health Day.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2017

NFL owners mull ban on kneeling during anthem after Trump targets tax breaks they gave up in 2015

NFL team owners will consider requiring players to stand for the U.S. national anthem after President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his criticism of silent player protests against racial injustice by targeting the league on taxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2017

Christie's expects portrait of Christ, last privately owned Da Vinci painting, to fetch $100 million

The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block, Christie's announced on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 10, 2017

Shinji Kagawa's injury-time goal gives Japan draw with Haiti

Shinji Kagawa scored deep into injury time to save Japan from an embarrassing defeat in a 3-3 friendly draw with minnow Haiti on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS,Decision 2017
Oct 10, 2017

Yuriko Koike’s tactics fail to inspire hope as Lower House election kicks off, analysts say

Just hours before his announcement last month that he would dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was blindsided by his biggest political adversary of late: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. The telegenic, populist governor had upstaged Abe by announcing that she would create...
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 10, 2017

Rino Kasakake earns bronze in debut at Poland JGP

Rino Kasakake kept Japan's streak of earning at least one medal at every Junior Grand Prix this season alive by claiming the bronze at the JGP in Gdansk, Poland, on Friday. It was an impressive start for the debutante on the JGP circuit.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2017

Can we avoid the 'Thucydides Trap'?

When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international politics, major conflict often ensues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017

Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat

Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 10, 2017

Political risk seeps into yen trade as Japan's Abe faces popular upstart in October election

It's been five years since politics captured much attention from the foreign-exchange world in Japan, but traders are now gaming out potential scenarios for the yen after the Oct. 22 general election.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2017

Tokyo remodels the 'design event'

If Akio Aoki had his way, there would be one new word included in dictionaries across the globe: "Designart."
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2017

Asia-Pacific region at higher risk from disasters, U.N. warns in report

Natural disasters could become more destructive in the Asia-Pacific region, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other area of the world, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2017

Kobe Steel's admission over falsified data sends shock waves through manufacturers across Japan

Revelations renew concerns about the integrity of Japanese manufacturers, and follow scandals involving rupturing Takata air bags and unauthorized inspections at Nissan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 10, 2017

Nagano counselors trial online consultations for troubled teens via Line messaging app

Counselors in Nagano Prefecture were seen typing nonstop in September between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., as they replied to high volumes of consultation requests received via the Line messaging app.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017

North Korean 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers

The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017

For Catalonia, a deal like Basque-Spain accord may be effective if expensive antidote to secession

As Spain and Catalonia head toward a constitutional collision over the region's claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2017

'Turbocharged' sulfur component seen as pungent durian smell's driving force

Scientists have answered one of nature's most pungent questions: what gives the world's smelliest fruit its distinctive aroma.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2017

Google reportedly found Russia-backed ads on YouTube and Gmail as part of election meddling

Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a person briefed on the company's probe told Reuters on Monday.
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.
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.
‘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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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