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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2017

North Korean leader praises nuclear scientists, urges bolstered nuclear force

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded the country's nuclear scientists and technicians behind its sixth nuclear test last week — purportedly of a hydrogen bomb — with a banquet and other events, urging them to continue their work building what state media on Sunday called "the strongest nuclear...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017

Confronting youth suicide: Seeking ways to stop young people from taking their own lives

A grand piano stands silently in a tatami room at Naoko Nakashima's home in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture. It has not been played in almost two years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2017

Hurricane Irma rips through Cuba

Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba's northern coast on Saturday as it headed for Florida, where millions of residents were told to evacuate after the storm killed 22 people in the Caribbean and left devastation in its wake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 9, 2017

It takes threats from the unstable for us to question security

Adolf Hitler is like that bad tooth you can't keep your tongue off, though it hurts to touch it. Seventy-two years postwar, he keeps surfacing. He fascinates. All the way up and all the way down the age scale — from Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, 76, who last week praised Hitler's "motives," to the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Sep 9, 2017

Attention turns to kabocha squash as cooler weather looms

With cooler weather around the corner, our thoughts turn away from cold noodles and salads to autumn comfort foods like nimono, simmered dishes in a broth, usually a classic seaweed and dried fish-based dashi.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 9, 2017

Michael Drzmisek Sozui: 'Come share a bowl of matcha'

A tea master explains the comforts of a three-tatami-room teahouse.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2017

Tsugu: An upmarket izakaya with a subtle touch

Tsugu is located a few corners from Shijo Karasuma, the main intersection in downtown Kyoto. That said, even when a digital map is just a tap away, finding it through the side streets may prove a little difficult, so look for a statue of a tanuki, the raccoon dog that graces so many stores and restaurants...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 9, 2017

Abe's extremism undermines Japan's interests

Alas, Japan's extremists have still not given up trying to find honor in the nation's 1945 wartime defeat and and the ideology that led to it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 9, 2017

Severe school anxiety puts teens at risk

For the past two weeks there have been projections about a spike in juvenile suicides as the new school term approached. Suicides among junior high and high school students rise around Sept. 1, and teachers and parents were urged to pay close attention to young people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017

Alternative measures targeting young people in Japan at risk of suicide

The growing prevalence of smartphones in recent years has forced government and welfare organizations to rethink their approach to creating awareness campaigns targeting youths at risk of suicide.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2017

State panel to brainstorm lifestyle solutions for Japan's demographic ills

Japan is waking up to the need to think outside the box to tackle a spate of economic and social challenges posed by its declining birthrate and aging society.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2017

Quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna

Japanese consumers, fishermen and the government must make greater efforts to rebuild the dwindling stock of Pacific bluefin tuna.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2017

A very wealthy monarch grows wealthier

By gaining full control over the Crown Property Bureau, King Vajiralongkorn has taken another step to bolster his authority.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2017

Two German terrorism suspects reportedly had list of 5,000 targets, including 100 politicians

German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Aug. 28, Die Welt newspaper reported on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2017

U.S. Senate panel rejects Trump's 'doctrine of retreat' on foreign policy

A powerful Senate committee blasted the Trump administration on Friday in a report accompanying its spending plan for the State Department, saying its approach to foreign policy weakens U.S. standing in the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2017

South Korea braces for possible new missile test to mark North's foundation day

South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea when it marks its founding anniversary Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test, which it marks each year with a big display of pageantry and military hardware.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2017

At least 32 die after massive quake off southern Mexico

At least 32 people were killed after a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake, one of the biggest recorded in Mexico, struck off the country's southern coast late on Thursday, causing cracks in buildings and triggering a small tsunami, authorities said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 8, 2017

Japan's lottery rakes in declining revenues as younger generation gives jackpot chances a pass

Several weeks ago Mavis Wanczyk, a 53-year-old woman from Massachusetts, won $758 million in the Powerball lottery — the largest single winner jackpot in North American history. Wanczyk said at a news conference that she had already quit her job and plans to "hide in bed."
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2017

Yuriko Koike ally seeks to loosen ruling party's grip on national politics

A close ally of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike who helped an upstart group crush the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo's local elections two months ago is setting up a political organization to attempt a similar feat at the national level.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2017

In Japan's fledgling bike-sharing scene, the race for market share heats up

Bike sharing is shifting into higher gear in Japan as a string of new players and leading Chinese services announce their entry into a nascent but growing domestic market.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 8, 2017

Arsenal's decline tarnishing Wenger's legacy

It has been necessary to remind ourselves that Arsenal FC remains one of the great clubs in English football and Arsene Wenger is second only to Sir Alex Ferguson on the list of Premier League managers who have won the most trophies with their English clubs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2017

Tokyo to seek partial smoking ban by 2019, Koike says

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday announced that the metropolitan government plans to ban smoking in and around public facilities by 2019 and asked Tokyoites for opinions on what to include in the proposed ordinance.

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