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WORLD / Society
Aug 31, 2017

Princes mark 20th anniversary of Diana's death with garden and charity visit as Britain pays respects

Princes William and Harry paid a quiet tribute to their mother Princess Diana on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of her death that has reignited interest in one of the world's most famous women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2017

Quarter of U.S. fuel output shut down by Harvey, sending prices up, supply down

Tropical Storm Harvey inflicted more damage on the heart of the U.S. energy industry overnight after flooding the biggest U.S. refiner in Texas and then churning into Louisiana, causing fuel shortages and high gasoline prices that could afflict the country for weeks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2017

Japan seeks powerful new U.S. missile radar as North Korea threat grows: sources

Tokyo is worried that Washington's reluctance to arm Japan with a new advanced radar could make the U.S. missile defense system the government plans to install much less capable of countering North Korea's growing threat, three sources said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / OBITUARY
Aug 30, 2017

Hillel Wright: poet, writer and catalyst for Tokyo's literary community

Remembering Hillel Wright, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 73.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Aug 30, 2017

Readers pay tribute to longtime Japan Times columnist Jean Pearce

A selection of readers' — and writers' — tributes to Jean Pearce, who for decades helped Japan's foreign community feel more at home in their adopted country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2017

Theresa May arrives in Japan to allay Brexit fears and show solidarity against North nuclear threat

Formal talks between May and Prime Minister Abe are to begin Thursday and are expected to focus on issues surrounding Brexit, bilateral economic cooperation and increased defense ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2017

North Korea: End of the nuclear taboo?

Is the North Korean crisis slowly eroding the postwar taboo against using nuclear weapons?
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2017

A 'crisis of conscience' in the Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous and lawless war on drugs must be condemned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2017

U.S. protectionism's destructive path

Tariffs subsidize narrow interests and for Americans as a whole the record is one of almost unrelieved failure.
Japan Times
SUMO
Aug 30, 2017

Exhibition events bring sumo to new audience

Jungyo is similar to baseball's spring training for sumo; wrestlers are more relaxed and laid back, and fans have more opportunities to interact with the giant fellows.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Aug 30, 2017

Tokyo stocks rebound on brisk U.S. equities, weaker yen

Stocks turned higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, backed by an overnight rise in U.S. equities and the yen's weakening against the dollar.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2017

Putin aide Patrushev to visit Japan next week ahead of Vladivostok summit

Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin and secretary of the country's Security Council, will visit Japan from Monday through Sept. 6, diplomatic sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 30, 2017

Loading Docs film website tells the stories of New Zealand

For a Japanese national, the question of why a person from the West would come to Japan is a fascinating one, so much so that there's even a TV show about it: "You wa Nani Shi ni Nihon E?" ("Why Did You Come to Japan?").
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 30, 2017

Dear Etranger: When the family drama gets real

Despite a career spanning nearly three decades, Yukiko Mishima hasn't appeared on many lists of up-and-coming Japanese female directors, mine included. One reason: She had a relatively late start, not releasing her first feature, a drama based on the Junichiro Tanizaki story "The Tatooer," until 2009....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 30, 2017

Triple reissue offers a chance to review Yoko Ono's output from the 1970s

The ongoing project to rerelease Yoko Ono's full catalog of 11 albums, which began in late 2016, has now reached its second stage with the release of a trilogy of early-1970s albums — taking in "Fly" (1971), "Approximately Infinite Universe" and "Feeling the Space" (both 1973) — that embody a series...
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017

Yasumitsu Shigeta rekindles markets' love for resurgent Hikari Tsushin

Before earnings disasters caused Hikari Tsushin Inc. shares to sink 99 percent in 2000, the firm's founder and chairman, Yasumitsu Shigeta, was once among the world's richest people. Almost two decades later some investors are looking again at the Japanese company, and recent market moves suggest they...
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Aug 30, 2017

Once skeptical Japan embraces telemedicine as regulatory hurdles fall

For working people with health issues, visiting a clinic has long meant taking hours off work on a weekday and spending more time in the waiting room than talking with a doctor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017

Elon Musk's battery demand boom lifts Japan's Tanaka Chemical

As Elon Musk pushes out from his California base to make electric vehicles ubiquitous, a Japanese firm deep in the depths of the battery supply chain is riding his wake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2017

North Korean leader says more to come as U.N. condemns missile launch over Japan

Pyongyang said the missile launched over Japan on Tuesday was an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 and meant to counter U.S.-South Korean war games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2017

White House considering Pacific Command chief Harry Harris for Australian ambassador post: report

Amid surging tensions in the Asia-Pacific region — including over Chinese moves in the East and South China seas and North Korea's nuclear program — the White House is reportedly considering naming the top U.S. military commander in the region to be ambassador to Australia.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2017

EPA hits climate scientists trying to 'politicize' Texas storm disaster

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday rejected a contention by scientists that the historic rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey was linked to climate change, calling it "an attempt to politicize an ongoing tragedy."

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