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BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2015

Kuroda stimulus debate heats up as Toyota veteran set for board seat

The nomination of the Bank of Japan's newest board member is prompting investor speculation Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will find it easier to expand monetary stimulus.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2015

U.S. towns pulled into Japanese politics

A recurring news story over the past several years concerns claims of the harassment of Japanese nationals residing on the East and West coasts of the United States. Most appear to have originated from municipalities where South Korean immigrants and Korean-Americans have successfully campaigned to erect...
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WORLD
Apr 24, 2015

January drone strike on Pakistan al-Qaida site killed U.S., Italian aid worker hostages; Obama apologizes

A U.S. drone strike in January targeting an al-Qaida compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2015

Abe administration nominates former Toyota executive to BOJ Policy Board

The Abe administration has picked a veteran executive of Toyota Motor Corp., one of the biggest beneficiaries of "Abenomics," to replace a Bank of Japan board member who in October had opposed expanded monetary stimulus.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / BLACK EYE
Apr 19, 2015

Meeting Miss Universe Japan, the 'half' who has it all

Progress occurs when people of substance assume the mantle of leadership, and it appears Ariana Miyamoto is equal to the task.
LIFE
Apr 18, 2015

State of the reunion: Evaluating the Hague pact's success

As most parents know, there is nothing quite so life changing as having children. Imagine the pain a parent feels, then, if their children are taken from them. Now imagine the shock a parent feels if the person who abducted their children was their own spouse, a trusted partner who fled the country and...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Apr 15, 2015

Family overcomes learning and health challenges to make cafe dream a reality

Originally a nurse by profession, Rhonda Tezuka is overcoming cultural barriers and helping others to take charge of their own health and welfare.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Apr 11, 2015

April 11, 2015

JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2015

Local Osaka elections pit Hashimoto against LDP, Komeito

As voters head to the first round of the unified nationwide local elections Sunday, a lack of candidates in the prefectural and municipal assembly races means incumbents in many districts are running unopposed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2015

White U.S. cop charged with murder after black victim shot in back, on video

A white South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after a video showed him shooting eight times at the back of a 50-year-old black man who was running away after a traffic stop and died at the scene.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2015

Japan should join the AIIB

Japan should join the AIIB so it can exert influence from within to ensure it is run according to international norms.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015

No clear victors in U.K. debate

The main TV debate of Britain's national election campaign produced no clear winner.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2015

Malaysian helicopter crash kills premier's senior aide, former envoy to U.S.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib's party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Apr 4, 2015

Olympic channel set to innovate, inspire

The evolution of Olympic TV coverage mirrors technological changes that have transformed broadcast media — and society — over the past 50-plus years.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2015

Iraqi prime minister orders arrest of gangs looting in Tikrit

Sunni politicians said looting raged out of control in Tikrit on Friday, hours after Iraq's prime minister called on security forces to arrest anyone breaking the law after the city had been wrested back from Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

The trials and tribulations of Asian democracy

The list of national political leaders in Asia who have faced, or are about to face, criminal charges has grown so extensive that it is plausible to wonder whether democracy itself can survive in a number of these countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2015

Indicted Sen. Menendez's fate could sharpen Republicans' edge in U.S. Senate

Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's indictment on corruption charges on Wednesday raised the possibility of Republicans gaining a 55th Senate seat to strengthen their hand in policy fights with President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015

German co-pilot said to have suffered from depression, anxiety

The German co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps, killing 150 people, broke off his training six years ago due to depression and spent over a year in psychiatric treatment, a German newspaper reported on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015

Battle of Iwojima forgotten, except toll

When Yoshitaka Shindo was a boy, he did not hear much from his family about his grandfather, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Japanese troops who fought and died in the bloody Battle of Iwojima.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 25, 2015

As Lee era ends, Singapore braces for change as young worry about future

If Lee Kuan Yew represented the Singapore of yesteryear, his death this week raises the question of whether the generation of leaders in waiting will reshape the mould that transformed the city-state from a colonial backwater to a haven of prosperity.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2015

Redouble efforts to close the EU-Turkey gap

Never have the European Union and Turkey needed one another more, and yet rarely have they been so distant.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2015

Aum's crimes still raise questions

Twenty years on, people are still trying to fathom why so many people — including youths from elite backgrounds — were drawn to a doomsday cult that carried out a deadly sarin gas attack in downtown Tokyo.
WORLD
Mar 20, 2015

EU agrees on keeping Russia sanctions until Ukraine peace terms met

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be.

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