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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 3, 2017

Government Pension Investment Fund begins investment using socially responsible stock indexes

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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2017

With victory in hand, Koike to step down as head of Tomin First

A day after leading Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) to a landslide victory in the metropolitan assembly election, Gov. Yuriko Koike reaffirmed her commitment to reform but said she would resign as leader of the upstart party to focus on the job at hand.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 3, 2017

Shogi prodigy sets new record with 29th straight win

The youngest professional shogi fourth-dan player, Sota Fujii, 14, set the all-time record for most consecutive wins — 29 official matches.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2017

Abe, Trump agree to step up pressure on North Korea as it heads down 'dangerous path'

The leaders of Japan and the United States agreed in telephone talks Monday on the need to heap more pressure on nuclear-armed North Korea as it heads down what the White House termed a "dangerous path."
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2017

Koike's camp clobbers Abe's LDP in historic Tokyo assembly election

Gov. Yuriko Koike's upstart Tomin First party scored a sweeping victory Sunday in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, dethroning the Liberal Democratic Party and damaging Shinzo Abe's prospects for winning another term as prime minister.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2017

Ex-Tepco execs plead innocent as 3/11 nuclear negligence trial kicks off

Three former Tokyo Electric execs go on trial over the triple core meltdown in Fukushima, claiming they could not foresee that giant tsunami would overwhelm the plant.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 26, 2017

Three former SMAP singers to leave talent agency in September

Johnny & Associates announced June 18 that three former members of the pop idol group SMAP, which broke up at the end of last year, will leave the talent agency on Sept. 8, when their contract terms expire.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2017

North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death

North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2017

Dragons' Valdes rises to challenge against Giants' Sugano

Raul Valdes never blinked.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2017

Glaring gaps in the Kake Gakuen probe

Discrepancies between what the education ministry documents state and the explanatiions offered by officials suggest a further probe is merited
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 19, 2017

Giant panda cub born in Tokyo zoo for 1st time since 2012

Ueno Zoo's 11-year-old female giant panda Shin Shin has given birth.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 19, 2017

Let's discuss summer bonuses

Summer bonuses at major companies fell 4.56 percent to u00a5917,906 ($8,300) on average from last summer.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2017

Giants' Taguchi silences Marines, gets big run support in blowout victory

After beginning interleague play in the middle of what would become an historic low, the Yomiuri Giants are poised to end the annual midseason competition on a high note.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017

North Korean detainee Otto Warmbier, in coma for over a year, is evacuated to U.S.

An American college student who fell into a coma more than a year ago while detained by North Korea was returned to the U.S. Tuesday in a stunning display of diplomatic dexterity by the White House.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 12, 2017

Teen arrested for allegedly dropping girl, 5, from second floor

The Mihara police station of Hiroshima Prefectural Police arrested a third-year junior high school student from Mihara aged 14 on an attempted murder charge on June 6 after the boy allegedly dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in Mihara.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 10, 2017

The Imperial family and public vs. LDP

NHK has become the go-to media outlet for scoops on the Imperial family. In July, the public broadcaster was the first to break the news that the Emperor wanted to step down and, last month, it was the first to report Princess Mako's intention to marry a man she met at university. Both stories annoyed...
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017

After intense media pressure, education ministry moves to reopen Kake Gakuen probe

After weeks of denials and media pressure, the education minister announces that the investigation into alleged favoritism involving a friend of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be reopened.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017

Diet enacts abdication law for Emperor Akihito

The Diet enacts a special law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, shifting public attention to the date for the rare event.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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