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SOCCER / From the Spot
Jan 8, 2020

National Stadium less than sum of its parts

The new National Stadium is open for business, having survived a December opening gala featuring J-pop icons Arashi and the 2019 Emperor's Cup final with a number of online grumbles but few out-and-out disasters.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020

The Great Escape: How Carlos Ghosn became the world's most famous fugitive

On Christmas Eve, Carlos Ghosn walked into his lawyers' modest office in central Tokyo to speak to his wife, Carole, for only the second time since April. During his long odyssey through the Japanese legal system — several arrests, more than 100 days in solitary confinement, seemingly endless interrogations,...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020

India court orders Jan. 22 hanging of four men guilty in deadly 2012 gang rape aboard moving bus

Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the world will be hanged on Jan. 22, an Indian court ruled on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 7, 2020

Possible snap election Japan's top political issue in 2020

Whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call a snap election is expected to be the biggest issue in Japanese politics in 2020.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jan 6, 2020

When American country meets Japanese anime

The lineup of artists onstage at the Tokyo premiere of 'Sturgill Simpson Presents: Sound & Fury' was as eclectic as the film they'd all made: a 41-minute anime music video set to an entire album by the Grammy-winning Simpson.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2020

Carlos Ghosn's companions on escape included a Green Beret with a rap sheet

Carlos Ghosn shared his escape flight from Japan with two Americans, one of whom was a former Green Beret who went to jail for fraud.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 4, 2020

From hangover cures to prairie dogs, tabloids end 2019 with a bang

For their final issues of December, the weeklies — their covers trimmed in gold color (except for the Sunday Mainichi, which came out in yellow-orange) — typically publish two-week bumper issues with extra pages. This gives many of them leeway to write about lots of timely topics. For instance, journalist...
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 4, 2020

India's Irfan Pathan announces retirement from cricket

Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career that included a World Twenty20 triumph.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 3, 2020

Reviewing last year, previewing 2020 in sumo

Happy New Year to you all. Here's to a great 2020.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 3, 2020

15 minutes with rising star Ryota Katayose

Ryota Katayose is facing a busy year, with television and film projects and a tour with his group in the offing
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Outlook 2020
Jan 2, 2020

What will Abe do to cement his legacy?

If you look at Japan's 2020 political calendar now, it will look like it is going to be a relatively quiet one.
WORLD
Jan 2, 2020

Iran-backed paramilitary forces in Iraq under focus after U.S. strikes

The most powerful paramilitary groups in Iraq:
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2020

Lopez Obrador says drug lord 'El Chapo' had same power as president

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera had had the same power as the country's president.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2020

U.S. chief justice who will preside over Trump's trial prefers to fly under the radar

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will be a central figure in the ongoing drama of the Donald Trump presidency in the coming months. He is due to preside over a Senate impeachment trial, while the Supreme Court he leads will rule on a titanic clash over the president's attempts to keep his financial records...
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JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 1, 2020

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks ahead to 2020 Games and end of her term

With a little over half a year to go until the start of the Summer Games, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says the host city is all set for the sporting extravaganza and is focusing on ensuring the games will have a long-lasting legacy.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 31, 2019

How Abe works, or doesn't work, with the media

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions in brief, on-the-spot interviews with beat reporters far less frequently than before, according to journalists who have intensively covered the country's longest-serving prime minister.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019

What's in store for China's economy in 2020?

The year, and the decade, will be fraught with difficulties for the economic powerhouse.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils, scout for manned missions

A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 29, 2019

Offbeat career driven by desire to continue learning

Moneytree has been a 'game changer' for Japan's digital banking environment, according to Chief Executive and founder Paul Chapman.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2019

Negotiating while the world burns

The stunning technological progress during the 2010s makes it possible to cut emissions at a cost far lower than everyone dared hope a decade ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2019

China's Xi turns to financial experts to tame economic risks

As China struggles to deal with the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy, it has embarked on a new strategy of placing financial experts in provinces to manage risks and rebuild regional economies.
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WORLD
Dec 28, 2019

At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast after rush-hour truck bomb explodes

In one of the most deadly recent attacks, at least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said.
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BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

Turkey's Halkbank fails to halt U.S. prosecution for allegedly aiding Iran

A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2019

Chinese murderer of family of four executed in Japan

The last time the death sentence was carried out was Aug. 2.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami