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JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Sep 12, 2019

This time it's for real: U.S. must help Tokyo and Seoul end crisis

For years, tension between Japan and South Korea has waxed and waned in a cyclical pattern.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 12, 2019

Akita, Shimane are model local teams

Japan's pro basketball landscape completely changed during the bj-league's 11 seasons of operations. From six franchises in its inaugural 2005-06 season to 24 in the final year, new teams sprouted up every year throughout the nation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Sep 12, 2019

With 'The Naked Director,' Japan scores a global Netflix hit

Netflix series 'The Naked Director' has been a runaway hit, with a second series announced shortly after the first began streaming. But not everyone is a fan.
Sep 12, 2019

TSUNEISHI FACILITIES & CRAFT Aims to Build the World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Ferry

TSUNEISHI FACILITIES & CRAFT CO., LTD. (HQ: Urasaki-cho, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Jun Kambara) will build a hydrogen-powered coastal ferry with technology that enables the use of hydrogen fuel to power for commercial vessels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 12, 2019

Bringing Japanese opera into the 21st century

Kazushi Ono, artistic director of opera at New National Theatre, Tokyo, is using his experience of working in Europe to help stage operas with a nod to the digital age in Japan
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2019

South Korea and Japan need to ease up on their spat, ex-defense chief Itsunori Onodera says

Japan and South Korea need time to cool down from a feud hurting security ties, former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said of the dispute that the Trump administration warns could damage its regional alliance network.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 12, 2019

Purgatory in paradise: Bahamas tent cities to house Dorian survivors

For some Bahamians who escaped death but lost their homes in Hurricane Dorian's hellish rampage over the island communities of Freeport and Great Abaco, life in the tent shelters erected this week seems like purgatory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2019

Chileans rehearse evacuation as southern volcano rumbles and spits fire

Chilean authorities in the country's south have begun rehearsing evacuation plans amid concern an active volcano could potentially erupt within "days or weeks."
PODCAST / deep dive
Sep 11, 2019

Episode 22: Japan and South Korea's trade dispute

While the world stews over the trade war between the United States and China, and the potential of a no-deal exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, here in Japan a separate storm has been brewing: a growing trade dispute between Japan and its geographical neighbor — South Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2019

'They Say Nothing Stays The Same': Stunning visuals and a stellar cast

Actor Joe Odagiri makes his directorial debut with a beautifully shot tale of the life of a boatman in a Japan of the past.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2019

Trump clips hawkish adviser Bolton's wings in firing expected to reverberate in Tokyo and Pyongyang

The U.S. president, citing strong policy disagreements, fires his national security adviser John Bolton — the White House's third national security chief in less than three years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2019

Hong Kong unrest gives Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen a timely boost

Heading into 2019, Tsai Ing-wen looked at risk of becoming Taiwan's first one-term president. Then came the unrest in Hong Kong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2019

Boeing 737 Max jet to face separate flight test by EU regulators

The European Aviation Safety Agency plans to send its own pilots to the U.S. to conduct flight tests of Boeing Co.'s grounded 737 Max jet before it is returned to service, it said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2019

'Hold the burger and the coke': Climate fears hit meat and drink sales

Consumers worried about the environment are cutting their spending on meat and bottled drinks and trying to reduce plastic waste, and this trend is set to accelerate as climate concerns mount, a global survey showed on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2019

The stalemate in the Japan-Russia territorial row

To move the talks forward, the government needs to review its approach to the long-standing row with Russia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2019

'Free Solo': A sport documentary more terrifying than any horror flick

Climber Alex Honnold's conquering of the face of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan, with no assistance and no ropes, is not for the faint-hearted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2019

Nissan ousts CEO Hiroto Saikawa over pay scandal as carmaker's turmoil deepens

Less than a year since the dramatic downfall of Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor Co. is losing another leader.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2019

U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Jim Mattis

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were "not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 9, 2019

Boris Johnson's dismay over whaling

Britain's prime minister shouldn't allow the U.K.-Japan relationship to be unduly defined by a still important but strategically irrelevant issue like whaling.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2019

Dispelling the myths of Kashmir

Until China and Pakistan stop trying to undermine its territorial sovereignty in Jammu and Kashmir, India will have little choice but to take steps to protect itself.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2019

Hong Kong school students form human chain after weekend of protests

Hundreds of uniformed school students, many wearing masks, formed human chains in districts across Hong Kong on Monday in support of anti-government protesters after another weekend of clashes in the Chinese-ruled city.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2019

Diplomatic row with South Korea starts to hurt Japan's current account surplus

Japan's surplus in spending by overseas travelers declined in July from a year earlier as the number of visitors from South Korea tumbled, a sign the souring bilateral relations are taking a toll on the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2019

Central Hong Kong beset with violence after Carrie Lam's big concession

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's biggest concession yet to protesters did little to stem scenes of violence that have become the norm on weekends in the Asian financial hub.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 9, 2019

Taliban says Trump's decision to cancel Afghan talks will mean more U.S. lives lost

The Taliban on Sunday said U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to cancel peace talks would lead to fresh losses of American lives in Afghanistan at a time when the insurgent group was ready to finalize a deal to end the war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2019

IAEA found uranium traces at Iran 'secret atomic warehouse,' diplomats say

Samples taken by the U.N. nuclear watchdog at what Israel's prime minister called a "secret atomic warehouse" in Tehran showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to explain, two diplomats who follow the agency's inspections work closely say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2019

U.S. will slap sanctions on whoever purchases Iran's oil, official says

The United States will continue to impose sanctions on whoever purchases Iran's oil or conducts business with Iran's Revolutionary Guards and no oil waivers will be reissued, a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 7, 2019

Mio Yamada: A life-changing cycle in Africa

Mio Yamada has a deep voice with a reassuringly matter-of-fact quality about it. She tells me that her day, like every day in Rwanda, is going to be spent troubleshooting. This is mostly what life is about for her at the moment: dealing with electricity blackouts, water getting cut off ...This affects...
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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