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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 21, 2019

Huawei mobile users ponder switching brand after Google news

Time to abandon the Huawei phone? That was what some owners asked after U.S. tech giant Google said it would suspend its business with China's top mobile maker, threatening future access to Gmail, YouTube and Chrome.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2019

Taiwan says China has stepped up infiltration efforts with fake news and election meddling

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen said on Friday that China has stepped up its efforts to infiltrate and gain influence in Taiwan and she asked national security agencies to counter Beijing's efforts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 4, 2019

Social media fails to follow traditional news outlets' stricter approach to portrait rights in Japan

A man in Chiba Prefecture became irritated last month at how long it was taking for a barrier at a rail crossing to open. Losing patience, he fetched a hand saw from his van and removed the barrier arm so that he could drive through.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 28, 2019

Tony Romo aims to become first $10 million-a-year analyst: report

Tony Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned TV commentator, is reportedly seeking to become the first $10 million-a-year sports analyst.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2019

Russia and Turkey agree on decisive action in Syria's Idlib, news agency RIA reports

Russia and Turkey agreed on Monday that they needed to take decisive measures to stabilize the situation in Syria's Idlib province after talks between the two country's defense ministers, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2019

Facebook's WhatsApp limits users to five text forwards to curb 'misinformation and rumors'

Facebook Inc.'s WhatsApp is limiting worldwide the number of times a user can forward a message to five, starting on Monday, as the popular messaging service looks to fight "misinformation and rumors," company executives said on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2019

WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 'false and defamatory' things not to say about Julian Assange

WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different "false and defamatory" statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 2012.
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2019

Top business news of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following business news stories as the most important of 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2019

Top world news of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2018

Trump hints at attending White House Correspondents' Dinner after news that main speaker won't be comedian

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday that it was a "good first step of a dying evening and tradition" for the White House Correspondents' Association to feature a historian, not a comedian, at its annual event to be held next spring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2018

Facebook, Libya's main news source, said blocked in Tripoli and other cities as fighting rages

Facebook has been blocked in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and other cities, residents said on Monday as fighting between rival groups raged.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 1, 2018

News outlets raise questions over U.S. military presence in Japan

War remembrance in Japan tends to adhere to a seasonal schedule. As the nation swelters in the mid-summer heat, media coverage, particularly on NHK, comes to a head on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It then subsides momentarily before Aug. 15, when...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2018

Bad news for students: Completed homework assignments are no longer for sale

It's the last week of August, when children who have spent their entire summer vacation slacking off suddenly realize with daunting dismay that they have piles of book reports and diaries left untouched, not to mention an art project they were supposed to start weeks ago.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 10, 2018

Kawhi Leonard pens farewell to San Antonio, Spurs fans

Understated superstar Kawhi Leonard penned a farewell letter to San Antonio, thanking Spurs fans for their support as he starts anew as a member of the Toronto Raptors.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2018

Trump's attacks on media may lead to real violence, U.N. expert says

U.S. President Donald Trump's verbal attacks on the media run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the U.N. rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2018

Facebook removes pages and accounts after finding 'sophisticated' efforts to sow division and disrupt 2018 U.S. elections

Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissent among voters ahead of U.S. congressional elections set for November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2018

'He looked like a terrorist!' Rural India joy ride ended in rumor-fueled mob attack and lynching

In the tiny hamlet of Murki in the hinterlands of south India, Inspector V.B. Yadwad surveyed a pile of bricks and stones in a ditch where he and other police officers had been attacked earlier this month while trying to save a group of five men on a road trip from a violent mob.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2018

Paul Manafort's lawyers want to know where jurors get their news, how they vote

Lawyers for Paul Manafort want to know where his prospective jurors get their news, how they vote and what they know about the one-time Trump campaign chairman charged with bank fraud and filing false tax returns.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2018

Japanese woman hopes Trump-Kim summit will bring news of missing twin

It has been more than 30 years since the identical twin sister of Japanese teacher Misa Morimoto vanished, believed to have been abducted by North Korea.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 2, 2018

Dirty football tackle creates a perfect storm for news outlets to exploit

Former Nihon University football head coach Masato Uchida's alleged order on a player to "crush" an opposing team's quarterback in a May 6 game between Japan's traditional rivals for supremacy in American football has dominated sports and tabloid headlines for most of the second half of May.
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
May 12, 2018

'Ask A North Korean' gets its answers from the source

Daniel Tudor's 'Ask A North Korean' is testimony that ordinary North Koreans have more in common with the rest of us than many would have you believe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2018

Social media firms that ignore children's well-being may face regulation: U.K. health minister

Britain's health minister, Jeremy Hunt, threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people using their services.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2018

Good news is no longer unspeakable in Japan

The central bank has been too obsessed with reassuring investors that stimulus would continue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2018

Steve Mnuchin says Trump isn't afraid of a trade war with China, but Iowa farmers are

Despite threats of retaliation from China over U.S. plans to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday said President Donald Trump had no intention of backing down and was not worried about a trade war.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2018

Forget fake news — worry about fake history Oscars

Two movies about Britain in 1940 — 'Dunkirk' and 'Darkest Hour' — have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Both movies are full of historical nonsense.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 30, 2018

Gifu election loss bad news for potential LDP challenger to Abe

The loss by a ruling party candidate in Gifu's mayoral election over the weekend has spurred speculation that the outcome may deal a blow to a potential successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.

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