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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018

In warning to enemies, Iran has moved missiles to Iraq, sources say

Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2018

Can U.S. media stand up for press freedom?

Donald Trump's Twitter onslaught is in danger of drowning press freedom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 31, 2018

Speculative fiction or prophetic prose? Novel imagines a U.S.-North Korea nuclear conflict

Jeffrey Lewis' speculative novel, 'The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States,' takes the form of a 9/11 Commission-style report on a fictionalized war between North Korea and the U.S. and its Asian allies in March 2020.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2018

Detente revives North Korean leader's bullet train dreams

North Korea's ruling family has long dreamed of a state-of-the-art rail system linking its major cities with each other and the wider world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2018

Melting ice in Arctic Ocean opening up new faster, cheaper energy trade route

A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest temperatures on record shrink ice caps that used to lock ships out of the area.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2018

Maersk Tankers tests wind-driven rotor sails in bid to cut fuel bills

Maersk Tankers is testing the use of wind power to fuel its ships, a new technology it says can cut fuel consumption by up to 10 percent and help the industry reduce polluting emissions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2018

Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war

As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American trade war will develop, some ordinary Chinese are using different sources to predict U.S. President Donald Trump's next moves: fortune tellers.
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2018

Building character in Harajuku?

Passing through Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood I glimpsed a view of the new train station that is taking shape. Echoing throughout the corners of my mind were those famous words, "We shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2018

Chinese state-run media blasts Trump tweets as 'messages from some alternative universe'

Chinese state-run media unleashed an unusually strong rebuttal to tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing Beijing of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server, blasting the remarks as seemingly "from some alternative universe."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2018

Trump reportedly ready to back $200 billion in China tariffs next week

President Donald Trump wants to move ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as a public-comment period concludes next week, according to six people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2018

A master class in the art of political survival

The Kremlin isn't completely unresponsive to popular opinion, but it won't tolerate dissent that demands radical change.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2018

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers becomes NFL's highest-paid player with $134 million deal

Before he became the NFL's highest-paid player again, Aaron Rodgers wore a denim suit and cowboy hat that made him look as if he were going to serve as a chaperone at a square dance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2018

Toyota to target tripling of China output to 3.5 million vehicles over next decade

Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to triple car production in China by as soon as 2030 in a renewed push to make up lost ground in the world's biggest market, according to sources.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 30, 2018

It'll take more than Ayumi Hamasaki to help streaming services in Japan

Ayumi Hamasaki has seen better days as a J-pop superstar, but she still carries some clout. So it should have been noteworthy that her newest release, the five-song "Trouble," would arrive on streaming services a bit earlier than in stores. That's a win for fledgling in-Japan operations such as Spotify...
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2018

Abe touts fast change to Constitution in LDP election pamphlet

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pledging to move quickly toward changing the Constitution, according to an internal campaign pamphlet seen by Bloomberg News, ensuring the divisive proposal is a key part of his bid for a historic third consecutive term as ruling party leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2018

Chinese-built port evokes dreams of El Dorado in Cameroon as CHEC expands Africa reach

Every day at sunrise, Alain Eko walks half an hour on a footpath cutting through a coastal forest to the edge of what's to become the biggest deep-water port in central Africa.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2018

Trump's bogus Google claims stir up a tech risk

Trump is wrong on the facts, but his complaints underscore the business threats to tech companies from growing and largely disingenuous complaints by right-wingers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 29, 2018

Wanting to make a difference, Bolivia-born Noemi Inoue turned Japanese and entered politics

Shocked by gender inequality and wanting to do something about it, Noemi Inoue decided to naturalize and stand for her local council.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2018

Passionate Indonesian fans embrace home Asian Games

"Nippon! Nippon!"
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

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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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