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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2018

Group of 20 draft cites growing trade tensions — diplomatically

Delegates at the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs Friday began the delicate task of addressing growing trade tensions without upsetting U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2018

'Hi, I'm a soybean': In trade war, China deploys cartoon legume to reach U.S. farmers

In the tense trade war with the United States, China's government has turned to an unlikely weapon: a cartoon bean.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 20, 2018

Yuta Watanabe makes good impression in Summer League stint with Nets

Yuta Watanabe attracted positive attention during the Brooklyn Nets' five NBA Summer League Games in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2018

It's amateur hour for Trump, again

Donald Trump's European trip was a fiasco at best, a disgrace at worst, and only he, being so consistently clueless, could have stumbled through it so fecklessly. Surely nobody else could have as effortlessly ruined a chance to mend fences with allies and take an adversary to task.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2018

Archaeologists disappointed as Alexander the Great fails to turn up in massive Egyptian sarcophagus

Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday dashed local hopes that a newly discovered ancient sarcophagus might contain the remains of Alexander the Great, finding instead the mummies of what appeared to be a family of three.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2018

Days after Helsinki summit with Trump, Russia shows off Putin's 'super weapons'

Russia on Thursday broadcast a series of videos showing the testing and operation of a new generation of nuclear and conventional weapons, days after Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed how to avoid an arms race.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 19, 2018

JSF chief Tsuyoshi Aoki disappointed 2020 Olympics won't showcase swimming finals in prime time

The Japan Swimming Federation conceded defeat on Thursday in its effort to have the 2020 Tokyo Olympics swimming finals aired domestically in the evening.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 19, 2018

A new tax to fix Japan's dire fiscal straits

There's a better way to increase tax revenue than raising the consumption tax.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 19, 2018

World's oldest bread found in Jordan

The charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a surprise: People began making bread millenniums before they developed agriculture.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jul 19, 2018

Japan Times charity drive for flooded areas of western Japan

The Japan Times has started a charity drive to raise money for people in flood-affected areas in western Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 19, 2018

NPB getting on board with boom in esports

Nippon Professional Baseball is ready to take a swing at esports.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Jul 19, 2018

Cultural events highlight the summer season

Grand Fiesta
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 19, 2018

North Korean leader Kim underscores shift in focus to economy with rebukes of industrial facility officials

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's strident rebukes of officials during recent trips to industrial sites were aimed at rallying support at home for his economic drive and convincing outsiders about his willingness to denuclearize.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2018

A middle way emerges on the road to Brexit

Tired of the endless squabbling by the two extremes, chances are good the Conservatives will close ranks behind May's approach
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2018

Takeda bets on China for global growth, seeing the country as 'on a par' with the U.S. and Europe

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. sees China becoming a "core country" for its global growth strategy, and is optimistic its $62 billion (¥6.94 trillion) acquisition of Shire PLC will win approval by the country's regulators.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

After delays, truck collision does little to help Mitsubishi's MRJ in dogfight with aviation giants

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., trying to keep its new regional jet on track after a series of delays, was forced to cancel a demo flight for the world's aerospace industry Tuesday after the jet was hit by a truck.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

Home DNA testing gains popularity in aging Japan

DNA testing at home is starting to gain traction nationwide as more people age and seek answers about their risks for diseases.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2018

Soundtracking the thrill of the climb in Jennifer Peedom's 'Mountain'

With "Mountain," director Jennifer Peedom has done for the mountaineering film what Marks & Spencer's did for food advertisements years ago: taken the concept and beautified it to such an extent that it provokes a visceral response. Salivating over the movie's visual perfection is the only appropriate...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2018

Japan's watered-down smoking ban clears Diet

Lighting up in public facilities prohibited for the first time as the nation scrambles to combat secondhand smoke in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2018

Damage control: Trump tries to calm political storm over Putin summit, claims he only misspoke

U.S. President Donald Trump tried on Tuesday to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, saying he misspoke in a joint news conference in Helsinki on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2018

Soccer makes its fans unhappy in the long run

The results are in: The pain of defeat may outweigh the joy of victory.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 17, 2018

'Redon and His World: Beyond Imagination'

July 22-Dec. 2
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’

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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