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Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 18, 2018

Why do the Japanese suck at learning English?

It's been said time and again: 日本人は英語がダメ (Nihonjin wa Eigo ga dame, The Japanese are terrible at English).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2018

China's Huawei rebuts Canberra's security concerns amid Sino-Australian tensions

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies refuted Australian claims it poses a security risk, calling the criticism "ill-informed" in an open letter on Monday that threatens to inflame already heightened Sino-Canberra tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

Fields of dreams: Texas project seeks new corn strains for localized whiskey

A master distiller and a crop scientist who specializes in corn breeding are working on a project they hope one day will help bring local identities to American whiskeys.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

China seen flexing loan muscle as it pushes further into Pacific

In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, signs of China's push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Deep Dive
Jun 17, 2018

Medical institutions offering treatment in multiple languages make Japan a haven for foreign patients

For foreign residents and tourists who don't understand Japanese, seeking medical attention can be stressful because few doctors are proficient in English.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 17, 2018

Nintendo's new game changers

Nintendo's summer releases include a new look for 'Pokemon' characters, an unusual sushi battle game and a tennis game that has already stood the test of time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2018

The Kim-Trump summit: the good, the bad and the ugly

Despite praise for last week's 'unprecedented' summit, there were good reasons why previous U.S. administrations had refused multiple requests from North Korean leaders to meet.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 16, 2018

Haruka Kuroda: Taking advantage of stereotypes

Best-known for her role voicing Noodle in Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual band Gorillaz, Haruka Kuroda has been working in the British entertainment industry for nearly two decades.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Jun 16, 2018

Meet summer head on with Coco's limited-edition Pop Blue Soda kakigōri shaved ice

The addition of popping candies on top of this Blue Hawaii and lemon-flavored kakigu014dri might not add much flavor-wise, but they are a treat to be enjoyed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 16, 2018

Japan's never-ending struggle to keep poverty at bay

The first coverage of poverty in Japan's weekly business magazines may be traced back the spring of 2009, when Weekly Diamond, in its March 21 cover story, purported to expose "The poverty you don't know." The timing of the issue came six months after the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers brokerage the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jun 16, 2018

Japan's gods: More benevolent than fearsome

The most violent episode in Japanese mythology is the rampage through the Sun Goddess' rice fields by her unruly brother Susano'o, the Storm God.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2018

Japan and U.S. to conduct first joint anti-ship drills

Over 600 Japanese troops, including the MSDF's version of the U.S. Marines, will join the RIMPAC naval exercises to coordinate a defense of Japan's Nansei islands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2018

CERN starts work to boost collider's power tenfold, shining brighter light on physics mysteries

The European physics research center CERN launched an upgrade of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Friday, six years after the huge particle accelerator solved an enduring riddle by confirming the existence of the elusive Higgs boson.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2018

Japanese bond investors ponder a future SoftBank without Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is fond of talking about his 300-year vision for SoftBank Group Corp., but some Japanese bond investors are already pondering an earlier event — what will the technology giant be like without its founder?
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2018

Tokyo pushes surplus goal forward to 2025 fiscal year in latest economic policy outline

The move could further fuel concerns over the long-term fiscal soundness of the already debt-ridden national coffers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 15, 2018

Yuta Watanabe working out for teams ahead of NBA Draft

The 2018 NBA Draft is less than a week away, and Yuta Watanabe remains focused on pursuing his dream.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2018

Trump says his agreement with North Korea will be good for China

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised China's President Xi Jinping for helping secure an agreement toward North Korea's denuclearization, and said the deal would be good for Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2018

Second jobs, once rare in Japan, are reshaping attitudes about work

Kazuhiro Hasegawa has been driving a taxi in Tokyo for three years. It's a job he enjoys, despite 18-hour shifts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2018

Huawei-Samsung Electronics patent case shows Chinese courts' rising clout

A smartphone patent fight between Huawei Technologies and Samsung Electronics could reach a global resolution through a ruling by a Chinese court, a development that reflects the growing attractiveness of China as a quick and effective forum for intellectual property disputes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 15, 2018

Indigenous Taiwanese, seeking rights to ancestral lands, set up camp in Taipei city park

Taipei's Peace Memorial Park is an oasis of calm in the bustling city, home to morning walkers and lunchtime strollers — along with a camp of indigenous protesters demanding justice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2018

Trump sets $50 billion in China tariffs with Beijing ready to strike back

U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2018

New York sues Trump and his charity over 'self-dealing'

The New York state attorney general sued U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his children and his foundation on Thursday, saying he illegally used the nonprofit as a personal "checkbook" for his own benefit, including his 2016 presidential campaign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2018

Mercari's blockbuster IPO shows Japan's startups are turning a corner

One of the year's most spectacular startup payoffs isn't in Silicon Valley or China, it's in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2018

Ice caps live-blogging human history

At the dawn of the 20th century, when the first humans set foot on Antarctica's seemingly pristine ice cap, pollution had beaten them there.
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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