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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2017

Trump meets abductees' kin and pledges to work with Abe to bring them back to Japan

In a half-hour meeting, the U.S. and Japanese leaders lend an ear to the Japanese families who have been waiting for their kidnapped loved ones to return.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017

Why China won't budge on North Korea

What truly frightens the men in charge in Chna is seeing another communist regime go down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017

Reagan and the case for tactical nukes in South Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump should take a page from the book of Ronald Reagan, learning from when that president faced a similarly fraught situation at the height of the Cold War.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017

The U.S. will soon have a new Fed chairman, but who is he?

Who is Jerome Powell, the man most likely to become the world's most important economic policymaker?
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2017

Bomb threats force evacuations and snarl transport in Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Shiga

Several companies the Kansai region received bomb threats Sunday amid tight security for a high-profile visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, who arrived in Tokyo the same day.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2017

Battle for grass-roots democracy in Cambodia sidelines U.S.

Sin Rozeth's attempts to show the benefits of grass-roots democracy to some of the poorest people in the Cambodian city of Battambang are in peril.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 6, 2017

Will Trump be able to save face in Beijing?

Shortly after Donald Trump's surprise election win, Barack Obama gave some advice to President Xi Jinping in the final minutes of their last meeting as leaders of the world's biggest economies.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2017

Speaking in Tokyo, Trump vows to push Japan for more 'reciprocal' trade, but in a friendly way

U.S. President Donald Trump, charging "Japan has been winning" on trade in recent decades, said he will push for more reciprocal trade with Washington's close U.S. ally- but in a friendly way.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2017

With U.S. pulling out, China may grasp climate leadership at U.N. talks

China has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first U.N. climate talks since U.S. President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris Agreement, delegates say.
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BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Nov 5, 2017

Yoshiharu Hoshino: Inn innovator's winning formula born from bubble's crash

Yoshiharu Hoshino describes his experience taking over the reins of his century-old family business in 1991 as a "hard landing."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 5, 2017

Masterful Hawks again soar over baseball rivals

At the end of another NPB season, the Japanese baseball world is again wondering how to beat these Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Nov 5, 2017

A gut feeling that you need an extra toilet

Everybody knows that Japan produces the most technologically advanced toilets in the world. They pretty much do everything except pull up your pants when you're finished. And one of the more pleasant surprises greeting foreign visitors to Japan is the ubiquity and accessibility of public toilets.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 5, 2017

Tokyo welcomes Designart

Last month saw the launch of Designart — the capital's new annual collection of exhibitions that bring together Japanese and overseas creators for collaborations on product design and objets d'art. Here are a few picks that showcase the inaugural event's embrace of color, versatility and humanitarianism.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2017

Anticipating a major Nankai Trough quake

While improving seismic observation systems is important, it is more important to assume a large earthquake can hit at any time and place.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 4, 2017

Abe: Will he be a man of his many words?

Since his big win in the lower house election on Oct. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been talking about proceeding with measures to revise the Constitution, a project that has been close to his heart for most of his political career. However, during the official campaign period he almost never mentioned...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 4, 2017

Hokkaido chef Shinichi Maeda adds a modern touch to traditional techniques

An Dining chef goes out of his way to source his ingredients personally.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2017

China unveils massive 'magic island-maker' dredging vessel

China has shown off its largest and most advanced dredging vessel — which it calls "a magic island-maker" — state-run media reported Saturday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2017

Optimism abounds as Trump heads to Japan but North Korea concerns lie under surface

Calling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump “a big difference from the Obama administration,” Japanese officials are optimistic about the upcoming summit.
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BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2017

Entrepreneur group plans internships to lure young Japanese abroad

A group of Japanese entrepreneurs is setting up internships to get Japan's inward-looking youngsters more interested in doing business abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2017

Tokyo International Film Festival closes with social issues in the spotlight

The Tokyo International Film Festival has always struggled to distinguish itself from other big film events. It doesn't have the cultural cachet of Venice, Cannes or Toronto, and even within Asia it falls behind Busan and Hong Kong in terms of the caliber of works it sometimes attracts. But it always...
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 3, 2017

Mourinho's strategy not yielding desired results

Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea on Sunday and it is the safest of bets that Saturday's press conference will fire the first bullets ahead of a match neither side can afford to lose. Antonio Conte will inevitably be in Mourinho's sights, but to the many targets for the Vitriolic One was added Manchester...

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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