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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 16, 2017

Veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91

Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanor made him a favorite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen, died on Friday from natural causes, his agent said. He was 91.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2017

North Korea's Kim vows to seek 'equilibrium of force' with U.S. after missile launch over Japan

Kim Jong Un also wants to force Washington to “dare not talk about” military action over its nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 15, 2017

Views both old and new of Aomori's Tsugaru

Cut off by the Ou Mountains to the south and far removed from any center of power, Aomori Prefecture's remote Tsugaru Peninsula was largely left to its own devices until the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1603).
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2017

The importance of perspective when it comes to disabilities

Regarding Mark Schilling's Wide Angle column headlined "Filming disability from a new angle" in the Sept. 8 edition, as a fellow wheelchair user I want to thank activist and documentary filmmaker Mizuko Yamaoka for bringing attention to the small things that affect the lives of people with disabilities...
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2017

Immigration vital for Japan's future

Regarding "Panel to brainstorm lifestyle solutions for Japan's demographic ills" in the Sept. 10 edition, no one wants to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Japan has the world's highest debt to GDP burden among developed and growing economies, and it continues to live way beyond its means as if it...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2017

Is your chocolate craving destroying forests in West Africa?

Your afternoon chocolate craving may be fueling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 14, 2017

Jets, Kings set for inaugural Super 8 tourney

Next week, the Chiba Jets Funabashi and Ryukyu Golden Kings will test their mettle against some of Asia's top club teams.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 14, 2017

Moon no obstacle to better ties between Tokyo and Seoul

By writing off South Korean President Moon Jae-in as an anti-Japan radical, Tokyo risks finding an enemy where none exists.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2017

One year after China's THAAD warning, South Korean business suffer

On a faded notice pasted to the padlocked doors of the Lotte Mart superstore in Jiaxing, China, a date can still be read: March 6, 2017 — when the store was ordered to "temporarily" close over alleged fire safety issues.
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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017

Biggest Airbus A350 loses more orders as Cathay becomes latest to opt for smaller sibling

Airbus SE's newest wide-body jet lost more orders as Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. switched a contract for six A350-1000s to the smaller -900 variant and deferred delivery of five more by a year.
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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017

Japan's push to curb drug costs seen risking trade row with U.S.

Japan's effort to rein in soaring health-care costs threatens to become a source of tension in economic relations with the U.S. after running into opposition from the American pharmaceutical industry.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017

Facebook adds new standards to keep ads off fake news, objectionable videos

Facebook Inc. is adding new standards that will keep advertising off fake news videos and objectionable content, moves that have become essential as the company starts to put ads inside videos and articles, instead of separately on the news feed.
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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017

Trump administration orders U.S. government purge of Kaspersky products amid Russia spying concerns

The Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their information systems, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2017

Japan in its second-longest postwar boom?

Rather than focus on the length of the current economic 'boom,' the government should carry out a sober assessment of the economy and use it to guide its economic policy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 13, 2017

'Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1': Nostalgic flashbacks get a bit confusing

It's an anime industry tradition that stretches back to the original "Mobile Suit Gundam": re-editing and adding new animation to popular television series in order to transform them into feature films.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2017

Some ads on Facebook paid for by Russians during 2016 U.S. election campaign promoted live events

Some of the ads bought by Russians on Facebook last year promoted events during the U.S. presidential election campaign, Facebook Inc. said Tuesday, indicating that alleged meddling ahead of the 2016 election went beyond social media.
EDITORIALS
Sep 12, 2017

Hun Sen flirts with dictatorship

While Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ruled with an iron fist, he has maintained a veneer of democracy. That mask is slipping.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2017

Depopulated Kochi village suspends idea of direct democracy

Just three months after the village of Okawa, Kochi Prefecture, drew national attention by announcing it might abolish its elected council due to a lack of qualified candidates and introduce direct democracy, the head of the sparsely populated municipality said Monday that talks on the issue would be...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2017

Being better prepared for the spike in floods and storms

Just as governments try to cushion financial shocks, so they must invest in reducing disaster risk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2017

Meiji to boost premium chocolate output as sales beat target

Meiji Holdings Co., Japan's biggest chocolate maker, will buy more cocoa beans from Latin America to increase output of premium products after selling twice as much of its upscale THE Chocolate brand as it initially expected.

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