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JAPAN / 60 years of Malaysia-Japan ties
Aug 31, 2017

Extensive resources to support businesses

What is the mission of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)?
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 years of Malaysia-Japan ties
Aug 31, 2017

KHTP the perfect gateway for high-tech firms in ASEAN

Malaysia continues to be an attractive destination for foreign direct investment from around the world, especially Japan. According to the latest figures from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, direct investment from Japan in Malaysia totaled $9.2 billion in 2015 and initiatives such as the Kulim Hi-Tech...
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WORLD
Aug 31, 2017

Frankfurt to evacuate 60,000 to defuse British WWII bomb

Around 60,000 inhabitants of Germany's financial capital Frankfurt will be ordered to leave their homes on Sunday while a large World War II bomb discovered at a building site is made safe, the police said.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 31, 2017

Princes mark 20th anniversary of Diana's death with garden and charity visit as Britain pays respects

Princes William and Harry paid a quiet tribute to their mother Princess Diana on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of her death that has reignited interest in one of the world's most famous women.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Aug 30, 2017

Readers pay tribute to longtime Japan Times columnist Jean Pearce

A selection of readers' — and writers' — tributes to Jean Pearce, who for decades helped Japan's foreign community feel more at home in their adopted country.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2017

A 'crisis of conscience' in the Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous and lawless war on drugs must be condemned.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 30, 2017

Dear Etranger: When the family drama gets real

Despite a career spanning nearly three decades, Yukiko Mishima hasn't appeared on many lists of up-and-coming Japanese female directors, mine included. One reason: She had a relatively late start, not releasing her first feature, a drama based on the Junichiro Tanizaki story "The Tatooer," until 2009....
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017

Yasumitsu Shigeta rekindles markets' love for resurgent Hikari Tsushin

Before earnings disasters caused Hikari Tsushin Inc. shares to sink 99 percent in 2000, the firm's founder and chairman, Yasumitsu Shigeta, was once among the world's richest people. Almost two decades later some investors are looking again at the Japanese company, and recent market moves suggest they...
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BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2017

Water-borne drill staged by protesters seeking to block Canada oil pipeline, Vancouver terminal

On a sparsely populated island off the coast of the northwestern United States, more than a hundred environmental activists gathered last weekend to practice seaborne drills to disrupt construction on Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.'s Westridge crude oil terminal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2017

Tokyo pushes back after Beijing's rebuke

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi learned an important lesson in Manila earlier this month: He can't pressure Foreign Minister Taro Kono by invoking his father's name.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2017

Japan's maritime diplomacy mission in S.E. Asia

The Abe administration is taking steps to counter Beijing's growing maritime assertiveness in the South and East China Seas.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 29, 2017

Asian stocks drop while yen and franc gain after North Korea missile launch

Asian stocks fell, and the yen and Swiss franc gained Tuesday as investors flocked to safe havens after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan, fanning simmering tensions.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 29, 2017

Takino takes bronze in Junior Grand Prix debut

Riko Takino, a 15-year-old from Osaka, gave Japan its first medal of the Junior Grand Prix campaign with a bronze at the season-opener in Brisbane, Australia, over the weekend.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 29, 2017

Brave new world of the post-human

Tobias Klein's "Augmented Mask," an installation that incorporates an elaborate 3-D printed mask, colorful projection mapping, a virtual reality headset and references a popular Chinese opera, looks a lot like future art as imagined in science fiction.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 29, 2017

'Harunobu from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'

Sept. 6-Oct. 23
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2017

Renault-Nissan to make electric cars in China with Dongfeng

The Renault-Nissan alliance has increased its bets on China's electric-vehicle market, the world's biggest, by forming a new venture to produce battery-powered automobiles that meet the country's tighter emissions rule.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2017

Trump's planned HIV aid cuts could spell 9 million life years lost in South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire: UNAIDS

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire, according to a global study released on Monday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2017

X League QB Gardner confident on field, comfortable living in Japan

For a man from the Mitten State, practicing in hot, sticky humid weather in the middle of August in central Japan might be a little daunting.
TENNIS
Aug 28, 2017

Date decides to hang up racket at age 46

Kimiko Date called time on her tennis career at the age of 46 on Monday, saying she was no longer able to perform at the best of her abilities due to physical issues and had decided to listen to the "inner voice" telling her it was time to quit.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 27, 2017

Are $1,500 blue jeans worth it?

What does $1,500 get you in blue jeans?
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2017

How regulators have failed in the post-financial crisis era

The 2007 financial crisis resulted from a cognitive mistake on the part of bankers and regulators alike. Ten years later, few are willing to admit this, let alone explore what is needed to prevent another disaster.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2017

Powerful storm hits still-recovering Hong Kong and Macau

Tropical Storm Pakhar brought strong winds and heavy rain to Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just four days after one of the strongest typhoons on record, Hato, caused serious flooding and damage in the territories and killed at least 10 people in the gaming hub.
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WORLD
Aug 26, 2017

Hurricane Harvey weakens to Category 1 after slamming into Texas

The most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. state of Texas in more than 50 years moved slowly inland on Saturday, dumping torrential rain expected to cause catastrophic flooding after battering the coast with 130 mph winds.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 26, 2017

Definition of happiness in Japan remains a mystery

Try defining "happiness." "A state of well-being and contentment," says Merriam-Webster's dictionary, unhelpfully. It's like saying happiness is happiness.

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