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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2017

False claims and false flag stories

Nowadays, Russian, media outlets are more trustworthy than their Western counterparts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Jul 9, 2017

Toshiba under pressure to draw up plan B as chip sale falters: sources

As plans to sell Toshiba Corp.'s memory chip unit falter, some bankers and potential investors press the board to seriously consider alternatives, including picking a new buyer.
Japan Times
LIFE / OBITUARY
Jul 9, 2017

Jean Pearce, Japan Times columnist and author, 1921-2017

Jean Pearce, my mother, who for decades helped Japan's foreign community feel more at home in their adopted country through her columns in The Japan Times, passed away peacefully on June 14 at the age of 96 in Washington, D.C.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017

Abe’s hotel spa and gym visits inflame media speculation

Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weekly "workouts" masking something more ominous?
JAPAN / History
Jul 8, 2017

Rare video footage of 'comfort women' released by South Korea

The South Korean government has released rare video footage of Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, the first time moving images have been shown of the "comfort women."
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2017

A dangerous peek behind the technology curtain

Governments too often have other motives — the identification of holes for future exploitation or even the 'mundane' desire to steal intellectual property — for demanding source code from technology companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2017

GPIF posts return of ¥7.9 trillion for fiscal 2016, marking best performance in two years

The world's biggest pension fund posted its best annual gain in two years, as Japanese and overseas stocks rose while government bonds slid.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 7, 2017

Depopulation, tourism on voters' minds as Nara gears up for mayoral election

Nara voters head to the polls Sunday for a mayoral election that has been dominated by concerns over a shrinking population and an expanding tourist industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 7, 2017

Cultural construction boom aims to offset Hong Kong's business-like image

The theater stage is bathed in a luscious lavender hue, a color that in Chinese tradition signifies nobility and mystery — and portends things to come. A young couple, pure of heart, fall in love only to see their romance thwarted by the machinations of a corrupt bureaucrat. They declare their devotion...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2017

Living with a nuclear North Korea

North Korea will probably get its nuclear deterrent in the end, and we will all learn to accept it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2017

Toyota look to car rentals, fleet deliveries for boost amid slowing U.S. market

As automakers in the U.S. struggle to keep selling new cars to American consumers at a record clip, Toyota Motor Corp. plans to turn to rental car companies and other fleet operators for a boost.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 6, 2017

Tokashiki left off roster for FIBA Asia Cup

The Akatsuki Five will be looking for a three-peat at the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup, but this time it will have to do it without star forward Ramu Tokashiki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2017

Ghosn boosts Renault's China ties with Brilliance van buy-in

Renault SA has agreed to acquire almost half of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.'s unprofitable minibus unit, giving the French carmaker a foothold in light commercial vehicles in the world's largest auto market.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Jul 6, 2017

Twice shows just how resilient K-pop can be

Last week, Korean pop group Twice made its "official" debut in Japan, featuring the release of a Japanese-language best-of compilation and a showcase at Tokyo Gymnasium on July 2. In between, the members appeared on the popular weekly TV show "Music Station" and posed in front of Tokyo Tower, which displayed...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2017

Personalized cancer vaccines keep disease at bay for two years in early German and U.S. trials

A novel class of personalized cancer vaccines, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept the disease in check in two early-stage clinical trials, pointing to a new avenue for helping the immune system fight back.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2017

PETA protesters don horns, doff tops in Pamplona call for end to bull runs

Around 100 shirtless protesters covered in red powder called for a ban on bullfighting and bull runs as they marched through the streets of Pamplona on Wednesday, in a prelude to the northern Spanish city's famous bull festival.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 5, 2017

North Korea ICBM poses 'global threat' as Japan, allies weigh options

North Korea's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) represents "a new escalation of the threat to the United States," Japan and South Korea, the U.S. said, as dictator Kim Jong Un pledged not to give up his isolated country's burgeoning nuclear weapons capabilities while continuing to dole out...
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BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2017

From sex toys to works of art: 'Love doll' maker seeks to shed seedy image

Japan's oldest "love doll" manufacturer wants to strip the sex toys of their seedy image and encourage people to see them as works of art instead.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Jul 5, 2017

Moriyasu can leave Sanfrecce with head held high

It was probably in the best interests of everyone at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that Hajime Moriyasu stood down as manager on Tuesday, but that should not obscure the debt of gratitude that the three-time J. League champions owe him.

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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